Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as Keith David, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Jun 4, 1956 In Harlem - New York - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 197
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Pups Alone
- Latest Project:
- Movie In Search of Tomorrow 2021-04-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gateway | 2022 | |
| Movie | Pups Alone | The Wise Bartender | 2022 |
| Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2021-04-01 |
| Movie | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Himself | 2020-10-06 |
| Movie | The Wedding Year | Preston | 2019-09-20 |
| Movie | In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic '80s Horror | Himself | 2019-05-01 |
| Movie | 21 Bridges | Deputy Chief Spencer | 2019-10-24 |
| Movie | Tales from the Hood 2 | Portifoy Simms | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | Love Jacked | Ed | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story | Himself | 2018-11-29 |
| Movie | Night School | Gerald | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | American Dresser | Charlie | 2018-09-21 |
| Series | Spawn: The Animation | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | Savage Dog | Valentine | 2017-08-04 |
| Series | Greenleaf | Bishop James Greenleaf | 2016-06-21 |
| Movie | Service to Man | Dean Holmes | 2016-10-16 |
| Series | Jackie Robinson | Narrator | 2016-04-11 |
| Movie | Dirty Lies | Doc | 2016-02-23 |
| Movie | Range 15 | Colonel Holloway | 2016-06-15 |
| Movie | Nina | Clifton's Father | 2016-04-22 |
| Movie | The Nice Guys | Older Guy | 2016-05-15 |
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 2015-01-01 |
| Series | What Lives Inside | Soot | 2015-03-25 |
| Movie | Kids vs Monsters | Barry | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | Field of Lost Shoes | Old Judge | 2015-03-30 |
| Movie | Boiling Pot | Agent Long | 2015-09-29 |
| Movie | Union Furnace | Pin Stripe | 2015-07-17 |
| Movie | Secrets of the Magic City | Mr. Daniels | 2015-06-26 |
| Movie | If I Tell You I Have to Kill You | Detective Harris | 2015-10-20 |
| Series | Enlisted | Sgt. Major Donald Cody | 2014-01-10 |
| Series | Scorpion | Warden | 2014-09-22 |
| Movie | Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary | 2014-11-03 | |
| Series | Belle's | William 'Big Bill' Cooper | 2013-02-01 |
| Movie | Don't Pass Me By | David Knox | 2013-01-12 |
| Movie | Black Asylum | Agent Davis | 2013-05-06 |
| Series | The Bible | Narrator | 2013-03-03 |
| Movie | Free Birds | Chief Broadbeak (Voice) | 2013-10-30 |
| Series | Rick and Morty | The President (voice) | 2013-12-02 |
| Movie | Frog Kingdom | Frog King | 2013-12-28 |
| Movie | Assault on Wall Street | Freddy | 2013-06-30 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Nathan Reynolds | 2013-07-06 |
| Movie | AniMen: The Galactic Battle | Sergeant Brass | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | The Last Fall | 2012-03-09 | |
| Movie | Double or Nothing | Homeless Dude | 2012-10-13 |
| Movie | Cloud Atlas | Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | Smiley | Diamond | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Christmas in Compton | Big Earl | 2012-11-09 |
| Movie | Samuel Bleak | 2011-03-05 | |
| Series | The Cape | Max Malini | 2011-01-09 |
| Movie | The Inheritance | Uncle Melvin | 2011-04-11 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Dalbert Myers | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Clerk | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | Meet Monica Velour | Claude | 2010-06-04 |
| Movie | Something Like A Business | Sebastian | 2010-06-15 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Reverend Davis | 2010-04-15 |
| Movie | Chasing 3000 | Officer L. | 2010-07-16 |
| Movie | Chain Letter | Det. Jim Crenshaw | 2010-10-01 |
| Movie | Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming | Terry | 2010-10-10 |
| Movie | Lottery Ticket | Sweet Tee | 2010-08-20 |
| Movie | Charlie Valentine | Sal | 2009-03-01 |
| Movie | Coraline | Cat (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
| Movie | Against the Dark | Lt. Waters | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | All About Steve | Corbitt | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia | Commander Scott Boytano | 2009-01-06 |
| Movie | Pastor Brown | Pastor Brown | 2009-06-26 |
| Movie | Don McKay | Otis Kent | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Frog | Dr. Facilier (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Beautiful Loser | Morgan - Adult | 2009-09-16 |
| Series | Community | Elroy Patashnik | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | Gamer | Agent Keith | 2009-09-03 |
| Movie | The Butcher | Larry Cobb | 2009-07-10 |
| Movie | Justice League: The New Frontier | The Centre (voice) | 2008-02-26 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | The Candlelight Murders | Pastor Bob | 2008-01-01 |
| Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Unknown | 2008-03-08 |
| Movie | First Sunday | Judge B. Bennet Galloway | 2008-01-11 |
| Movie | Superhero Movie | The Chief of Police | 2008-03-27 |
| Movie | No Bad Days | Terrence | 2008-08-01 |
| Movie | The Fifth Commandment | Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton | 2008-08-21 |
| Series | Canterbury's Law | Unknown | 2008-03-10 |
| Movie | The Sensei | Minister | 2008-05-04 |
| Movie | S.I.S. | Joseph Armstrong | 2008-08-24 |
| Movie | My Mom's New Boyfriend | FBI Chief Conrad | 2008-04-30 |
| Movie | The Last Sentinel | Colonel Norton | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Transformers | Barricade (voice) | 2007-06-27 |
| Movie | Delta Farce | Sgt. Kilgore | 2007-05-11 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Dad | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | The Oh in Ohio | Coach Popovitch | 2006-03-30 |
| Movie | Forbidden Fruits | Rev. Walters | 2006-07-25 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | MCPO Scott Boytano | 2006-10-17 |
| Movie | ATL | John Garnett | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Lloyd Mackie | 2005-03-27 |
| Movie | Crash | Lt. Dixon | 2005-05-06 |
| Movie | Transporter 2 | Stappleton | 2005-08-02 |
| Movie | Dirty | Captain Spain | 2005-11-10 |
| Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Father | 2005-06-07 |
| Series | The Big House | 2004-04-02 | |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | CIA Director | 2004-03-12 |
| Movie | Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man | Narrator | 2004-04-13 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury | Abu al-Walid (Voice) | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Last Stand of the Great Bear | Narrator | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Riddick | Imam | 2004-06-11 |
| Movie | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Beef II | Narrator | 2004-08-30 |
| Movie | Kaena: The Prophecy | Voxem | 2003-01-02 |
| Movie | The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003-01-01 | |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | CIA Director | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Homicide | Leon | 2003-06-09 |
| Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
| Movie | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Narrator | 2003-10-06 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Agent Mosely | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked | Narrator (voice) | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Head of State | Bernard Cooper | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Mark Twain | Narrator (voice) | 2002-01-14 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | Frank (They Live) (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
| Movie | Barbershop | Lester Wallace | 2002-04-01 |
| Movie | 29 Palms | The Sheriff | 2002-07-29 |
| Series | Everwood | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
| Series | Disney's House of Mouse | 2001-01-13 | |
| Movie | Seduced: Pretty When You Cry | Detective Charles Desett | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | The Job | 2001-03-14 | |
| Movie | Novocaine | Detective Lunt | 2001-11-23 |
| Series | The Legend of Tarzan | Unknown | 2001-09-03 |
| Movie | Semper Fi | Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff | 2001-04-01 |
| Movie | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Council Member (voice) | 2001-07-02 |
| Movie | Innocents | Detective Davis | 2000-01-10 |
| Movie | Pitch Black | Abu "Imam" al-Walid | 2000-02-18 |
| Movie | Requiem for a Dream | Big Tim | 2000-10-06 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Where the Heart Is | Moses Whitecotten | 2000-04-27 |
| Movie | The Replacements | Lindell | 2000-08-11 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1999-08-17 |
| Movie | ATF | F.B.I. Director Richard Long | 1999-09-06 |
| Series | City Confidential | Unknown | 1999-11-22 |
| Series | Loose Women | Unknown | 1999-09-06 |
| Movie | There's Something About Mary | Charlie Jensen | 1998-07-15 |
| Movie | Armageddon | General Kimsey | 1998-07-01 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1998-08-25 |
| Movie | Volcano | Police Lieutenant Ed Fox | 1997-04-25 |
| Movie | Flipping | Leo Richards, Gang Leader | 1997-03-07 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1997-05-15 |
| Movie | Executive Target | Lamar | 1997-07-11 |
| Series | Spawn | 1997-05-16 | |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Algric Bartles | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | Princess Mononoke | Okkoto / Narrator / More (English Disney Version) | 1997-07-12 |
| Movie | Hercules | Apollo the Sun God (voice) | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Eye for an Eye | Martin | 1996-01-12 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Movie | The Grave | The Priest | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Johns | Homeless John | 1996-12-10 |
| Movie | Larger than Life | Hurst | 1996-10-31 |
| Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Goliath | 1996-05-02 |
| Series | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Unknown | 1996-09-20 |
| Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | Sgt. Clay Cantrell | 1995-02-09 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Dead Presidents | Kirby | 1995-10-06 |
| Movie | Clockers | André the Giant | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Blue in the Face | Jackie Robinson | 1995-09-15 |
| Series | Aladdin: The Series | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
| Movie | Reality Bites | Roger | 1994-02-18 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Unknown | 1994-09-08 |
| Series | Fantastic Four | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | The Puppet Masters | Alex Holland | 1994-10-21 |
| Series | Baseball | Narrator | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Goliath (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues | King Oliver | 1993-03-13 |
| Movie | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | Self - Host | 1993-11-02 |
| Movie | There Are No Children Here | 1993-11-28 | |
| Movie | The Last Outlaw | Lovecraft | 1993-10-30 |
| Movie | Final Analysis | Detective Huggins | 1992-02-07 |
| Movie | Nails | Noah Owens | 1992-07-25 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Luther Jermoe | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | Hallelujah Anyhow | Will | 1991-01-27 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Marked for Death | Max | 1990-10-05 |
| Movie | Men at Work | Louis Fedders | 1990-08-24 |
| Movie | Always | Powerhouse | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | Road House | Ernie Bass | 1989-05-19 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Maurice | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | Braddock: Missing in Action III | Embassy Gate Captain | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Bird | Buster Franklin | 1988-07-01 |
| Movie | They Live | Frank Armitage | 1988-11-23 |
| Series | Echoes | Ealwood Franks | 1988-05-25 |
| Movie | Stars & Bars | Eugene Teagarden | 1988-03-18 |
| Movie | Hot Pursuit | Alphonso | 1987-05-08 |
| Series | The Oldest Rookie | Unknown | 1987-09-16 |
| Movie | Platoon | King | 1986-12-19 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Hot Pursuit | Unknown | 1984-09-29 |
| Series | Hallelujah! | 1983-04-29 | |
| Movie | The Thing | Childs | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Series | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Unknown | 1968-02-19 |