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David Allen Grier

David Alan Grier
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Grier in August 2007
Born (1956-06-30) June 30, 1956 (age 60)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Alma mater University of Michigan
Yale University
Occupation Actor, comedian, singer
Years active 1983–present
Spouse(s)
  • Maritza Rivera (m. 1987–95)
  • Christine Y. Kim (m. 2007–10)
Children 1
Website www.davidalangrier.net

David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color.

One of three children, Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of mother Aretas Ruth (née Blaney), a school teacher, and father William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer who co-wrote the book Black Rage.

Grier 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 in 1981.

When Grier was young, his family marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in a March on Poverty in Detroit, where King gave an early version of the "I Have A Dream" speech.

Immediately after graduating from Yale, Grier 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 1981. He was the voice of a nameless X-wing fighter pilot during the Battle of Yavin.


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