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 on "Life with Bonnie" (2002-2004), as Joe Carmichael on "The Carmichael Show" (2015-2017), as Hal on "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (2018).