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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- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Self - 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 · 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 · True Lies as Albert “Al” Gibson
- 2023 · My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
- 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 · 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 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 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 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
- 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 · Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- 2017 · DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2015 · We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- 2012 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- 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 · Coraline as Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 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
- 2008 · Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- 2008 · First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 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 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Imam
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (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 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones as King Oliver
- 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 · The Job as
- 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
- 2000 · Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 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 Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 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
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- 1992 · Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Max
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 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 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- Future · Duster as Ezra
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2024 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 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 · 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 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 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 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 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 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator
- 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
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 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
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2003 · Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip 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)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Himself - Narrator
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 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 F.B.I. Director Richard Long
- 1999 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Al Simmons/Spawn
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Al Simmons/Spawn
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- Future · The Sensitive Kind as
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · School of Rickey as Self
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · The Last Fall as
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Seduced: Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie "Blue" Watson
- 2024 · Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglas
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2010 · Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator
- 2009 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as (Self) Narrator
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1991 · Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- Future · Finding Faith as