David Alan Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Aretas Ruth (Dudley), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer. He trained in Shakespeare at Yale University, where he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in "The First", for which he earned a ...
3 wins & 10 nominations.
Movie | The Rocking Horsemen | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | The Poker House | Unknown | 2016-03-08 |
Movie | Something Like a Business | Unknown | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Unknown | 2016 |
Series | Cutthroat Kitchen | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | The Wiz Live! | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | The Carmichael Show | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Road Hard | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Unknown | 2015-01-19 |
Series | Guilty Pleasures | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Friends of the People | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | Celebrity Name Game | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Delivery | Himself - Comedian | 2014-09-16 |
Series | The McCarthys | Unknown | 2014-10-30 |
Movie | En Vogue Christmas | Unknown | 2014-11-23 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Unknown | 2014-12-12 |
Series | Funniest Wins | Unknown | 2014-06-20 |
Series | Sing Your Face Off | Unknown | 2014-05-31 |
Series | Bad Teacher | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | The Watsons Go to Birmingham | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | AMC Peeples Q & A | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Peeples | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Gotham Comedy Live | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013-09-16 |
Series | Hollywood Game Night | Unknown | 2013-07-11 |
Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | The Soul Man | Unknown | 2012-06-20 |
Series | Larry King Now | Unknown | 2012-07-17 |
Series | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Unknown | 2012-08-13 |
Movie | 10th Annual TV Land Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The 66th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2012-06-10 |
Series | Good Afternoon America | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | AM Northwest | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Thugs, the Musical! | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Happy Endings | Unknown | 2011-04-13 |
Movie | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | The Chew | Unknown | 2011-09-26 |
Series | Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey | Unknown | 2011-05-09 |
Movie | The 76th Annual Drama League Awards | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The 64th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2010-06-13 |
Series | The Talk | Unknown | 2010-10-18 |
Series | Bollywood Hero | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Dance Flick | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases | Himself | 2009-05-26 |
Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
Movie | TV One's Roast and Toast: John Witherspoon | Himself | 2009-05-25 |
Series | Watch What Happens: Live | Unknown | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | Astro Boy | Unknown | 2009-10-23 |
Movie | Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | David Alan Grier: Comedy You Can Believe In | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | Black to the Future | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The Joy of Lex | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Kissing Cousins | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | Chocolate News | Himself - Host / ... | 2008-10-15 |
Movie | The Hustle | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | An American Carol | Unknown | 2008-10-03 |
Series | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Gym Teacher: The Movie | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Series | Head Case | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Paul Mooney: Jesus Is Black - So Was Cleopatra - Know Your History | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
Series | Thank God You're Here | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Reflections on Paul Mooney | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Reel Junkie | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Series | Comics Unleashed | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Tom Green's House Tonight | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Heckler | Unknown | 2007-11-04 |
Movie | Littleman | Jimmy | 2006-07-14 |
Series | Working in the Theatre | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Legends: Rodney Dangerfield | Unknown | 2006-09-10 |
Movie | Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Hooked | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Too Late with Adam Carolla | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Bones | Unknown | 2005-09-13 |
Series | Unscripted | Unknown | 2005-01-09 |
Movie | Why I Love 'Bewitched' | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Last Call with Carson Daly | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Kermit: A Frog's Life | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Davey Gee Show | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | Bewitched: Star Shots | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The WIN Awards | Unknown | 2005-09-26 |
Series | Dancing with the Stars | Unknown | 2005-06-01 |
Series | Food Network Star | Unknown | 2005-06-05 |
Movie | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | Uncle Henry | 2005-05-20 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jim Fields | 2005-06-24 |
Movie | Baadasssss! | Clyde Houston | 2005-03-17 |
Movie | The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2005-02-26 |
Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Unknown | 2004-01-20 |
Series | Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | On-Air with Ryan Seacrest | Unknown | 2004-01-12 |
Movie | The Woodsman | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog | Unknown | 2004-08-10 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | BET Comedy Awards | Unknown | 2004-09-28 |
Movie | Back in Step with the Fly Girls | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time | Unknown | 2004-04-12 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Looking Back in Living Color: The First Season | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | 34th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | The Isaac Mizrahi Show | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Young Hollywood Awards | Himself - Host | 2003-06-02 |
Series | Chappelle's Show | Unknown | 2003-01-22 |
Movie | Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie | Limo Driver | 2003-03-28 |
Series | Art in the Twenty-First Century | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Tiptoes | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Clean House | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | King of Texas | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Cedric the Entertainer Presents | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
Series | Crank Yankers | Unknown | 2002-06-02 |
Movie | VH1 Big in 2002 Awards | Unknown | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Life with Bonnie | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Art City 3: A Ruling Passion | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | The Proud Family | Unknown | 2001-09-15 |
Movie | 15 Minutes | Unknown | 2001-03-09 |
Series | Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | My Wife and Kids | Unknown | 2001-03-28 |
Movie | I Shaved My Legs for This | Strip Club Owner | 2001 |
Series | Dinner for Five | Unknown | 2001-07-07 |
Movie | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Unknown | 2000-10-02 |
Movie | Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | Pajama Party | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Damned If You Do | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Angels in the Infield | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | 3 Strikes | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Return to Me | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | DAG | Jerome Daggett | 2000-11-14 |
Movie | My VH1 Music Awards | Himself - Presenter | 2000-11-30 |
Series | Boston Public | Unknown | 2000-10-23 |
Movie | East of A | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination | Himself | 2000-01-25 |
Movie | Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | 30th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Random Acts of Comedy | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-31 |
Movie | The '60s | Fred Hampton | 1999-02-07 |
Movie | Stuart Little | Red | 1999-12-17 |
Movie | A Saintly Switch | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Kenan & Kel | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Elmopalooza! | Unknown | 1998 |
Series | Hollywood Squares | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Series | Damon | Unknown | 1998 |
Series | Hercules | Unknown | 1998-08-31 |
Series | The Chris Rock Show | Unknown | 1997-02-07 |
Movie | The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards | Himself - Presenter | 1997-02-17 |
Series | Premium Blend | Himself - Host | 1997-11-29 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Top of the World | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | McHale's Navy | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | The Rodman World Tour | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | Cosby | Unknown | 1996-09-16 |
Series | E! News Live | Unknown | 1996-03-01 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
Movie | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
Movie | Jumanji | Unknown | 1995-12-15 |
Series | The Preston Episodes | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Tales from the Hood | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
Series | Howard Stern | Unknown | 1994-06-20 |
Series | Martin | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The Making of 'Blankman' | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | In the Army Now | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Blankman | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America | Unknown | 1993 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Unknown | 1993-08-30 |
Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Soul Train Comedy Awards | Himself - Presenter | 1993 |
Series | Rock 'n' Roll Cities | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Boomerang | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | The Player | Unknown | 1992-05-08 |
Movie | The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime | Himself / Various Characters | 1991-02-02 |
Movie | The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards | Unknown | 1991-03-07 |
Series | Equal Justice | Unknown | 1990 |
Series | The Word | Unknown | 1990-08-10 |
Movie | Almost an Angel | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Loose Cannons | Drummond | 1990-02-09 |
Series | Dream On | Unknown | 1990-07-08 |
Series | In Living Color | Various / ... | 1990-04-15 |
Series | Baby Boom | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | Off Limits | Rogers | 1988-03-11 |
Series | Tanner '88 | Unknown | 1988-02-15 |
Movie | Me and Him | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | Duet | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | The Dictator | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | A Different World | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
Series | CBS Summer Playhouse | Unknown | 1987-06-12 |
Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Unknown | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | From the Hip | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | ALF | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | All Is Forgiven | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | Ebony/Jet Showcase | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
Movie | Beer | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | A Soldier's Story | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | Streamers | Unknown | 1983 |
Movie | The 36th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
Series | The South Bank Show | Unknown | 1978-01-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Sesame Street | Unknown | 1969-11-10 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |