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 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · The American Revolution as voice
- 2025 · I Love LA as Leon Marcus
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2025 · The Lowdown as Marty
- 2025 · Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 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 · 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 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 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
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 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 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- 2015 · Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 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 · 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 · Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 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 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 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 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 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 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 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
- 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)
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Johns as Homeless John
- 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 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- 1995 · Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 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
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 2026 · Strip Law as
- 2025 · E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- 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)
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2009 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2007 · The War as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2000 · Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2014 · Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- 2010 · Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 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 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- Future · My New Friend Jim as Jim Dandy
- Future · Dreams of the Moon as
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2025 · What Is An Ocean…Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as King Adrias
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 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
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Crusades: Crescent & the Cross as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (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: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (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
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- Future · Coraline In Remastered 3D as Gato
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Spawn
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner