David Alan Grier

Born: 1956-06-30

David Alan Grier is an American comedian and film and television actor, best known for his work on the sketch comedy television show "In Living Color".


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Little Man

as Jimmy
Released: 2006-08-31

After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to...

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Candy Cane Lane

as Santa Claus
Released: 2023-11-29

A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact...

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The Big Sick

as Andy Dodd
Released: 2017-03-30

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle...

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Stuart Little

as Red (voice)
Released: 1999-12-17

The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities,...

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The Color Purple

as Reverend Avery
Released: 2023-12-25

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie...

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Astro Boy

as Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot
Released: 2009-10-15

Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers...

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as Packard
Released: 2021-11-10

As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is...

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Dance Flick

as Sugar Bear
Released: 2009-05-22

Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the...

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The American Society of Magical Negroes

as Roger
Released: 2024-03-15

A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their...

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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

as Measures
Released: 2000-06-30

Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon...

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Return to Me

as Charlie Johnson
Released: 2000-04-07

It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a...

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Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

as Moss the Troll (voice)
Released: 2011-04-29

Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to...

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The Player

as David Alan Grier
Released: 1992-04-03

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected -...

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Jumanji

as Carl Bentley
Released: 1995-12-15

When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical...

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Almost an Angel

as Det. Bill
Released: 1990-12-21

Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a...

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as The Preacher
Released: 2023-06-14

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government...

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Newsman
Released: 1988-11-10

Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug,...

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Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

as Cogsworth
Released: 2022-12-15

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended...

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A Soldier's Story

as Corporal Cobb
Released: 1984-09-14

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the...

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Native Son

as Marty
Released: 2019-01-24

A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago...

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Tiptoes

as Jerry Robin Jr.
Released: 2003-09-08

A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.

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Bewitched

as Jim Fields
Released: 2005-06-21

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets...

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15 Minutes

as Mugger
Released: 2001-03-01

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a...

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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

as Uncle Henry
Released: 2005-05-20

A young woman named Dorothy Gale dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams....

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Coffee & Kareem

as Captain Hill
Released: 2020-04-03

A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take...

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Tales from the Hood

as Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
Released: 1995-05-24

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local...

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Boomerang

as Gerard Jackson
Released: 1992-06-30

Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a...

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Amazon Women on the Moon

as Don Simmons (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Don Simmons (segment "Don 'No Soul' Simmons")
Released: 1987-09-18

Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with...

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The Woodsman

as Bob
Released: 2004-12-24

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his...

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Blankman

as Kevin Walker
Released: 1994-08-19

Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he...

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Arizona

as Coburn
Released: 2018-08-24

Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and...

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The Poker House

as Stymie
Released: 2008-06-20

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

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The 60s

as Fred Hampton
Released: 1999-02-07

The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent...

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An American Carol

as Rastus Malone
Released: 2008-10-03

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July...

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Loose Cannons

as Drummond
Released: 1990-02-09

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known...

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The Wiz Live!

as The Cowardly Lion
Released: 2015-12-03

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which...

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In the Army Now

as Fred Ostroff
Released: 1994-08-12

Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the...

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McHale's Navy

as Ensign Charles Parker
Released: 1997-04-18

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in...

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Off Limits

as Rogers
Released: 1988-03-11

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are...

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Peeples

as Virgil Peeples
Released: 2013-05-09

The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up...

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Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie

as Limo Driver
Released: 2003-01-10

The comedic stylings of four sort-of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of...

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Baadasssss!

as Clyde Houston
Released: 2004-05-28

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic...

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Heckler

as Self
Released: 2007-11-04

HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in....

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Me and Him

as Peter Conklin
Released: 1988-09-14

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and...

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Streamers

as Roger
Released: 1983-09-05

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one...

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From the Hip

as Steve Hadley
Released: 1987-02-06

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must...

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3 Strikes

as Detective Jenkins
Released: 2000-03-01

Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes"...

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A Christmas Story Live!

as Santa Claus
Released: 2017-12-17

A live broadcast of the Broadway hit "A Christmas Story: The Musical" in which Ralphie wishes...

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Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

as Mr. Butz
Released: 2000-05-13

A twisted teenage prostitute and an equally deranged vicious killer manage to escape from the...

