Kelsey Grammer is rumored to be making a return to a major Hollywood production. Except he will likely not be signing off with "This is Dr. Frasier Crane, Goodnight Seattle". Instead of helping people with their problems, he will be causing problems.
The former "Cheers" and "Frasier" star will reportedly play the role of Harold Attinger, a "counter-intelligence agent" and the main human foil of "Transformers 4". Kelsey Grammer will join an entirely new cast in the latest "Transformers" installment, teaming up with-or against-Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor.
"Transformers 4" director Michael Bay, fresh off the recent release "Pain And Gain", said he "redesigned" the franchise with the departure of Shia LaBeouf and the other former cast members.
"The history of the first three movies is still there. We start four years later and there's a reason why we're meeting a new cast," Bay said, leaving his final words up for debate among "Transformers" fans.
Grammer, a TV legend, is no stranger to the big screen either. He starred in one of the "X-Men" films as well as the cult favorite "Down Periscope" in 1996, alongside Bruce Dern and comedian Rob Schneider.
Playing a gaffe-prone Naval officer, Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Dodge, Grammer's character was forced to succeed in a series of "war games" against rival Dern's character of Rear Adm. Yancy Graham, in order to keep his position in the Navy. However, Graham's side of the battle was fought by Cmdr. Carl Knox, played by William H. Macy, who had a nuclear submarine and experienced officers at his disposal, while Dodge was left with a crew of misfits lead by Schneider, helming a "rustbucket" diesel-powered submarine off the coast of Norfolk, Va.
More recently, Kelsey Grammer starred in the short-lived Starz series "Boss" playing a Mayor Daley-type character in Chicago. He also starred in the David Zucker comedy film "An American Carol", a conservative political satire based on Charles Dickens' famous work, in which Grammer played the 'Ghost of [America's] Past' in the form of World War II General George S. Patton. Kelsey Grammer's portrayal of Patton is the first of three ghosts who aim to help independent filmmaker Michael Malone, played by Kevin Farley, brother of late stand-up comic Chris Farley, decide against a movement he started that attempted to abolish Independence Day.
Malone's character was based on that of liberal filmmaker Michael Moore. The following two "ghosts" were President George Washington (Jon Voight) and the Angel of Death (Trace Adkins, who later played himself in the film as well).
Kelsey Grammer will reportedly soon star alongside Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone, in the independent drama "Reach Me".
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