John Mahoney's most memorable roles
Mahoney was probably best known for his hilarious turn as Kelsey Grammer’s oft-grumpy father on the long-running sitcom Frasier.
The actor also played a corrupt attorney in this big-screen drama following a Chicago lawyer (Richard Gere) who takes on the high-profile case of an altar boy accused of murdering an Archbishop.
This made-for-TV movie followed three families from the same street, seeing them through affairs, estrangements, and multiple generations.
During Cher’s relatively brief but prolific movie career, she and Mahoney collaborated on a rom-com about a widowed woman who falls for her new fiancé’s estranged younger brother. Can you keep that all straight?
This HBO drama aired for three seasons and was a fascinating (dramatized) glimpse into the world of therapy. Mahoney played a successful businessman seeking treatment for a series of panic attacks.
Before millennials dominated national debates, there was Generation X. Reality Bites offered a look inside their lives post-graduation, struggling with careers and romance and everything in between. Mahoney played Grant Gubler, a local TV personality.
One of the Coen Brothers’ earlier works, Barton Fink centers on a playwright attempting to write scripts for 1940s Hollywood. Mahoney played W.P. Mayhew, a character loosely based on William Faulkner.
Hey there, sports fan! Mahoney played Kid Gleason, manager of the Chicago White Sox, in this baseball flick centered around the conspiracy to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series.
Mahoney reunited with several of his Frasier costars for this TV Land sitcom — meanwhile, he got to stand in as Betty White’s love interest.
A barely recognizable young Ben Stiller made his theater debut opposite Mahoney in this Broadway play. Mahoney won a Tony for his performance, and the production was adapted as a PBS telefilm.
John Mahoney's most memorable roles
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