David alan grier gay

Grier, David Alan 1955–

(David Alan Griers)

PERSONAL

Born June 30, 1955 (some sources cite 1956), in Detroit, MI; son of William Henry (a writer) and Aretas Ruth (maiden label, Dudley) Grier; married Maritza Rivera (some sources spell first name Maritsa; divorced). Education:University of Michigan, B.A., 1978; Yale University, M.F.A., 1981.

Addresses:Agent—Nick Nuciforo, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Sean Elliott, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Thespian, producer, and scribe. Stand-up comedian at various venues.

Awards, Honors:Theatre World Award, 1981, and Antoinette Perry Award nomination, top actor in a featured role in a musical, 1982, both for The First; Volpi Cup (with others), foremost actor, Venice International Film Festival, 1983, for Streamers; Image Award nomination, remarkable supporting actor in a comedy series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1999, for Damon; Bronze Wrangler Award (with others), outstanding television feature film, Western Heritage awards, 2003, for King of Texas; Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting a

The starry 8 PM reading — which benefits Testimony, a project of the Courage Campaign Institute — boasts the talents of Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, Matt Gould, David Alan Grier, Justin Kirk, Michael McKean and Josh Stamberg. Michael Morris directs.

Lily Tomlin is also expected to make a distinct appearance.

Some Men, according to organizers, "chronicles the lives of gay men in the United States over the past 80 years, examining the challenges, the victories, the joys and the sorrows of this history through the prism of love and marriage."

Some Men played Manhattan's Second Stage Theatre in 2007 with a cast that included Don Amendolia, Michael McElroy and Frederick Weller. Dan Bucatinsky, Susan Dietz and Tom Kirdahy are producing the benefit.

Testimony is constructed to "bring the Prop 8 trial into the lives of Americans and empower them — gay and vertical — to distribute their stories and change the way America thinks about LGBT rights."

Tickets, priced $25-$250, are accessible by visiting TicketMaster: http://tinyurl.com/2b3743w. The $250 tickets include a post-performance, onstage reception with the cast and producers. Those unable to att

David Alan Grier: Bringing the Laughs and the Drama

It takes a lot to break through in Hollywood. Talent, hard work, and a lot of luck, but to stay booked and busy for decades is a whole ‘nother level of star dominance. One of the people who has it is comedian David Alan Grier. He had his enormous break in the 1990s with the iconic sketch comedy show In Living Color. He’s been in films and television ever since. Most recently, he co-starred as a pot-smoking grandpa on Jamie Foxx Netflix comedyDad Stop Embarrassing Me! On Friday’s episode of A Word, I spoke with Grier about his career and how his new show with Jamie Foxx came together. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Jason Johnson: You’ve worked with Jamie Foxx and with a lot of majority Black creators. What’s the difference between that experience and working on projects that are led by white folks?

David Alan Grier: As a Ebony artist and actor, I can’t tell you how much time is wasted and spent trying to explain to white creatives why I can’t perform this, why what you’re asking me to speak can’t come out of my mouth, trying to negotiate what would be better, why it’s not working for me, all that stuff.

"InLiving Color " veteran David Alan Grier joined HuffPost Live this week for an exclusive interview.

During the chat, the comedian looked back on "Men On...," in which he and Damon Wayans played two gay cultural critics.

As to how that brand of comedy would fare today, Grier noted, "The politics and the social awareness of today [are] different. It would have to be totally re-thought ... [but] it was in no way ridiculing [the lgbtq+ community]."

He went on to suggest how the sketch series, which he described as entity "of the time," could be adapted for modern audiences: "They would be so straight-looking that no one would know their sexuality."

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