Keith David
Acting • Born 1956-06-04
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
371 credits
Armageddon
Movie • 1998
General Kimsey
The Thing
Movie • 1982
Childs
There's Something About Mary
Movie • 1998
Charlie Jensen
Men at Work
Movie • 1990
Louis Fedders
Marked for Death
Movie • 1990
Max
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
Movie • 2006
MCPO Scott Boytano
The Princess and the Frog
Movie • 2009
Dr. Facilier (voice)
Crash
Movie • 2005
Lt. Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie • 2005
Father
Platoon
Movie • 1986
King
Africa's Lost Eden
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
Dirty
Movie • 2005
Captain Spain
Barbershop
Movie • 2002
Lester Wallace
Volcano
Movie • 1997
Lt. Ed Fox
Pitch Black
Movie • 2000
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The Chronicles of Riddick
Movie • 2004
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Movie • 2004
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Agent Cody Banks
Movie • 2003
CIA Director
Final Analysis
Movie • 1992
Detective Huggins
The Last Outlaw
Movie • 1993
Lovecraft
Clockers
Movie • 1995
André the Giant
Blue in the Face
Movie • 1995
Jackie Robinson
Always
Movie • 1989
Powerhouse
Novocaine
Movie • 2001
Detective Lunt
Sneaks
Movie • 2025
O.G. (voice)
Dead Presidents
Movie • 1995
Kirby
They Live
Movie • 1988
Frank Armitage
Superhero Movie
Movie • 2008
The Chief of Police
Bird
Movie • 1988
Buster Franklin
All About Steve
Movie • 2009
Corbitt
The Quick and the Dead
Movie • 1995
Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Article 99
Movie • 1992
Luther Jermoe
The Puppet Masters
Movie • 1994
Alex Holland
No Bad Days
Movie • 2008
Terrence
Head of State
Movie • 2003
Bernard Cooper
Transporter 2
Movie • 2005
Stappleton
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Movie • 2010
Terry
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Movie • 1988
Embassy Gate Captain
Death at a Funeral
Movie • 2010
Reverend Davis
The Sensei
Movie • 2008
Minister
Don McKay
Movie • 2009
Otis Kent
The Fifth Commandment
Movie • 2008
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
ATL
Movie • 2006
John Garnett
Justice League: The New Frontier
Movie • 2008
The Centre (voice)
First Sunday
Movie • 2008
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Movie • 2009
Commander Scott Boytano
Lottery Ticket
Movie • 2010
Sweet Tee
Hot Pursuit
Movie • 1987
Alphonso
Ladykillers
Movie • 1988
Abe
The Last Sentinel
Movie • 2007
Colonel Norton
Coraline
Movie • 2009
The Cat (voice)
Against the Dark
Movie • 2009
Lt. Waters
Something Like A Business
Movie • 2010
Sebastian
Chain Letter
Movie • 2010
Det. Jim Crenshaw
Don King: Only in America
Movie • 1997
Herbert Muhammad
The Inheritance
Movie • 2011
Uncle Melvin
Pastor Brown
Movie • 2009
Pastor Brown
The Making of 'They Live'
Movie • 1988
Self
Off Limits
Movie • 1988
Maurice
Highway
Movie • 2012
Mustafa
Stalking Leopards
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Movie • 2023
Jerry
Beef II
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Movie • 2007
Dad
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Movie • 2002
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Brothers in Arms
Movie • 2018
Self
The Prank
Movie • 2024
Principal Henderson
Cloud Atlas
Movie • 2012
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
S.I.S.
Movie • 2008
Joseph Armstrong
Nails
Movie • 1992
Noah Owens
Meet Monica Velour
Movie • 2010
Claude
29 Palms
Movie • 2002
The Sheriff
Blue
Movie • 2009
Terry Venable
Betty & Blue
Movie • 2024
Willie 'Blue' Watson
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Movie • 2021
Self
Pretty When You Cry
Movie • 2001
Detective Charles Desett
Hopelessly in June
Movie • 2011
Dalbert Myers
Flipping
Movie • 1997
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Stars & Bars
Movie • 1988
Eugene Teagarden
Mark Twain
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Executive Target
Movie • 1997
Lamar
Unplugging
Movie • 2022
Gil
Smiley
Movie • 2012
Diamond
Christmas in Compton
Movie • 2012
Big Earl
Nope
Movie • 2022
Otis Haywood Sr.
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Assault on Wall Street
Movie • 2013
Freddy
Heist 88
Movie • 2023
Buddha Ray
Shelby Oaks
Movie • 2025
Morton Jacobson
Samuel Bleak
Movie • 2011
Ned Coffman
American Fiction
Movie • 2023
Willy the Wonker
From the Shadows
Movie • 2023
Dr. Leonard Bertram
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Movie • 1997
Algric Bartles
Don't Pass Me By
Movie • 2013
David Knox
Larger Than Life
Movie • 1996
Hurst
Eye for an Eye
Movie • 1996
Martin
Charlie Valentine
Movie • 2009
Sal
The Butcher
Movie • 2009
Larry Cobb
DC League of Super-Pets
Movie • 2022
Dog-El (voice)
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Movie • 1999
Narrator (voice)
Home Invaders
Movie • 2001
Matador
The Pirates of Penzance
Movie • 1980
Pirates and Police
Sons of Liberty
Movie • 2013
Nathan Reynolds
The Oh in Ohio
Movie • 2006
Coach Popovitch
The Last Fall
Movie • 2012
Sydney Bishop
The Nice Guys
Movie • 2016
Older Guy
A Miracle Before Christmas
Movie • 2022
David
Entergalactic
Movie • 2022
Mr. Rager (voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Movie • 2001
Council Member (voice)
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Movie • 2012
Sergeant Brass
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Movie • 2023
Mr. Monroe
Coriolanus
Movie • 1979
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
Movie • 2014
Frog Kingdom
Movie • 2013
Frog King (voice)
The Proud Family Movie
Movie • 2005
Bebe Clone (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
Movie • 2003
Leon
Union Furnace
Movie • 2015
Pin Stripe
No Saints for Sinners
Movie • 2011
Requiem for a Dream
Movie • 2000
Big Tim
Shut Up and Ride
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Boiling Pot
Movie • 2015
Agent Long
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
My Mom's New Boyfriend
Movie • 2008
FBI Chief Conrad
Secrets of the Magic City
Movie • 2015
Mr. Daniels
Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie • 2024
Masego (voice)
Delta Farce
Movie • 2007
Sgt. Kilgore
Field of Lost Shoes
Movie • 2015
Old Judge
The Grave
Movie • 1996
The Priest
Dirty Lies
Movie • 2016
Doc
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
Movie • 2025
The Simulator
Double or Nothing
Movie • 2012
Homeless Dude
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Movie • 2004
CIA Director
The Whoopee Boys
Movie • 1986
Washington Square Peddler
Hercules
Movie • 1997
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Range 15
Movie • 2016
Colonel Holloway
ATF
Movie • 1999
FBI Director Richard Long
New York Street Games
Movie • 2010
Self
Service to Man
Movie • 2016
Dean Holmes
Where the Heart Is
Movie • 2000
Moses Whitecotten
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Movie • 2011
Clerk
Road House
Movie • 1989
Ernie Bass
Free Birds
Movie • 2013
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Semper Fi
Movie • 2001
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Kids vs Monsters
Movie • 2015
Barry
Savage Dog
Movie • 2017
Valentine
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Gamer
Movie • 2009
Agent Keith
Johns
Movie • 1996
Homeless John
Reality Bites
Movie • 1994
Roger
Black Asylum
Movie • 2013
Agent Davis
Egypt's Golden Empire
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Ray Meets Helen
Movie • 2018
Harve
Chasing 3000
Movie • 2010
Officer L.
