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    David Alan Grier

    American actor and comedian

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  2. actor. Years active. 1977–present. Website. www .davidalangrier .net. David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American comedian and actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Grier gained popularity playing multiple roles in the American sketch comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1994) and Reverend Leon Lonnie Love on ...

  3. Actor: Joe Pickett. David Alan Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Aretas Ruth (Dudley), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer. He trained in Shakespeare at Yale University, where he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in "The First ...

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    • Detroit, Michigan, USA
  4. David Alan Grier: Oh, yes, but it's to another generation, a young generation to define themselves right now, today, and speak for themselves. When you think back-- when I was a kid, I wasn't aware that these comedians I saw were the first Black comedians who'd come out of Blackface and were owning and representing their culture themselves.

  5. Apr 14, 2023 · David Alan Grier never saw himself as just one thing. Coming of age as a performer, the actor admired the careers of legends like Jackie Gleason, stars known for one persona who could pull off ...

  6. Sep 21, 2021 · Sept. 21, 2021. David Alan Grier is riveted by jack rabbits. “I saw one the other day in a grocery store parking lot,” he said in a recent phone conversation from Calgary, Canada, where he was ...

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  7. Jun 7, 2021 · One of the people who has it is comedian David Alan Grier. He had his big break in the 1990s with the iconic sketch comedy show In Living Color. He’s been in films and television ever since ...

  8. David Alan Grier. Actor: Joe Pickett. David Alan Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Aretas Ruth (Dudley), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer. He trained in Shakespeare at Yale University, where he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in "The First", for which he earned a Tony ...

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