David Alan Grier Overview

David Alan Grier was born in Detroit Michigan to Aretas Ruth, a schoolteacher, and William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer. He attended Cass Technical High School, then the University of Michigan, where he received a B.A. in radio, television, and film, followed by the Yale School of Drama for his M.F.A. in 1981. He started his career in as Jackie Robinson in the Broadway musical The First (1981), then he joined the cast of Dreamgirls (1981) as James Thunder Early. Soon after, David made... See All