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Acting

David Alan Grier

Career: Active from 1983 to 2024, busiest in 2000 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: Baadasssss!
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 102 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Alan Grier Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
3.3, average 4.7
Psychological
4.2, average 5.5
Tension
4.7, average 6.0
Historical
1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Ensemble Cast 5
Character-Driven 5
Social Satire 4
Social Commentary 4
Comfort Watch 4
Magical Realism 4
Sitcom 3
Fast-Paced 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Feel-Good Movie 3
Pop Culture Parody 2
Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 62

The American Society of Magical Negroes

36

as Roger

St. Denis Medical

68

TV show · as Ron Leonard

Elsbeth

68

TV show · as Arthur Greene Jr.

They Cloned Tyrone

77

as The Preacher

Poker Face

81

TV show · as Otto

The Color Purple

75

as Reverend Avery

The Patient

75

TV show · as Charlie Addison

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

60

as Cogsworth

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!

38

TV show

Clifford the Big Red Dog

60

as Packard

Joe Pickett

86

TV show · as Vern Dunnegan

Coffee & Kareem

35

as Captain Hill

2010s

24 titles · average score 63

Sprinter

67

as Coach

The Cool Kids

59

TV show · as Hank

Arizona

49

as Coburn

The Resident

65

TV show · as Lamar Broome

A Series of Unfortunate Events

84

TV show · as Hal

Jingle Ballin'

as Colin

The Carmichael Show

77

TV show · as Joe Carmichael

The Wiz Live!

81

as The Cowardly Lion

Bad Teacher

50

TV show · as Carl Gaines

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

61

TV show · as Ben Carson

Peeples

49

as Virgil Peeples

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

70

as Mr. Robert

2000s

38 titles · average score 54

Dance Flick

34

as Sugar Bear

The Poker House

62

as Stymie

Chocolate News

44

TV show · Producer

Kissing Cousins

51

as The Griller

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

38

as Uncle Henry

Bones

75

TV show · as Professor Bunsen Jude

The Woodsman

76

as Bob

Life with Bonnie

58

TV show · as David Bellows

DAG

TV show · as Jerome Daggett

Angels in the Infield

49

as Bob Bugler

Return to Me

65

as Charlie Johnson

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

44

as Mr. Butz

1990s

28 titles · average score 59

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Jeremy Swift

A Saintly Switch

60

as Dan Anderson

Damon

75

TV show · as Bernard Thomas

Premium Blend

TV show

McHale's Navy

27

as Ensign Charles Parker

Jumanji

59

as Bentley

The Preston Episodes

TV show · as David Preston

Blankman

31

as Kevin Walker

In the Army Now

30

as Fred Ostroff

The X-Files

76

TV show · as Cinema Audience (uncredited)

Boomerang

52

as Gerard Jackson

Martin

58

TV show · as Rev. Leon Lonnie Love

1980s

15 titles · average score 58

Off Limits

49

as Rogers

Me and Him

39

as Peter Conklin

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

61

as Newsman

A Different World

47

TV show · as Professor Byron Walcott

From the Hip

45

as Steve Hadley

Tour of Duty

82

TV show · as Harold

ALF

60

TV show · as FBI #1

All Is Forgiven

TV show · as Oliver Royce

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Desk Sergeant

Beer

46

as Elliott Morrison

A Soldier's Story

75

as Corporal Cobb

Streamers

56

as Roger

1970s

1 title · average score 69

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Antoine Meriweather (uncredited) / Self - Host

1960s

1 title · average score 79

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

79

TV show