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 · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 2026 · Strip Law as Steve Nichols (voice)
- 2025 · The American Revolution as (voice)
- 2025 · I Love LA as Leon Marcus
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- 2025 · The Lowdown as Marty
- 2025 · Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 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 · 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)
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2024 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- 2024 · Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 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)
- 2022 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · The Good Lord Bird as Herbert
- 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 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Tummy (voice)
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2018 · Craig of the Creek 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
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
- 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 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 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 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 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 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (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 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 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 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- 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 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 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 War as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 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
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (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 as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 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 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 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
- 2001 · Jazz 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
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 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
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 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
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · Arli$$ as Cecil Pickett
- 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 · 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 · 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 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 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
- 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
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2005 · The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross as Narrator
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1995 · Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- Future · My New Friend Jim as Jim Dandy
- Future · Dreams of the Moon as
- 2028 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2026 · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2025 · What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2025 · Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2010 · Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Crusades: Crescent & the Cross as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2003 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1994 · Notes in a Minor Key as Kansas
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- 1953 · The Oscars as The Cat (voice)
- Future · Rise of the Mammals as Narrator