![]() ![]() Grier appeared in all nine episodes of the NBC sitcom "All Is Forgiven" in 1986, then he guest-starred on "A Different World" (1987), "Tour of Duty" (1988), "Duet" (1988), "Tanner '88" (1989), and "ALF" (1989). CareerĪfter graduating from Yale, David was cast as Jackie Robinson in the 1981 Broadway musical "The First," and that year he also voiced an X-wing fighter in a radio adaptation of "Star Wars." He made his film debut in 1983's "Streamers," and the following year, he appeared in "A Soldier's Story," the film adaptation of "A Soldier's Play," which he also starred in. When David was 6 years old, the Grier family marched with Dr. He then attended the Yale School of Drama, graduating with an MFA in 1981. After graduation, Grier enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he earned a B.A. His mother, Aretas, was a teacher, and his father, William, was a psychiatrist and the co-author of the 1968 book "Black Rage." David has two siblings, and he attended Cass Tech, a magnet high school. In 2021, he won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for "A Soldier's Play." In 2009, David published the book "Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth" and competed on "Dancing with the Stars," finishing in ninth place.ĭavid Alan Grier was born on June 30, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. Grier has starred in six Broadway productions, and he has earned Tony nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for "The First" (1982) and "Porgy And Bess" (2012) and Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Race" (2010). ![]() ![]() He hosted, wrote, and produced Comedy Central's "Chocolate News" (2008), and he also wrote and produced the TV movie "The Davey Gee Show" (2005), the film "The Poker House" (2008), and the comedy special "David Alan Grier: Comedy You Can Believe In" (2009).
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