David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor, primarily known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier.
In "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater", Brian forces Peter Griffin to watch an episode of Frasier in an attempt to teach him how to act with class.
In "PTV", he has a "trouser malfunction" at the Primetime Emmy Awards that results in intensive censoring of television by the FCC.
In "The Family Guy 100th Episode Special" one of the people interviewed by Seth MacFarlane thought Pierce does the voice of Stewie Griffin. MacFarlane, Stewie's true voice actor, confirmed to her that Pierce does his voice so that Pierce would be thought down upon by the woman, instead of himself.
According to Stewie in "Peterschmidt Manor", Elle Hitler's first kiss was with a boy who was beaten up by David Hyde Pierce at theater camp for being 'too fancy'.
In "White Meg Can't Jump" when Stewie collapses from shock from seeing his parents having sex, his ghost sees the same and also collapses, causing the ghost of David Hyde Pierce to rise out of Stewie's ghost, mentioning "I'm two layers down there, but I'm there".