What is Joel Grey?
{{Infobox person | image = Joel Grey 2014.jpg | image_size = | caption = Grey in 2014 | birth_name = Joel David Katz | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1932|4|11}} | birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], [[U.S.]] | spouse = Jo Wilder<br>(m. 1958–1982; [[divorce]]d) | children = [[Jennifer Grey]]<br>James Katz | parents = [[Mickey Katz]]<br>Goldie ([[née]] Epstein) | years_active = 1951–present | occupation = [[Actor]], [[dancer]], [[singer]], [[photographer]] }} '''Joel Grey''' (born '''Joel David Katz'''; April 11, 1932) is an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]], [[singer]], [[dancer]], and [[photographer]]. ==Early life== Gray was born in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] to Goldie Epstein and to [[Mickey Katz]]. He studied at the [[Cleveland Play House]] and at Alexander Hamilton High School in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. ==Career== Grey played the role of the [[Master of Ceremonies]] in the Broadway [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' in 1966 for which he won the [[Tony Award]]. Grey won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] in March 1973 for his performance in the same role in the 1972 film version of [[Cabaret (1972 film)|''Cabaret'']].<ref name=movies>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001297/awards Internet Movie Database listing, Awards] imdb.com, retrieved December 21, 2009</ref> He also won the [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref name=filmref>{{cite web | title=Joel Grey Biography (1932-)| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/58/Joel-Grey.html |publisher=Film Reference | accessdate=2014-02-23}}</ref> Grey had many other successful performances as an actor. Gray is also a published [[photographer]], with books ''Pictures I Had to Take'' 2003; its follow-up, ''Looking Hard at Unexpected Things'' 2006.<ref>[http://www.joelgreyphotographer.com/ ''Joel Grey Looking Hard at Unexamined Things'']. Joel Grey Photographer.</ref> His third book, ''1.3 – Images from My Phone'', a book of photographs taken with his camera phone, was published in 2009.<r