Grant Shaud

Grant Shaud
Edward Grant Shaud III (born October 17, 1960) is an American actor known for his portrayal of the character of Miles Silverberg on the television sitcom Murphy Brown. He's also had notable roles in the films The Distinguished Gentleman and Antz, among other voice performances in The Wild Thornberrys, Godzilla: The Series and Batman: The Animated Series.
Early life
Edward Grant Shaud III was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Anna Barbara (née Dougherty) and Edward Shaud Jr. His family is 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 Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
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 by Lily Tomlin. On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Shaud would return to a revival series of Murphy Brown with former co-stars Candice Bergen, Faith Ford and Joe Regalbuto.
In recent years, Shaud has done some voiceover 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
Batman: The Animated Series as Harry Loomis / Pack Rat (episode: "Make 'Em Laugh"), 1994
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
Deadman's Gun ("Highway Man") 1997, Season 1, Episode 6
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 episode "Burn Baby Burn" 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 episodes "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
References
External links
1961 births
Living people
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American people of Irish descent
Male actors from Evanston, Illinois
University of Richmond alumni
Sigma Alpha Epsilon members