David Alan Grier
Acting
Biography
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".
Born: June 30, 1956
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
Damon
Two brothers, one a bachelor and undercover detective, the other a married rent-a-cop are reunited in Chicago. Things come easily to Damon Thomas, a clever, but incorrect undercover cop.
Unscripted
Three young, struggling actors (played by three young, less-struggling actors) try to navigate the maze of agents, auditions and avarice that is Hollywood, frequently turning to their acting teacher for advice. As the title implies, the dialogue is mostly improvised, with situations based on the lives of the cast and creators.
Samurai Jack
A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".
The Resident
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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 XD. It is produced by Titmouse, Inc. and Boulder Media Limited. Many of the character designs were supplied by Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim. The series premiered on September 17, 2012.
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 are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Kenan & Kel
Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery store, constantly devises crazy plans to strike it rich, while orange-soda-loving buddy Kel is always dragged along for the ride despite his track record for messing things up.
Tour of Duty
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
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 the true meaning of Christmas home to less fortunate young Gavin and his family.
Filmography
as Ron Leonard
as Arthur Greene Jr.
as Reverend Avery
as Santa Claus
as The Preacher
as Otto
as Cogsworth
as Self - Guest
as Charlie Addison
as Vern Dunnegan
as Packard
as "Guys and Dolls" Performer
as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
as Captain Hill
as Self
as Preacher
as Coach
as Marty
as Self - Guest
as Hank
as Coburn
as Lamar Broome
as Santa Claus
as Andy Dodd
as Colin
as Self - Panelist
as The Cowardly Lion
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Joe Carmichael
as Self
as Marty
as Self
as Carl Gaines
as Mr. Robert
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self
as Virgil Peeples
as Self - Host
as Self - Comedian
as Rudd Rhymez (voice)
as Jesse
as Network President
as Self
as Moss the Troll (voice)
as Terry
as Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Sugar Bear
as Rastus Malone
as Shelly Bragg
as Stymie
as The Griller
as Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
as Jimmy
as Principal Eyeverson (voice)
as Professor Bunsen Jude
as Jim Fields
as Self - Contestant
as Uncle Henry
as Self
as Bob
as Clyde Houston
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Limo Driver
as Jerry Robin Jr.
as David Bellows
as Rip
as Reuben (voice)
as Da Samurai
as Mugger
as Thaddeus (voice)
as Jerome Daggett
as Laurence Williams
as Tubunch (voice)
as Measures
as Mr. Butz
as Bob Bugler
as Charlie Johnson
as Detective Jenkins
as Self/Carl Bentley
as Red (voice)
as Jeremy Swift
as Fred Hampton
as Fred Hampton
as Dan Anderson
as Self - Panelist
as Memnon (voice)
as Bernard Thomas
as Self
as Self
as Detective Augustus
as Ensign Charles Parker
as himself
as David Alan Grier
as Self
as Carl Bentley
as Marlon (voice)
as Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
as Bongo (voice)
as Dudley (voice)
as King Maynard (voice)
as Spike
as Kevin Walker
as Fred Ostroff
as Cinema Audience (uncredited)
as Rev. Leon Lonnie Love
as Gerard Jackson
as David Alan Grier
as Det. Bill
as Marshall
as Self - Various Characters
as Drummond
as Newsman
as Peter Conklin
as Rogers
as Secret Serviceman
as Harold
as Professor Byron Walcott
as Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
as Steve Hadley
as FBI #1
as Oliver Royce
as Desk Sergeant
as Elliott Morrison
as Corporal Cobb
as Roger
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self