David Alan Grier

Known for: Acting

Born: 1956-06-30 (age 70)

From: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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".

Filmography (160)

TV★ 6.7
St. Denis Medical
2024
as Ron Leonard
MOVIE★ 4.7
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
as Roger
TV★ 6.8
Elsbeth
2024
as Arthur Greene Jr.
MOVIE★ 4.5
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Color Purple
2023
as Reverend Avery
MOVIE★ 6.0
Candy Cane Lane
2023
as Santa Claus
MOVIE★ 6.5
They Cloned Tyrone
2023
as The Preacher
MOVIE
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023
as Self
TV★ 7.4
Poker Face
2023
as Otto
MOVIE★ 6.8
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
as Cogsworth
TV★ 2.6
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.9
The Patient
2022
as Charlie Addison
TV★ 6.0
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Joe Pickett
2021
as Vern Dunnegan
MOVIE★ 7.2
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
as Packard
MOVIE
Show of Titles
2021
as "Guys and Dolls" Performer
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty
2021
as Self
TV★ 6.4
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
2021
MOVIE
A Soldier's Play
2021
as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
MOVIE★ 5.4
Coffee & Kareem
2020
as Captain Hill
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TV★ 6.9
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Preacher
MOVIE★ 6.6
Sprinter
2019
as Coach
MOVIE★ 5.5
Native Son
2019
as Marty
TV★ 5.5
Busy Tonight
2018
as Self - Guest
TV★ 5.4
The Cool Kids
2018
as Hank
MOVIE★ 5.5
Arizona
2018
as Coburn
TV★ 8.4
The Resident
2018
as Lamar Broome
MOVIE★ 4.7
A Christmas Story Live!
2017
as Santa Claus
TV
Snap Decision
2017
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Big Sick
2017
as Andy Dodd
TV★ 7.4
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Hal
MOVIE★ 6.8
Jingle Ballin'
2016
as Colin
TV★ 6.4
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wiz Live!
2015
as The Cowardly Lion
MOVIE
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Chopped Junior
2015
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.2
The Carmichael Show
2015
as Joe Carmichael
MOVIE★ 5.3
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
An En Vogue Christmas
2014
as Marty
TV★ 5.3
Celebrity Name Game
2014
as Self
TV★ 5.6
Bad Teacher
2014
as Carl Gaines
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
2013
as Mr. Robert
TV★ 6.2
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
as Self
TV★ 6.6
Cutthroat Kitchen
2013
as Self - Guest Judge
TV★ 6.5
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Peeples
2013
as Virgil Peeples
TV★ 5.5
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
as Self - Host
TV★ 8.3
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
as Rudd Rhymez (voice)
TV★ 6.0
The Soul Man
2012
as Jesse
TV★ 6.3
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Network President
TV★ 7.9
The Eric Andre Show
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
as Moss the Troll (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Happy Endings
2011
as Terry
MOVIE★ 6.3
Astro Boy
2009
as Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
TV★ 5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dance Flick
2009
as Sugar Bear
TV★ 1.0
Chocolate News
2008
MOVIE★ 4.2
An American Carol
2008
as Rastus Malone
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gym Teacher: The Movie
2008
as Shelly Bragg
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Poker House
2008
as Stymie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kissing Cousins
2008
as The Griller
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Hustle
2008
as Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid
MOVIE★ 5.9
Heckler
2007
as Self
TV★ 6.3
Head Case
2007
as Self
TV
Thank God You're Here
2007
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 8.0
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006
as Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Little Man
2006
as Jimmy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006
as Principal Eyeverson (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics
2005
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005
as Self
MOVIE
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005
as Self
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as Professor Bunsen Jude
MOVIE★ 5.1
Bewitched
2005
as Jim Fields
TV★ 6.2
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
as Uncle Henry
TV★ 8.5
Unscripted
2005
as David Alan Grier
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Woodsman
2004
as Bob
TV★ 6.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Baadasssss!
2004
as Clyde Houston
MOVIE★ 9.0
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely
2004
as Himself
MOVIE
Laffapalooza! #2
2004
as Self
MOVIE
David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto
2003
as Himself
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest Co-Host
MOVIE★ 6.0
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
2003
as Limo Driver
MOVIE★ 3.9
Tiptoes
2002
as Jerry Robin Jr.
TV★ 7.2
Life with Bonnie
2002
as David Bellows
MOVIE★ 5.3
King of Texas
2002
as Rip
TV★ 7.7
The Proud Family
2001
as Reuben (voice)
TV★ 8.4
Samurai Jack
2001
as Da Samurai
TV★ 7.4
My Wife and Kids
2001
MOVIE★ 5.9
15 Minutes
2001
as Mugger
TV★ 7.0
Gary & Mike
2001
as Thaddeus (voice)
TV★ 7.0
DAG
2000
as Jerome Daggett
TV★ 7.6
Boston Public
2000
as Laurence Williams
MOVIE★ 4.3
Damned If You Do
2000
as The Devil
TV★ 6.5
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
as Tubunch (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Measures
MOVIE★ 5.6
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
as Mr. Butz
MOVIE★ 5.6
Angels in the Infield
2000
as Bob Bugler
MOVIE★ 6.7
Return to Me
2000
as Charlie Johnson
MOVIE★ 10.0
East of A
2000
as Brother James
MOVIE★ 5.6
3 Strikes
2000
as Detective Jenkins
MOVIE
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
as Self/Carl Bentley
MOVIE★ 6.1
Stuart Little
1999
as Red (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jeremy Swift
MOVIE★ 6.1
The '60s
1999
as Fred Hampton
TV
The '60s
1999
as Fred Hampton
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Saintly Switch
1999
as Dan Anderson
TV★ 7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TV★ 6.9
Hercules
1998
as Memnon (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Damon
1998
as Bernard Thomas
MOVIE★ 6.1
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Premium Blend
1997
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Top of the World
1997
as Detective Augustus
MOVIE★ 4.5
McHale's Navy
1997
as Ensign Charles Parker
TV
Pulp Comics
1996
as himself
TV★ 8.1
Kenan & Kel
1996
as David Alan Grier
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.2
Jumanji
1995
as Carl Bentley
TV★ 6.5
The Preston Episodes
1995
as David Preston
TV★ 7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Marlon (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Tales from the Hood
1995
as Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
TV★ 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Bongo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
as Spike
MOVIE★ 5.4
Blankman
1994
as Kevin Walker
MOVIE★ 5.1
In the Army Now
1994
as Fred Ostroff
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Cinema Audience (uncredited)
TV★ 7.5
Martin
1992
as Rev. Leon Lonnie Love
MOVIE★ 5.7
Boomerang
1992
as Gerard Jackson
TV★ 5.6
HBO First Look
1992
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Player
1992
as David Alan Grier
MOVIE★ 5.8
Almost an Angel
1990
as Det. Bill
TV★ 7.0
Dream On
1990
as Marshall
TV★ 7.6
In Living Color
1990
as Self - Various Characters
MOVIE★ 5.0
Loose Cannons
1990
as Drummond
MOVIE
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
MOVIE
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
MOVIE★ 6.4
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Newsman
MOVIE
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
MOVIE★ 3.2
Me and Him
1988
as Peter Conklin
MOVIE★ 5.6
Off Limits
1988
as Rogers
TV★ 6.9
Tanner '88
1988
as Secret Serviceman
TV★ 7.1
A Different World
1987
as Professor Byron Walcott
TV★ 8.1
Tour of Duty
1987
as Harold
MOVIE★ 5.9
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
TV★ 6.0
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1987
MOVIE★ 5.9
From the Hip
1987
as Steve Hadley
TV★ 7.7
ALF
1986
as FBI #1
TV★ 6.3
All Is Forgiven
1986
as Oliver Royce
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Desk Sergeant
MOVIE★ 4.4
Beer
1985
as Elliott Morrison
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984
as Corporal Cobb
MOVIE★ 5.6
Streamers
1983
as Roger
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE
Baby, You're a Star
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