Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as Keith David, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Jun 4, 1956 In Harlem - New York - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 225
- First Appeared:
- In the series Spawn: The Animation
- Latest Project:
- Series From Scratch 2022-10-21
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Spawn: The Animation | Unknown | 2024 |
| Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
| Movie | Catwoman: Hunted | Tobias Whale / Morax (voice) | 2022-02-07 |
| Series | From Scratch | Hershel Wheeler | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Unplugging | Gil | 2022-04-22 |
| Movie | Nope | Otis Haywood Sr. | 2022-07-20 |
| Movie | Entergalactic | Mr. Rager (voice) | 2022-09-28 |
| Movie | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Ink Williams | 2022-09-19 |
| Series | The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | 2022-09-07 | |
| Movie | DC League of Super-Pets | Dog-El (voice) | 2022-07-27 |
| Movie | DuckTales: The Last Adventure! | Manny (voice) | 2021-03-15 |
| Movie | The Gateway | Terry | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | The Seventh Day | Father Louis | 2021-03-26 |
| Movie | Black as Night | Babineaux | 2021-10-01 |
| Movie | Pups Alone | The Wise Bartender | 2021-11-19 |
| Series | Muhammad Ali | Narrator | 2021-09-19 |
| Series | The Good Lord Bird | Herbert | 2020-10-04 |
| Movie | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | 2020-10-06 |
| Series | Love Life | Narrator (voice) | 2020-05-27 |
| Movie | Good | Gregory Devereaux | 2020-10-22 |
| Movie | Most Guys Are Losers | Al | 2020-10-24 |
| Movie | Horizon Line | Freddy Wyman | 2020-10-29 |
| Movie | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Self | 2019-02-07 |
| Movie | In Search of Darkness | Self | 2019-05-01 |
| Movie | You Might Be the Killer | Sheriff James | 2019-05-21 |
| Movie | The Wedding Year | Preston | 2019-09-20 |
| Movie | 21 Bridges | Deputy Chief Spencer | 2019-10-24 |
| Movie | Tales from the Hood 2 | Portifoy Simms | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | American Dresser | Charlie | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Love Jacked | Ed | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Night School | Gerald | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story | Himself | 2018-11-29 |
| Movie | Not a War Story | 2017-06-30 | |
| Movie | Savage Dog | Valentine | 2017-08-04 |
| Movie | The '91 Falcons | Narrator | 2017-12-07 |
| Movie | Dirty Lies | Doc | 2016-02-23 |
| Movie | Dusty: A Baseball Journey | Narrator | 2016-02-09 |
| Series | Jackie Robinson | Narrator | 2016-04-11 |
| Movie | The Nice Guys | Older Guy | 2016-05-15 |
| Movie | Service to Man | Dean Holmes | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | Nina | Clifton's Father | 2016-04-22 |
| Series | Greenleaf | Bishop James Greenleaf | 2016-06-21 |
| Movie | Range 15 | Colonel Holloway | 2016-06-15 |
| Movie | Kids vs Monsters | Barry | 2015-01-01 |
| Series | What Lives Inside | Soot | 2015-03-25 |
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | Boiling Pot | Agent Long | 2015-09-29 |
| Movie | If I Tell You I Have to Kill You | Detective Harris | 2015-10-20 |
| Movie | Field of Lost Shoes | Old Judge | 2015-03-30 |
| Movie | Union Furnace | Pin Stripe | 2015-07-17 |
| Movie | Secrets of the Magic City | Mr. Daniels | 2015-06-26 |
| Series | Enlisted | Sgt. Major Donald Cody | 2014-01-10 |
| Series | The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW | Narrator | 2014-08-22 |
| Series | Scorpion | Warden | 2014-09-22 |
| Movie | Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary | 2014-11-03 | |
| Series | The Bible | Narrator | 2013-03-03 |
| Series | Belle's | William 'Big Bill' Cooper | 2013-02-01 |
| Movie | Don't Pass Me By | David Knox | 2013-01-12 |
| Movie | Black Asylum | Agent Davis | 2013-05-06 |
| Movie | Free Birds | Chief Broadbeak (Voice) | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | Assault on Wall Street | Freddy | 2013-06-30 |
| Series | Rick and Morty | The President (voice) | 2013-12-02 |
| Movie | Frog Kingdom | Frog King | 2013-12-28 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Nathan Reynolds | 2013-07-06 |
| Movie | AniMen: The Galactic Battle | Sergeant Brass | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | The Undershepherd | Brother Wilks | 2012-02-15 |
| Movie | Smiley | Diamond | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Christmas in Compton | Big Earl | 2012-11-09 |
| Movie | The Last Fall | 2012-03-09 | |
| Movie | Cloud Atlas | Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient | 2012-10-26 |
| Series | The Cape | Max Malini | 2011-01-09 |
| Movie | The Inheritance | Uncle Melvin | 2011-04-11 |
| Movie | Samuel Bleak | 2011-03-05 | |
| Movie | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Clerk | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | Snowflake, the White Gorilla | Anvil (voice) | 2011-12-23 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Dalbert Myers | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Reverend Davis | 2010-04-15 |
| Movie | Something Like A Business | Sebastian | 2010-06-15 |
| Movie | Meet Monica Velour | Claude | 2010-06-04 |
| Movie | Chasing 3000 | Officer L. | 2010-07-16 |
| Movie | Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming | Terry | 2010-10-10 |
| Movie | Chain Letter | Det. Jim Crenshaw | 2010-10-01 |
| Movie | Lottery Ticket | Sweet Tee | 2010-08-20 |
| Movie | Charlie Valentine | Sal | 2009-03-01 |
| Movie | Against the Dark | Lt. Waters | 2009-02-17 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia | Commander Scott Boytano | 2009-01-06 |
| Movie | Don McKay | Otis Kent | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | Coraline | Cat (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
| Movie | Gamer | Agent Keith | 2009-09-03 |
| Series | Community | Elroy Patashnik | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | Pastor Brown | Pastor Brown | 2009-06-26 |
| Movie | Beautiful Loser | Morgan - Adult | 2009-09-16 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Frog | Dr. Facilier (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | All About Steve | Corbitt | 2009-09-04 |
| Movie | The Butcher | Larry Cobb | 2009-07-10 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Unknown | 2008-03-08 |
| Movie | First Sunday | Judge B. Bennet Galloway | 2008-01-11 |
| Movie | The Candlelight Murders | Pastor Bob | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Justice League: The New Frontier | The Centre (voice) | 2008-02-26 |
| Series | Canterbury's Law | Unknown | 2008-03-10 |
| Movie | Superhero Movie | The Chief of Police | 2008-03-28 |
| Movie | S.I.S. | Joseph Armstrong | 2008-08-24 |
| Movie | The Fifth Commandment | Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton | 2008-08-21 |
| Movie | No Bad Days | Terrence | 2008-08-01 |
| Movie | My Mom's New Boyfriend | FBI Chief Conrad | 2008-04-30 |
| Movie | The Sensei | Minister | 2008-05-04 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Dad | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Delta Farce | Sgt. Kilgore | 2007-05-11 |
| Movie | Halo 3 Essentials | Arbiter | 2007-09-25 |
| Movie | The Last Sentinel | Colonel Norton | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | Transformers | Barricade (voice) | 2007-06-27 |
| Movie | The Oh in Ohio | Coach Popovitch | 2006-03-30 |
| Movie | Forbidden Fruits | Rev. Walters | 2006-07-25 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | MCPO Scott Boytano | 2006-10-17 |
| Movie | ATL | John Garnett | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2005-01-17 | |
| Movie | Dirty | Captain Spain | 2005-02-14 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Movie | Transporter 2 | Stappleton | 2005-08-03 |
| Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Father | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Crash | Lt. Dixon | 2005-05-06 |
| Series | The Big House | 2004-04-02 | |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | CIA Director | 2004-03-12 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Riddick | Imam | 2004-06-11 |
| Movie | Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man | Narrator | 2004-04-13 |
| Movie | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Beef II | Narrator | 2004-08-30 |
| Movie | Last Stand of the Great Bear | Narrator | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury | Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice) | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Kaena: The Prophecy | Voxem (english voice) | 2003-01-02 |
| Movie | The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003-01-01 | |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | CIA Director | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Homicide | Leon | 2003-06-09 |
| Movie | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-06 |
| Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
| Movie | Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked | Narrator (voice) | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Head of State | Bernard Cooper | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Mark Twain | Narrator (voice) | 2002-01-14 |
| Movie | Barbershop | Lester Wallace | 2002-04-01 |
| Series | Everwood | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
| Movie | 29 Palms | The Sheriff | 2002-07-29 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | Frank (They Live) (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
| Series | Disney's House of Mouse | 2001-01-13 | |
