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Grand L. Bush at a Los Angeles-area aquatic center in 2012
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Born |
Grand Lee Bush December 24, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1976–2002 |
Spouse(s) | Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush (1994-present) |
Grand Lee Bush (born December 24, 1955) is an American actor of stage, television and major motion pictures.
Bush was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Essie and Robert Bush, who was an actor.Shakespearean-trained, Bush studied film and theatre at the Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy, University of Southern California and the Strasberg Academy in Hollywood. He continued his education by performing at the historic Globe Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the annual Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove, California.
Bush has been married to former television personality Sharon Crews since 1994.
In 1983, Bush won a nomination for a Canadian Genie Award in the category of "Best Performance by a Foreign Actor" for his role in the feature film Hard Feelings. Bush's introduction to cinema began five years earlier in 1977 when he landed a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Good Times. Bush later acted in other television episodics and miniseries, including Roots, before joining the cast of the rock musical Hair in 1979, in which he performed a solo.
Bush also performed in other musical dramas, including the TV series Fame and the feature film Streets of Fire. Bush's most notable contributions to cinema were his performances in such box-office blockbusters as Lethal Weapon (starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover), Hollywood Shuffle, Die Hard (starring Bruce Willis) and Colors (starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall).