David Hyde Pierce is an American actor and comedian. He is better known for playing the role of a psychiatrist, Dr. Niles Crane, on the NBC sitcom Frasier. He won Four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series during the show's run. He also gave voice to one of the characters in the movie A Bug’s Life and for Abe Sapien for the movie Hellboy (uncredited). He made voice cameos on The Simpsons as well.