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)
- 2025 · E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- 2025 · Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- 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)
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 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 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 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
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 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 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2014 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2027 · Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · The Lowdown as Marty
- 2025 · Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 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 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 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 · Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- 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 · From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 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 · Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as King Adrias
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 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 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 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 · 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
- 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)
- 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 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 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 · 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 · Not a War Story as
- 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 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 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 · 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 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 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 · 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 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Bible as Narrator
- 2013 · A Bíblia Mini-Série as Narrador
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 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 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 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 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 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 War as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 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
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (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 · 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 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Justice League as Despero (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- Future · President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- Future · The Price for Freedom as Reverend J.W. Bruno
- 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 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Commander Bensinger (voice)
- 1998 · Hercules as Apollo (voice)
- 1998 · Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
- 1998 · There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
- 1998 · Armageddon as General Kimsey
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1997 · Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
- 1997 · Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- 1997 · Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- 1997 · Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Stanley
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Arli$$ as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 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 Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 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 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 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
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · Dreams of the Moon as