Person

David Alan Grier

Acting · Born 1956-06-30 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

David Alan Grier is an American comedian and film and television actor, best known for his work on the sketch comedy television show "In Living Color".

Known for

Filmography

2024St. Denis MedicalRon Leonard
2024The American Society of Magical NegroesRoger
2024ElsbethArthur Greene Jr.
20232023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelf
2023The Color PurpleReverend Avery
2023Candy Cane LaneSanta Claus
2023They Cloned TyroneThe Preacher
2023The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce CampbellSelf
2023Poker FaceOtto
2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th CelebrationCogsworth
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2022The PatientCharlie Addison
2022Right to Offend: The Black Comedy RevolutionSelf
2021Joe PickettVern Dunnegan
2021Clifford the Big Red DogPackard
2021Show of Titles"Guys and Dolls" Performer
2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The AfterpartySelf
2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
2021A Soldier's PlaySergeant Vernon C. Waters
2020Coffee & KareemCaptain Hill
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowPreacher
2019SprinterCoach
2019Native SonMarty
2018Busy TonightSelf - Guest
2018The Cool KidsHank
2018ArizonaCoburn
2018The ResidentLamar Broome
2017A Christmas Story Live!Santa Claus
2017Snap DecisionSelf - Host
2017The Big SickAndy Dodd
2017A Series of Unfortunate EventsHal
2016Jingle Ballin'Colin
2016Match GameSelf - Panelist
2015The Wiz Live!The Cowardly Lion
2015The Making of the Wiz Live!Self
2015Chopped Junior
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015The Carmichael ShowJoe Carmichael
2014Lennon or McCartneySelf
2014An En Vogue ChristmasMarty
2014Celebrity Name GameSelf
2014Bad TeacherCarl Gaines
2013The Watsons Go to BirminghamMr. Robert
2013Beat Bobby FlaySelf
2013Cutthroat KitchenSelf - Guest Judge
2013Hollywood Game NightSelf
2013PeeplesVirgil Peeples
2012Gotham Comedy LiveSelf - Host
2012Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade NinjaRudd Rhymez (voice)
2012The Soul ManJesse
2012Comedy Bang! Bang!Network President
2012The Eric Andre ShowSelf
2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. EvilMoss the Troll (voice)
2011Happy EndingsTerry
2009Astro BoyMr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009Dance FlickSugar Bear
2008Chocolate News
2008An American CarolRastus Malone
2008Gym Teacher: The MovieShelly Bragg
2008The Poker HouseStymie
2008Kissing CousinsThe Griller
2008The HustleRev. Isaac Montgomery Paid
2007HecklerSelf
2007Head CaseSelf
2007Thank God You're HereSelf - Host
2006Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's StreetPrincipal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
2006Little ManJimmy
2006Thugaboo: Sneaker MadnessPrincipal Eyeverson (voice)
2005Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown ComicsHimself
2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'Self
2005Why I Love 'Bewitched'Self
2005BonesProfessor Bunsen Jude
2005BewitchedJim Fields
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant
2005The Muppets' Wizard of OzUncle Henry
2005UnscriptedDavid Alan Grier
2004The WoodsmanBob
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf
2004Baadasssss!Clyde Houston
2004If Love Hadn't Left Me LonelyHimself
2004Laffapalooza! #2Self
2003David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's ManifestoHimself
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest Co-Host
2003Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The MovieLimo Driver
2002TiptoesJerry Robin Jr.
2002Life with BonnieDavid Bellows
2002King of TexasRip
2001The Proud FamilyReuben (voice)
2001Samurai JackDa Samurai
2001My Wife and Kids
200115 MinutesMugger
2001Gary & MikeThaddeus (voice)
2000DAGJerome Daggett
2000Boston PublicLaurence Williams
2000Damned If You DoThe Devil
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandTubunch (voice)
2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleMeasures
2000Freeway II: Confessions of a TrickbabyMr. Butz
2000Angels in the InfieldBob Bugler
2000Return to MeCharlie Johnson
2000East of ABrother James
20003 StrikesDetective Jenkins
2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of ImaginationSelf/Carl Bentley
1999Stuart LittleRed (voice)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJeremy Swift
1999The '60sFred Hampton
1999The '60sFred Hampton
1999A Saintly SwitchDan Anderson
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
1998HerculesMemnon (voice)
1998DamonBernard Thomas
1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!Self
1997Premium Blend
1997The ViewSelf
1997Top of the WorldDetective Augustus
1997McHale's NavyEnsign Charles Parker
1996Pulp Comicshimself
1996Kenan & KelDavid Alan Grier
1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
1995JumanjiCarl Bentley
1995The Preston EpisodesDavid Preston
1995Pinky and the BrainMarlon (voice)
1995Tales from the HoodCarl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildBongo (voice)
1995Goldilocks and the Three BearsSpike
1994BlankmanKevin Walker
1994In the Army NowFred Ostroff
1993The X-FilesCinema Audience (uncredited)
1992MartinRev. Leon Lonnie Love
1992BoomerangGerard Jackson
1992HBO First Look
1992The PlayerDavid Alan Grier
1990Almost an AngelDet. Bill
1990The Word
1990Dream OnMarshall
1990In Living ColorSelf - Various Characters
1990Loose CannonsDrummond
1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaNewsman
1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988Me and HimPeter Conklin
1988Off LimitsRogers
1988Tanner '88Secret Serviceman
1987A Different WorldProfessor Byron Walcott
1987Tour of DutyHarold
1987Amazon Women on the MoonDon Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
1987Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1987From the HipSteve Hadley
1986ALFFBI #1
1986All Is ForgivenOliver Royce
1985The EqualizerDesk Sergeant
1985BeerElliott Morrison
1984A Soldier's StoryCorporal Cobb
1983StreamersRoger
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1953The OscarsSelf
—Baby, You're a Star

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