David Alan Grier
Gender: Male
Born: 30th June 1955 (currently 56 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Life With Bonnie, DAG, Crank Yankers, In Living Color, All is Forgiven, Damon, The Preston Episodes, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Movies: A Soldier's Story, Angels in the Infield, Blankman, In The Army Now, Jumanji, McHale's Navy, Streamers, The Woodsman, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie, Bewitched, Return to Me, Boomerang, BAADASSSSS!, Amazon Women on the Moon, Tales from the Hood, A Saintly Switch, 3 Strikes, Just for Laughs: Stand-Up: Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics, David Alan Grier: The Book of David: The Cult Figure's Manifesto, Gym Teacher: The Movie, Dance Flick, King of Texas, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Off Limits, The Player, Lexie, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Poker House, Top of the World, From the Hip, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby, 15 Minutes, Almost an Angel, Kissing Cousins, Terkel in Trouble, Laffapalooza! #2, Beer, Tiptoes, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, Astro Boy, Astro Boy, Astro Boy, Stuart Little, Little Man, We the Peeples
David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956), also known as "D.A.G." (DAG), is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color.
Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Aretas Ruth (née Dudley) and William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer who co-wrote the book Black Rage. He graduated from Detroit's magnet high school, Cass Tech and received a B.A. from the University of Michigan, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. Immediately after graduating, he landed the role of Jackie Robinson in the short-lived Broadway musical The First, directed by Martin Charnin and written by Joel Siegel.
Grier got his start on the National Public Radio radio drama adaptation of Star Wars in 1980. He was the voice of a nameless X-Wing fighter pilot during the Battle of Yavin.
Grier was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the Theatre World Award for The First. He later starred as James "Thunder" Early in the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls. Grier made his film debut in 1983 in Streamers, directed by Robert Altman. He won the Golden Lion for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for the film. He also
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