Grant Shaud

Grant Shaud
Grant Shaud
Born	Edward Grant Shaud III; February 27, 1961; Evanston, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

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

Early life

Edward Grant Shaud III was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Anna Barbara (née Dougherty) and Edward Shaud, Junior.[1] His family is Irish Catholic.[2] 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 to pursue other projects, with his producer role on the show taken up by Lily Tomlin.[3] On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Shaud would return to a revival series of Murphy Brown along with former co-stars Candice Bergen, Faith Ford and Joe Regalbuto.[4]

In recent years Shaud 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, 2018
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
Godzilla: The Series (in episode "Talkin' Trash" as Dr. Felix Hoenikker), 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. Jeremiah '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
The Good Wife (in episode "Waiting for the Knock" as Judge Etts), October 28, 2012
Younger (in episode "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss", "The Incident at Pound Ridge", "A Novel Marriage", "#LizaToo", and "A Christmas Miracle" as Bob Katz), 2016–2018

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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References

"Grant Shaud biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
"Loose Lips". The Buffalo News. June 20, 1993. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
Ku, Andrew (July 22, 1996). "Lily Tomlin to Join 'Murphy Brown'". Playbill. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
Andreeva, Nellie (February 26, 2018). "'Murphy Brown': Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto & Grant Shaud To Reprise Roles On CBS Revival; Charles Kimbrough May Appear". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

External links

Grant Shaud on IMDb
Grant Shaud at the Internet Broadway Database
Grant Shaud at Internet Off-Broadway Database

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[1] "Grant Shaud biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-04-16.

[2] "Loose Lips". The Buffalo News. June 20, 1993. Retrieved September 27, 2018.

[Tomlin-3] Ku, Andrew (July 22, 1996). "Lily Tomlin to Join 'Murphy Brown'". Playbill. Retrieved July 2, 2018.

[Shaud-4] Andreeva, Nellie (February 26, 2018). "'Murphy Brown': Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto & Grant Shaud To Reprise Roles On CBS Revival; Charles Kimbrough May Appear". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 15, 2018.