6.2Acting
David Alan Grier
- Born
- 1956-06-30
- 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
Filmography
166 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Who Is Martin Mull?
2026 · Movie
Self
Elsbeth
2024 · TV Show
Arthur Greene Jr.
St. Denis Medical
2024 · TV Show
Ron Leonard
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024 · Movie
Roger
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
2023 · Movie
Self
Candy Cane Lane
2023 · Movie
Santa Claus
Poker Face
2023 · TV Show
Otto
The Color Purple
2023 · Movie
Reverend Avery
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023 · Movie
Self
They Cloned Tyrone
2023 · Movie
The Preacher
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022 · Movie
Cogsworth
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022 · TV Show
Self
Sherri
2022 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Patient
2022 · TV Show
Charlie Addison
A Soldier's Play
2021 · Movie
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021 · Movie
Packard
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty
2021 · Movie
Self
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
2021 · TV Show
Cast
Joe Pickett
2021 · TV Show
Vern Dunnegan
Show of Titles
2021 · Movie
"Guys and Dolls" Performer
Coffee & Kareem
2020 · Movie
Captain Hill
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · TV Show
Preacher
Native Son
2019 · Movie
Marty
Sprinter
2019 · Movie
Coach
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
Self
Arizona
2018 · Movie
Coburn
Busy Tonight
2018 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Cool Kids
2018 · TV Show
Hank
The Resident
2018 · TV Show
Lamar Broome
A Christmas Story Live!
2017 · Movie
Santa Claus
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017 · TV Show
Hal
Snap Decision
2017 · TV Show
Self - Host
The Big Sick
2017 · Movie
Andy Dodd
Jingle Ballin'
2016 · Movie
Colin
Match Game
2016 · TV Show
Self - Panelist
Chopped Junior
2015 · TV Show
Cast
The Carmichael Show
2015 · TV Show
Joe Carmichael
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015 · Movie
Self
The Wiz Live!
2015 · Movie
The Cowardly Lion
An En Vogue Christmas
2014 · Movie
Marty
Bad Teacher
2014 · TV Show
Carl Gaines
Celebrity Name Game
2014 · TV Show
Self
Lennon or McCartney
2014 · Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
Ben Carson
Beat Bobby Flay
2013 · TV Show
Self
Cutthroat Kitchen
2013 · TV Show
Self - Guest Judge
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · TV Show
Self
Peeples
2013 · Movie
Virgil Peeples
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
2013 · Movie
Mr. Robert
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · TV Show
Network President
Gotham Comedy Live
2012 · TV Show
Self - Host · Self - Comedian
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012 · TV Show
Rudd Rhymez (voice)
The Eric Andre Show
2012 · TV Show
Self
The Soul Man
2012 · TV Show
Jesse
Happy Endings
2011 · TV Show
Terry
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011 · Movie
Moss the Troll (voice)
Something Like A Business
2010 · Movie
3D
Astro Boy
2009 · Movie
Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
Black to the Future
2009 · TV Show
Cast
Dance Flick
2009 · Movie
Sugar Bear
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest
An American Carol
2008 · Movie
Rastus Malone
Chocolate News
2008 · TV Show
Cast · Producer
Gym Teacher: The Movie
2008 · Movie
Shelly Bragg
Kissing Cousins
2008 · Movie
The Griller
The Hustle
2008 · Movie
Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid
The Poker House
2008 · Movie
Stymie · Writer · Co-Producer
Head Case
2007 · TV Show
Self
Heckler
2007 · Movie
Self
Thank God You're Here
2007 · TV Show
Self - Host · Producer
Little Man
2006 · Movie
Jimmy
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006 · Movie
Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006 · Movie
Principal Eyeverson (voice)
Bewitched
2005 · Movie
Jim Fields
Bones
2005 · TV Show
Professor Bunsen Jude
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005 · Movie
Self
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · TV Show
Self - Contestant
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics
2005 · Movie
Himself
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005 · Movie
Uncle Henry
Unscripted
2005 · TV Show
David Alan Grier
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005 · Movie
Self
Baadasssss!
2004 · Movie
Clyde Houston
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely
2004 · Movie
Himself
Laffapalooza! #2
2004 · Movie
Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · TV Show
Self
The Woodsman
2004 · Movie
Bob
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
2003 · Movie
Limo Driver
David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto
2003 · Movie
Himself · Writer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self - Guest Co-Host · Self - Guest
King of Texas
2002 · Movie
Rip
Life with Bonnie
2002 · TV Show
David Bellows
Tiptoes
2002 · Movie
Jerry Robin Jr.
15 Minutes
2001 · Movie
Mugger
Gary & Mike
2001 · TV Show
Thaddeus (voice)
My Wife and Kids
2001 · TV Show
Cast
Samurai Jack
2001 · TV Show
Da Samurai
The Proud Family
2001 · TV Show
Reuben (voice)
3 Strikes
2000 · Movie
Detective Jenkins
Angels in the Infield
2000 · Movie
Bob Bugler
Boston Public
2000 · TV Show
Laurence Williams
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000 · TV Show
Tubunch (voice)
DAG
2000 · TV Show
Jerome Daggett
Damned If You Do
2000 · Movie
The Devil
East of A
2000 · Movie
Brother James
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000 · Movie
Mr. Butz
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000 · Movie
Self/Carl Bentley
Return to Me
2000 · Movie
Charlie Johnson
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · Movie
Measures
A Saintly Switch
1999 · Movie
Dan Anderson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
Jeremy Swift
Stuart Little
1999 · Movie
Red (voice)
The '60s
1999 · Movie
Fred Hampton
The '60s
1999 · TV Show
Fred Hampton
Damon
1998 · TV Show
Bernard Thomas
Hercules
1998 · TV Show
Memnon (voice) · Cast
Hollywood Squares
1998 · TV Show
Self - Panelist
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998 · Movie
Self
McHale's Navy
1997 · Movie
Ensign Charles Parker
Premium Blend
1997 · TV Show
Cast
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self
Top of the World
1997 · Movie
Detective Augustus
Kenan & Kel
1996 · TV Show
David Alan Grier
Pulp Comics
1996 · TV Show
himself
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995 · Movie
Spike
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
Bongo (voice) · Dudley (voice) · King Maynard (voice)
Jumanji
1995 · Movie
Bentley
Pinky and the Brain
1995 · TV Show
Marlon (voice)
Tales from the Hood
1995 · Movie
Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
The Preston Episodes
1995 · TV Show
David Preston · Executive Producer
Blankman
1994 · Movie
Kevin Walker
In the Army Now
1994 · Movie
Fred Ostroff
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
Cinema Audience (uncredited)
Boomerang
1992 · Movie
Gerard Jackson
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
Cast
Martin
1992 · TV Show
Rev. Leon Lonnie Love
The Player
1992 · Movie
David Alan Grier
Almost an Angel
1990 · Movie
Det. Bill
Dream On
1990 · TV Show
Marshall
In Living Color
1990 · TV Show
Self - Various Characters
Loose Cannons
1990 · Movie
Drummond
The Word
1990 · TV Show
Cast
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989 · Movie
Cast
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989 · Movie
Cast
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · Movie
Newsman
Me and Him
1988 · Movie
Peter Conklin
Off Limits
1988 · Movie
Rogers
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988 · Movie
Cast
Tanner '88
1988 · TV Show
Secret Serviceman · Cast
A Different World
1987 · TV Show
Professor Byron Walcott
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Movie
Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1987 · TV Show
Cast
From the Hip
1987 · Movie
Steve Hadley
Tour of Duty
1987 · TV Show
Harold
ALF
1986 · TV Show
FBI #1
All Is Forgiven
1986 · TV Show
Oliver Royce
Beer
1985 · Movie
Elliott Morrison
The Equalizer
1985 · TV Show
Desk Sergeant
A Soldier's Story
1984 · Movie
Corporal Cobb
Streamers
1983 · Movie
Roger
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host · Antoine Meriweather (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Cast
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Baby, You're a Star
Date unknown · Movie
Cast