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
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025 · Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
- 2025 · The Lowdown as
- 2025 · Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
- 2023 · Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Unplugging as Gil
- 2022 · The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
- 2021 · Black as Night as Babineaux
- 2021 · The Gateway as Terry
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Louis
- 2021 · Insight as Captain Duke
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
- 2019 · The Wedding Year as Preston
- 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 · Love Jacked as Ed
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018 · Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
- 2017 · Savage Dog as Valentine
- 2016 · Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
- 2016 · Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
- 2016 · Nina as Clifton's Father
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Dirty Lies as Doc
- 2015 · Kids vs Monsters as Barry
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
- 2013 · Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
- 2013 · Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
- 2013 · Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
- 2013 · Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
- 2012 · Smiley as Diamond
- 2012 · The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
- 2010 · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
- 2010 · Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
- 2010 · Something Like A Business as Sebastian
- 2010 · Meet Monica Velour as Claude
- 2009 · Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
- 2009 · The Butcher as Larry Cobb
- 2009 · Charlie Valentine as Sal
- 2009 · Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
- 2009 · Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
- 2008 · S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
- 2008 · The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
- 2008 · The Sensei as Minister
- 2008 · Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
- 2008 · First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
- 2007 · The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
- 2007 · Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
- 2007 · If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
- 2006 · ATL as John Garnett
- 2006 · The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
- 2006 · Dirty as Captain Spain
- 2005 · The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Beef II as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Hollywood Homicide as Leon
- 2003 · Head of State as Bernard Cooper
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Sheriff
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2001 · Novocaine as Detective Lunt
- 2001 · Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
- 2001 · Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
- 1996 · Johns as Homeless John
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Hurst
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
- 1996 · The Grave as The Priest
- 1995 · Clockers as André the Giant
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
- 1992 · Nails as Noah Owens
- 1988 · Bird as Buster Franklin
- 1988 · Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
- 1986 · The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
- Future · ATL 2: The Homecoming as John Garnett
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2025 · Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
- 2024 · Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as David
- 2021 · Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as Self
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Al
- 2018 · American Dresser as Charlie
- 2018 · Sharon 1.2.3. as Tyrone
- 2018 · Ray Meets Helen as Harve
- 2017 · Not a War Story as
- 2016 · The North Star as Frederick Douglass
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Agent Long
- 2014 · Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary as
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
- 2012 · Highway as Mustafa
- 2012 · The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
- 2012 · AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
- 2011 · The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
- 2011 · Samuel Bleak as Ned Coffman
- 2010 · Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Terrence
- 2008 · The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
- 2006 · Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
- 2003 · Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Innocents as Detective Davis
- 1999 · ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
- 1997 · Executive Target as Lamar
- Future · Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Sosa
- 2009 · Don McKay as Otis Kent
- 2003 · Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 1998 · The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Larry
- 1993 · Hallelujah as Big Willie
- 1993 · Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
- 1990 · Murder in Black and White as Martin
- 1980 · The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
- Future · Worst. Detectives. Ever. Making The Nice Guys as Self
- 2025 · Omniscient as Alistair
- 2025 · Duster as Ezra Saxton
- 2025 · Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
- 2025 · Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Toy COD Leader (voice)
- 2024 · Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
- 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (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 · 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 · Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
- 2022 · Firebuds as Manny Kablamee
- 2022 · Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
- 2022 · The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
- 2022 · Chibiverse as King Andrias (voice)
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- 2022 · Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
- 2022 · Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Frank
- 2021 · Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil
- 2021 · Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
- 2020 · Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
- 2020 · Good as Gregory Devereaux
- 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
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Service to Man as Dean Holmes
- 2016 · School of Rickey as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Punch as Don King
- 2015 · Dutch Book as
- 2014 · Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
- 2013 · Black Asylum as Agent Davis
- 2010 · New York Street Games as Self
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2001 · Home Invaders as Matador
- Future · The Thing Expanded as Self
- 2020 · Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 2018 · Champaign Ill as Lafonso
- 2018 · Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh
- 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 · Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice)
- 2017 · Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish
- 2017 · DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Burke / Man
- 2016 · Speechless as Colonel
- 2016 · Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- 2015 · If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
- 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 · The Flash as Solovar (voice)
- 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 · The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (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 · The Bible as Narrator
- 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 · Touch as Dutch
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Terence Beale
- 2011 · The Cape as Max Malini
- 2011 · No Saints for Sinners as
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
- 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 · Gamer as Agent Keith
- 2009 · All About Steve as Corbitt
- 2009 · Blue as Terry Venable
- 2009 · Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- 2008 · My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as
- 2008 · The War as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2006 · Psych as Mr. Guster
- 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
- 2005 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as
- 2004 · Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- 2004 · Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
- 2003 · Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice)
- 2003 · Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites as Narrator
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
- 2002 · Everwood as Brian
- 2002 · Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Barbershop as Lester Wallace
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2001 · Jazz as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2000 · Silent Service as Self - Host
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 1999 · The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Commander Bensinger (voice)
- 1998 · Hercules as Apollo (voice)
- 1998 · There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
- 1998 · Armageddon as General Kimsey
- 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 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Eye for an Eye as Martin
- 1995 · Dead Presidents as Kirby
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 1994 · Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
- 1994 · ER as Pastor Watkins
- 1994 · Baseball as Narrator
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Roger
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1993 · There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
- 1993 · Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
- 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
- 1990 · Men at Work as Louis Fedders
- 1989 · Always as Powerhouse
- 1989 · Road House as Ernie Bass
- 1988 · Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Abe
- 1988 · They Live as Frank Armitage
- 1988 · American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
- 1988 · Off Limits as Maurice
- 1988 · The Making of 'They Live' as Self
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
- 1986 · Platoon as King
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Cristo
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator
- 1982 · The Thing as Childs
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as
- 1979 · Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner