Conservative Star Kelsey Grammer On His Difficult Path To Faith Ahead Of Upcoming Movie ‘Jesus Revolution’

The movie, which stars Kelsey Grammer, a movie star and conservative television personality, is titled the “Jesus Revolution,” a film about a real-life spiritual awakening, something he’s familiar with following a series of tragedies in his life.

The 67-year-old Angel Studios to welcome actor‘ “The Chosen” star Jonathan Roumie who plays hippie preacher Lonnie Frisbee in the film directed by Jon Erwin. It deals with the true story of the “national spiritual awakening” of the “early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California,” according to a news release, Christian Headlines reported.

“Jesus has been a profound influence in my life,” Grammer shared with the outlet. “I am proud to be a part of this film.”

The actor brings the late Chuck Smith, the pastor who founded the Calvary Chapel movement and mentor to Pastor Greg Laurie, to life, the outlet noted. Produced by Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate, the “Jesus Revolution,” centers on Laurie, then a young man who experienced a spiritual awakening under Smith’Get assistance.

“The movie is set in a very specific time and place, but the theme of finding a deeper meaning to life, in the midst of a fractured and broken world, is timeless,” Erwin shared.

“In his iconic performances, Kelsey has a proven ability to connect with audiences in a real, vulnerable way, which will make him a tremendous presence in this film,” He added.

Grammer is perhaps best-known for his role in Dr. Frasier crane, the first episode of the NBC hit series “Cheers” Later, in the spin-off series called simply “Frasier.”

Grammer, however, was not the calm, gentle, and mild-mannered character that people see on TV. He suffered from tremendous loss throughout his entire life. “nearly destroyed” him An addiction to alcohol led to him being sent to jail.

2017: “Down Periscope” Star acknowledged that as a child, he had experienced this. “spiritual youth,” However, after losing one of your loved ones, you will never be the same again. faith He was challenged. It all started when he turned 12.

Grammer moved in with his grandmother after his father Frank Allen Grammer Jr. left him. However, his grandfather succumbed to cancer shortly after he was born. 

When he was 13 years old, his father was murdered in a home invasion. In 1975, Kelsey’s sister, Karen, was kidnapped by four men and raped by Freddie Lee Glenn.

“I miss her in my bones,” Kelsey wrote to parole board in 2009, as the outlet noted. “I was her big brother. I was supposed to protect her — I could not … It very nearly destroyed me.”

In 1980, Stephen and Billy died in a dive accident.

Kelsey acknowledged that she was witness to one after another tragedy. “I probably lost it [his faith],” The Radio Times noted. “I abandoned the effort to find a reason to be alive.”

According to the actor, he started drinking in an effort to get rid of the pain from his past.

“I was running away from the feelings that weren’t, you know, as comfortable as I wanted them to do be, and maybe I do have a self-destructive part of me,” Grammer shared.

He tried numerous times to enter rehab, but the abuse of his addictive behaviors only made matters worse. Faithit.com noted.

In the mid 90s, he was arrested for drunk driving. Grammer claimed that Grammer finally gave up on his life to God.

And by the late ’90s he had found a way to keep that pain where he said it belonged, “in the past,” inews UK noted.

“I just put that pain where it is: in the past,” Kelsey shared. “But it’s a pain that you can always stumble into again — it’s with you 24/7, especially in the case of tragic death, and there have been a few of those.”

“It’s just part of life,” He added. “Maybe I learned a little earlier than most, but it’s just the way it goes.”

He suffered a heart attack in 2008, and two years later, Kayte Walsh became his fourth wife. “devastating” miscarriages.

He remained faith through all of these emotional challenges.

“Kayte and I had a couple of miscarriages before we had our first child,” The actor explained. “That was devastating. These things are hard. But when it’s good, it’s magnificent.”

In 2021, Grammer told Fox News, That faith is “something you have to fight for” as he looked back on how far he’s come with his addiction, when he promoted his business the Faith American Brewing Company and talked about his children.

“It’s no accident that it’s called Faith American,” Grammer spoke at the time. “My daughter’s name is Faith, but there’s also action in faith. Faith is something you have to fight for.”

“We fought for this beautiful child in our lives, and she’s our first child,” He added. “And the idea of America is

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