Kelsey Grammer to give up acting for politics

Kelsey Grammer has revealed that he will eventually give up acting in favour of politics.

The Frasier veteran confessed that he looks forward to cultivating a career in the political arena as he grows older, saying that he is considering a bid for office in New York.

"I have had a great career and extraordinary opportunities," Grammer told the New York Post. "But I look at my political aspirations as that last piece of my life - where I hope to do something good for people and pay back a little."

Grammer went on to say that he has the perfect temperament for politics, claiming that actors and politicians are really not all that different.

"You certainly have to have a resilient ego," he said, before adding that a "narcissistic personality" is characteristic of both professions as well.

In February, the 56-year-old wed British flight attendant Kayte Walsh just weeks after finalising his divorce from Camille Grammer.

Grammer filed for the sole custody of his two children from his ex-wife in May, though the two reached a temporary child custody agreement last month.