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
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- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
- 2025 · Duster as Ezra
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (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 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (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
- 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
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as Self
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2018 · Final Space as Bolo
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 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
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 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
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 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 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2006 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (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 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man 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 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1999 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 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 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 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
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- Future · The Sensitive Kind as
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1993 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- Future · Finding Faith as
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 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 · 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 · 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 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2022 · Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Frank
- 2021 · Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 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)
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 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)
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story 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 · The '91 Falcons 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)
- 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 Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 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 · 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 · The Flash as Solovar (voice)
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 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 (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 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 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 · 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 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 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 · Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- 2009 · Community as Elroy Patashnik
- 2009 · Community as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 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)
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 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
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom 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 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (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 · The Job as
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (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)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 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 · Fantastic Four as
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 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
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator