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John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Birthday: 1940-06-20 | Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. He played retired police officer Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, receiving nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. After moving from England to the United States, Mahoney began his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 1986 Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, and went on to achieve wider recognition for his roles in the films Suspect and Moonstruck (both 1987). Other notable credits included Tin Men (1987), Frantic, Eight Men Out (both 1988), Say Anything... (1989), Barton Fink (1991), Striking Distance, In the Line of Fire (both 1993), Reality Bites (1994), The American President (1995), Primal Fear (1996), and The Broken Hearts Club (2000). He also voiced roles in animated films such as Antz (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
Flipped

as    Chet Duncan

2007
Dan in Real Life

as    Poppy

2005
Fathers and Sons

as    Gene

2005
Kronk's New Groove

as    Papi (voice)

2004
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

as    Martin Crane

2003
Atlantis: Milo's Return

as    Whitmore (voice)

2001
Almost Salinas

as    Max Harris

1999
The Iron Giant

as    General Rogard (voice)

1999
1999
The Frasier Story

as    Self

1996
Mariette in Ecstasy

as    Dr. Claude Baptiste

1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

as    Martin Crane

1996
She's the One

as    Mr. Fitzpatrick

1996
Primal Fear

as    Shaughnessy

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy

as    Chief

1994
Reality Bites

as    Grant Gubler

1993
Striking Distance

as    Lt. Vince Hardy

1993
Frasier

as    Martin Crane

1993
In the Line of Fire

as    Sam Campagna

1992
The Human Factor

as    Dr. Alec McMurtry

1992
Article 99

as    Dr. Henry Dreyfoos

1992
The Water Engine

as    Mason Gross

1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as    Paddy Quinn

1992
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

as    Robert Clayton Sr.