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
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as
- 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 · Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Invincible Fight Girl as Scouter (voice)
- 2024 · High Potential as Captain Pacheco
- 2024 · Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1999 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- Future · Duster as Ezra
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 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)
- 2002 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- Future · The Sensitive Kind as
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2021 · Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as Self
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2009 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2024 · Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
- 2024 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- 2024 · Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2023 · Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- 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 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (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 · Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Frank
- 2021 · Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 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 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- 2019 · Creepshow as Murdoch
- 2019 · The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- 2019 · Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- 2019 · You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 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
- 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 Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 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 Douglass
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 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 · 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 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 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 · Touch as Dutch
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 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 · Community as Elroy Patashnik
- 2009 · Community as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- 2009 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 2008 · The War as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · 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
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice)
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Kaena: The Prophecy as Voxem (english voice)
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 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 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (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 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 1994 · Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- Future · Finding Faith as
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator