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David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959)〔 is an American actor and comedian. Pierce is known for playing the psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'', for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series during the show's run. ==Early life== Pierce was born David Pierce in Saratoga Springs, New York. His father, George Hyde Pierce (deceased),〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001383/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm〕 was an aspiring actor, and his mother, Laura Marie (née Hughes; deceased),〔 was an insurance agent. He added his middle name "Hyde" to avoid confusion with another actor named David Pierce. As a child, Pierce frequently played organ at the local Bethesda Episcopal Church.〔Barbara S Wilson, Arlene Flancher, and Susan T. Erdey, ''The Episcopal Handbook'' (Moorhouse () Publishing 2008), pp. 106-7, ISBN 978-0-8192-2329-6.〕 While attending Yale, Pierce performed in and directed student productions, appearing in the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society's production of ''H.M.S. Pinafore''. He also directed the Gilbert & Sullivan Society's operetta ''Princess Ida''.〔Rizzo, Frank. ("David Hyde Pierce Directs Comedy At Williamstown" ) courant.com, July 8, 2012〕 Among other roles Pierce played at Yale were in ''Waiting for Godot'', ''Saint Joan'', and ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Hyde Pierce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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