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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-06-04 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Keith David

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Portal to Hell as Mr. Bobshank
Duster as Ezra

2024

The Prank as Principal Henderson
Betty & Blue as Willie 'Blue' Watson
Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl as Scouter (voice)
High Potential as Captain Pacheco

2023

Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy
My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice)
Krapopolis as Asskill (voice)
True Lies as Albert 'Al' Gibson

2022

Unplugging as Gil
Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
Shut Up and Ride as Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler
Firebuds as Manny Kablamee

2021

The Gateway as Terry
Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
Black as Night as Babineaux
The Seventh Day as Father Louis
Insight as Captain Duke
Muhammad Ali as Narrator (voice)
Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer
Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil

2020

Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator (voice)
Good as Gregory Devereaux
Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Love Life as Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice)
Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
Woke as Bible (voice)

2019

The Wedding Year as Preston
21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
You Might Be the Killer as Sheriff James
Creepshow as Murdoch
Amphibia as King Andrias (voice)
The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice)

2018

Night School as Gerald
Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
American Dresser as Charlie
Final Space as Bolo
Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Tummy (voice)
Champaign Ill as Lafonso

2017

Savage Dog as Valentine
The '91 Falcons as Narrator (voice)
DuckTales as Manny (voice)
Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish

2016

The Nice Guys as Older Guy
Dirty Lies as Doc
Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
Service to Man as Dean Holmes
Nina as Clifton's Father
The North Star as Frederick Douglass
School of Rickey as Narrator (voice)
Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice)
Jackie Robinson as Narrator (voice)
Speechless as Colonel
MacGyver as Burke / Man

2015

Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
Boiling Pot as Agent Long
Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice)
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy
Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)
Fresh Off the Boat as Clyde Roses

2014

Extant as Nicholas Calderon
Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Scorpion as Warden
The Flash as Solovar (voice)
BoJack Horseman as Lion Musician (voice)
NCIS: New Orleans as Gene Holloway
black-ish as Loose Craig

2013

Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
Free Birds as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Black Asylum as Agent Davis
The Bible as Narrator
Rick and Morty as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Rick and Morty as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice)
Rick and Morty as Narrator (voice)

2012

Highway as Mustafa
Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Smiley as Diamond
The Last Fall as Sydney Bishop
AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice)
Touch as Dutch

2011

The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
The Cape as Max Malini
Person of Interest as Terence Beale

2010

Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator (voice)
Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
Young Justice as Mongul (voice)
Adventure Time as Balthus (voice)
Adventure Time as Flame King (voice)
Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon
Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator (voice)

2009

The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
All About Steve as Corbitt
Don McKay as Otis Kent
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia as Commander Scott Boytano
Coraline as The Cat (voice)
Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
Blue as Terry Venable
The Butcher as Larry Cobb
Gamer as Agent Keith
Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
Community as Elroy Patashnik
Community as Narrator (voice)
Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice)

2008

Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
No Bad Days as Terrence
The Sensei as Minister
The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
S.I.S. as Joseph Armstrong
My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
The War as Narrator (voice)

2007

The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore

2006

Dirty as Captain Spain
ATL as John Garnett
The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
Psych as Mr. Guster

2005

Crash as Lt. Dixon
Transporter 2 as Stappleton
The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
Grey's Anatomy as Lloyd Mackie
American Dad! as Fire Captain (voice)

2004

The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Beef II as Narrator (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator (voice)

2003

Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
Head of State as Bernard Cooper
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
Inside Mecca as Narrator (voice)
Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice)

2002

Barbershop as Lester Wallace
Stalking Leopards as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
29 Palms as The Sheriff
Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
Everwood as Brian
Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)

2001

Novocaine as Detective Lunt
Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
Home Invaders as Matador
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice)
Justice League as Despero (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator (voice)
Jazz as Narrator (voice)

2000

Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Where the Heart Is as Moses Whitecotten
Innocents as Detective Davis
The Replacements as Lindell
Silent Service as Self - Host

1999

Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator (voice)
ATF as FBI Director Richard Long
Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)

1998

Armageddon as General Kimsey
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
Hercules as Apollo (voice)

1997

Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)

1996

Eye for an Eye as Martin
The Grave as The Priest
Johns as Homeless John
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
7th Heaven as Stanley

1995

Clockers as André the Giant
Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit

1994

The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
Reality Bites as Roger
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as Narrator (voice)
Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
ER as Pastor Watkins
Baseball as Narrator

1993

The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
Hallelujah as Big Willie
Lions Of Darkness as Narrator (voice)

1992

Final Analysis as Detective Huggins
Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
Nails as Noah Owens

1991

1990

Men at Work as Louis Fedders
Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson

1989

Always as Powerhouse
Road House as Ernie Bass

1988

They Live as Frank Armitage
Bird as Buster Franklin
Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
Off Limits as Maurice
Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
Christmas in Tattertown as Saxophone (voice)
American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices

1987

Hot Pursuit as Alphonso

1986

Platoon as King
The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler

1985

The Equalizer as Cristo

1984

1983

Reading Rainbow as Narrator (voice)

1982

The Thing as Childs
Nature as Narrator

1981

1980

The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police

1979

Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

1974

NOVA as Narrator

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Production

2011

The Inheritance as Executive Producer