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
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2024 · Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
- 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 · Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2023 · True Lies as Albert “Al” Gibson
- 2023 · My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 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 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 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)
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- Future · Duster as Ezra
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie "Blue" Watson
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2024 · Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as Self
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Himself
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglas
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 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)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Seduced: Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 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 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator
- 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
- 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 · Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator
- 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
- 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
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- 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 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 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 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Last Fall as
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 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 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 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 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Coraline as Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 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 · The War as Narrator
- 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 Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 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
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Imam
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 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 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Kaena: The Prophecy as Voxem (english voice)
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · ATF as F.B.I. Director Richard Long
- Future · The Sensitive Kind as
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as (Self) Narrator
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- Future · Finding Faith as
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones as King Oliver
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Himself - 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
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Al Simmons/Spawn
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Hercules as Apollo (voice)
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Al Simmons/Spawn
- 1998 · There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
- 1998 · Armageddon as General Kimsey
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
- 1997 · Spawn as Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 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
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 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
- 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 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 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
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator