Kelsey Grammer passed up the chance to become a porn star when he was a struggling teen actor - after a producer offered him $10,000 to show off his manhood in a XXX film.

The former Frasier star admits his interest was piqued early in his career, when his talents were noticed by a sex filmmaker.

But the 54 year old is relieved he didn't let his libido get the better of him - because the raunchy film role would have tainted his family-friendly persona.

He explains, "I have been offered some odd roles. When I was young and cute, I was actually offered a porn film once. I was 18 years old. I was very broke at the time. It would've been $10,000. They said I was going to go on this yacht in the Bahamas with these two beautiful women. They called it The Bermuda Triangle (which) sounds pretty good. But then I thought, if I get lucky and actually do have success, I would be buying up copies of that for the rest of my life."