| Movie | Seduced: Pretty When You Cry | Detective Charles Desett | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | The Job | 2001-03-14 | |
| Movie | Semper Fi | Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff | 2001-04-01 |
| Movie | Novocaine | Detective Lunt | 2001-11-23 |
| Series | The Legend of Tarzan | Unknown | 2001-09-03 |
| Movie | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Council Member (voice) | 2001-07-02 |
| Movie | Innocents | Detective Davis | 2000-01-10 |
| Movie | Where the Heart Is | Moses Whitecotten | 2000-04-27 |
| Movie | Pitch Black | Abu 'Imam' al-Walid | 2000-02-18 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Requiem for a Dream | Big Tim | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | The Replacements | Lindell | 2000-08-11 |
| Movie | ATF | F.B.I. Director Richard Long | 1999-09-06 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1999-08-17 |
| Series | Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 1999-11-07 |
| Series | City Confidential | Unknown | 1999-11-22 |
| Series | Loose Women | Unknown | 1999-09-06 |
| Movie | Armageddon | General Kimsey | 1998-07-01 |
| Movie | There's Something About Mary | Charlie Jensen | 1998-07-15 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1998-08-25 |
| Series | Spawn | Spawn (voice) | 1997-05-16 |
| Movie | Flipping | Leo Richards, Gang Leader | 1997-03-07 |
| Movie | Volcano | Lt. Ed Fox | 1997-04-25 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) | 1997-05-15 |
| Movie | Hercules | Apollo the Sun God (voice) | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Algric Bartles | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | Don King: Only in America | Herbert Muhammad | 1997-11-15 |
| Movie | Princess Mononoke | Okkoto - Narrator - Additional Voices | 1997-07-12 |
| Movie | Executive Target | Lamar | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Goliath | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | The Grave | The Priest | 1996-01-18 |
| Movie | Eye for an Eye | Martin | 1996-01-12 |
| Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Johns | Homeless John | 1996-12-10 |
| Movie | Larger Than Life | Hurst | 1996-10-31 |
| Series | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 1996-09-20 | |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | Sgt. Cantrell | 1995-02-09 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Clockers | André the Giant | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Blue in the Face | Jackie Robinson | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Dead Presidents | Kirby | 1995-10-06 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Unknown | 1994-09-08 |
| Movie | Reality Bites | Roger | 1994-02-18 |
| Series | Aladdin | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
| Series | Baseball | Narrator | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Goliath (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | The Puppet Masters | Alex Holland | 1994-10-21 |
| Series | Fantastic Four | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues | King Oliver | 1993-03-13 |
| Movie | The Last Outlaw | Lovecraft | 1993-10-30 |
| Movie | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | Self - Host | 1993-11-02 |
| Movie | Hallelujah | Big Willie | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | There Are No Children Here | John Paul Rivers | 1993-11-28 |
| Movie | Final Analysis | Detective Huggins | 1992-02-07 |
| Movie | Nails | Noah Owens | 1992-07-25 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Luther Jermoe | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | Hallelujah Anyhow | Will | 1991-01-27 |
| Movie | Men at Work | Louis Fedders | 1990-08-24 |
| Movie | Marked for Death | Max | 1990-10-05 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Road House | Ernie Bass | 1989-05-19 |
| Movie | Always | Powerhouse | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | Braddock: Missing in Action III | Embassy Gate Captain | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Maurice | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | Stars & Bars | Eugene Teagarden | 1988-03-18 |
| Movie | Bird | Buster Franklin | 1988-07-01 |
| Movie | They Live | Frank Armitage | 1988-11-23 |
| Movie | Hot Pursuit | Alphonso | 1987-05-08 |
| Series | The Oldest Rookie | Unknown | 1987-09-16 |
| Movie | Platoon | King | 1986-12-19 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Childs (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
| Series | Hot Pursuit | Unknown | 1984-09-22 |
| Movie | The Thing | Childs | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | Hallelujah! | 1981-06-03 | |
| Movie | Coriolanus | Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen | 1979-03-31 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Series | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Unknown | 1968-02-19 |