David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier

Known for
Acting
Born
June 30, 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Movies
88

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".

Best-Known Movies

Jumanji
7.2

Jumanji

1995

Stuart Little
6.1

Stuart Little

1999

The Big Sick
7.3

The Big Sick

2017

Little Man
5.9

Little Man

2006

Clifford the Big Red Dog
7.2

Clifford the Big Red Dog

2021

Astro Boy
6.3

Astro Boy

2009

Bewitched
5.1

Bewitched

2005

The Player
7.2

The Player

1992

15 Minutes
5.9

15 Minutes

2001

They Cloned Tyrone
6.6

They Cloned Tyrone

2023

Filmography

2026Who Is Martin Mull?Self
2024The American Society of Magical NegroesRoger
20232023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan ThompsonSelf
2023The Color PurpleReverend Avery
2023Candy Cane LaneSanta Claus
2023They Cloned TyroneThe Preacher
2023The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce CampbellSelf
2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th CelebrationCogsworth
2021Clifford the Big Red DogPackard
2021Show of Titles"Guys and Dolls" Performer
2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The AfterpartySelf
2021A Soldier's PlaySergeant Vernon C. Waters
2020Coffee & KareemCaptain Hill
2019SprinterCoach
2019Native SonMarty
2018ArizonaCoburn
2017A Christmas Story Live!Santa Claus
2017The Big SickAndy Dodd
2016Jingle Ballin'Colin
2015The Wiz Live!The Cowardly Lion
2015The Making of the Wiz Live!Self
2014Lennon or McCartneySelf
2014An En Vogue ChristmasMarty
2013The Watsons Go to BirminghamMr. Robert
2013PeeplesVirgil Peeples
2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. EvilMoss the Troll (voice)
2010Something Like A Business3D
2009Astro BoyMr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
2009Dance FlickSugar Bear
2008An American CarolRastus Malone
2008Gym Teacher: The MovieShelly Bragg
2008The Poker HouseStymie
2008Kissing CousinsThe Griller
2008The HustleRev. Isaac Montgomery Paid
2007HecklerSelf
2006Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's StreetPrincipal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
2006Little ManJimmy
2006Thugaboo: Sneaker MadnessPrincipal Eyeverson (voice)
2005Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown ComicsHimself
2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'Self
2005Why I Love 'Bewitched'Self
2005BewitchedJim Fields
2005The Muppets' Wizard of OzUncle Henry
2004The WoodsmanBob
2004Baadasssss!Clyde Houston
2004If Love Hadn't Left Me LonelyHimself
2004Laffapalooza! #2Self
2003David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's ManifestoHimself
2003Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The MovieLimo Driver
2002TiptoesJerry Robin Jr.
2002King of TexasRip
200115 MinutesMugger
2000Damned If You DoThe Devil
2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleMeasures
2000Freeway II: Confessions of a TrickbabyMr. Butz
2000Angels in the InfieldBob Bugler
2000Return to MeCharlie Johnson
2000East of ABrother James
20003 StrikesDetective Jenkins
2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of ImaginationSelf/Carl Bentley
1999Stuart LittleRed (voice)
1999The '60sFred Hampton
1999A Saintly SwitchDan Anderson
1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!Self
1997Top of the WorldDetective Augustus
1997McHale's NavyEnsign Charles Parker
1995JumanjiBentley
1995Tales from the HoodCarl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995Goldilocks and the Three BearsSpike
1994BlankmanKevin Walker
1994In the Army NowFred Ostroff
1992BoomerangGerard Jackson
1992The PlayerDavid Alan Grier
1990Almost an AngelDet. Bill
1990Loose CannonsDrummond
1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaNewsman
1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988Me and HimPeter Conklin
1988Off LimitsRogers
1987Amazon Women on the MoonDon Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
1987From the HipSteve Hadley
1985BeerElliott Morrison
1984A Soldier's StoryCorporal Cobb
1983StreamersRoger

Directing, Writing & Producing

2008The Poker HouseWriter
2003David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's ManifestoWriter

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