Grand L. Bush
Grand Lee Bush (born December 24, 1955) is a American former actor of stage, television and major motion pictures. Early life and education. Bush was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Robert Bush and his wife Essie Bush. Shakespearean-trained, Bush studied film and theatre at the Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy, University of Southern California and the Strasberg Academy in Hollywood. He continued his education by performing at the historic Globe Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the annual Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove, California. Career. In 1977 he  landed a recurring role on the CBS sitcom "Good Times". Bush later acted in other television episodics and miniseries, including "Roots", before joining the cast of the rock musical "Hair" in 1979, in which he performed a solo. Bush also performed in other musical dramas, including the TV series "Fame" and the feature film "Streets of Fire". In 1983, Bush won a nomination for a Canadian Genie Award in the category of "Best Performance by a Foreign Actor" for his role in the feature film "Hard Feelings". Bush appeared in such blockbusters as "Lethal Weapon", "Hollywood Shuffle", "Die Hard", and  Colors, the latter of which sparked a friendship between Bush and director Dennis Hopper and Hopper directed Bush in a total of three feature films: "Colors", "Chasers", and "Catchfire". Bush was cast in the 1989 James Bond feature film "Licence to Kill". He portrayed a lieutenant in the horror film "The Exorcist III" and had a small role in "Demolition Man". Bush also played actor Todd Bridges' father in "Building Bridges", an autobiographical short film about the rise and fall of the child star of "Diff'rent Strokes". In 1994, Bush was cast in the role of Balrog in the action /comedy "Street Fighter", directed by Steven E. de Souza. The ensemble cast also included Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na and Raúl Juliá. To prepare for his role, Bush trained with kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez in Bangkok, Thailand, and Brisbane, Australia. More than 35 feature films in which Bush has appeared have been archived as Turner Classic Movies. Personal life. In 1991, Bush met his future wife, Sharon Crews, on the set of "Freejack", a science fiction feature that stars Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo and Mick Jagger. Crews was on assignment for Black Entertainment Television (BET) to interview  Bush, et al., during the Atlanta, Georgia, location filming. They married in 1994.