Grant Shaud

Grant Shaud Biography

Grant Shaud (born Edward Shaud III; February 27, 1961) is an American actor known for having played the character of Miles Silverberg on the television sitcom Murphy Brown.

Early life

Grant Shaud was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Edward Shaud, Jr. and Ann Barbara (ne Dougherty). His family was Irish Catholic. He attended Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1979. In 1983, he graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Richmond where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Career

In 1984, Shaud moved to New York City to begin working in theater. His first acting role in television was as a guest character named Jack on Kate & Allie, who was a college student and director on a local cable channel. In 1988, he began as Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown. He lived with co-star Jane Leeves before and during her guest stint on the show, in which she concurrently played his girlfriend. He left in 1996 with his "boss" role on the show being taken over by Lily Tomlin.

In recent years he has also done some voice-over work in animation, most notably the television series Batman: The Animated Series. He had a guest role on The Drew Carey Show as a character named Jack, who believed himself to be the devil. He also played Alex Rosetti on the sitcom Madigan Men, starring Gabriel Byrne.

Selected stage and screen credits

Television

Kate & Allie (as cable channel director Jack in episodes "Stage Mother" and "The Goodbye Girl"), 1986
Murphy Brown (as Miles Silverberg), 1988-1996
Murder, She Wrote (in episode "Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?" as ventriloquist Woody Perkins), 1990
The Drew Carey Show (in episode "The Devil, You Say" as Jack), 1996
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (as Harold Kripstly/The Toyman in episode "Toy Story"), 1997
From the Earth to the Moon (as Bob Carbee), 1998
The Wild Thornberrys (in episode "The Dragon and the Professor" as Mr. Culpepper), March 1999
Madigan Men (as Alex Rosetti), 2000
Touched by an Angel (in episode "The Sixteenth Minute" as Ed), 2002
Oliver Beene (as Dr. Jerrimiah 'Jerry' Beene), 2003
Pushing Daisies 2007
Law & Order (in episode "Misbegotten" as Dr. Hoffman), Jan 2008
Medium (in episodes "Burn Baby Burn" and "Burn Baby Burn, Part 2" as Dr. Leo Crane), March, 2008
Louie (as Eddie Faye, screenwriter in the re-write scene, in the episode "Halloween/Ellie"), August 18, 2011
Curb Your Enthusiasm (in episode "Car Periscope" as Henry Horn), August 28, 2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (in episode "Theater Tricks" as Theater critic), January 11, 2012

Film

The Distinguished Gentleman (as Arthur Reinhardt), 1992
Men Seeking Women (as Les), 1997
Antz (as the voice of The Foreman), 1998
The Crow: Salvation (as Peter Walsh), 2000
Waltzing Anna (as JD Reno), 2006
The American Side (as The Professor), 2016

Theater

Torch Song Trilogy, Broadway, 1986
Today, I Am a Fountain Pen (as Pete Lisanti), Theater 890, 1986
Writer's Block (as David), Atlantic Theater, 2003
After Ashley (as David), Vineyard Theatre, 2005
Thicker than Water (multiple roles), Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2008
Relatively Speaking (multiple roles), Brooks Atkinson Theater, 2011

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