# List of Frasier characters
The characters of *Frasier* are the ensemble of the NBC sitcom *Frasier* (1993–2004), a spin-off of *Cheers* centered on Seattle radio psychiatrist Dr. [Frasier Crane](https://www.edgepedia.org/frasier-crane), his family, his colleagues at the station KACL, and, from 2023, a revival cast built around Frasier's return to Boston.[1](https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/news/frasier-revival-canceled-paramount-plus-two-seasons-19795/) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frasier)
| Character | Actor | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Frasier Crane | Kelsey Grammer | Psychiatrist and radio host; 264 main appearances across the original run[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) |
| Dr. Niles Crane | David Hyde Pierce | Frasier's younger brother, also a psychiatrist; 264 main appearances[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) |
| Martin Crane | John Mahoney | Frasier's father, a retired police officer; 264 main appearances[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) |
| Roz Doyle | Peri Gilpin | Frasier's producer; 262 main appearances[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) |
| Daphne Moon (later Crane) | Jane Leeves | Martin's live-in physical therapist; 258 main appearances[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) |
| Robert "Bulldog" Briscoe | Dan Butler | KACL colleague; 23 main and 30 guest appearances[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) |
| Eddie | Moose (dog) | Martin's Jack Russell terrier, listed with the cast in contemporary press photos[4](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Radio-Programming/The-Encyclopedia-of-American-Television-Lackman-2002.pdf) |
## The Crane family
**Dr. Frasier Crane** is the show's through-line. A psychiatrist born in Seattle who graduated from Harvard, he spent years in Boston, where, as a patient of his at the bar "Cheers", he was rebuffed by a waitress and later met and married Dr. [Lilith Sternin](https://www.edgepedia.org/lilith-sternin), with whom he had a son, Frederick.[5](https://frasieronline.co.uk/abouttheshow/characters.htm) The character was not an original *Cheers* creation: he joined that series in its third season as [Diane Chambers](https://www.edgepedia.org/diane-chambers)'s psychiatrist and love interest, became a regular, and eventually carried his own show.[6](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Encyclopedias/Archive-Encyclopedia-of-Television/Encyclopedia-of-Television-Vol-2.pdf) In Seattle he hosts a radio talk show while struggling with his own problems alongside his father, his pretentious brother, and his friends and co-workers.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frasier) Commentators describe him as pompous yet likable, highly cultured in food, wine, and opera, and driven by a scientific mind that insists on finding reasons for behavior.[7](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/frasier-dominates-television-comedy) • [5](https://frasieronline.co.uk/abouttheshow/characters.htm)
**Dr. Niles Crane**, Frasier's younger brother, is also a noted psychiatrist with an even more cultured lifestyle; he is jealous of his brother's radio success and dismisses the show as "pop" psychology.[5](https://frasieronline.co.uk/abouttheshow/characters.htm) The character was a late addition to the concept: he was not part of the original plan until a casting director showed the producers a picture of [David Hyde Pierce](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-hyde-pierce).[7](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/frasier-dominates-television-comedy) His defining arc is his long unrequited love for [Daphne Moon](https://www.edgepedia.org/daphne-moon), which begins the moment the married Niles meets his father's live-in physical therapist; the writers kept the two apart until the seventh-season finale, when they finally profess mutual love and share their first kiss.[8](https://www.avclub.com/will-they-wont-they-unrequited-pining-after-all-these-years-sitcom-tv)
**Martin Crane**, played by [John Mahoney](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-mahoney), is Frasier's father, a retired police officer whose salt-of-the-earth temperament supplies the show's central comic contrast with his sons.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frasier) • [9](https://time.com/6320681/frasier-reboot-review/) Mahoney died in 2018, and the 2023 revival's pilot episode was dedicated to his memory.[10](https://www.legit.ng/entertainment/tv-shows/1713286-kelsey-niles-didnt-frasier-cast-ended-up/)
**Frederick Crane** is Frasier's son with Lilith Sternin; Lilith herself appears as a recurring guest character, with 12 guest appearances logged by TVmaze.[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) • [5](https://frasieronline.co.uk/abouttheshow/characters.htm)
## The KACL workplace
**Roz Doyle**, Frasier's producer, is the other constant of the series, present in 262 of the show's 264 main-character episodes.[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters) The station roster also includes the sportscaster Robert "Bulldog" Briscoe (23 main appearances), station manager Kenny Daly (41 guest appearances), food critic Gil Chesterton (28), and Noel Shempsky (20).[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters)
**Daphne Moon** completes the household as Martin's physical therapist, living in the apartment and, over the run, becoming Niles's partner.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frasier) • [8](https://www.avclub.com/will-they-wont-they-unrequited-pining-after-all-these-years-sitcom-tv) Her family supplies recurring guests: her mother Gertrude Moon (18 guest appearances) and brother Simon Moon (8).[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters)
## The 2023 revival cast
The revival, which debuted on [Paramount+](https://www.edgepedia.org/paramount) in October 2023, kept [Kelsey Grammer](https://www.edgepedia.org/kelsey-grammer) as the only full-time character carried over from the original series and built a new ensemble around Frasier's move back to Boston.[11](https://www.tvinsider.com/1107242/frasier-revival-premiere-date-kelsey-grammer-interview/) • [1](https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/news/frasier-revival-canceled-paramount-plus-two-seasons-19795/) David Hyde Pierce declined to return as a series regular, saying he did not want to go back to the character of Niles, and the showrunners, Joe Cristalli and Chris Harris, chose to build a new world rather than wedge the old cast into a story about Frasier and his son.[12](https://www.tvline.com/previews/frasier-revival-original-cast-not-returning-explained-1235055701/) • [13](https://www.tvguide.com/news/frasier-showrunners-explain-why-frasier-doesnt-go-to-cheers-and-why-niles-isnt-in-the-revival/)
The new characters mirror the original ensemble's structure. **Freddy Crane** (Jack Cutmore-Scott), Frasier's grown son, works as a Boston firefighter and fills the Martin role of the salt-of-the-earth family member; **Eve** (Jess Salgueiro), the woman Freddy lives with, is described by *Time* as the Daphne-like ingénue; **Olivia** ([Toks Olagundoye](https://www.edgepedia.org/toks-olagundoye)), Alan's ambitious department head at Harvard, drives the status-conscious workplace plots like a Type A Roz; **Alan Cornwall** ([Nicholas Lyndhurst](https://www.edgepedia.org/nicholas-lyndhurst)) is Frasier's best friend since his Oxford days and a psychology professor at Harvard; and **David** (Anders Keith), Niles and Daphne's son, is a Harvard undergraduate.[9](https://time.com/6320681/frasier-reboot-review/) • [1](https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/news/frasier-revival-canceled-paramount-plus-two-seasons-19795/) [Peri Gilpin](https://www.edgepedia.org/peri-gilpin) returned as Roz for a guest appearance in the season one finale and later joined the recurring cast.[10](https://www.legit.ng/entertainment/tv-shows/1713286-kelsey-niles-didnt-frasier-cast-ended-up/)
After two seasons on Paramount+, the revival was not renewed; [CBS Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/cbs-studios) began shopping the series to other platforms in January 2025.[1](https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/news/frasier-revival-canceled-paramount-plus-two-seasons-19795/)
## Ensemble and legacy
The original series ran 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004 and won 37 Primetime Emmys, a record of ensemble longevity and awards success that press coverage of the revival cites when weighing the new cast against the old.[1](https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/news/frasier-revival-canceled-paramount-plus-two-seasons-19795/) The Niles–Daphne relationship became one of television's most durable will-they-won't-they arcs, sustained for seven seasons, and the revival consciously replicated the old dynamic of effete snobs tolerated by salt-of-the-earth characters without bringing back the old co-stars.[8](https://www.avclub.com/will-they-wont-they-unrequited-pining-after-all-these-years-sitcom-tv) • [9](https://time.com/6320681/frasier-reboot-review/)
## References
1. ['Frasier' Revival Not Moving Forward, CBS Studios Shopping for New Home After Two Seasons on Paramount+, Variety (January 18, 2025)](https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/news/frasier-revival-canceled-paramount-plus-two-seasons-19795/)
2. [Frasier, Rotten Tomatoes series page](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frasier)
3. [Frasier – Characters, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/540/frasier/characters)
4. [The Encyclopedia of American Television (Lackman, 2002), cast photo caption](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Radio-Programming/The-Encyclopedia-of-American-Television-Lackman-2002.pdf)
5. [The Frasier Online Guide to 'Frasier': Characters](https://frasieronline.co.uk/abouttheshow/characters.htm)
6. [Frasier Winslow Crane, The Encyclopedia of Television Vol. 2](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Encyclopedias/Archive-Encyclopedia-of-Television/Encyclopedia-of-Television-Vol-2.pdf)
7. [Frasier Dominates Television Comedy, EBSCO Research Starters](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/frasier-dominates-television-comedy)
8. [Ross/Rachel, Piggy/Kermy, and TV's love affair with unrequited pining, The A.V. Club](https://www.avclub.com/will-they-wont-they-unrequited-pining-after-all-these-years-sitcom-tv)
9. [The Frasier Revival Serves Up Wilted Salads and Expired Eggs, Time (2023)](https://time.com/6320681/frasier-reboot-review/)
10. [Kelsey came back but Niles didn't – the Frasier cast and where all of them ended up, Legit.ng](https://www.legit.ng/entertainment/tv-shows/1713286-kelsey-niles-didnt-frasier-cast-ended-up/)
11. [Kelsey Grammer Reveals How 'Frasier' Revival Pays Tribute to Niles, Daphne & Martin, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/1107242/frasier-revival-premiere-date-kelsey-grammer-interview/)
12. ['Frasier' Revival: Why The Original Cast Isn't Returning, Explained, TVLine](https://www.tvline.com/previews/frasier-revival-original-cast-not-returning-explained-1235055701/)
13. [Frasier Showrunners Explain Why Niles Isn't in the Revival, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/news/frasier-showrunners-explain-why-frasier-doesnt-go-to-cheers-and-why-niles-isnt-in-the-revival/)
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