David Alan Grier
Known for acting · Born 30 June 1956 · 70 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
171 credits
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
In Living Color
1990
The Woodsman
2004
St. Denis Medical
2024
The Carmichael Show
2015
Premium Blend
1997
Blankman
1994
They Cloned Tyrone
2023
Boomerang
1992
Jumanji
1995
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
Coffee & Kareem
2020
Acting (166)
2026Who Is Martin Mull?SelfFilm
2024The American Society of Magical NegroesRogerFilm
2024ElsbethArthur Greene Jr.Series
2024St. Denis MedicalRon Leonard · 37 episodesSeries
2023They Cloned TyroneThe PreacherFilm
2023Poker FaceOttoSeries
2023Candy Cane LaneSanta ClausFilm
2023The Color PurpleReverend AveryFilm
20232023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelfFilm
2023The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce CampbellSelfFilm
2022The PatientCharlie Addison · 10 episodesSeries
2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th CelebrationCogsworthFilm
2022SherriSelf - GuestSeries
2022Right to Offend: The Black Comedy RevolutionSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2021Clifford the Big Red DogPackardFilm
2021Joe PickettVern Dunnegan · 11 episodesSeries
2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! · 8 episodesSeries
2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The AfterpartySelfFilm
2021A Soldier's PlaySergeant Vernon C. WatersFilm
2021Show of Titles"Guys and Dolls" PerformerFilm
2020Coffee & KareemCaptain HillFilm
2019Native SonMartyFilm
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelfSeries
2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowPreacher · 3 episodesSeries
2019SprinterCoachFilm
2018The ResidentLamar Broome · 3 episodesSeries
2018ArizonaCoburnFilm
2018The Cool KidsHank · 22 episodesSeries
2018Busy TonightSelf - GuestSeries
2017The Big SickAndy DoddFilm
2017A Series of Unfortunate EventsHal · 2 episodesSeries
2017A Christmas Story Live!Santa ClausFilm
2017Snap DecisionSelf - Host · 2 episodesSeries
2016Match GameSelf - Panelist · 3 episodesSeries
2016Jingle Ballin'ColinFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
2015The Wiz Live!The Cowardly LionFilm
2015The Carmichael ShowJoe Carmichael · 32 episodesSeries
2015Chopped JuniorSeries
2015The Making of the Wiz Live!SelfFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonBen CarsonSeries
2014Bad TeacherCarl Gaines · 13 episodesSeries
2014Lennon or McCartneySelfFilm
2014Celebrity Name GameSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2014An En Vogue ChristmasMartyFilm
2013PeeplesVirgil PeeplesFilm
2013Cutthroat KitchenSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2013Beat Bobby FlaySelfSeries
2013The Watsons Go to BirminghamMr. RobertFilm
2013Hollywood Game NightSelfSeries
2012The Eric Andre ShowSelfSeries
2012Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade NinjaRudd Rhymez (voice)Series
2012Comedy Bang! Bang!Network PresidentSeries
2012The Soul ManJesseSeries
2012Gotham Comedy LiveSelf - Host, Self - ComedianSeries
2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. EvilMoss the Troll (voice)Film
2011Happy EndingsTerrySeries
2010Something Like A Business3DFilm
2009Astro BoyMr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)Film
2009Dance FlickSugar BearFilm
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2009Black to the Future · 4 episodesSeries
2008The Poker HouseStymieFilm
2008An American CarolRastus MaloneFilm
2008The HustleRev. Isaac Montgomery PaidFilm
2008Gym Teacher: The MovieShelly BraggFilm
2008Kissing CousinsThe GrillerFilm
2008Chocolate News · 10 episodesSeries
2007HecklerSelfFilm
2007Head CaseSelfSeries
2007Thank God You're HereSelf - Host · 7 episodesSeries
2006Little ManJimmyFilm
2006Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's StreetPrincipal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)Film
2006Thugaboo: Sneaker MadnessPrincipal Eyeverson (voice)Film
2005BonesProfessor Bunsen JudeSeries
2005BewitchedJim FieldsFilm
2005The Muppets' Wizard of OzUncle HenryFilm
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant · 9 episodesSeries
2005UnscriptedDavid Alan GrierSeries
2005Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown ComicsHimselfFilm
2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'SelfFilm
2005Why I Love 'Bewitched'SelfFilm
2004The WoodsmanBobFilm
2004Baadasssss!Clyde HoustonFilm
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelfSeries
2004If Love Hadn't Left Me LonelyHimselfFilm
2004Laffapalooza! #2SelfFilm
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest Co-Host · 11 episodes, Self - Guest · 4 episodesSeries
2003Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The MovieLimo DriverFilm
2003David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's ManifestoHimselfFilm
2002TiptoesJerry Robin Jr.Film
2002King of TexasRipFilm
2002Life with BonnieDavid Bellows · 44 episodesSeries
2001Samurai JackDa SamuraiSeries
200115 MinutesMuggerFilm
2001My Wife and KidsSeries
2001The Proud FamilyReuben (voice)Series
2001Gary & MikeThaddeus (voice)Series
2000Return to MeCharlie JohnsonFilm
2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleMeasuresFilm
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandTubunch (voice)Series
2000Freeway II: Confessions of a TrickbabyMr. ButzFilm
20003 StrikesDetective JenkinsFilm
2000Boston PublicLaurence WilliamsSeries
2000Angels in the InfieldBob BuglerFilm
2000Damned If You DoThe DevilFilm
2000DAGJerome Daggett · 17 episodesSeries
2000East of ABrother JamesFilm
2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of ImaginationSelf/Carl BentleyFilm
1999Stuart LittleRed (voice)Film
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJeremy SwiftSeries
1999The '60sFred HamptonFilm
1999A Saintly SwitchDan AndersonFilm
1999The '60sFred Hampton · 2 episodesSeries
1998HerculesMemnon (voice)Series
1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!SelfFilm
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist · 5 episodesSeries
1998DamonBernard Thomas · 13 episodesSeries
1997The ViewSelfSeries
1997McHale's NavyEnsign Charles ParkerFilm
1997Top of the WorldDetective AugustusFilm
1997Premium Blend · 97 episodesSeries
1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1996Kenan & KelDavid Alan GrierSeries
1996Pulp ComicshimselfSeries
1995JumanjiBentleyFilm
1995Pinky and the BrainMarlon (voice)Series
1995Tales from the HoodCarl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")Film
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildBongo (voice), Dudley (voice), King Maynard (voice)Series
1995Goldilocks and the Three BearsSpikeFilm
1995The Preston EpisodesDavid Preston · 10 episodesSeries
1994In the Army NowFred OstroffFilm
1994BlankmanKevin WalkerFilm
1993The X-FilesCinema Audience (uncredited)Series
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1992The PlayerDavid Alan GrierFilm
1992BoomerangGerard JacksonFilm
1992MartinRev. Leon Lonnie Love · 4 episodesSeries
1992HBO First LookSeries
1990In Living ColorSelf - Various Characters · 128 episodesSeries
1990Loose CannonsDrummondFilm
1990Almost an AngelDet. BillFilm
1990Dream OnMarshallSeries
1990The WordSeries
1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4Film
1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3Film
1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaNewsmanFilm
1988Off LimitsRogersFilm
1988Me and HimPeter ConklinFilm
1988Tanner '88Secret ServicemanSeries
1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2Film
1987Amazon Women on the MoonDon Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")Film
1987Tour of DutyHaroldSeries
1987A Different WorldProfessor Byron WalcottSeries
1987From the HipSteve HadleyFilm
1987Down and Out in Beverly HillsSeries
1986ALFFBI #1Series
1986All Is ForgivenOliver Royce · 9 episodesSeries
1985The EqualizerDesk SergeantSeries
1985BeerElliott MorrisonFilm
1984A Soldier's StoryCorporal CobbFilm
1983StreamersRogerFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 2 episodes, Antoine Meriweather (uncredited)Series
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
—Baby, You're a StarFilm
Production (3)
2008Chocolate NewsProducerSeries
2007Thank God You're HereProducerSeries
1995The Preston EpisodesExecutive ProducerSeries
Writing (2)
2008The Poker HouseWriter, Co-ProducerFilm
2003David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's ManifestoWriterFilm