# David Alan Grier

david alan grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color, as David Bellows in Life with Bonnie (2002-2004) and as Joe Carmichael in the TV series The Carmichael Show (2015-2017) and for his movie roles as Roger in Streamers (1983), Carl Bentley in Jumanji (1995), and Jim Fields in Bewitched (2005). == Early life and education == One of three children, Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of mother Aretas Ruth (née Blaney), a school teacher, and father William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer who co-wrote the book Black Rage.Grier graduated from Detroit's magnet high school, Cass Tech, and received a B.A. in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Michigan, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama in 1981.