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Gym Teacher: The Movie

as Shelly Bragg
Released: 2008-09-12

Dave Stweie was America's hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games.... until he ran face first...

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A Saintly Switch

as Dan Anderson
Released: 1999-01-24

The story is about a married couple with children on the verge of divorce. Their imminent...

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Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

as Self
Released: 1998-02-20

Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things...

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The Hustle

as Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid
Released: 2008-04-05

Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses...

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King of Texas

as Rip
Released: 2002-06-02

In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas...

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham

as Mr. Robert
Released: 2013-09-20

In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15...

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Jingle Ballin'

as Colin
Released: 2016-12-06

A homesick YouTuber stuck in L.A. for the holidays must rediscover the meaning of friendship and...

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An En Vogue Christmas

as Marty
Released: 2014-11-14

Over the years, the funky divas of En Vogue have gone their separate ways, until they are asked...

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Top of the World

as Detective Augustus
Released: 1997-05-01

In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the...

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

as Spike
Released: 1995-01-01

Orphaned after her parents are killed in an accident, Goldilocks is sent to live with her Uncle...

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2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

as Self
Released: 2023-12-26

Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson cover some of the biggest moments from 2023 and deliver an...

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Angels in the Infield

as Bob Bugler
Released: 2000-04-09

Bob "Bungler" Bugler is the celestial coach called in to assist struggling pitcher Eddie...

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Lennon or McCartney

as Self
Released: 2014-12-12

550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were...

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Laffapalooza! #2

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-01

Live from Atlanta, Jamie Foxx hosts this hilarious series of comedy specials. Catch some the...

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Sprinter

as Coach
Released: 2019-04-24

Sprinter tells the story of Akeem Sharp who is set to be Jamaica's next big track-and-field...

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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

as uncredited
Released: 1988-09-24

Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even...

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Beer

as Elliott Morrison
Released: 1985-08-30

An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a...

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Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics

as Himself
Released: 2005-11-01

Live from the International Montreal Comedy Festival, the funniest black comics ever take the...

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The Making of the Wiz Live!

as Self
Released: 2015-11-25

Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long...

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If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely

as Himself
Released: 2004-04-13

A former music producer turned stockbroker tries to make his musical comeback with a beautiful...

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Kissing Cousins

as The Griller
Released: 2008-06-06

A "relatively" romantic comedy about a professional heartbreaker (and cynical bachelor) who...

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Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

as Principal Eyeverson (voice)
Released: 2006-08-11

When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds, he wants his mother to buy them...

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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

as Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice)
Released: 2006-12-21

D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to...

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A Soldier's Play

as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
Released: 2021-02-25

In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out...

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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

as uncredited
Released: 1989-09-16

Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even...

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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

as uncredited
Released: 1989-05-20

Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jeremy Swift
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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The Resident

as Lamar Broome
First aired: 2018-01-21

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day,...

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Bones

as Professor Bunsen Jude
First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-07-16

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The X-Files

as Cinema Audience (uncredited)
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant
First aired: 2005-06-01

The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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My Wife and Kids

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-03-28

Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique...

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ALF

as FBI #1
First aired: 1986-09-22

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

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The Equalizer

as Desk Sergeant
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self
First aired: 2003-01-26

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and...

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Samurai Jack

as Da Samurai
First aired: 2001-08-10

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The...

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Hercules

as Memnon (voice)
First aired: 1998-08-31

Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the...

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Hercules

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-08-31

Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the...

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Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1998-09-14

On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In...

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Boston Public

as Laurence Williams
First aired: 2000-10-23

Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the...

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Tour of Duty

as Harold
First aired: 1987-09-24

The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.

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Beat Bobby Flay

as Self
First aired: 2013-08-24

Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs...

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A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Hal
First aired: 2017-01-13

The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their...

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Martin

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-08-27

Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his...

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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Tubunch (voice)
First aired: 2000-10-02

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series...

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Kenan & Kel

as David Alan Grier
First aired: 1996-08-17

Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who...

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A Different World

as Professor Byron Walcott
First aired: 1987-09-24

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...

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Happy Endings

as Terry
First aired: 2011-04-13

A fresh and funny take on modern friendship and what one urban family will do to stay friends...

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Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Network President
First aired: 2012-06-08

Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on...

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Joe Pickett

as Vern Dunnegan
First aired: 2021-12-06

A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a...

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St. Denis Medical

as Dr. Ron
First aired: 2024-11-12

An eclectic group of underfunded yet dedicated doctors and nurses navigates caring for patients...

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The Proud Family

as Reuben (voice)
First aired: 2001-09-15

Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's...

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The Eric Andre Show

as Self
First aired: 2012-05-20

A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of...

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Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

as Rudd Rhymez (voice)
First aired: 2012-08-13

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an American animated television series created by Jed...

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Match Game

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 2016-06-26

A modern reboot of the classic 70s game show that features two contestants attempting to match...

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Dream On

as Marshall
First aired: 1990-07-08

The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book...

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In Living Color

as Self - Various Characters
First aired: 1990-04-15

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox...

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Pinky and the Brain

as Marlon (voice)
First aired: 1995-09-09

Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs...

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The Oscars

as Self - Announcer
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Celebrity Name Game

as Self
First aired: 2014-09-22

Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014....

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Bongo (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Dudley (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as King Maynard (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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Life with Bonnie

as David Bellows
First aired: 2002-09-17

The host of the local morning talk show Morning Chicago creatively balances family commitment—to...

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Hollywood Game Night

as Self
First aired: 2013-07-11

Two contestants are transported from their everyday lives into a once-in-a-lifetime night of fun...

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Gotham Comedy Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 2012-11-15

Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the...

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Gotham Comedy Live

as Self - Comedian
First aired: 2012-11-15

Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the...

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Bad Teacher

as Carl Gaines
First aired: 2014-04-24

An always inappropriate, fearless and unapologetic former trophy wife masquerades as a teacher...

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A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Preacher
First aired: 2019-08-02

A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and...

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The Patient

as Charlie Addison
First aired: 2022-08-30

A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb...

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Premium Blend

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-11-29

Premium Blend was a stand-up comedy series that aired on the American cable television channel...

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Head Case

as Self
First aired: 2007-04-18

Meet Therapist Dr Elizabeth Goode. She's brash, unconventional, judgmental, but undeniably...

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Cutthroat Kitchen

as Self - Guest Judge
First aired: 2013-08-11

Just how far is a chef willing to go to win a cooking competition? Cutthroat Kitchen hands four...

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HBO First Look

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-06-12

HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...

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The Carmichael Show

as Joe Carmichael
First aired: 2015-08-26

From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom...

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Busy Tonight

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2018-10-28

Busy Phillips gives her hilarious and outspoken opinions on the latest pop culture stories and...

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Unscripted

as Self
First aired: 2005-01-09

Three young, struggling actors (played by three young, less-struggling actors) try to navigate...

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The Cool Kids

as Hank
First aired: 2018-09-28

Three guy friends in a retirement community are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the...

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Gary & Mike

as Thaddeus (voice)
First aired: 2001-01-12

Gary & Mike is a television show that aired on UPN in 2001 and Adult Swim on 2002. The show was...

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DAG

as Jerome Daggett
First aired: 2000-11-14

DAG is an American sitcom that aired from November 2000 to May 2001 on NBC. It was named after...

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Damon

as Bernard Thomas
First aired: 1998-03-22

Two brothers, one a bachelor and undercover detective, the other a married rent-a-cop are...

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Chopped Junior

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-10-27

Just like the grown-up version Chopped Junior is hosted by Ted Allen and features a high energy,...

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All is Forgiven

as Oliver Royce
First aired: 1986-03-20

Paula Russell is the producer of a soap opera called All is Forgiven who just married a donut...

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Chocolate News

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-10-15

Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an...

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Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-04-14

A single dad and cosmetics brand owner figures out fatherhood on the fly when his strong-minded...

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Tanner '88

as Secret Serviceman
First aired: 1988-02-15

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry...

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Tanner '88

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-02-15

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry...

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The '60s

as Fred Hampton
First aired: 1999-02-07

National issues and events profoundly affect two families, one white and one black, in 1960s...

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Thank God You're Here

as Self - Host
First aired: 2007-04-09

In this improvisational comedy competition, four guest stars walk into a live improvised comedy...

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Down and Out in Beverly Hills

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-07-25

Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 30 minute TV series based on the 1986 movie of the same name....

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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-06-29

The two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution” explores the...

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