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)
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · The Prank as Principal Henderson
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 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 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 2019 · You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- 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 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- 2014 · Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 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 · The Big House as
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 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 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2025 · The Lowdown as
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 2025 · Duster as Ezra Saxton
- 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 · 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 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- 2024 · Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 2023 · American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 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)
- 2023 · Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
- 2022 · Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 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 · 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 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 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 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 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 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Night School as Gerald
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Tummy (voice)
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 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 · 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 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 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 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 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)
- 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 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 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 Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 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 Jeremiah Miller
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · Arli$$ 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 Goliath (voice)
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 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 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 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 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 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 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 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 · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno