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
- 2026 · Strip Law as
- 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 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (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
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 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 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 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 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 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 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (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 · 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 · 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)
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2022 · Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as King Adrias
- 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 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 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)
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- 2019 · Creepshow as Murdoch
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Dutch Book as
- 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 · 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 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2013 · A Bíblia Mini-Série as Narrador
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 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 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 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 · 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 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 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 · 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
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 2007 · The War as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 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 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 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 · 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)
- 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 · 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 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 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 · 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 · 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 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 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 · 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 Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · Arli$$ as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 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 Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno
- 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
- 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 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 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 · Dreams of the Moon as