Keith David
Born: 1956-06-04 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
Filmography
2027
- Captain Zero: The Movie as The Depression Demon (voice)
2026
2025
- Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- The Lowdown as Marty
- Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway as (voice) (uncredited)
- Haunted Hotel as Additional Voices (voice)
- The American Revolution as voice
- Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along as Husk (voice)
- Duster as Ezra Saxton
- Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as The Simulator
- The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Old Sheep (voice)
- Finding Faith
- Omniscient as Alistair
2024
- Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
- High Potential as Captain Pacheco
- Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- The Prank as Principal Henderson
- Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice)
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
- Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
- Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
2023
- Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
- American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
- A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
- From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
- Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor
- Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
2022
- Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- Unplugging as Gil
- The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as King Adrias
- A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
- Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Abbott Elementary as Frank
- Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- Insight as Captain Duke
- The Gateway as Terry
- Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- Black as Night as Babineaux
2020
- DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice)
- Love Life as Narrator (voice)
- Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
- Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
- The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- Woke as Bible (voice)
- Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- Good as Gregory Devereaux
- Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
2019
- Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
- Creepshow as Murdoch
- You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
- 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
- The Wedding Year as Preston
- Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)
- In Search of Darkness as Self
2018
- Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice)
- Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
- Love Jacked as Ed
- American Dresser as Charlie
- Night School as Gerald
- Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- Brothers in Arms as Self
2017
- DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- Savage Dog as Valentine
- The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- Not a War Story
2016
- MacGyver as Burke / Man
- Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- Speechless as Colonel
- Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- Dirty Lies as Doc
- The Last Punch as Don King
- Nina as Clifton's Father
- Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- School of Rickey as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
- We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)
- Fresh Off the Boat as Clyde Roses
- Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- Dutch Book
- Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
- Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
- Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
2014
- The Flash as Solovar (voice)
- Scorpion as Warden
- BoJack Horseman as Lion Musician (voice)
- black-ish as Loose Craig
- NCIS: New Orleans as Gene Holloway
- Extant as Nicholas Calderon
- Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
- Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
- Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (voice)
2013
- Rick and Morty as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
- Teen Titans Go! as Narrator (voice)
- Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice)
- Free Birds as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
- Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
- The Bible as Narrator
- Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- A Bíblia as Narrador
- 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
- The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- Highway as Mustafa
- Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
- The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
2011
- Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- The Cape as Max Malini
- The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- No Saints for Sinners
- Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- Adventure Time as Balthus (voice)
- Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- New York Street Games as Self
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
2009
- Community as Elroy Patashnik
- Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)
- The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
- Gamer as Agent Keith
- Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- Charlie Valentine as Sal
- Blue as Terry Venable
- Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- All About Steve as Corbitt
- Don McKay as Otis Kent
- Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
2008
- First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- The Sensei as Minister
- Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- Canterbury's Law
- S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- No Bad Days as Terrence
2007
- Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- The War as Narrator (voice)
- The Color Purple: The Color of Success as 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
- Dirty as Captain Spain
- Crash as Lt. Dixon
- The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
- Crusades: Crescent & the Cross as Self - Narrator
2004
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- The Big House
- Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- Beef II 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
- Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- The Shakespeare Sessions
- Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
- Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
2002
- Everwood as Brian
- Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
2001
- The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
- Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- Disney's House of Mouse
- Justice League as Despero (voice)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- Home Invaders as Matador
- The Job
- Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
- Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
- Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- The Replacements as Lindell
- Where the Heart Is as Moses Whitecotten
- Innocents as Detective Davis
- Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim
- Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- Silent Service as Self - Host
1999
- Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Spawn
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (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
- Executive Target as Lamar
- Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
1996
- 7th Heaven as Stanley
- The Grave as The Priest
- Arli$$
- Eye for an Eye as Martin
- Johns as Homeless John
- Larger Than Life as Hurst
- Never Met Picasso as Larry
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
1995
- The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
- Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- Clockers as André the Giant
- Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- Dead Presidents as Kirby
1994
- ER as Pastor Watkins
- Gargoyles
- Aladdin
- New York Undercover
- Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- Baseball as Narrator
- The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- Reality Bites as Roger
- Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
1993
- Hallelujah as Big Willie
- The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
1992
- Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
- Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver
- Nails as Noah Owens
1991
- Hallelujah Anyhow as Will
1990
- Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
- Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- Murder in Black and White as Martin
- Marked for Death as Max
1989
- Always as Powerhouse
- Road House as Ernie Bass
1988
- American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- Bird as Buster Franklin
- Ladykillers as Abe
- They Live as Frank Armitage
- Off Limits as Maurice
- Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- The Making of 'They Live' as Self
1987
- Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- The Oldest Rookie
1986
- Platoon as King
- The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
1985
- The Equalizer as Cristo
1984
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
1981
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