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David Alan Grier

ACTOR · FROM DETROIT, USA

David Alan Grier

Born 1956 · 70 years old121 credits since 19831 coming up

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In the pictureJumanji

ABOUT DAVID

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".

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born30 June 1956

BirthplaceDetroit, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora91 of 118 titles

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Known for

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Jumanji poster

Movie

1995IMDb7.1

They Cloned Tyrone poster

Movie

They Cloned Tyrone

2023IMDb6.7

The Resident poster

Series

2018–2023IMDb7.8

The Patient poster

Series

2022IMDb7.0

The Woodsman poster

Movie

2004IMDb7.1

Boomerang poster

Movie

1992IMDb5.7

Return to Me poster

Movie

2000IMDb7.0

Clifford the Big Red Dog poster

Movie

Clifford the Big Red Dog

2021IMDb5.9

In the Army Now poster

Movie

In the Army Now

1994IMDb5.0

Coffee & Kareem poster

Movie

Coffee & Kareem

2020IMDb5.2

Dance Flick poster

Movie

2009IMDb3.7

Joe Pickett poster

Series

2021–2023IMDb7.6

Coming up

What David is working on next.

Baby, You're a StarDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 91
Average IMDb: 6.3
Highest rated: The X-FilesIMDb 8.6
Working since: 1983

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

121 credits

The 2020s

15 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

St. Denis Medical poster

Series

St. Denis Medical

2024–IMDb7.2

as Ron Leonard · 44 episodes

The American Society of Magical Negroes poster

Movie

The American Society of Magical Negroes

2024IMDb3.9

as Roger

Elsbeth poster

Series

2024–IMDb7.5

as Arthur Greene Jr. · 1 episode

The Color Purple poster

Movie

The Color Purple

2023IMDb6.8

as Reverend Avery

Candy Cane Lane poster

Movie

Candy Cane Lane

2023IMDb5.6

as Santa Claus

They Cloned Tyrone poster

Movie

They Cloned Tyrone

2023IMDb6.7

as The Preacher

Poker Face poster

Series

2023–2025IMDb7.7

as Otto · 1 episode

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration poster

Movie

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

2022IMDb6.7

as Cogsworth

The 2010s

21 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

Series

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019–2023IMDb7.5

as Preacher · 3 episodes

Sprinter poster

Movie

2019IMDb6.1

as Coach

Native Son poster

Movie

2019IMDb5.7

as Marty

The Cool Kids poster

Series

2018–2019IMDb7.1

as Hank · 22 episodes

Arizona poster

Movie

2018IMDb5.8

as Coburn

The Resident poster

Series

2018–2023IMDb7.8

as Lamar Broome · 3 episodes

A Christmas Story Live! poster

Movie

A Christmas Story Live!

2017IMDb4.8

as Santa Claus

The Big Sick poster

Movie

2017IMDb7.5

as Andy Dodd

The 2000s

37 titles · IMDb 5.9 on average

Astro Boy poster

Movie

2009IMDb6.3

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

Dance Flick poster

Movie

2009IMDb3.7

as Sugar Bear

Not on Cineora

Black to the Future

2009

4 episodes

Not on Cineora

Chocolate News

2008

10 episodes

An American Carol poster

Movie

An American Carol

2008IMDb4.0

as Rastus Malone

Gym Teacher: The Movie poster

Movie

Gym Teacher: The Movie

2008IMDb5.4

as Shelly Bragg

The Poker House poster

Movie

The Poker House

2008IMDb6.2

as Stymie

Not on Cineora

Kissing Cousins

2008

as The Griller

The 1990s

26 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average

Stuart Little poster

Movie

1999IMDb6.0

as Red (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999–IMDb8.1

as Jeremy Swift · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

The '60s

1999TMDB6.2

as Fred Hampton

Not on Cineora

The '60s

1999

as Fred Hampton · 2 episodes

A Saintly Switch poster

Movie

A Saintly Switch

1999IMDb5.5

as Dan Anderson

Hercules poster

Series

1998–1999IMDb6.6

as Memnon (voice) · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Damon

1998

as Bernard Thomas · 13 episodes

Not on Cineora

Premium Blend

1997

97 episodes

The 1980s

17 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Not on Cineora

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

1989

Not on Cineora

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

1989

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster

Movie

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988IMDb6.6

as Newsman

Me and Him poster

Movie

1988IMDb4.3

as Peter Conklin

Off Limits poster

Movie

1988IMDb6.2

as Rogers

Not on Cineora

Tanner '88

1988

as Secret Serviceman · 1 episode

A Different World poster

Series

A Different World

1987–1993IMDb7.1

as Professor Byron Walcott · 1 episode

Tour of Duty poster

Series

1987–1990IMDb8.3

as Harold · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in David’s titles.

Patrick WarburtonA Series of Unfortunate Events, Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil and 2 more

Keenen Ivory WayansLittle Man, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and 2 more

Jamie FoxxThey Cloned Tyrone, In Living Color and 1 more

Damon Wayans Jr.Happy Endings, Dance Flick and 1 more

Martin ShortHoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil, Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration and 1 more

Damon WayansMy Wife and Kids, In Living Color and 1 more

Tisha CampbellBoomerang, My Wife and Kids and 1 more

Robert De Niro15 Minutes and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Eddie MurphyBoomerang and Candy Cane Lane

Tim CurryMcHale's Navy and Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja