Known for:	Die Hard, Demolition Man, Lethal Weapon 2
Birth name:	Grand Lee Bush
Birthday:	24 December 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:	6' (1.83 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. To prepare for his role as Rev. Ross in the critically-acclaimed independent film, Favorite Son (1997), Grand committed to memory the entire chapter of the New Testaments's Luke 15. His performance was so impressive that many of the local extras thought he was a real minister and invited him to preach at their church. For the premiere of Licence to Kill (1989) he and the starring cast greeted Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana. He said he found the prince to be quite "dashing" and "eloquent.". He was named after his grandfather, Lee Grand Bush. He does not recognize holidays because of his religious beliefs. His real father, Robert, played his his dad on "Good Times" (1974). Grand continues to mourn the passing of his best friend, writer/producer Nicholas Corea. Their relationship began with "The Incredible Hulk" (1978). Grand played a bad guy and still laughs at the memory of his mother, Essie, rooting for the Hulk as it ripped her son's character to shreds. Nick brought Grand along with him on quite a few projects, including The Renegades (1982) (TV), opposite Patrick Swayze; "Airwolf" (1984) opposite Jan-Michael Vincent; "Outlaws" (1986) opposite Rod Taylor; and "Renegade" (1992) opposite Lorenzo Lamas. While Nick was dying of cancer in 1999, he wrote for Grand "Brothers in Arms", an installment that is still considered to be one of the best episodes of "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993), starring Chuck Norris. Grand and his wife, Sharon Dahlonega, watched the broadcast privately with Nick's widow, Pheny. To prepare for the role of "Balrog" in Street Fighter (1994), Grand trained with martial artist Benny Urquidez. In addition to adhering to a strict scientific diet, Grand ran each day through the polluted streets of Bangkok, Thailand, in 90-degree weather. He lost 15 pounds in a single month. The "Street Fighter: Special Edition" video game features the actual images of the entire cast in hand-to-hand combat. He and fellow actor, Clarence Gilyard, Jr. not only played brothers on "Walker, Texas Ranger," they celebrate identical birthdates. The wheezing and beads of sweat on his forehead were real during filming of "Shark Hunter" in Sofia, Bulgaria. He had contracted a potentially deadly staph infection after injuring himself during a stunt. Grand's wife, Sharon Dahlonega, along with a medical staff, monitored and nursed him as he battled a raging fever that spiked to 104 degrees Fahrenheit(40 degrees Celsius) at times during the shoot. Grand was invited to participate in the 2007 Celebrity Golf Classic, hosted by Donald Trump. Others lending their celebrity to the Salvation Army benefit included Mark Wahlberg, Marcus Allen and Reggie Jackson. On November 20, 2007, Grand helped director/producer Penny Marshall, Reachback LA and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation hand out five-star dinners to nearly 600 at-risk youth and their families in Watts, CA.

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