Acting
David Alan Grier
- Titles
- 81movies77TV shows
- Career
Active from 1983 to 2024, busiest in 2000 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 18top three billing
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
Damon85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 90 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.4average 2.7
- Pop Culture4.2average 2.2
- Satire & Parody3.9average 2.3
- Physical Comedy4.1average 2.5
- Wit & Wordplay5.1average 3.7
- Cringe Humor3.5average 2.2
- Wholesome4.5average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism6.2average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Melancholy3.4, average 4.7
- Psychological4.4, average 5.6
- Historical1.5, average 2.6
- Tension5.0, average 6.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Ensemble Cast 7
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Lighthearted 5
- Sitcom 4
- Showbiz 4
- Social Satire 4
- Pop Culture References 3
- Physical Comedy 3
- Fast-Paced 3
- Workplace Comedy 3
- Situational Comedy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Bonnie HuntActorLife with Bonnie, Return to Me, Jumanji
Kenny LeonDirectorThe Wiz Live!, A Soldier's Play, The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Queen LatifahActorThe Muppets' Wizard of Oz, The Wiz Live!
Jerry O'ConnellActorThe '60s, A Soldier's Play
Jamie FoxxActorThey Cloned Tyrone, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
Lori PettyActorIn the Army Now, The Poker House
Robin GivensActorBoomerang, Blankman
Melvin Van PeeblesActorPeeples, Baadasssss!
Damon WayansActorDamon, Blankman
Damon Wayans Jr.ActorDance Flick, Blankman
Marlon WayansActorDance Flick, Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
Shawn WayansActorDance Flick, Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
Movies and TV shows
118Upcoming
1 title
as Reverend Avery
2020s
15 titles · average score 65
TV show · as Ron Leonard
74
TV show · as Arthur Greene Jr.
84
as The Preacher
76
TV show · as Otto
58
as Santa Claus
69
TV show · as Charlie Addison
65
as Packard
74
TV show · as Vern Dunnegan
53
as Captain Hill
2010s
22 titles · average score 64
62
as Coach
63
TV show · as Hank
56
as Coburn
as Colin
74
TV show · as Joe Carmichael
70
as The Cowardly Lion
54
TV show · as Carl Gaines
59
TV show · as Ben Carson
55
as Virgil Peeples
67
as Mr. Robert
69
TV show · as Network President
73
TV show · as Terry
2000s
36 titles · average score 58
42
as Sugar Bear
62
as Stymie
35
TV show · Producer
52
as The Griller
as Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
52
as Uncle Henry
69
as Bob
65
TV show · as David Bellows
TV show · as Jerome Daggett
68
as Charlie Johnson
51
as Detective Jenkins
1990s
28 titles · average score 64
61
as Dan Anderson
76
TV show · as Jeremy Swift
85
TV show · as Bernard Thomas
67
TV show · as Memnon (voice)
45
as Ensign Charles Parker
71
as Carl Bentley
TV show · as David Preston
51
as Kevin Walker
50
as Fred Ostroff
84
TV show · as Cinema Audience (uncredited)
56
as Gerard Jackson
75
TV show · as Rev. Leon Lonnie Love
1980s
15 titles · average score 63
59
as Rogers
37
as Peter Conklin
60
as Steve Hadley
70
TV show · as Professor Byron Walcott
81
TV show · as Harold
60
as Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
TV show · as Oliver Royce
75
TV show · as FBI #1
63
TV show · as Desk Sergeant
46
as Elliott Morrison
69
as Corporal Cobb
61
as Roger
