Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Male
Birthday
21 June
Location
Connecticut, United States
Edit pageDavid Marshall Grant
Biography
David Marshall Grant is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter and television producer, born on June 21, 1955, in Westport, Connecticut, USA. He studied at the Yale School of Drama and began his professional career in theatre before moving into film and television.
He made his film debut with French Postcards (1979) and appeared in movies such as American Flyers (1985), The Big Town (1987), Bat21* (1988), Air America (1990), Strictly Business (1991), Forever Young (1992), The Stepford Wives (2004) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). He also appeared in Spoiler Alert (2022), for which he contributed as a screenwriter.
Television and Writing Career
Grant gained recognition for portraying Russell Weller in the television drama Thirty-Something. He later became an established television writer and producer, working on series including Brothers & Sisters, Nashville, Smash, Looking, Code Black and A Million Little Things. He also served as an executive producer and showrunner on several productions.
Theatre and Awards
As a playwright, Grant is known for works including Snakebit, Current Events and Pen. His play Snakebit received nominations for the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award. As an actor, he earned a Tony Award nomination in 1994 for his performance as Joe Pitt in Angels in America: Perestroika.
Personal Life
David Marshall Grant married K.C. Reischerl in 2009. They have one daughter, Evelyn May Reischerl Grant.
