Keith David
male
Born on June 04, 1956 (69 years old)
From 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
Cast Credits
- 2025
Sneaks
as
O.G. (voice)
2025
Shelby Oaks
as
Morton Jacobson
2025
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
as
The Simulator
2025
The Gettysburg Address
as
Frederick Douglass (voice)
2025
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Finding Faith
2025
Portal to Hell
as
Mr. Bobshank
2025
Duster
as
Ezra Saxton
2025
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The Lowdown
2025
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
as
Toy COD Leader (voice)
2025
- 2024
The Prank
as
Principal Henderson
2024
Betty & Blue
as
Willie 'Blue' Watson
2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
as
Masego (voice)
2024
Hazbin Hotel
as
Husk (voice)
2024
Leonardo da Vinci
as
Narrator (voice)
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as
Darkseid (voice)
2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as
Hordak (voice)
2024
Invincible Fight Girl
as
Narrator (voice)
2024
Invincible Fight Girl
as
Scouter (voice)
2024
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
as
Narrator (voice)
2024
High Potential
as
Captain Pacheco
2024
- 2023
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
as
Jerry
2023
Heist 88
as
Buddha Ray
2023
American Fiction
as
Willy the Wonker
2023
From the Shadows
as
Dr. Leonard Bertram
2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as
Mr. Monroe
2023
Justified: City Primeval
as
Judge Alvin Guy
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as
B'Caala (voice)
2023
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as
Self - Actor
2023
Krapopolis
as
Asskill (voice)
2023
True Lies
as
Albert 'Al' Gibson
2023
- 2022
Unplugging
as
Gil
2022
Nope
as
Otis Haywood Sr.
2022
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as
Narrator (voice)
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
as
Dog-El (voice)
2022
A Miracle Before Christmas
as
David
2022
Entergalactic
as
Mr. Rager (voice)
2022
Shut Up and Ride
as
Narrator (voice)
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
as
Self - Interviewee
2022
Catwoman: Hunted
as
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2022
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as
Ink Williams
2022
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as
Self
2022
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as
Self
2022
From Scratch
as
Hershel Wheeler
2022
Firebuds
as
Manny Kablamee
2022
Chibiverse
as
King Andrias (voice)
2022
- 2021
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as
Self
2021
The Gateway
as
Terry
2021
Pups Alone
as
The Wise Bartender
2021
Black as Night
as
Babineaux
2021
The Seventh Day
as
Father Louis
2021
Insight
as
Captain Duke
2021
Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
as
Self
2021
Muhammad Ali
as
Narrator (voice)
2021
Leverage: Redemption
as
Billy Spencer
2021
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
as
The Devil
2021
Abbott Elementary
as
Frank
2021
- 2020
Horizon Line
as
Freddy Wyman
2020
The 420 Movie
as
Chief Ironweed
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as
Self
2020
Most Guys Are Losers
as
Al
2020
Cuba's Cancer Hope
as
Narrator (voice)
2020
Good
as
Gregory Devereaux
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
2020
Woke
as
Bible (voice)
2020
- 2019
- 2018
Brothers in Arms
as
Self
2018
Ray Meets Helen
as
Harve
2018
Night School
as
Gerald
2018
Tales from the Hood 2
as
Portifoy Simms
2018
Love Jacked
as
Ed
2018
American Dresser
as
Charlie
2018
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as
Self
2018
Sharon 1.2.3.
as
Tyrone
2018
Craig of the Creek
as
Narrator (voice)
2018
Summer Camp Island
as
Lithophone (voice)
2018
Summer Camp Island
as
Tummy (voice)
2018
Champaign Ill
as
Lafonso
2018
Liverspots and Astronots
as
Dr. Pesh
2018
- 2017
- 2016
The Nice Guys
as
Older Guy
2016
Dirty Lies
as
Doc
2016
Range 15
as
Colonel Holloway
2016
Service to Man
as
Dean Holmes
2016
Nina
as
Clifton's Father
2016
The North Star
as
Frederick Douglass
2016
School of Rickey
as
Narrator (voice)
2016
Blue: The American Dream
as
Terry Venable
2016
The Last Punch
as
Don King
2016
Greenleaf
as
Bishop James Greenleaf
2016
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as
Lord Marmoo (voice)
2016
Jackie Robinson
as
Narrator (voice)
2016
Speechless
as
Colonel
2016
MacGyver
as
Burke / Man
2016
- 2015
Union Furnace
as
Pin Stripe
2015
Boiling Pot
as
Agent Long
2015
Secrets of the Magic City
as
Mr. Daniels
2015
Field of Lost Shoes
as
Old Judge
2015
Kids vs Monsters
as
Barry
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as
Detective Harris
2015
Dutch Book
2015
Mr. Robot
as
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
2015
We Bare Bears
as
Mr. Charles (voice)
2015
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
as
Agent Everett Malloy
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as
Glossaryck (voice)
2015
Fresh Off the Boat
as
Clyde Roses
2015
- 2014
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
as
Narrator
2014
Extant
as
Nicholas Calderon
2014
Enlisted
as
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
2014
Scorpion
as
Warden
2014
The Flash
as
Solovar (voice)
2014
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
as
Narrator (voice)
2014
BoJack Horseman
