Keith David

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1956-06-04 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Keith David Williams, Кит Дэвид, キース・デイヴィッド

Keith David

Biography

Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Actor

Duster

as Ezra

2025
The Gettysburg Address

as Frederick Douglass (voice)

2025
Sneaks

as O.G. (voice)

2024
Mufasa: The Lion King

as Masego (voice)

2024
Shelby Oaks

as Morton Jacobson

2024
Betty & Blue

as Willie "Blue" Watson

2024
The Prank

as Principal Henderson

2024
Leonardo da Vinci

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2024
Invincible Fight Girl

as Narrator (voice)

2024
Invincible Fight Girl

as Scouter (voice)

2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!

as Darkseid (voice)

2024
Hazbin Hotel

as Husk (voice)

2023
American Fiction

as Willy the Wonker

2023
Heist 88

as Buddha Ray

2023
From the Shadows

as Dr. Leonard Bertram

2023
2023
Krapopolis

as Asskill (voice)

2023
Justified: City Primeval

as Judge Alvin Guy

2023
2023
True Lies

as Albert “Al” Gibson

2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter

as B'Caala (voice)

2022
Shut Up and Ride

as Narrator

2022
Entergalactic

as Mr. Rager (voice)

2022
DC League of Super-Pets

as Dog-El (voice)

2022
Nope

as Otis Haywood Sr.

2022
Unplugging

as Gil

2022
2022
In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

2022
Catwoman: Hunted

as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)

2022
From Scratch

as Hershel Wheeler

2022
Firebuds

as Manny Kablamee

2021
Pups Alone

as The Wise Bartender

2021
Black as Night

as Babineaux

2021
The Gateway

as Terry

2021
The Seventh Day

as Father Louis

2021
Insight

as Captain Duke

2021
2021
Marvel's Hit-Monkey

as The Devil

2021
Muhammad Ali

as Narrator

2021
Leverage: Redemption

as Billy Spencer

2020
Horizon Line

as Freddy Wyman

2020
Good

as Gregory Devereaux

2020
The 420 Movie

as Chief Ironweed

2020
Cuba's Cancer Hope

as Narrator

2020
Woke

as Bible (voice)

2020
Close Enough

as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)

2020
Central Park

as Ward Wittlinger (voice)

2020
Love Life

as Narrator (voice)

2020
DC's Stargirl

as Mister Bones (voice)

2020
Dead Talk Live

as Self - Guest

2019
21 Bridges

as Deputy Chief Spencer

2019
The Wedding Year

as Preston

2019
You Might Be the Killer

as Sheriff James

2019
Creepshow

as Murdoch

2019
The Last Kids on Earth

as Thrull (voice)

2019
Amphibia

as King Andrias (voice)

2018
2018
2018
Night School

as Gerald

2018
American Dresser

as Charlie

2018
Tales from the Hood 2

as Portifoy Simms

2018
2018
Champaign Ill

as Lafonso

2018
2018
Summer Camp Island

as Lithophone (voice)

2018
Summer Camp Island

as Tummy (voice)

2018
Craig of the Creek

as Narrator (voice)

2017
The '91 Falcons

as Narrator

2017
Savage Dog

as Valentine

2017
2017
Future Man

as Dr. Elias Kronish

2017
DuckTales

as Manny (voice)

2016
Service to Man

as Dean Holmes

2016
Range 15

as Colonel Holloway

2016
The Nice Guys

as Older Guy

2016
Blue: The American Dream

as Terry Venable

2016
Nina

as Clifton's Father

2016
The North Star

as Frederick Douglas

2016
Dirty Lies

as Doc

2016
MacGyver

as Burke / Man

2016
Speechless

as Colonel

2016
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs

as Lord Marmoo (voice)

