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 · 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 · Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 2023 · True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Frank
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2020 · Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
- 2020 · Love Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice)
- 2019 · Creepshow as Murdoch
- 2019 · Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- 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)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 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
- 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 · Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 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 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2005 · Transporter 2 as Stappleton
- 2005 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Father
- 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)
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- 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)
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · Arli$$ as
- 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 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 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 · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 2025 · The Lowdown as
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 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 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 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 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 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 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2006 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2004 · Beef II 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 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 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)
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1993 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 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 · 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)
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2024 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- 2023 · American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2023 · Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 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 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- 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 · Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as Self
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 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 · Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (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 Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 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 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- 2013 · Free Birds as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
- 2013 · Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 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
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 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 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 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 · 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)
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Crash as Lt. Dixon
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 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 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (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 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 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 · 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
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno