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Within Vinony's link graph, David Alan Grier is referenced by 627 other articles, and connects out to Broadway theatre, Detroit and Grammy Awards.
It sits within the topics 1956 births, 20th-century African-American male singers and 20th-century American comedians.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Bustle, a Corset, and the London Necropolis Express
- Unimagined Futures - ICT Opportunities and Challenges
- Barack Like Me
- Crowdsourcing for Dummies
- When Computers Were Human
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Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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".
Known for
- Who Is Martin Mull? — Self2026
- The American Society of Magical Negroes — Roger2024
- St. Denis Medical — Ron Leonard2024
- Elsbeth — Arthur Greene Jr.2024
- The Color Purple — Reverend Avery2023
- They Cloned Tyrone — The Preacher2023
- Candy Cane Lane — Santa Claus2023
- 2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson — Self2023
- The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell — Self2023
- Poker Face — Otto2023
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,687
- Total plays
- 7,069
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+Alan+Grier">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The American Society of Magical Negroes
- Official website
- www.davidalangrier.net
- Image
- David alan grier 2021 1.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 7 more facts
- influenced by
- Jerry Lewis
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- social media followers
- 176765
- Commons category
- David Alan Grier
- date of birth
- 1956-06-30
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Eddie Murphy
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Yale University
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Categories
1956 births20th-century African-American male singers20th-century American comedians20th-century American male actors20th-century American male singers20th-century American singers21st-century African-American people21st-century American comedians21st-century American male actorsAfrican-American game show hostsAfrican-American male actorsAfrican-American male comediansAfrican-American stand-up comediansAfrican-American television producersAmerican game show hostsAmerican impressionists (entertainers)American male comediansAmerican male film actorsAmerican male musical theatre actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican male voice actorsAmerican sketch comediansAmerican stand-up comedians