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What Is David Alan Grier’s Net Worth?
David Alan Grier is an American actor, comedian, author, and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. Grier first turned well-known from his work on “In Living Color,” the pioneering sketch comedy tv present that aired from 1990 to 1994.
David has greater than 110 performing credit to his identify, together with the movies “Boomerang” (1992), “Jumanji” (1995), “Bewitched” (2005), and “Peeples” (2013) and the tv collection “DAG” (2000–2001), “Life with Bonnie” (2002–2004), “The Carmichael Show” (2015–2017), and “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” (2021).
He hosted, wrote, and produced Comedy Central’s “Chocolate News” (2008), and he additionally wrote and produced the TV film “The Davey Gee Show” (2005), the movie “The Poker House” (2008), and the comedy particular “David Alan Grier: Comedy You Can Believe In” (2009).
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). In 2021, he received the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for “A Soldier’s Play.” In 2009, David printed the e book “Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth” and competed on “Dancing with the Stars,” ending in ninth place.
Early Life
David Alan Grier was born on June 30, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. His mom, Aretas, was a trainer, and his father, William, was a psychiatrist and the co-author of the 1968 e book “Black Rage.” David has two siblings, and he attended Cass Tech, a magnet highschool. After commencement, Grier enrolled on the University of Michigan, the place he earned a B.A. in Radio, Television and Film. He then attended the Yale School of Drama, graduating with an MFA in 1981. When David was 6 years outdated, the Grier family marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through the March on Poverty in Detroit.
Career
After graduating from Yale, David was solid as Jackie Robinson within the 1981 Broadway musical “The First,” and that 12 months he additionally voiced an X-wing fighter in a radio adaptation of “Star Wars.” He made his movie debut in 1983’s “Streamers,” and the next 12 months, he appeared in “A Soldier’s Story,” the movie adaptation of “A Soldier’s Play,” which he additionally starred in. Grier appeared in all 9 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). He appeared within the movies “From the Hip” (1986), “Off Limits” (1988), and “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” (1988), and in 1990, he joined the solid of Fox’s “In Living Color.” Created by Keenen Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans, the collection aired 127 episodes over 5 seasons and starred many members of the Wayans family in addition to Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx. David co-starred with Eddie Murphy in 1992’s “Boomerang,” then he appeared within the movies “In the Army Now” (1994), “Blankman” (1994), “McHale’s Navy” (1997), and “Stuart Little” (1999). He additionally starred within the hit 1995 movie “Jumanji,” which grossed $262.8 million on the field workplace. In 1998, Grier was a collection common on Damon Wayans’ Fox sitcom “Damon,” and in 1999, he portrayed Black Panther chief Fred Hampton within the miniseries “The ’60s.”
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From 2001 to 2002, David starred as Secret Service agent Jerome Daggett on the NBC sitcom “DAG,” and he performed David Bellows on ABC’s “Life with Bonnie” from 2002 to 2004. In the early 2000s, he additionally starred within the stand-up comedy particular “The Book of David: The Cult Figure’s Manifesto” and hosted Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend.” In 2005, Grier appeared within the TV film “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz” and the movie adaptation of “Bewitched,” adopted by “Little Man” in 2006 and “The Poker House” and “An American Carol” in 2008. He hosted NBC’s “Thank God You’re Here” in 2007, then he guest-starred on “Bones” (2010), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2010), “Happy Endings” (2013), and “The Soul Man” (2014). David performed Carl Gaines on the CBS sitcom “Bad Teacher” in 2014, and he portrayed The Cowardly Lion in “The Wiz Live!” in 2015. He starred as Joe Carmichael on NBC’s “The Carmichael Show” from 2015 to 2017, and he performed Santa Claus in “A Christmas Story Live!” in 2017. Grier co-starred with Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington in 2013’s “Peeples,” and he appeared within the movies “The Big Sick” (2017), “Arizona” (2018), “Sprinter” (2018), “Native Son” (2019), and “Coffee & Kareem” (2020). From 2018 to 2019, he was a collection common on the Fox sitcom “The Cool Kids,” and in 2021, he performed Pops Dixon on the Netflix collection “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” alongside Jamie Foxx.
Personal Life
David was married to Maritza Rivera from 1987 till 1997, and he wed Christine Y. Kim on July 29, 2007. Kim has served because the Curator of Contemporary Art on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2019. David and Christine welcomed daughter Luisa Danbi Grier-Kim on January 10, 2008. Kim filed for divorce in July 2009, and the divorce was finalized in November 2010. Grier enjoys cooking, and whereas he was starring in “Race” on Broadway, he began a meals weblog named “Chocolate Glutton,” which he described as “my place to debate, obsess and share the love I’ve for all issues gluttonous.”
Awards and Nominations
Grier has been nominated for six NAACP Image Awards, successful Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for “The Wiz Live!” in 2016. His different nominations have been for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for “Damon” (1999), “Life with Bonnie” (2003), and “The Carmichael Show” (2016 and 2017) and Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series for “Queen Sugar” (2020). “The Gershwins’ Porgy And Bess: New Broadway Cast Recording” acquired a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album in 2013, and David received a Best Actor award for “Streamers” on the 1983 Venice Film Festival.
“In Living Color” earned a TV Land Award for Groundbreaking Show in 2012, and “King of Texas” received a Western Heritage Award for Television Feature Film in 2003. Grier has acquired two Black Reel Award nominations, Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Mini-Series for “An En Vogue Christmas” (2015) and Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series for “The Wiz Live!” (2016), in addition to Black Reel Awards for Television for Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series for “Queen Sugar” (2020) and Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series for “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me” (2021).
David has additionally acquired nominations from the Critics Choice Television Awards (“The Wiz Live!”), Satellite Awards (“Life with Bonnie”), and Women’s Image Network Awards (“The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz”), and Grier and his “The Big Sick” co-stars earned a BAM Award nomination for Best Cast.
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