Happy Birthday, David Hyde Pierce!

Happy 49th birthday to David Hyde Pierce, who came out publicly last year. He's best known for playing the neurotic fussbudget Niles Crane on the long running sitcom Frasier (and won four Emmys in the process). He caused a bit of a stir when he pulled off an upset win for Best Leading Actor in a Musical at the Tony Awards for the musical Curtains, and thanked his partner, Brian Hargrove, saying, "And my partner Brian, because it's 24 damn years of listening to your notes, that's why I'm up here tonight."

On his Wikipedia page there's this interesting tidbit:

"On February 3rd 2008 reports speculated Pierce was in preliminary talks with Warner Brothers pictures over the possibility of playing Batman villain The Riddler in any future sequels to the movie series. These reports are, as of yet, uncomfirmed."

To show how truly versatile this gifted performer is, here's a clip of David in a parody of Ricky Martin's Living La Vida Loca. Yes, that's not a typo.