David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956 in Detroit, MI) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on In Living Color!, as well as several movies such as Jumanji and Boomerang (1992).
Fun fact; he's close friends with Matthew Modine and is the godfather of his daughter Ruby.
Selected Film Roles
- Streamers (1983)
- A Soldier's Story (1984)
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
- Off Limits (1988)
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
- Loose Cannons (1990)
- Almost An Angel (1990)
- Boomerang (1992)
- Blankman (1994)
- In The Army Now (1994)
- Tales from the Hood (1995)
- Jumanji (1995)
- McHale's Navy (1997)
- Stuart Little (1999)
- Return to Me (2000)
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
- Tiptoes (2003)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
- Bewitched (2005)
- Little Man (2006)
- An American Carol (2008)
- Gym Teacher: The Movie (2008)
- Dance Flick (2009)
- Astro Boy (2009)
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)
- Road Hard (2015)
- The Big Sick (2017)
- Native Son (2019)
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
- They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
- Candy Cane Lane (2023)
- The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
Selected Television Roles
- In Living Color! (1990-1994)
- Life With Bonnie (2002-2004)
- Chocolate News (2008)
- The Carmichael Show (2015-2017)
- The Wiz Live! (2015)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2018)
- The Cool Kids (2018-2019)
