David Alan Grier

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: Acting

Born: Detroit, Michigan, USA, 1956-06-30

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Streamers	Roger	59
2	1984	A Soldier's Story	Corporal Cobb	68
3	1985	Beer	Elliott Morrison	44
4	1987	From the Hip	Steve Hadley	59
5	1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")	59
6	1988	Off Limits	Rogers	57
7	1988	Me and Him	Peter Conklin	33
8	1988	Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2		0
9	1988	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	Newsman	64
10	1989	Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3		0
11	1989	Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4		0
12	1990	Loose Cannons	Drummond	49
13	1990	Almost an Angel	Det. Bill	57
14	1992	The Player	David Alan Grier	72
15	1992	Boomerang	Gerard Jackson	57
16	1994	In the Army Now	Fred Ostroff	50
17	1994	Blankman	Kevin Walker	53
18	1995	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Spike	45
19	1995	Tales from the Hood	Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")	63
20	1995	Jumanji	Carl Bentley	72
21	1997	McHale's Navy	Ensign Charles Parker	45
22	1997	Top of the World	Detective Augustus	54
23	1998	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!	Self	58
24	1999	A Saintly Switch	Dan Anderson	71
25	1999	The 60s	Fred Hampton	60
26	1999	Stuart Little	Red (voice)	61
27	2000	3 Strikes	Detective Jenkins	57
28	2000	East of A	Brother James	0
29	2000	Return to Me	Charlie Johnson	66
30	2000	Angels in the Infield	Bob Bugler	56
31	2000	Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby	Mr. Butz	57
32	2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Measures	41
33	2000	Damned If You Do	The Devil	20
34	2001	15 Minutes	Mugger	59
35	2002	King of Texas	Rip	53
36	2002	Tiptoes	Jerry Robin Jr.	40
37	2003	Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie	Limo Driver	56
38	2003	David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto	Himself	0
39	2004	Laffapalooza! #2		0
40	2004	If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely	Himself	0
41	2004	Baadasssss!	Clyde Houston	65
42	2004	The Woodsman	Bob	69
43	2005	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	Uncle Henry	53
44	2005	Bewitched	Jim Fields	51
45	2005	Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics	Himself	80
46	2006	Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness	Principal Eyeverson (voice)	70
47	2006	Little Man	Jimmy	59
48	2006	Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street	Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)	80
49	2007	Heckler	Self	59
50	2008	The Hustle	Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid	62
51	2008	Kissing Cousins	The Griller	50
52	2008	The Poker House	Stymie	62
53	2008	Gym Teacher: The Movie	Shelly Bragg	71
54	2008	An American Carol	Rastus Malone	42
55	2009	Dance Flick	Sugar Bear	48
56	2009	Astro Boy	Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot	63
57	2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil	Moss the Troll (voice)	51
58	2013	Peeples	Virgil Peeples	55
59	2013	The Watsons Go to Birmingham	Mr. Robert	71
60	2014	An En Vogue Christmas	Marty	60
61	2014	Lennon or McCartney	Self	52
62	2015	The Making of the Wiz Live!	Self	0
63	2015	The Wiz Live!	The Cowardly Lion	71
64	2016	Jingle Ballin'	Colin	68
65	2017	The Big Sick	Andy Dodd	73
66	2017	A Christmas Story Live!	Santa Claus	48
67	2018	Arizona	Coburn	55
68	2019	Native Son	Marty	55
69	2019	Sprinter	Coach	64
70	2020	Coffee & Kareem	Captain Hill	55
71	2021	A Soldier's Play	Sergeant Vernon C. Waters	0
72	2021	Show of Titles	"Guys and Dolls" Performer	0
73	2021	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Packard	72
74	2022	Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration	Cogsworth	68
75	2023	The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell	Self	0
76	2023	They Cloned Tyrone	The Preacher	66
77	2023	Candy Cane Lane	Santa Claus	60
78	2023	The Color Purple	Reverend Avery	71
79	2023	2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson	Self	80
80	2024	The American Society of Magical Negroes	Roger	47

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
4	1985	The Equalizer	Desk Sergeant	71
5	1986	All is Forgiven	Oliver Royce	50
6	1986	ALF	FBI #1	77
7	1987	Down and Out in Beverly Hills		55
8	1987	A Different World	Professor Byron Walcott	70
9	1987	Tour of Duty	Harold	80
10	1988	Tanner '88	Secret Serviceman	67
11	1988	Tanner '88		67
12	1990	In Living Color	Self - Various Characters	76
13	1990	Dream On	Marshall	69
14	1992	HBO First Look		49
15	1992	Martin		77
16	1993	The X-Files	Cinema Audience (uncredited)	84
17	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Bongo (voice)	60
18	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Dudley (voice)	60
19	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	King Maynard (voice)	60
20	1995	The Preston Episodes	David Preston	60
21	1995	Pinky and the Brain	Marlon (voice)	77
22	1996	The Daily Show	Self	63
23	1996	Kenan & Kel	David Alan Grier	81
24	1997	The View	Self	45
25	1997	Premium Blend		0
26	1998	Damon	Bernard Thomas	100
27	1998	Hercules	Memnon (voice)	68
28	1998	Hercules		68
29	1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	65
30	1999	The '60s	Fred Hampton	0
31	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jeremy Swift	79
32	2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Tubunch (voice)	65
33	2000	Boston Public	Laurence Williams	77
34	2000	DAG	Jerome Daggett	70
35	2001	Gary & Mike	Thaddeus (voice)	0
36	2001	My Wife and Kids		74
37	2001	Samurai Jack	Da Samurai	85
38	2001	The Proud Family	Reuben (voice)	78
39	2002	Life with Bonnie	David Bellows	65
40	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
41	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
42	2005	Unscripted	Self	80
43	2005	Dancing with the Stars	Self - Contestant	60
44	2005	Bones	Professor Bunsen Jude	82
45	2007	Thank God You're Here	Self - Host	0
46	2007	Head Case	Self	65
47	2008	Chocolate News		10
48	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
49	2011	Happy Endings	Terry	70
50	2012	The Eric Andre Show	Self	79
51	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Network President	61
52	2012	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Rudd Rhymez (voice)	83
53	2012	Gotham Comedy Live	Self - Host	55
54	2012	Gotham Comedy Live	Self - Comedian	55
55	2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self	67
56	2013	Cutthroat Kitchen	Self - Guest Judge	63
57	2013	Beat Bobby Flay	Self	64
58	2014	Bad Teacher	Carl Gaines	55
59	2014	Celebrity Name Game	Self	53
60	2015	The Carmichael Show	Joe Carmichael	72
61	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
62	2015	Chopped Junior		72
63	2016	Match Game	Self - Panelist	58
64	2017	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Hal	74
65	2017	Snap Decision	Self - Host	0
66	2018	The Resident	Lamar Broome	84
67	2018	The Cool Kids	Hank	55
68	2018	Busy Tonight	Self - Guest	55
69	2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Preacher	74
70	2021	Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!		66
71	2021	Joe Pickett	Vern Dunnegan	72
72	2022	Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution		60
73	2022	The Patient	Charlie Addison	70
74	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
75	2024	St. Denis Medical	Dr. Ron	69