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
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Credits
- 2026 · Strip Law as
- 2025 · The American Revolution as voice
- 2025 · I Love LA as Leon Marcus
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · The Lowdown as Marty
- 2025 · Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2025 · Duster as Ezra Saxton
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- 2024 · High Potential as Captain Pacheco
- 2024 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- 2024 · Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 2023 · Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- 2023 · True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 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 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 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)
- 2019 · Creepshow as Murdoch
- 2019 · The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- 2019 · Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Tummy (voice)
- 2018 · Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- 2017 · DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2015 · We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- 2015 · Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Balthus (voice)
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Flame King (voice)
- 2009 · The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
- 2009 · Community as Elroy Patashnik
- 2009 · Community as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2007 · The War as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2005 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 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
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice)
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- 2000 · The Replacements as Lindell
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 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 · Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
- 1997 · Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · Arli$$ as
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- 1994 · Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2026 · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2025 · Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Invincible Fight Girl as Scouter (voice)
- 2024 · Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
- 2023 · American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as King Adrias
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2008 · Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- 2008 · First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Where the Heart Is as Moses Whitecotten
- 2000 · Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- Future · My New Friend Jim as Jim Dandy
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2019 · You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- Future · Dreams of the Moon as
- 2025 · What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Amphibia: All In as King Andrias
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2005 · The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross as Narrator
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2003 · Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1999 · Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Spawn
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 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 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2020 · Woke as Bible (voice)
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- 2010 · Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Crusades: Crescent & the Cross as Self - Narrator
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1995 · Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 1994 · Notes in a Minor Key as Kansas
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- 1953 · The Oscars as The Cat (voice)
- Future · Rise of the Mammals as Narrator