David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier

Known for
Acting
Born
June 30, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Baby, You're a Star

Baby, You're a Star

Movie

2026
Who Is Martin Mull? poster

Who Is Martin Mull?

Movie · as Self

2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes poster

The American Society of Magical Negroes

Movie · as Roger

2024
St. Denis Medical poster

St. Denis Medical

TV · as Ron Leonard · 44 eps

2024
Elsbeth poster

Elsbeth

TV · as Arthur Greene Jr. · 1 ep

2024
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
The Color Purple poster

The Color Purple

Movie · as Reverend Avery

2023
They Cloned Tyrone poster

They Cloned Tyrone

Movie · as The Preacher

2023
Candy Cane Lane poster

Candy Cane Lane

Movie · as Santa Claus

2023
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson poster

2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Movie · as Self

2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

Movie · as Self

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Otto · 1 ep

2022
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration poster

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Movie · as Cogsworth

2022
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution poster

Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
The Patient poster

The Patient

TV · as Charlie Addison · 10 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog poster

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Movie · as Packard

2021
A Soldier's Play poster

A Soldier's Play

Movie · as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters

2021
Show of Titles poster

Show of Titles

Movie · as "Guys and Dolls" Performer

2021
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty poster

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2021
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! poster

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!

TV · 8 eps

2021
Joe Pickett poster

Joe Pickett

TV · as Vern Dunnegan · 11 eps

2020
Coffee & Kareem poster

Coffee & Kareem

Movie · as Captain Hill

2019
Native Son poster

Native Son

Movie · as Marty

2019
Sprinter poster

Sprinter

Movie · as Coach

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TV · as Preacher · 3 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Arizona poster

Arizona

Movie · as Coburn

2018
Busy Tonight poster

Busy Tonight

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
The Cool Kids poster

The Cool Kids

TV · as Hank · 22 eps

2018
The Resident poster

The Resident

TV · as Lamar Broome · 3 eps

2017
The Big Sick poster

The Big Sick

Movie · as Andy Dodd

2017
A Christmas Story Live! poster

A Christmas Story Live!

Movie · as Santa Claus

2017
Snap Decision

Snap Decision

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

TV · as Hal · 2 eps

2016
Jingle Ballin' poster

Jingle Ballin'

Movie · as Colin

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self - Panelist · 3 eps

2015
The Wiz Live! poster

The Wiz Live!

Movie · as The Cowardly Lion

2015
The Making of the Wiz Live! poster

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Movie · as Self

2015
The Carmichael Show poster

The Carmichael Show

TV · as Joe Carmichael · 32 eps

2015
Chopped Junior poster

Chopped Junior

TV · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
Lennon or McCartney poster

Lennon or McCartney

Movie · as Self

2014
An En Vogue Christmas poster

An En Vogue Christmas

Movie · as Marty

2014
Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2014
Bad Teacher poster

Bad Teacher

TV · as Carl Gaines · 13 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Ben Carson · 1 ep

2013
Peeples poster

Peeples

Movie · as Virgil Peeples

2013
The Watsons Go to Birmingham poster

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Movie · as Mr. Robert

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Cutthroat Kitchen poster

Cutthroat Kitchen

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2013
Beat Bobby Flay poster

Beat Bobby Flay

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Network President · 1 ep

2012
The Eric Andre Show poster

The Eric Andre Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Comedian · 1 ep

2012
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja poster

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

TV · as Rudd Rhymez (voice) · 1 ep

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Jesse · 1 ep

2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil poster

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Movie · as Moss the Troll (voice)

2011
Happy Endings poster

Happy Endings

TV · as Terry · 1 ep

2010
Something Like A Business poster

Something Like A Business

Movie · as 3D

2009
Dance Flick poster

Dance Flick

Movie · as Sugar Bear

2009
Astro Boy poster

Astro Boy

Movie · as Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
Black to the Future poster

Black to the Future

TV · 4 eps

2008
The Poker House poster

The Poker House

Movie · as Stymie

2008
The Hustle poster

The Hustle

Movie · as Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid

2008
An American Carol poster

An American Carol

Movie · as Rastus Malone

2008
Kissing Cousins poster

Kissing Cousins

Movie · as The Griller

2008
Gym Teacher: The Movie poster

Gym Teacher: The Movie

Movie · as Shelly Bragg

2008
Chocolate News poster

Chocolate News

TV · 10 eps

2007
Heckler poster

Heckler

Movie · as Self

2007
Head Case poster

Head Case

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Thank God You're Here poster

Thank God You're Here

TV · as Self - Host · 7 eps

2006
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street poster

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

Movie · as Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)

2006
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness poster

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

Movie · as Principal Eyeverson (voice)

2006
Little Man poster

Little Man

Movie · as Jimmy

2006
Creative Arts Emmy Awards poster

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2005
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz poster

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Movie · as Uncle Henry

2005
Bewitched poster

Bewitched

Movie · as Jim Fields

2005
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics poster

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics

Movie · as Himself

2005
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' poster

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'

Movie · as Self

2005
Why I Love 'Bewitched' poster

Why I Love 'Bewitched'

Movie · as Self

2005
Unscripted poster

Unscripted

TV · as David Alan Grier · 1 ep

2005
Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant · 9 eps

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Professor Bunsen Jude · 1 ep

2005
Too Late with Adam Carolla poster

Too Late with Adam Carolla

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Woodsman poster

The Woodsman

Movie · as Bob

2004
Baadasssss! poster

Baadasssss!

Movie · as Clyde Houston

2004
Laffapalooza! #2 poster

Laffapalooza! #2

Movie · as Self

2004
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely poster

If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely

Movie · as Himself

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto

David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto

Movie · as Himself

2003
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie poster

Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie

Movie · as Limo Driver

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest Co-Host · 10 eps

2002
King of Texas poster

King of Texas

Movie · as Rip

2002
Tiptoes poster

Tiptoes

Movie · as Jerry Robin Jr.

2002
Life with Bonnie poster

Life with Bonnie

TV · as David Bellows · 44 eps

2001
15 Minutes poster

15 Minutes

Movie · as Mugger

2001
My Wife and Kids poster

My Wife and Kids

TV · 1 ep

2001
Samurai Jack poster

Samurai Jack

TV · as Da Samurai · 1 ep

2001
Gary & Mike poster

Gary & Mike

TV · as Thaddeus (voice) · 1 ep

2001
The Proud Family poster

The Proud Family

TV · as Reuben (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby poster

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

Movie · as Mr. Butz

2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Movie · as Measures

2000
3 Strikes poster

3 Strikes

Movie · as Detective Jenkins

2000
East of A

East of A

Movie · as Brother James

2000
Damned If You Do

Damned If You Do

Movie · as The Devil

2000
Return to Me poster

Return to Me

Movie · as Charlie Johnson

2000
Angels in the Infield poster

Angels in the Infield

Movie · as Bob Bugler

2000
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination poster

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

Movie · as Self/Carl Bentley

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Laurence Williams · 1 ep

2000
DAG poster

DAG

TV · as Jerome Daggett · 17 eps

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

TV · as Tubunch (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The '60s poster

The '60s

Movie · as Fred Hampton

1999
A Saintly Switch poster

A Saintly Switch

Movie · as Dan Anderson

1999
Stuart Little poster

Stuart Little

Movie · as Red (voice)

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Jeremy Swift · 1 ep

1999
The '60s poster

The '60s

TV · as Fred Hampton · 2 eps

1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! poster

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Movie · as Self

1998
Damon poster

Damon

TV · as Bernard Thomas · 13 eps

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Memnon (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
McHale's Navy poster

McHale's Navy

Movie · as Ensign Charles Parker

1997
Top of the World poster

Top of the World

Movie · as Detective Augustus

1997
Premium Blend poster

Premium Blend

TV · 97 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Kenan & Kel poster

Kenan & Kel

TV · as David Alan Grier · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1996
Pulp Comics poster

Pulp Comics

TV · as himself · 1 ep

1995
Tales from the Hood poster

Tales from the Hood

Movie · as Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

1995
Jumanji poster

Jumanji

Movie · as Bentley

1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears poster

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Movie · as Spike

1995
The Preston Episodes

The Preston Episodes

TV · as David Preston · 10 eps

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Bongo (voice), Dudley (voice), King Maynard (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · as Marlon (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Blankman poster

Blankman

Movie · as Kevin Walker

1994
In the Army Now poster

In the Army Now

Movie · as Fred Ostroff

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Cinema Audience (uncredited) · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as David Alan Grier

1992
Boomerang poster

Boomerang

Movie · as Gerard Jackson

1992
Martin poster

Martin

TV · as Rev. Leon Lonnie Love · 4 eps

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · 1 ep

1990
Loose Cannons poster

Loose Cannons

Movie · as Drummond

1990
Almost an Angel poster

Almost an Angel

Movie · as Det. Bill

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Marshall · 1 ep

1990
In Living Color poster

In Living Color

TV · as Self - Various Characters · 128 eps

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 1 ep

1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

Movie

1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

Movie

1988
Off Limits poster

Off Limits

Movie · as Rogers

1988
Me and Him poster

Me and Him

Movie · as Peter Conklin

1988
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

Movie

1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Movie · as Newsman

1988
Tanner '88 poster

Tanner '88

TV · as Secret Serviceman · 1 ep

1987
From the Hip poster

From the Hip

Movie · as Steve Hadley

1987
Amazon Women on the Moon poster

Amazon Women on the Moon

Movie · as Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")

1987
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Professor Byron Walcott · 1 ep

1987
Tour of Duty poster

Tour of Duty

TV · as Harold · 1 ep

1987
Down and Out in Beverly Hills poster

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

TV · 1 ep

1986
ALF poster

ALF

TV · as FBI #1 · 1 ep

1986
All Is Forgiven poster

All Is Forgiven

TV · as Oliver Royce · 9 eps

1985
Beer poster

Beer

Movie · as Elliott Morrison

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Desk Sergeant · 1 ep

1984
A Soldier's Story poster

A Soldier's Story

Movie · as Corporal Cobb

1983
Streamers poster

Streamers

Movie · as Roger

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Antoine Meriweather (uncredited) · 2 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep