Keith David
Born: 1956-06-04 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as The Thing (1982), Platoon (1986), They Live (1988), Dead Presidents(1995), Armageddon (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Barbershop (2002), Crash (2004), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), Nope (2022), and American Fiction (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) and as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020). His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes narrating Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, he has voiced Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), President Andre Curtis in Rick and Morty (2015–) and its upcoming spin-off President Curtis, King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Captain Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape (2024), which he assumed after the death of Lance Reddick in March 2023. He was part of the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas live concert in October 2025, where he voiced Oogie Boogie, taking over the role from his longtime original voice actor, Ken Page, following his death in September 2024. In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2028
- Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
2027
- Sunset P.I. as Garner Taggert
2026
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day as Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
- President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- The Hawk as Old Henry
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- Strip Law as Steve Nichols (voice)
- Crime and Punishment in America as Self - Narrator
- The Thing Expanded as Self
2025
- The Lowdown as Marty
- Devil May Cry as Lucan (voice)
- Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- I Love LA as Leon Marcus
- Duster as Ezra Saxton
- Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- The American Revolution as (voice)
- Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
- Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II as The Depression Demon (voice)
- Finding Faith as Henry
- Omniscient as Alistair
2024
- Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- High Potential as Captain Pacheco
- Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
- Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
- Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- The Prank as Principal Henderson
- Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator
- Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
2023
- Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
- True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson
- Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
2022
- Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- Unplugging as Gil
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
- African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey as Narrator
2021
- Abbott Elementary as Frank
- Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- Black as Night as Babineaux
- The Gateway as Terry
- Insight as Captain Duke
2020
- DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice)
- Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
- Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
- Love Life as Narrator (voice)
- The Good Lord Bird as Herbert
- Woke as Bible (voice)
- Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story as Self
- Wild Daze as Narrator
- Good as Gregory Devereaux
- Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- Creepshow as Murdoch
- The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- The Wedding Year as Preston
- You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- In Search of Darkness as Self
2018
- Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice)
- Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
- Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- Night School as Gerald
- Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- Love Jacked as Ed
- American Dresser as Charlie
- Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- Brothers in Arms as Self
- Ray Meets Helen as Harve
2017
- DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
- Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- Savage Dog as Valentine
- Not a War Story
- V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. as Kevin Bishop
- The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing as Self
2016
- MacGyver as Burke / Man
- Speechless as Colonel
- Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- Nina as Clifton's Father
- Dirty Lies as Doc
- Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- The Last Punch as Don King
- School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Men of Outpost 31 as Self
- The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- Service to Man as Dean Holmes
2015
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)
- We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
- Fresh Off the Boat as Clyde Roses
- Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- Dutch Book as Joe Johnson
- Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
2014
- The Flash as Solovar (voice)
- BoJack Horseman as Lion Musician (voice)
- black-ish as Loose Craig
- Scorpion as Warden
- NCIS: New Orleans as Gene Holloway
- Extant as Nicholas Calderon
- Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- H4 as Worcester
- Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
- Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
2013
- Rick and Morty as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
- Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice)
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
- The Bible as Narrator
- Free Birds as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
- Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- Black Asylum as Agent Davis
2012
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
- Touch as Dutch
- Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
- Smiley as Diamond
- Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America as Charles Buchanan (voice)
- The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- Highway as Mustafa
- Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
2011
- Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- The Cape as Max Malini
- The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- No Saints for Sinners as Victor
- Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- Adventure Time as Balthus (voice)
- Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- Chain Letter as Detective Jim Crenshaw
- Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
- Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- Spork as Coach Jenkins
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
2009
- Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- Community as Elroy Patashnik
- Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
- Gamer as Agent Keith
- All About Steve as Corbitt
- Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- Coraline: Creepy Coraline as The Cat (voice) (archive footage)
- Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- Charlie Valentine as Sal
- Don McKay as Otis Kent
- Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- Blue as Terry Venable
2008
- Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- Canterbury's Law
- My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- No Bad Days as Terrence
- The Sensei as Minister
- The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
2007
- The War as Narrator (voice)
- Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
- Psych as Mr. Guster
- ATL as John Garnett
- Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Lloyd Mackie
- American Dad! as Fire Captain (voice)
- Numb3rs as Jeremiah Miller
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Father
- Transporter 2 as Stappleton
- Crash as Lt. Dixon
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
- The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- Dirty as Captain Spain
- The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross as Narrator
- Crusades: Crescent & the Cross as Self - Narrator
2004
- The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- The Big House
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
2003
- Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice)
- Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
- The Shakespeare Sessions
- Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
2002
- Everwood as Brian
- Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Disney's House of Mouse as Card Soldier (voice)
- Justice League as Despero (voice)
- The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- The Job
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- Home Invaders as Matador
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- The Replacements as Lindell
- Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim
- Where the Heart Is as Moses Whitecotten
- Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- Silent Service as Self - Host
- Innocents as Detective Davis
- National Geographic: The Photographers as Narrator
1999
- Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- SpongeBob SquarePants as Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
- Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Narrator
- The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
1998
- Hercules as Apollo (voice)
- Armageddon as General Kimsey
- There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 as Spawn
- The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
1997
- King of the Hill as Brian Robertson (voice)
- Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
- Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- Vanishing Point as Warren Taft
- Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- Executive Target as Lamar
- Never Met Picasso as Larry
- Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- Loose Women as Stylist #1
1996
- 7th Heaven as Stanley
- Arli$$ as Cecil Pickett
- Eye for an Eye as Martin
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- Larger Than Life as Hurst
- Johns as Homeless John
- The Grave as The Priest
1995
- The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- The Quick and the Dead as Sergeant Cantrell
- Dead Presidents as Kirby
- Clockers as André the Giant
- Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story as Narrator (voice)
1994
- ER as Pastor Watkins
- Aladdin as Minos (voice)
- Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- New York Undercover
- Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- Reality Bites as Roger
- The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- Notes in a Minor Key as Kansas
1993
- The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- Hallelujah as Big Willie
- There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
1992
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- Nails as Noah Owens
1991
- Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
1990
- Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- Marked for Death as Max
- Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- Murder in Black and White as Martin
1989
- Road House as Ernie Bass
- Always as Powerhouse
1988
- American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- They Live as Frank Armitage
- Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- Bird as Buster Franklin
- Off Limits as Maurice
- Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- Ladykillers as Abe
- The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
1987
- The Oldest Rookie
- Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
1986
- Platoon as King
- The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
1985
- The Equalizer as Cristo
- Screen Two as Will
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
1982
- Nature as Narrator
- American Playhouse as 'Big' Willie Thorton
- 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
1953
- The Oscars as The Cat (voice)