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Movie • 2006
Self
The Candlelight Murders
Movie • 2008
Pastor Bob
Not a War Story
Movie • 2017
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie • 1993
Self - Host
Inside Mecca
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Night School
Movie • 2018
Gerald
Never Met Picasso
Movie • 1997
Larry
Christmas in Tattertown
Movie • 1988
Saxophone (voice)
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Movie • 2015
Detective Harris
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Movie • 1999
King Oliver
The Wedding Year
Movie • 2019
Preston
Tales from the Hood 2
Movie • 2018
Portifoy Simms
Love Jacked
Movie • 2018
Ed
Nina
Movie • 2016
Clifton's Father
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
American Dresser
Movie • 2018
Charlie
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Movie • 2018
Self
Innocents
Movie • 2000
Detective Davis
The Replacements
Movie • 2000
Lindell
Hallelujah Anyhow
Movie • 1991
Will
In Search of Darkness
Movie • 2019
Self
The North Star
Movie • 2016
Frederick Douglass
21 Bridges
Movie • 2019
Deputy Chief Spencer
There Are No Children Here
Movie • 1993
John Paul Rivers
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie • 2022
Self - Interviewee
Horizon Line
Movie • 2020
Freddy Wyman
The Gettysburg Address
Movie • 2025
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Beautiful Loser
Movie • 2009
Morgan - Adult
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Movie • 2019
Self
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Movie • 1995
Goliath (voice)
The 420 Movie
Movie • 2020
Chief Ironweed
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
The '91 Falcons
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
The Shakespeare Sessions
Movie • 2003
The Gateway
Movie • 2021
Terry
School of Rickey
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Tiger Woods Story
Movie • 1998
Earl Woods
Blue: The American Dream
Movie • 2016
Terry Venable
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Movie • 2020
Self
Most Guys Are Losers
Movie • 2020
Al
Pups Alone
Movie • 2021
The Wise Bartender
Black as Night
Movie • 2021
Babineaux
Forbidden Fruits
Movie • 2006
Rev. Walters
The Seventh Day
Movie • 2021
Father Louis
Hallelujah
Movie • 1993
Big Willie
Insight
Movie • 2021
Captain Duke
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Murder in Black and White
Movie • 1990
Martin
The Undershepherd
Movie • 2012
Brother Wilks
Dutch Book
Movie • 2015
You Might Be the Killer
Movie • 2019
Sheriff James
Catwoman: Hunted
Movie • 2022
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Good
Movie • 2020
Gregory Devereaux
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Movie • 2022
Ink Williams
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice)
Finding Faith
Movie • 2025
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Movie • 2026
Sosa
The Thing Expanded
Movie • 2026
Self
Portal to Hell
Movie • 2025
Mr. Bobshank
Lions Of Darkness
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
Sharon 1.2.3.
Movie • 2018
Tyrone
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Movie • 2014
Narrator
ATL 2: The Homecoming
Movie
John Garnett
The Last Punch
Movie • 2016
Don King
Omniscient
Movie • 2025
Alistair
Captain Zero: The Movie
Movie • 2028
The Depression Demon (voice)
The Price for Freedom
Movie
Reverend J.W. Bruno
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Movie • 2025
Husk (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Movie • 1998
Spawn
Dreams of the Moon
Movie
My New Friend Jim
Movie
Jim Dandy
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
Movie • 2025
(voice) (uncredited)
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Movie • 2005
Self - Narrator
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Movie • 2025
Self - Interviewee
Rise of the Mammals
Movie
Narrator
Notes in a Minor Key
Movie • 1994
Kansas
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
Movie • 2025
The Depression Demon (voice)
The Job
TV • 2001
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Cecil Pickett
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Lloyd Mackie
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Jeremiah Miller
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Matt Phelps
Teen Titans
TV • 2003
Atlas (voice)
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Goliath (voice)
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
The Legend of Tarzan
TV • 2001
Tublat (voice)
Everwood
TV • 2002
Brian
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV • 1992
King Oliver
Disney's House of Mouse
TV • 2001
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self
Aladdin
TV • 1994
Fantastic Four
TV • 1994
Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
Close Enough
TV • 2020
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Canterbury's Law
TV • 2008
Mr. Robot
TV • 2015
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Cristo
Creepshow
TV • 2019
Murdoch
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Stanley
Hallelujah!
TV • 1981
The Big House
TV • 2004
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Manny (voice)
ER
TV • 1994
Pastor Watkins
Community
TV • 2009
Elroy Patashnik
We Bare Bears
TV • 2015
Mr. Charles (voice)
Spawn
TV • 1997
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Hot Pursuit
TV • 1984
Muhammad Ali
TV • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Extant
TV • 2014
Nicholas Calderon
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Captain Ira Merit
Central Park
TV • 2020
Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
TV • 2005
Jack Johnson (voice)
The Oldest Rookie
TV • 1987
Amphibia
TV • 2019
King Andrias (voice)
The Bible
TV • 2013
Narrator
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
The Cape
TV • 2011
Max Malini
Enlisted
TV • 2014
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Justice League
TV • 2001
Despero (voice)
Community
TV • 2009
Narrator (voice)
Scorpion
TV • 2014
Warden
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Love Life
TV • 2020
Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
TV • 2020
Mister Bones (voice)
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator
Mark Twain
TV • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Greenleaf
TV • 2016
Bishop James Greenleaf
Silent Service
TV • 2000
Self - Host
Justified: City Primeval
TV • 2023
Judge Alvin Guy
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
TV • 2015
Agent Everett Malloy
Young Justice
TV • 2010
Mongul (voice)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TV • 2015
Glossaryck (voice)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
TV • 2023
B'Caala (voice)
Hercules
TV • 1998
Apollo (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
TV • 2001
Narrator (voice)
The Flash
TV • 2014
Solovar (voice)
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
TV • 2023
Self - Actor
Krapopolis
TV • 2023
Asskill (voice)
True Lies
TV • 2023
Albert 'Al' Gibson
Adventure Time
TV • 2010
Balthus (voice)
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Narrator (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
TV • 2024
Husk (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Fire Captain (voice)
The War
TV • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
TV • 2016
Lord Marmoo (voice)
Jackie Robinson
TV • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Belle's
TV • 2013
William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Jazz
TV • 2001
Narrator (voice)
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
TV • 1999
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Future Man
TV • 2017
Dr. Elias Kronish
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Terence Beale
Baseball
TV • 1994
Narrator
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
TV • 2017
Malcom Kane (voice)
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
TV • 2022
Self
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
TV • 2003
Agent Mosely (voice)
Craig of the Creek
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
TV • 2013
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Tummy (voice)
Champaign Ill
TV • 2018
Lafonso
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
TV • 2014
Narrator (voice)
From Scratch
TV • 2022
Hershel Wheeler
Dead Talk Live
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
The Last Kids on Earth
TV • 2019
Thrull (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV • 2012
Sal Commander (voice)
Firebuds
TV • 2022
Manny Kablamee
Speechless
TV • 2016
Colonel
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Lion Musician (voice)
Psych
TV • 2006
Mr. Guster
Woke
TV • 2020
Bible (voice)
Adventure Time
TV • 2010
Flame King (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci
TV • 2024
Narrator (voice)
Leverage: Redemption
TV • 2021
Billy Spencer
Duster
TV • 2025
Ezra Saxton
NCIS: New Orleans
TV • 2014
Gene Holloway
black-ish
TV • 2014
Loose Craig
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Jimmy Cannon
Touch
TV • 2012
Dutch
Fresh Off the Boat
TV • 2015
Clyde Roses
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Burke / Man
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
TV • 2013
Santa Claus (voice)
Archer
TV • 2009
Lemuel Kane (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
TV • 2024
Darkseid (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TV • 2024
Hordak (voice)
Liverspots and Astronots
TV • 2018
Dr. Pesh
The Lowdown
TV • 2025
Marty
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
TV • 2021
The Devil
Invincible Fight Girl
TV • 2024
Narrator (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Abbott Elementary
TV • 2021
Frank
Invincible Fight Girl
TV • 2024
Scouter (voice)
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
TV • 2024
Narrator (voice)
High Potential
TV • 2024
Captain Pacheco
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
TV • 2010
Narrator (voice)
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
TV • 2025
Toy COD Leader (voice)
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
TV • 2003
Narrator
Chibiverse
TV • 2022
King Andrias (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Commander Bensinger (voice)
President Curtis
TV
President Andre Curtis (voice)
Strip Law
TV • 2026
Steve Nichols (voice)
Haunted Hotel
TV • 2025
Additional Voices (voice)
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
TV • 2025
Old Sheep (voice)
Teen Titans Go!
TV • 2013
Narrator (voice)
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
(voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TV • 2017
Additional Voices (voice)
I Love LA
TV • 2025
Leon Marcus
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
TV • 2005
Narrator
The Oscars
TV • 1953
The Cat (voice)
The Good Lord Bird
TV • 2020
Herbert