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(Niles Crane) "Niles is intelligent, well-dressed
and badly married," says David Hyde Pierce, who received an Emmy
nomination and a Viewers for Quality Television Award as Best Supporting Actor
for his portrayal of the snobbish psychiatrist Niles Crane, brother to the title
character on "Frasier."
 Pierce adds: "Nile's wife, Maris, is cold yet distant, but Niles loves her...probably because
she reminds him of his mother. His relationship with Frasier is a mix of sibling rivalry,
condescension, passive aggression and brotherly love."
David Hyde Pierce was born on April 3 in upstate New York. He received a B.A. from Yale with a double
major in English and theater arts.
In 1981, with degree in hand, he proceeded to New York City and quickly got a job selling ties
in Bloomingdale's while he studied acting. He landed his first professional acting job in
"Beyond Therapy" on Broadway, followed by stints Off-Broadway and in regional theater.
Between 1983 and 1985 he worked in various productions at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis
before returning to New York to appear in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of
"Hamlet." He interrupted his stage work for a role in his first feature film, "Bright Lights
Big City," before departing on a tour of the Soviet Union and Japan in "The Cherry Orchard,"
from 1988 to 1989.
The big break for David Hyde Pierce came when he appeared on Broadway in "The Heidi Chronicles" for six months,
earning him the attention of the media and his peers. More feature roles followed in such
films as "Little Man Tate" (as Dianne Wiest's assistant) and "The Fisher King" (as Jeff
Bridges' agent). His other feature credits include "Crossing Delancey," "Rocket Gibraltar,"
"Sleepless in Seattle" (with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan) Mike Nichols "Wolf" (with Jack Nicholson)
and Oliver Stone's "Nixon."
In the spring of 1991 David Hyde Pierce was cast in the former NBC series "The Powers That Be," in which
he portrayed Theodore Van Horn, a chronically depressed and suicidal United States
Congressman. His additional TV credits include guest-starring roles on the series "Crime
Story" and "Spenser: For Hire."
In his leisure time, Pierce enjoys playing piano (he used to be a church organist), skiing and
playing tennis. He divides his time between homes in New York and Los Angeles.
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Born: ..in New York
..in Saratoga Springs
Apr 3, 1959
Based: ..in New York
..in New York city
and
Based: ..in California
..in Los Angeles
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