David Alan Grier

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actor comedian film actor human stage actor television actor voice actor

David Alan Grier is an American actor and comedian known for his work in film, television, and theater, including his breakout on the sketch comedy show "In Living Color."

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Label Occurrences
David Alan Grier canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1980 ⓘ
appearedIn A Soldier's Play ⓘ
surface form: A Soldier’s Play

Blankman ⓘ
Boomerang (1992 film) ⓘ
In Living Color ⓘ
Jumanji (1995 film) ⓘ
Life (1999 film) ⓘ
Race (play) ⓘ
The Carmichael Show ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ
awardReceivedFor A Soldier's Play ⓘ
surface form: A Soldier’s Play
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1956-06-30 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Michigan ⓘ
Yale School of Drama ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Grier ⓘ
genre sketch comedy ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
television ⓘ
theater ⓘ
name David Alan Grier self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ
notableFor sketch comedy on In Living Color ⓘ
notableWork A Soldier's Play ⓘ
surface form: A Soldier’s Play

Blankman ⓘ
Boomerang (1992 film) ⓘ
In Living Color ⓘ
Jumanji (1995 film) ⓘ
Life (1999 film) ⓘ
Race (play) ⓘ
The Carmichael Show ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
theaterDebut The First (Broadway musical) ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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A Soldier's Story → starredActor → David Alan Grier ⓘ
They Cloned Tyrone → castMember → David Alan Grier ⓘ
The Wiz Live! → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
Boomerang → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
Boomerang (1992 film) → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
In Living Color → notableCastMember → David Alan Grier ⓘ
David Alan Grier → name → David Alan Grier self-link ⓘ
Life with Bonnie → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
Return to Me → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
Grier → hasNotableBearer → David Alan Grier ⓘ
Arizona → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
subject surface form: Arizona (2018 film)
Jumanji (1995 film) → starring → David Alan Grier ⓘ
The Woodsman → castMember → David Alan Grier ⓘ