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)
2026
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- Strip Law as Steve Nichols (voice)
- President Curtis as President Andre Curtis (voice)
- The Thing Expanded as Self
2025
- Devil May Cry as Lucan (voice)
- Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- I Love LA as Leon Marcus
- The American Revolution as (voice)
- The Lowdown as Marty
- Duster as Ezra Saxton
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
- Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- Finding Faith as Henry
- Omniscient as Alistair
- Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II as The Depression Demon (voice)
2024
- High Potential as Captain Pacheco
- Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- 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)
- Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- The Prank as Principal Henderson
- Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
2023
- Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
- Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- 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
- Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- Unplugging as Gil
- The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
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
- The Gateway as Terry
- Black as Night as Babineaux
- Insight as Captain Duke
2020
- DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice)
- Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
- Love Life as Narrator (voice)
- Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
- Woke as Bible (voice)
- The Good Lord Bird as Herbert
- Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- Good as Gregory Devereaux
2019
- Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- Creepshow as Murdoch
- 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- The Wedding Year as Preston
- You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- In Search of Darkness as Self
- Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- Rise of the Mammals as Self - Narrator
2018
- Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice)
- Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
- Night School as Gerald
- Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- Love Jacked as Ed
- Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- Brothers in Arms as Self
- American Dresser as Charlie
- Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
2017
- DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
- Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- Savage Dog as Valentine
- The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- Not a War Story
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)
- Nina as Clifton's Father
- Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- Dirty Lies as Doc
- Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- The Last Punch as Don King
- Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
- Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
- Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- Dutch Book
2014
- The Flash as Solovar (voice)
- BoJack Horseman as Lion Musician (voice)
- Scorpion as Warden
- NCIS: New Orleans as Gene Holloway
- black-ish as Loose Craig
- Extant as Nicholas Calderon
- Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
- Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
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
- Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
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
- The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- Highway as Mustafa
- AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
2011
- Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- The Cape as Max Malini
- Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- No Saints for Sinners
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- Adventure Time as Balthus (voice)
- Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- New York Street Games as Self
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
2009
- Community as Elroy Patashnik
- Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
- Gamer as Agent Keith
- All About Steve as Corbitt
- Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- Don McKay as Otis Kent
- Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- Charlie Valentine as Sal
- Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- Blue as Terry Venable
2008
- Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- Canterbury's Law
- First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 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
- Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- ATL as John Garnett
- The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
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
- Dirty as Captain Spain
- The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross as Narrator
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
- 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)
- Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (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)
- Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
- Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- The Shakespeare Sessions
- Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
2002
- Everwood as Brian
- Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
2001
- The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- Justice League as Despero (voice)
- Disney's House of Mouse as Card Soldier (voice)
- Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- The Job
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
- Home Invaders as Matador
- Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim
- The Replacements as Lindell
- Where the Heart Is as Moses Whitecotten
- Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- Innocents as Detective Davis
- Silent Service as Self - Host
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)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
1998
- Hercules as Apollo (voice)
- Armageddon as General Kimsey
- There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
- The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Spawn
1997
- Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
- Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
- Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
- Vanishing Point as Warren Taft
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- Executive Target as Lamar
- Never Met Picasso as Larry
- Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
1996
- 7th Heaven as Stanley
- Arli$$ as Cecil Pickett
- Eye for an Eye as Martin
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- The Grave as The Priest
- Larger Than Life as Hurst
- Johns as Homeless John
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
- Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story as Narrator (voice)
1994
- ER as Pastor Watkins
- Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- Aladdin
- 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
- Hallelujah as Big Willie
- There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
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
- Off Limits as Maurice
- Bird as Buster Franklin
- Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- Ladykillers as Abe
- The Making of 'They Live' as Self
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)
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)