Keith David
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- 2024 · Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Invincible Fight Girl as Scouter (voice)
- 2024 · Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
- 2024 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2023 · Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2022 · Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as King Adrias
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Woke as Bible (voice)
- 2020 · Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
- 2019 · 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2019 · The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 2007 · The War as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · The Job as
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1995 · Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- Future · My New Friend Jim as Jim Dandy
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 1999 · Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Spawn
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- Future · Dreams of the Moon as
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2026 · Strip Law as
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2025 · The American Revolution as voice
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2025 · The Lowdown as Marty
- 2025 · Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2025 · Duster as Ezra Saxton
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2025 · Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · High Potential as Captain Pacheco
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2024 · Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2023 · True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson
- 2023 · My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2022 · Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Frank
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
- 2020 · Love Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice)
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Creepshow as Murdoch
- 2019 · Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- 2019 · You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 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 (voice)
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2017 · Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- 2017 · DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- 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 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2014 · The Flash as Solovar (voice)
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 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 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Extant as Nicholas Calderon
- 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 · Rick and Morty as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Free Birds as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
- 2013 · Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2013 · A Bíblia as Narrador
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- 2010 · Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Balthus (voice)
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Flame King (voice)
- 2009 · The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- 2009 · Community as Elroy Patashnik
- 2009 · Community as Narrator (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 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 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 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2008 · Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- 2008 · First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2005 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2005 · Crusades: Crescent & the Cross as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2005 · Transporter 2 as Stappleton
- 2005 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Father
- 2005 · Crash as Lt. Dixon
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Lloyd Mackie
- 2005 · American Dad! as Fire Captain (voice)
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Jeremiah Miller
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice)
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- 2000 · Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim
- 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 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Commander Bensinger (voice)
- 1998 · Hercules as Apollo (voice)
- 1998 · There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
- 1998 · Armageddon as General Kimsey
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
- 1997 · Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · Arli$$ as
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
- 1994 · Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno