Viggo Mortensen

He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Danish. In a deliberate in-joke, he has also voiced Sideshow Bob's brother, Cecil, in one episode of The Simpsons, in which he and Grammer essentially recreated the Fraiser/Niles relationship. Lawrence University in 1980. Some of his more notable roles in this calling include the Walking Stick insect "Slim" in A Bug's Life and the amphibian Abe Sapien in Hellboy. He graduated from St. Pierce has a distinctive voice and, like his Frasier co-star Kelsey Grammer, is called on often to provide voice work. Mortensen spent some childhood years in Venezuela, Argentina, and his father's native Denmark, before returning to high school in Watertown, New York (where he was captain of the swim team). He appeared alongside Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle, with Jodie Foster in Little Man Tate and alongside Ewan McGregor in Down With Love.

[1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0614042viggo1.html). Pierce also plays in movies from time to time. They have a son, Henry, born in 1988. For the last few years of the run of the show, Pierce was paid up to USD$1 million per episode. His marriage in 1987 to punk rocker Exene (Christene) Cervenka, ended in an amicable divorce in 1998. For this role, Pierce was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for a record ten consecutive years, winning in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Mortensen's bibliography includes. Because of his resemblance to Kelsey Grammer, the role of Niles Crane on the Cheers spin-off Frasier was created for him.

Mortensen's performance in Bent at the Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles, won him a Dramalogue Critics' Award. Pierce held an assortment of jobs, including security guard and tie salesman in New York City before breaking into film in the late 1980s. Jane, Tony Goldwyn's A Walk on the Moon and Philip Ridley's Reflecting Skin. Born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, Pierce began acting in high school and attended Yale University, where he majored in English and theater. He has also appeared in Jane Campion's film The Portrait of a Lady, Sean Penn's Indian Runner, Brian DePalma's Carlito's Way, Tony Scott's Crimson Tide, Ridley Scott's G.I. Niles Crane on the situation comedy Frasier. After several years of experience in live theater, he began his movie career as an Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness. David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor, best known for the role of Dr.