- Films
- 37
- Avg rating
- 5.74
- Peak run
- 1983’90
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
5.74
33 rated films
Vote weighted
5.76
bigger films count more
Median
5.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.99
rating spread
Career
42y
1983 to 2024
Total votes
1.14M
across every film
Best
7.3
Baadasssss!
Worst
3.7
Dance Flick
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 |  The American Society of Magical Negroes | Roger | 3.9 | 13,356 |
| 2023 |  The Color Purple | Reverend Avery | 6.8 | 20,897 |
| 2023 |  Candy Cane Lane | Santa Claus | 5.6 | 23,801 |
| 2023 |  They Cloned Tyrone | The Preacher | 6.7 | 49,206 |
| 2021 |  Clifford the Big Red Dog | Packard | 5.9 | 19,373 |
| 2020 |  Coffee & Kareem | Captain Hill | 5.2 | 15,592 |
| 2019 | Native Son | Marty | 5.7 | 3,147 |
| 2018 |  Arizona | Coburn | 5.8 | 10,406 |
| 2018 | Sprinter | Coach Miller | · | 613 |
| 2015 | Road Hard | Michael Gerard | 6.1 | 2,017 |
| 2013 | Peeples | Virgil Peeples | 5.4 | 5,268 |
| 2009 |  Astro Boy | Mr. Squirt | 6.3 | 43,568 |
| 2009 |  Dance Flick | Sugar Bear | 3.7 | 13,550 |
| 2008 | The Hustle | Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid | · | 454 |
| 2006 |  Little Man | Jimmy | 4.6 | 67,304 |
| 2005 |  Bewitched | Jim Fields | 4.9 | 79,179 |
| 2004 |  The Woodsman | Bob | 7.1 | 37,139 |
| 2003 | Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie | Limo Driver | 7.1 | 4,949 |
| 2003 | Baadasssss! | Clyde Houston | 7.3 | 5,429 |
| 2002 | Tiptoes | Jerry Robin Jr. | 4.2 | 6,873 |
Takes
On David Alan Grier
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