David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce

出生 : 1959-04-03, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

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David Hyde Pierce is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier, for which he received 11 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and 4 wins during the show's run.

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The Georgetown Project
A troubled actor begins to unravel while filming a supernatural horror movie.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Vanya
Vanya and his stepsister Sonia have lived their entire lives in their family's farmhouse. While they stayed home to take care of their ailing parents, their sister Masha has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia to feel trapped and regretful. Their soothsayer/cleaning woman Cassandra keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-something boy toy Spike.
Sky Blossom
Executive Producer
SKY BLOSSOM is a raw, uplifting window into 24.5 million children and millennials stepping forward as frontline heroes. Caring for family with tough medical conditions, they stay at home doing things often seen only in hospitals. They are cheerleaders, work part time, and go to college - but also live double lives - quietly growing up as America's next greatest generation. The filmmaker, veteran journalist and award-winning CNN/MSNBC news anchor Richard Lui says the interviews were so honest they genuinely surprised him, as they revealed insights into the lives of young people across America. Troops used to look up and say, "Here come the Sky Blossoms"-paratroopers rushing to their aid. Today, there is a new generation answering that call. These are their stories.
The Lavender Scare
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny (voice)
At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American lives.
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Himself
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars.
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Writer
Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Himself/Host
Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).
The Perfect Host
Warwick Wilson
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.
Forever Plaid
The Narrator
Forever Plaid is an affectionate musical homage to the close-harmony 'guy groups' that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s. This quartet of high-school chums, and their earnest dreams of recording an album, ended (symbolically, and even literally) in death, when their cherry red '54 Mercury collided with a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The girls were fine. The play begins with the wondrous and wondering Plaids returning from the afterlife for one final chance at musical glory.
Stingray Sam
Narrator
A dangerous mission reunites Stingray Sam with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet.
Monty Python Conquers America
Himself
This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,
The Amazing Screw-On Head
Emperor Zombie (voice)
Based on the award-winning comic book by Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), The Amazing Screw-On Head chronicles the adventures of a Civil War-era secret agent with an extraordinary special power who serves under president Abraham Lincoln.
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One
self
A superb compilation of some of the best stand-up comedians in the world, including Dave Chappelle (whose last DVD release in the US sold over 3 million units), a rare performance from David Hyde Pierce (star of Frasier), plus some big names from the UK, such as Lee Evans, Dylan Moran and Dara O'Briain.
Celebrity Mix
Self (archive footage)
These eight short films range from hysterically funny to wickedly suspenseful, and feature some of Hollywood's biggest names. Includes short films Laud Weiner, House Hunting, Curiosity, Dysenchanted, Dependable People, Media Whore, Walking Dreams, Mr. Dramatic.
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
Niles Crane
Frasier Crane visits his therapist and reminisces over the events of the past 11 years since his move from Boston to Seattle, in a clip show designed to commemorate the event of the last ever episode of "Frasier" TV series (1993).
ヘルボーイ
Abe Sapien (voice) (uncredited)
第2次大戦末期、ナチスのオカルト結社は怪僧ラスプーチンの指揮の下、地上に地獄をもたらすラグナロク計画を実行。だがそこを米軍が急襲。ラスプーチンが地獄の門へ飲み込まれるとともに、真っ赤な異形の赤ん坊が残される。科学者ブルーム博士に引き取られたその悪魔の子は、やがてヘルボーイと名付けられ、極秘機関《超常現象調査防衛局》のエージェントになる。そして現代。オカルト結社の残党はラグナロク計画の完遂を目指す。
恋は邪魔者
Peter MacMannus
舞台は1960年代のニューヨーク。新進女流作家・バーバラの女性解放本が大ヒットし、その煽りを受けたプレイボーイのキャッチャーは、バーバラに恋の罠を仕掛けるが……。レニー・ゼルウィガー×ユアン・マクレガー共演のラヴ・コメディ。
The Shakespeare Sessions
Major film and television stars re-enact famous scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare .
トレジャー・プラネット
Doctor Doppler (voice)
15歳の少年ジムは惑星モントレッサで母と2人暮らし。彼の父は、ジムがまだ幼い頃に家族を捨てて宇宙へと旅立ってしまった。ジムはその影響からか、トラブルばかり起こして母を困らせている。そんなある日、彼の家の近くに宇宙船が不時着。ジムは船内にいた瀕死の男を救出する。この時、男からある箱を渡されたジムは、男を追ってきた海賊の追跡を逃れ、宇宙物理学者ドップラー博士のもとへ辿り着く。そしてその箱を調べてみると、莫大な財宝が眠るという伝説の“トレジャー・プラネット”への地図が入っていた。
Full Frontal
Carl
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
Laud Weiner
Laud Weiner
The film follows Laud Weiner, an oblivious, self-satisfied, and spoiled Hollywood manager-producer, as he explains his 'hard' work to the camera while in reality taking credit for other people's ideas and making everyone's life difficult.
バクテリア・ウォーズ
Drix (voice)
A white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.
Wet Hot American Summer
Henry
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
On The Edge
Barney (segment "Happy Birthday")
A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant.
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
Bird (voice)
When Tangie, a teddy bear goes into the Smile-erator on his head, his smile is put on upside down, causing him to end up on the bargain bin on Christmas Eve with other misfit toys, then onto Winkle's Emporium, a discount store. There, Tangie does his level best over the coming year to become a part of some family. He spends his time in Winkle's front window with Jack, a Jack-in-the-box with claustrophobia and Bird, a cuckoo clock bird with agorophobia.
チェイン・オブ・フールズ
Mr. Kerner
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Isn't She Great
Michael Hastings
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley of the Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. In the pre-1960s, her books were looked upon as trash and non-printable. But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books. The story shows the hidden behind-the-scenes story of Susann's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer which she hid up until her death.
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
The Narrator
David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.
Jackie's Back!
Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
バグズ・ライフ
Slim (voice)
池の中に浮かぶ島、アント・アイランドには主にアリたちが暮らしていた。夏になると島にバッタたちがやってきて、秋までの間にアリたちに食料を集めさせる仕事をさせていた。まるで農民たちに年貢を納めさせるかのように。奇抜な発明家・フリックはその発明品があまりに危険なことからアリたちに「歩く災難」とまで言われていた。彼は刈り取り機を発明したが、失敗してしまい集めた食料が川に流れてしまった。フリックは責任をとるためにバッタたちと対決することを決意し、手助けしてくれる強い用心棒を探すために都会に出ることをアリ達と約束したのだった。都会へ向かう道中、あるサーカス団が公演を行っていた。団員たちは公演中に起きたある事件がきっかけで全員解雇され、職を失ったのだった。
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Niles Crane
A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also features a huge number of clips from all of the series and movies. At the end, real-life astronauts Aldrin and Jemison present NASA award plaques to the cast members.
ニクソン
John Dean
第37代合衆国大統領リチャード・ニクソンが1972年に起こしたウォーターゲート事件。その全容に迫るオリヴァー・ストーン監督の衝撃作。実在の人物を通じて、アメリカの光と影を世界に問う。
The World of James Bond
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.
ウルフ
Roy McCallister
出版社に勤めるウィルは、満月のある夜、狼に噛まれてしまう。その日から感覚が研ぎ澄まされ、未知の力を得たように感じるウィル。彼は社の新オーナーと折り合いがつかず、クビの宣告が間近だった。パーティでオーナーの娘ローラと知り合い、互いに惹かれ合う二人。だが、彼の後釜を狙っていたスチュワートと密通していた妻がセントラル・パークで惨殺されるに及び、彼は自分が狼男に変身していると確信する…。
アダムス・ファミリー2
Delivery Room Doctor
アダムス家の当主ゴメスと妻のモーティシアとの間に3人目となる男の赤ちゃんが誕生。ピューバートと名付けられ、その乳母としてデビーという女性が雇われる。子供の面倒をよく見るデビーをゴメスとモーティシアは信頼するが、長女ウェンズデーだけは彼女の正体を知っていた。実はデビーは金持ちの独身男と結婚して財産をせしめては殺す連続殺人鬼。ゴメスの兄フェスターに近付くため、乳母としてアダムス家にやってきたのだった。
めぐり逢えたら
Dennis Reed
シカゴに住む建築家のサムは癌で妻を亡くし一人息子のジョナと共にシアトルに越してきたが、ジョナは、父親のために新しい奥さんが必要だと思いラジオ局の相談番組に電話をする。同じ頃、ボルチモアに住む新聞記者のアニーは、婚約者ウォルターを伴って実家のクリスマス・パーティに出席した帰途に偶然聞いた、そのラジオ番組で、サムが切々と語る亡き妻の思い出にアニーは思わず涙する。
フィッシャー・キング
Lou Rosen
奇才テリー・ギリアムが描く、ファンタスティック・コメディ。過激なトークで時代の寵児として君臨したスーパーDJのジャック・ルーカスは、放送中に発した不用意な言動がもとで忌まわしい事件を誘発し、奈落の底へ転落する。また、教授だったというヘンリーは、3年前のある悲劇的事件に見舞われてから人が変わり、過去を捨ててホームレスとなった。共に精神に深い痛手を負った男達は、ニューヨークの底辺で出会い、奇妙な友情で結ばれる……。
Little Man Tate
Garth Emmerick
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.
Vampire's Kiss
Theater Guy (uncredited)
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.
Rocket Gibraltar
Monsieur Henri
A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday and they do what they can to give it to him.
Crossing Delancey
Mark
Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual women and men she befriends there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with.
Bright Lights, Big City
Bartender at Fashion Show
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Businessman
Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Moving Violations
Immigration Officer
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.