as
Lion Musician (voice)
2014
NCIS: New Orleans
as
Gene Holloway
2014
black-ish
as
Loose Craig
2014
- 2013
Assault on Wall Street
as
Freddy
2013
Don't Pass Me By
as
David Knox
2013
Sons of Liberty
as
Nathan Reynolds
2013
Frog Kingdom
as
Frog King (voice)
2013
Free Birds
as
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013
Black Asylum
as
Agent Davis
2013
The Bible
as
Narrator
2013
Rick and Morty
as
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
2013
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Belle's
as
William 'Big Bill' Cooper
2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
2013
Rick and Morty
as
Reverse Giraffe (voice)
2013
Rick and Morty
as
President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
2013
Uncle Grandpa
as
Santa Claus (voice)
2013
Rick and Morty
as
Narrator (voice)
2013
- 2012
Highway
as
Mustafa
2012
Cloud Atlas
as
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012
Smiley
as
Diamond
2012
Christmas in Compton
as
Big Earl
2012
The Last Fall
as
Sydney Bishop
2012
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as
Sergeant Brass
2012
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Double or Nothing
as
Homeless Dude
2012
The Undershepherd
as
Brother Wilks
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as
Sal Commander (voice)
2012
Touch
as
Dutch
2012
- 2011
- 2010
Africa's Lost Eden
as
Narrator (voice)
2010
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as
Terry
2010
Death at a Funeral
as
Reverend Davis
2010
Lottery Ticket
as
Sweet Tee
2010
Something Like A Business
as
Sebastian
2010
Chain Letter
as
Det. Jim Crenshaw
2010
Meet Monica Velour
as
Claude
2010
New York Street Games
as
Self
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as
Narrator
2010
Chasing 3000
as
Officer L.
2010
Young Justice
as
Mongul (voice)
2010
Adventure Time
as
Balthus (voice)
2010
Adventure Time
as
Flame King (voice)
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as
Jimmy Cannon
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as
Narrator (voice)
2010
- 2009
The Princess and the Frog
as
Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009
All About Steve
as
Corbitt
2009
Don McKay
as
Otis Kent
2009
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as
Commander Scott Boytano
2009
Coraline
as
The Cat (voice)
2009
Against the Dark
as
Lt. Waters
2009
Pastor Brown
as
Pastor Brown
2009
Blue
as
Terry Venable
2009
Charlie Valentine
as
Sal
2009
The Butcher
as
Larry Cobb
2009
Gamer
as
Agent Keith
2009
Beautiful Loser
as
Morgan - Adult
2009
Community
as
Elroy Patashnik
2009
Community
as
Narrator (voice)
2009
Archer
as
Lemuel Kane (voice)
2009
- 2008
Superhero Movie
as
The Chief of Police
2008
No Bad Days
as
Terrence
2008
The Sensei
as
Minister
2008
The Fifth Commandment
as
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier
as
The Centre (voice)
2008
First Sunday
as
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
2008
S.I.S.
as
Joseph Armstrong
2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as
FBI Chief Conrad
2008
The Candlelight Murders
as
Pastor Bob
2008
Canterbury's Law
2008
The War
as
Narrator (voice)
2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
as
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as
Narrator (voice)
2004
Beef II
as
Narrator (voice)
2004
Last Stand of the Great Bear
as
Narrator (voice)
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as
CIA Director
2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as
Narrator (voice)
2004
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The Big House
2004
- 2003
Agent Cody Banks
as
CIA Director
2003
Head of State
as
Bernard Cooper
2003
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
as
Narrator (voice)
2003
Hollywood Homicide
as
Leon
2003
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as
Narrator (voice)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as
Narrator (voice)
2003
Inside Mecca
as
Narrator (voice)
2003
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The Shakespeare Sessions
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
- 2002
- 2001
Novocaine
as
Detective Lunt
2001
Pretty When You Cry
as
Detective Charles Desett
2001
Home Invaders
as
Matador
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as
Council Member (voice)
2001
Semper Fi
as
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
as
Narrator
2001
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as
Narrator (voice)
2001
The Job
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
as
Tublat (voice)
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Justice League
as
Despero (voice)
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
as
Narrator (voice)
2001
Jazz
as
Narrator (voice)
2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
They Live
as
Frank Armitage
1988
Bird
as
Buster Franklin
1988
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as
Embassy Gate Captain
1988
Ladykillers
as
Abe
1988
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The Making of 'They Live'
as
Self
1988
Off Limits
as
Maurice
1988
Stars & Bars
as
Eugene Teagarden
1988
Christmas in Tattertown
as
Saxophone (voice)
1988
American Experience
as
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1982
- 1980
- 1979
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1981
- 1974
