The ‘90s gave us a lot — frosted tips, Tamagotchis, and Kelsey Grammer as Beast. Now, nearly two decades after first going blue and furry, he’s back.
On Wednesday, March 26, Marvel fans tuned in for a five-hour livestream that slowly revealed the cast of Avengers: Doomsday. A camera panned across rows of name-tagged director’s chairs, and when the 70-year-old Frasier star’s name popped up, the internet lost it.
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“This stopped me in my tracks. That’s friggin EPIC,” one person wrote on Instagram.
“Kelsey is forever Beast,” another added.
“Frasier never looked so good 
,” a third joked.
But not everyone was cheering.
“He’s 70. It’s time to move on from him,” one Reddit user wrote.
“Meh, I’m definitely ready for a new Beast,” another said.
Grammer made his Marvel debut as Hank McCoy in X-Men: The Last Stand back in 2006, then popped up for a surprise cameo in The Marvels nearly two decades later. Now, he’s officially suiting up for the MCU — likely voicing a CGI version more in line with the animated X-Men ’97 look.
After reappearing in 2023, the Cheers icon told TheWrap he was hopeful more Beast was on the way.
“It is my hope that you will [see him again],” Grammer said at the time. “I can say with a certain amount of confidence that you will. I would love to.”
In addition to the sitcom star, Avengers: Doomsday (which will hit theaters in May 2026) is bringing back a long list of fan favorites — including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Channing Tatum — alongside Marvel regulars like Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, and Florence Pugh.
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