David Alan Grier

Q: Has David Alan Grier won any awards?

Yes, David Alan Grier has received several awards, including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on 'In Living Color.'

Q: What was David Alan Grier's first film?

David Alan Grier's film debut was in 'The Wiz' (1978), where he played the role of the Scarecrow.

Q: What are David Alan Grier's most successful films?

Some of David Alan Grier's most successful films include 'Jumanji,' 'Boomerang,' and 'The Woodsman,' showcasing his range as an actor.

Q: What is known about David Alan Grier's personal life?

David Alan Grier has two children and is married to Christine Kim. He has been open about his experiences in the entertainment industry.

Q: What is David Alan Grier's estimated net worth?

David Alan Grier's estimated net worth is approximately $4 million, accumulated through his extensive career in comedy and acting.

Q: What are some milestones in David Alan Grier's filmography?

Milestones in David Alan Grier's filmography include his breakout role on 'In Living Color' and starring in films like 'Jumanji' and 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco.'

Q: Is David Alan Grier involved in any current projects?

Yes, David Alan Grier is currently starring in 'Kinda Pregnant,' a film set to be released in 2025, showcasing his continued presence in the industry.

Known for

Jumanji (1996)

1996 / Animation

Judy and Peter Shepherd are two kids that found a board game called "Jumanji". With each turn, the two of them are given a...

Stuart Little (1999)

IMDb 6 / 10

1999 / Adventure, Comedy / 84 min

The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his...

Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2021 / Action, Adventure / 92mins

As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best...

Name

David Alan Grier

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

30 June 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Spouses

Christine Kim (2020–present)

Children

2 (names not publicly known)

Parents

David Grier Sr., Aline Grier

Estimated Net Worth

$4 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	TV St. Denis Medical An eclectic group of underfunded yet dedicated doctors and nurses navigates caring for patients — and each other — while...	Ron Leonard	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie The American Society of Magical Negroes A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a...	Roger	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2024	TV Elsbeth After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to...	Arthur Greene Jr.	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2023	Movie 2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson cover some of the biggest moments from 2023 and deliver an unfiltered take on pop...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2023	Movie The Color Purple A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her...	Reverend Avery	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	Movie Candy Cane Lane A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him...	Santa Claus	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2023	Movie They Cloned Tyrone A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath...	The Preacher	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell As an actor, Bruce Campbell has well over 150 credits to his name. From "Xena: Warrior Princess" to "Bubba Ho-Tep"...	Self	Not rated
2023	TV Poker Face Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road...	Otto	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2022	Movie Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie,...	Cogsworth	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2022	TV The Patient A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.	Charlie Addison	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2022	TV Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution The two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution” explores the progression of Black comedy and the comedians...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	TV Joe Pickett A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a small rural town in Wyoming...	Vern Dunnegan	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Clifford the Big Red Dog As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined...	Packard	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2021	Movie Show of Titles An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.	"Guys and Dolls" Performer	Not rated
2021	Movie Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier and more from the cast of the family comedy discuss the show, humiliating family moments,...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	TV Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! A single dad and cosmetics brand owner figures out fatherhood on the fly when his strong-minded teen daughter moves in...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2021	Movie A Soldier's Play In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still...	Sergeant Vernon C. Waters	Not rated
2020	Movie Coffee & Kareem A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most...	Captain Hill	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	TV A Black Lady Sketch Show A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed...	Preacher	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Sprinter Sprinter tells the story of Akeem Sharp who is set to be Jamaica's next big track-and-field sensation. Akeem hopes to...	Coach	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie Native Son A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that...	Marty	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	TV Busy Tonight Busy Phillips gives her hilarious and outspoken opinions on the latest pop culture stories and trending topics with candid celebrity...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	TV The Cool Kids Three guy friends in a retirement community are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the...	Hank	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2018	Movie Arizona Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor,...	Coburn	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	TV The Resident A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what...	Lamar Broome	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2017	Movie A Christmas Story Live! A live broadcast of the Broadway hit "A Christmas Story: The Musical" in which Ralphie wishes for nothing more than...	Santa Claus	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2017	TV Snap Decision	Self - Host	Not rated
2017	Movie The Big Sick Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily...	Andy Dodd	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2017	TV A Series of Unfortunate Events The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret...	Hal	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	Movie Jingle Ballin' A homesick YouTuber stuck in L.A. for the holidays must rediscover the meaning of friendship and save her friends’ night...	Colin	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	TV Match Game A modern reboot of the classic 70s game show that features two contestants attempting to match the answers of six...	Self - Panelist	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2015	Movie The Wiz Live! Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature...	The Cowardly Lion	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Making of the Wiz Live! Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special...	Self	Not rated
2015	TV Chopped Junior Just like the grown-up version Chopped Junior is hosted by Ted Allen and features a high energy, fast paced cooking...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV The Carmichael Show From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom inspired by Jerrod's relationships with his...	Joe Carmichael	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie Lennon or McCartney 550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	Movie An En Vogue Christmas Over the years, the funky divas of En Vogue have gone their separate ways, until they are asked to perform...	Marty	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	TV Celebrity Name Game Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014. Based on the board game...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	TV Bad Teacher An always inappropriate, fearless and unapologetic former trophy wife masquerades as a teacher in order to find a new man...	Carl Gaines	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2013	Movie The Watsons Go to Birmingham In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s...	Mr. Robert	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	TV Beat Bobby Flay Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs must first...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	TV Cutthroat Kitchen Just how far is a chef willing to go to win a cooking competition? Cutthroat Kitchen hands four chefs each...	Self - Guest Judge	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	TV Hollywood Game Night Two contestants are transported from their everyday lives into a once-in-a-lifetime night of fun and celebration as they play party...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Peeples Hoping to propose to his upper-crust girlfriend, Wade Walker crashes her family's annual reunion and lands in a face-off with...	Virgil Peeples	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	TV Gotham Comedy Live Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series...	Self - Host	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	TV Gotham Comedy Live Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series...	Self - Comedian	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	TV Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an American animated television series created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas for Disney...	Rudd Rhymez (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2012	TV The Soul Man R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the...	Jesse	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	TV Comedy Bang! Bang! Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of...	Network President	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	TV The Eric Andre Show A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2011	Movie Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine...	Moss the Troll (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2011	TV Happy Endings A fresh and funny take on modern friendship and what one urban family will do to stay friends after the...	Terry	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Something Like A Business An aspiring pimp struggles to make a mint after inheriting his late uncle's escort service and discovering that competition on...	3D	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2009	Movie Astro Boy Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant...	Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie Dance Flick Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White...	Sugar Bear	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	TV Chocolate News Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an emphasis on African...	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2008	Movie An American Carol A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited...	Rastus Malone	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2008	Movie Gym Teacher: The Movie Dave Stweie was America's hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games.... until he ran face first into the...	Shelly Bragg	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Poker House Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.	Stymie	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	Movie Kissing Cousins A "relatively" romantic comedy about a professional heartbreaker (and cynical bachelor) who teams up with his attractive cousin from the...	The Griller	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Hustle Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is...	Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	Movie Heckler HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2007	TV Head Case Meet Therapist Dr Elizabeth Goode. She's brash, unconventional, judgmental, but undeniably thriving as the "it" therapist to Hollywood's maladjusted elite....	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	TV Thank God You're Here In this improvisational comedy competition, four guest stars walk into a live improvised comedy sketch, in which they know nothing...	Self - Host	Not rated
2006	Movie Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to find a way to bring...	Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2006	Movie Little Man After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a...	Jimmy	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds, he wants his mother to buy them to wear...	Principal Eyeverson (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics Live from the International Montreal Comedy Festival, the funniest black comics ever take the stage - it's the world's largest...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie Why I Love 'Bewitched' Cast and crew pay tribute to their favorite television show. Produced for the “Bewitched” movie DVD.	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' Produced for the "Bewitched" Special Edition DVD.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	TV Bones Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains...	Professor Bunsen Jude	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2005	Movie Bewitched Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an...	Jim Fields	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2005	TV Dancing with the Stars The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted...	Self - Contestant	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz A young woman named Dorothy Gale dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being...	Uncle Henry	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	TV Unscripted A dryly humorous insider's look at the all-too-earnest, frequently raucous, often disillusioning lives of several young actors trying to make...	David Alan Grier	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2004	Movie The Woodsman After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's...	Bob	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	TV The Tony Danza Show The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	Movie Baadasssss! Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing...	Clyde Houston	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	Movie If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely A former music producer turned stockbroker tries to make his musical comeback with a beautiful singer/dancer from a nightclub. The...	Himself	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Laffapalooza! #2 Live from Atlanta, Jamie Foxx hosts this hilarious series of comedy specials. Catch some the newest, hottest comic talent in...	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto Crank Yankers caller and cult comedy figure David Alan Grier offers his own unique take on tales of growing up...	Himself	Not rated
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest Co-Host	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	Movie Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie The comedic stylings of four sort-of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of this 2002 documentary.	Limo Driver	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Tiptoes A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.	Jerry Robin Jr.	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2002	TV Life with Bonnie The host of the local morning talk show Morning Chicago creatively balances family commitment—to her husband John, a hard-working family...	David Bellows	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2002	Movie King of Texas In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing...	Rip	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	TV The Proud Family Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the...	Reuben (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	TV Samurai Jack A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a...	Da Samurai	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	Movie 15 Minutes When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist...	Mugger	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2001	TV Gary & Mike Gary & Mike is a television show that aired on UPN in 2001 and Adult Swim on 2002. The show...	Thaddeus (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	TV DAG DAG is an American sitcom that aired from November 2000 to May 2001 on NBC. It was named after its...	Jerome Daggett	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	TV Boston Public Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty,...	Laurence Williams	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2000	Movie Damned If You Do Alfie is the brother no one notices, and at his hot-shot brother Richard's wedding, Alfie's father insults him, his brother...	The Devil	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2000	TV Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Buzz Lightyear’s adventures as he patrols the galaxy with his team of Space Rangers, battling evildoers “to infinity and beyond.”	Tubunch (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2000	Movie The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha...	Measures	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2000	Movie Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby A twisted teenage prostitute and an equally deranged vicious killer manage to escape from the pen and embark on a...	Mr. Butz	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie Angels in the Infield Bob "Bungler" Bugler is the celestial coach called in to assist struggling pitcher Eddie Everett. Laurel finds her prayers answered...	Bob Bugler	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie Return to Me It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at...	Charlie Johnson	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2000	Movie East of A An aspiring singer, a troubled rich boy, and an ex-seminarian share an apartment in the East Village in this story...	Brother James	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2000	Movie 3 Strikes Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for...	Detective Jenkins	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination This making-of documentary covers general aspects of the film's creation. We see movie clips, shots from the set, and interviews....	Self/Carl Bentley	Not rated
1999	Movie Stuart Little When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell,...	Red (voice)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Jeremy Swift	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	TV The '60s The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines...	Fred Hampton	Not rated
1999	Movie The '60s The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines...	Fred Hampton	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1999	Movie A Saintly Switch The story is about a married couple with children on the verge of divorce. Their imminent divorce, like many, is...	Dan Anderson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	TV Hollywood Squares On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production...	Self - Panelist	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1998	TV Hercules Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1998	TV Hercules Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of...	Memnon (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1998	TV Damon Two brothers, one a bachelor and undercover detective, the other a married rent-a-cop are reunited in Chicago. Things come easily...	Bernard Thomas	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1997	TV Premium Blend Premium Blend was a stand-up comedy series that aired on the American cable television channel Comedy Central from 1997 to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	Movie Top of the World In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World...	Detective Augustus	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1997	Movie McHale's Navy Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream,...	Ensign Charles Parker	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1996	TV Pulp Comics Pulp Comics is a television show that aired on Comedy Central from 1996–2000. The show features stand-up comedians performing their...	himself	Not rated
1996	TV Kenan & Kel Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan,...	David Alan Grier	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie Jumanji When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly...	Bentley	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1995	TV Pinky and the Brain Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Brain...	Marlon (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1995	TV The Preston Episodes	David Preston	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	Movie Tales from the Hood A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.	Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Bongo (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Dudley (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	King Maynard (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Goldilocks and the Three Bears Orphaned after her parents are killed in an accident, Goldilocks is sent to live with her Uncle Hal in the...	Spike	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1994	Movie Blankman Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a...	Kevin Walker	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1994	Movie In the Army Now Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman, two misguided youths, join the reserves to make some easy money for their entrepreneurial dreams....	Fred Ostroff	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1993	TV The X-Files The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....	Cinema Audience (uncredited)	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1992	TV Martin Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her...	Rev. Leon Lonnie Love	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1992	Movie Boomerang Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds...	Gerard Jackson	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1992	TV HBO First Look HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	Movie The Player A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?	David Alan Grier	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	Movie Almost an Angel Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a car...	Det. Bill	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1990	TV The Word The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	TV Dream On The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively...	Marshall	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	TV In Living Color Created by stars Keenen Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans, this Emmy-winning sketch series offers cutting-edge satire and features a host...	Self - Various Characters	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1990	Movie Loose Cannons Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with...	Drummond	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1989	Movie Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This...	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	Movie Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This...	Unknown character	Not rated
1988	Movie I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war...	Newsman	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	Movie Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This...	Unknown character	Not rated
1988	Movie Me and Him A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's...	Peter Conklin	TMDB 3.5 / 10
1988	Movie Off Limits McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S....	Rogers	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	TV Tanner '88 In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside...	Secret Serviceman	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1988	TV Tanner '88 In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	TV A Different World A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life...	Professor Byron Walcott	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1987	TV Tour of Duty The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.	Harold	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1987	Movie Amazon Women on the Moon Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts...	Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1987	TV Down and Out in Beverly Hills Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 30 minute TV series based on the 1986 movie of the same...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1987	Movie From the Hip Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his...	Steve Hadley	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1986	TV ALF A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.	FBI #1	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1986	TV All Is Forgiven Paula Russell is the producer of a soap opera called All Is Forgiven who just married a donut executive with...	Oliver Royce	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	TV The Equalizer Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting...	Desk Sergeant	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1985	Movie Beer An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three...	Elliott Morrison	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1984	Movie A Soldier's Story In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army...	Corporal Cobb	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1983	Movie Streamers Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one...	Roger	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Antoine Meriweather (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Baby, You're a Star In 1989, an ambitious young artist, determined to break free from the limitations of his environment, navigates love, identity, and...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2008	TV Chocolate News Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an emphasis on African...	Producer Production	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Poker House Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	Movie The Poker House Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.	Co-Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2007	TV Thank God You're Here In this improvisational comedy competition, four guest stars walk into a live improvised comedy sketch, in which they know nothing...	Producer Production	Not rated
2003	Movie David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto Crank Yankers caller and cult comedy figure David Alan Grier offers his own unique take on tales of growing up...	Writer Writing	Not rated
1995	TV The Preston Episodes	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10

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Jumanji (1996)

Stuart Little (1999)

Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

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