2016
Greenleaf

as Bishop James Greenleaf

2016
Jackie Robinson

as Narrator

2015
2015
Boiling Pot

as Agent Long

2015
2015
Union Furnace

as Pin Stripe

2015
2015
Field of Lost Shoes

as Old Judge

2015
We Bare Bears

as Mr. Charles (voice)

2015
Mr. Robot

as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)

2015
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

as Agent Everett Malloy

2015
Fresh Off the Boat

as Clyde Roses

2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil

as Glossaryck (voice)

2014
The Flash

as Solovar (voice)

2014
black-ish

as Loose Craig

2014
NCIS: New Orleans

as Gene Holloway

2014
Scorpion

as Warden

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Lion Musician (voice)

2014
Extant

as Nicholas Calderon

2014
Enlisted

as Sgt. Major Donald Cody

2013
Frog Kingdom

as Frog King (voice)

2013
Free Birds

as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)

2013
Sons of Liberty

as Nathan Reynolds

2013
Black Asylum

as Agent Davis

2013
Don't Pass Me By

as David Knox

2013
Rick and Morty

as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)

2013
Rick and Morty

as Reverse Giraffe (voice)

2013
Rick and Morty

as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)

2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

as The Cheshire Cat (voice)

2013
Uncle Grandpa

as Santa Claus (voice)

2013
The Bible

as Narrator

2013
Belle's

as William 'Big Bill' Cooper

2012
2012
Cloud Atlas

as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient

2012
Double or Nothing

as Homeless Dude

2012
Smiley

as Diamond

2012
Highway

as Mustafa

2012
The Undershepherd

as Brother Wilks

2012
AniMen: The Galactic Battle

as Sergeant Brass

2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Sal Commander (voice)

2012
Touch

as Dutch

2011
Hopelessly in June

as Dalbert Myers

2011
The Inheritance

as Uncle Melvin

2011
Person of Interest

as Terence Beale

2011
The Cape

as Max Malini

2010
Chain Letter

as Det. Jim Crenshaw

2010
Lottery Ticket

as Sweet Tee

2010
Chasing 3000

as Officer L.

2010
2010
2010
Death at a Funeral

as Reverend Davis

2010
Africa's Lost Eden

as Narrator

2010
Young Justice

as Mongul (voice)

2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Jimmy Cannon

2010
Adventure Time

as Balthus (voice)

2010
Adventure Time

as Flame King (voice)

2009
The Princess and the Frog

as Dr. Facilier (voice)

2009
Beautiful Loser

as Morgan - Adult

2009
Gamer

as Agent Keith

2009
All About Steve

as Corbitt

2009
The Butcher

as Larry Cobb

2009
Pastor Brown

as Pastor Brown

2009
Don McKay

as Otis Kent

2009
Blue

as Terry Venable

2009
Against the Dark

as Lt. Waters

2009
Coraline

as Cat (voice)

2009
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia

as Commander Scott Boytano

2009
Community

as Elroy Patashnik

2009
Community

as Narrator (voice)

2009
Archer

as Lemuel Kane (voice)

2008
S.I.S.

as Joseph Armstrong

2008
The Fifth Commandment

as Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton

2008
No Bad Days

as Terrence

2008
The Sensei

as Minister

2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend

as FBI Chief Conrad

2008
Superhero Movie

as The Chief of Police

2008
Justice League: The New Frontier

as The Centre (voice)

2008
First Sunday

as Judge B. Bennet Galloway

2008
2008
The War

as Narrator

2007
The Last Sentinel

as Colonel Norton

2007
Delta Farce

as Sgt. Kilgore

2006
2006
Forbidden Fruits

as Rev. Walters

2006
ATL

as John Garnett

2006
The Oh in Ohio

as Coach Popovitch

2006
Dirty

as Captain Spain

2006
Psych

as Mr. Guster

2005
The Proud Family Movie

as Bebe Clone (voice)

2005
Transporter 2

as Stappleton

2005
2005
Crash

as Lt. Dixon

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Lloyd Mackie

2005
American Dad!

as Fire Captain (voice)

2004
Beef II

as Narrator (voice)

2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury

as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)

2003
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom

as Narrator (voice)

2003
2003
2003
Kaena: The Prophecy

as Voxem (english voice)

2003
Head of State

as Bernard Cooper

2003
Agent Cody Banks

as CIA Director

2003
Inside Mecca

as Narrator

2003
Teen Titans

as Atlas (voice)

2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as Agent Mosely (voice)

2002
29 Palms

as The Sheriff

2002
Stalking Leopards

as Narrator

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies

as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)

2002
Barbershop

as Lester Wallace

2002
Mark Twain

as Narrator (voice)

2002
Everwood

as Brian

2002
Mark Twain

as Narrator (voice)

2001
Novocaine

as Detective Lunt

2001
2001
Home Invaders

as Matador

2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

as Council Member (voice)

2001
Semper Fi

as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff

2001
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry

as Detective Charles Desett

2001
Justice League

as Despero (voice)

2001
Egypt's Golden Empire

as Himself - Narrator

2001
The Legend of Tarzan

as Tublat (voice)

2001
Jazz

as Narrator

2000
2000
The Replacements

as Lindell

2000
Where the Heart Is

as Moses Whitecotten

2000
Pitch Black

as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid

2000
Innocents

as Detective Davis

2000
Silent Service

as Self - Host

1999
ATF

as F.B.I. Director Richard Long

1999
1999
Family Guy

as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)

1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2

as Al Simmons/Spawn

1998
1998
Armageddon

as General Kimsey

1998
The Tiger Woods Story

as Earl Woods

1998
Hercules

as Apollo (voice)

1997
Don King: Only in America

as Herbert Muhammad

1997
1997
Hercules

as Apollo the Sun God (voice)

1997
Todd McFarlane's Spawn

as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)

1997
Volcano

as Lt. Ed Fox

1997
Flipping

as Leo Richards, Gang Leader

1997
Spawn

as Spawn (voice)

1996
Johns

as Homeless John

1996
1996
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

as Goliath (voice)

1996
The Grave

as The Priest

1996
Eye for an Eye

as Martin

1996
1996
7th Heaven

as Stanley

1996
1995
1995
Clockers

as André the Giant

1995
Blue in the Face

as Jackie Robinson

1995
The Quick and the Dead

as Sgt. Clay Cantrell

1995
The Outer Limits

as Captain Ira Merit

1994
The Puppet Masters

as Alex Holland

1994
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea

as (Self) Narrator

1994
Reality Bites

as Roger

1994
Gargoyles

as Goliath (voice)

1994
ER

as Pastor Watkins

1994
Baseball

as Narrator

1993
Hallelujah

as Big Willie

1993
There Are No Children Here

as John Paul Rivers

1993
The Last Outlaw

as Lovecraft

1992
Nails

as Noah Owens

1992
Article 99

as Luther Jermoe

1992
Final Analysis

as Detective Huggins

1991
1990
1990
Men at Work

as Louis Fedders

1990
Law & Order

as Bronx D.A. John Robertson

1989
Always

as Powerhouse

1989
Road House

as Ernie Bass

1988
Christmas in Tattertown

as Saxophone (voice)

1988
1988
They Live

as Frank Armitage

1988
Bird

as Buster Franklin

1988
Stars & Bars

as Eugene Teagarden

1988
Off Limits

as Maurice

1988
Braddock: Missing in Action III

as Embassy Gate Captain

1988
American Experience

as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices

1987
Hot Pursuit

as Alphonso

1986
Platoon

as King

1986
The Whoopee Boys

as Washington Square Peddler

1985
The Equalizer

as Cristo

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982
The Thing

as Childs

1982
Nature

as Narrator

1980
The Pirates of Penzance

as Pirates and Police

1979
Coriolanus

as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

1974
NOVA

as Narrator

Producer