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
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 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 · Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2005 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 2026 · Strip Law as
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 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)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 2025 · Duster as Ezra Saxton
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (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 · 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)
- 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 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 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 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 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)
- 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 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 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 · Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- 2017 · DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 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 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 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 · 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 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 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 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 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 · 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 · 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 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 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 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 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
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · The Job as
- 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 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 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 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 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 · Arli$$ as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 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 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 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 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 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 · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno