Keith David
Birthdate
June 4, 1956 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
June 4, 1956 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Keith David's LGBTQ+ Titles
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Johns
Homeless John
Acting (343)
Duster as Ezra (2 episodes)
The Sensitive Kind (1 episode)
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
The Thing Expanded as Self
Finding Faith
2025
The Gettysburg Address as Frederick Douglass (voice)
2025
Sneaks as O.G. (voice)
2025
Portal to Hell
2024
Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice)
2024
Leonardo da Vinci as Self - Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
2024
Invincible Fight Girl as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
2024
Invincible Fight Girl as Scouter (voice) (1 episode)
2024
Shelby Oaks as Morton Jacobson
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice) (4 episodes)
2024
Betty & Blue as Willie "Blue" Watson
2024
The Prank as Principal Henderson
2024
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox as The Simulator
2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Hordak (voice) (3 episodes)
2024
Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice) (8 episodes)
2023
American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
2023
Heist 88 as Buddha Ray
2023
Krapopolis as Asskill (voice) (6 episodes)
2023
From the Shadows as Dr. Leonard Bertram
2023
Justified: City Primeval as Judge Alvin Guy (1 episode)
2023
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self - Actor (2 episodes)
2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland as Mr. Monroe
2023
True Lies as Albert “Al” Gibson (1 episode)
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter as B'Caala (voice) (4 episodes)
2023
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story as Jerry
2022
Shut Up and Ride as Narrator
2022
A Miracle Before Christmas as David
2022
From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler (8 episodes)
2022
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
2022
Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
2022
Firebuds as Manny Kablamee (1 episode)
2022
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story as Ink Williams
2022
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self (8 episodes)
2022
DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
2022
Nope as Otis Haywood Sr.
2022
Unplugging as Gil
2022
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
2022
In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
2022
Catwoman: Hunted as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2021
Abbott Elementary as Frank (1 episode)
2021
Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender
2021
Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil (5 episodes)
2021
Black as Night as Babineaux
2021
Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
2021
Muhammad Ali as Narrator (4 episodes)
2021
The Gateway as Terry
2021
Leverage: Redemption as Billy Spencer (1 episode)
2021
Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as Self
2021
The Seventh Day as Father Louis
2021
Insight as Captain Duke
2020
Horizon Line as Freddy Wyman
2020
Most Guys Are Losers as Al
2020
Good as Gregory Devereaux
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
2020
Woke as Bible (voice) (1 episode)
2020
Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice) (1 episode)
2020
Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice) (1 episode)
2020
Love Life as Narrator (voice) (10 episodes)
2020
DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice) (3 episodes)
2020
Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2020
The 420 Movie as Chief Ironweed
2020
Cuba's Cancer Hope as Narrator
2019
21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer
2019
Creepshow as Murdoch (1 episode)
2019
The Wedding Year as Preston
2019
The Last Kids on Earth as Thrull (voice) (21 episodes)
2019
Amphibia as King Andrias (voice) (11 episodes)
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
Champaign Ill as Lafonso (10 episodes)
2018
Love Jacked as Ed
2018
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
2018
Brothers in Arms as Self
2018
Liverspots and Astronots as Dr. Pesh (21 episodes)
2018
Night School as Gerald
2018
American Dresser as Charlie
2018
Tales from the Hood 2 as Portifoy Simms
2018
Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Summer Camp Island as Tummy (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Ray Meets Helen as Harve
2018
Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
2017
The '91 Falcons as Narrator
2017
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Malcom Kane (voice) (23 episodes)
2017
Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish (5 episodes)
2017
DuckTales as Manny (voice) (1 episode)
2017
Savage Dog as Valentine
2017
Not a War Story
2016
Service to Man as Dean Holmes
2016
MacGyver as Burke / Man (1 episode)
2016
Speechless as Colonel (1 episode)
2016
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs as Lord Marmoo (voice) (13 episodes)
2016
School of Rickey
2016
Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf (60 episodes)
2016
Range 15 as Colonel Holloway
2016
The Nice Guys as Older Guy
2016
Blue: The American Dream as Terry Venable
2016
Nina as Clifton's Father
2016
Jackie Robinson as Narrator (2 episodes)
2016
The North Star as Frederick Douglas
2016
Dirty Lies as Doc
2015
Dutch Book
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You as Detective Harris
2015
Boiling Pot as Agent Long
2015
Kids vs Monsters as Barry
2015
We Bare Bears as Mr. Charles (voice) (1 episode)
2015
Union Furnace as Pin Stripe
2015
Secrets of the Magic City as Mr. Daniels
2015
Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited) (1 episode)
2015
Field of Lost Shoes as Old Judge
2015
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Agent Everett Malloy (10 episodes)
2015
Fresh Off the Boat as Clyde Roses (1 episode)
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice) (11 episodes)
2014
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
The Flash as Solovar (voice) (3 episodes)
2014
black-ish as Loose Craig (1 episode)
2014
NCIS: New Orleans as Gene Holloway (1 episode)
2014
Scorpion as Warden (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman as Lion Musician (voice) (1 episode)
2014
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW as Narrator (20 episodes)
2014
Extant as Nicholas Calderon (1 episode)
2014
Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody (13 episodes)
2013
Frog Kingdom as Frog King (voice)
2013
Rick and Morty as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice) (1 episode)
2013
Rick and Morty as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice) (8 episodes)
2013
Rick and Morty as Reverse Giraffe (voice) (1 episode)
2013
Free Birds as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice) (1 episode)
2013
Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice) (1 episode)
2013
Sons of Liberty as Nathan Reynolds
2013
Assault on Wall Street as Freddy
2013
Black Asylum as Agent Davis
2013
The Bible as Narrator (5 episodes)
2013
Belle's as William 'Big Bill' Cooper (6 episodes)
2013
Don't Pass Me By as David Knox
2012
Christmas in Compton as Big Earl
2012
Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012
Double or Nothing as Homeless Dude
2012
Smiley as Diamond
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice) (1 episode)
2012
Highway as Mustafa
2012
The Last Fall
2012
The Undershepherd as Brother Wilks
2012
Touch as Dutch (1 episode)
2012
AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Sergeant Brass
2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown as Clerk
2011
Person of Interest as Terence Beale (1 episode)
2011
Hopelessly in June as Dalbert Myers
2011
The Inheritance as Uncle Melvin
2011
Samuel Bleak
2011
The Cape as Max Malini (10 episodes)
2011
No Saints for Sinners
2010
Young Justice as Mongul (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming as Terry
2010
Chain Letter as Det. Jim Crenshaw
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Self - Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning as Narrator
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon (1 episode)
2010
Lottery Ticket as Sweet Tee
2010
New York Street Games as Self
2010
Chasing 3000 as Officer L.
2010
Something Like A Business as Sebastian
2010
Meet Monica Velour as Claude
2010
Death at a Funeral as Reverend Davis
2010
Africa's Lost Eden as Narrator
2010
Adventure Time as Balthus (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Adventure Time as Flame King (voice) (1 episode)
2009
The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009
Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice) (1 episode)
2009
Community as Elroy Patashnik (13 episodes)
2009
Community as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
2009
Beautiful Loser as Morgan - Adult
2009
Gamer as Agent Keith
2009
All About Steve as Corbitt
2009
The Butcher as Larry Cobb
2009
Pastor Brown as Pastor Brown
2009
Don McKay as Otis Kent
2009
Blue as Terry Venable
2009
Charlie Valentine as Sal
2009
Against the Dark as Lt. Waters
2009
Coraline as Cat (voice)
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
No Bad Days as Terrence
2008
The Sensei as Minister
2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend as FBI Chief Conrad
2008
Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police
2008
Canterbury's Law (2 episodes)
2008
The War as Narrator (7 episodes)
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier as The Centre (voice)
2008
First Sunday as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
2008
The Candlelight Murders as Pastor Bob
2007
The Last Sentinel as Colonel Norton
2007
Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore
2007
The Color Purple: The Color of Success as Narrator
2007
If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Dad
2006
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as MCPO Scott Boytano
2006
Forbidden Fruits as Rev. Walters
2006
Psych as Mr. Guster (1 episode)
2006
ATL as John Garnett
2006
The Oh in Ohio as Coach Popovitch
2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
2006
Dirty as Captain Spain
2005
The Proud Family Movie as Bebe Clone (voice)
2005
Transporter 2 as Stappleton
2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Father
2005
Crash as Lt. Dixon
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Lloyd Mackie (1 episode)
2005
American Dad! as Fire Captain (voice) (1 episode)
2005
Numb3rs (1 episode)
2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2 episodes)
2004
Last Stand of the Great Bear as Narrator
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Narrator (voice)
2004
Beef II as Narrator (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick as Imam
2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Narrator
2004
The Big House (6 episodes)
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as CIA Director
2003
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom as Narrator (voice)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Narrator (voice)
2003
Teen Titans as Atlas (voice) (1 episode)
2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Agent Mosely (voice) (2 episodes)
2003
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Narrator (voice)
2003
Hollywood Homicide as Leon
2003
Kaena: The Prophecy as Voxem (english voice)
2003
Head of State as Bernard Cooper
2003
Agent Cody Banks as CIA Director
2003
Inside Mecca as Narrator
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
2002
Everwood as Brian (1 episode)
2002
29 Palms as The Sheriff
2002
Stalking Leopards as Narrator
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
2002
Barbershop as Lester Wallace
2002
Mark Twain as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
2002
Mark Twain as Narrator (voice)
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones as King Oliver (1 episode)
2001
Novocaine as Detective Lunt
2001
Justice League as Despero (voice) (2 episodes)
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire as Himself - Narrator (3 episodes)
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire as Narrator
2001
The Legend of Tarzan as Tublat (voice) (3 episodes)
2001
Home Invaders as Matador
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Council Member (voice)
2001
Semper Fi as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
2001
The Job (19 episodes)
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Jazz as Narrator (10 episodes)
2001
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry as Detective Charles Desett
2001
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring as Narrator
2000
Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps (2 episodes)
2000
The Replacements as Lindell
2000
Where the Heart Is as Moses Whitecotten
2000
Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000
Innocents as Detective Davis
2000
Silent Service as Self - Host (11 episodes)
1999
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Frederick Douglass (voice) (2 episodes)
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver
1999
ATF as F.B.I. Director Richard Long
1999
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Al Simmons/Spawn
1999
The Grizzlies of Siberia as Narrator
1999
Family Guy as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1998
Hercules as Apollo (voice) (2 episodes)
1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Al Simmons/Spawn
1998
There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen
1998
Armageddon as General Kimsey
1998
The Tiger Woods Story as Earl Woods
1997
Don King: Only in America as Herbert Muhammad
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Algric Bartles
1997
Executive Target as Lamar
1997
Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
1997
Spawn as Spawn (voice) (18 episodes)
1997
Todd McFarlane's Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997
Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox
1997
Flipping as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
1996
Johns as Homeless John
1996
7th Heaven as Stanley (4 episodes)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story (1 episode)
1996
Arliss (1 episode)
1996
Larger Than Life as Hurst
1996
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Goliath (voice)
1996
The Grave as The Priest
1996
Eye for an Eye as Martin
1996
Never Met Picasso as Larry
1995
Dead Presidents as Kirby
1995
Blue in the Face as Jackie Robinson
1995
Clockers as André the Giant
1995
The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit (2 episodes)
1995
The Quick and the Dead as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
1994
Gargoyles (1 episode)
1994
Gargoyles as Goliath (voice) (78 episodes)
1994
The Puppet Masters as Alex Holland
1994
Fantastic Four (1 episode)
1994
ER as Pastor Watkins (5 episodes)
1994
Baseball as Narrator
1994
New York Undercover (2 episodes)
1994
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea as (Self) Narrator
1994
Reality Bites as Roger
1994
Aladdin (2 episodes)
1993
Hallelujah as Big Willie
1993
There Are No Children Here as John Paul Rivers
1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self - Host
1993
The Last Outlaw as Lovecraft
1992
Nails as Noah Owens
1992
Article 99 as Luther Jermoe
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as King Oliver (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1990
Men at Work as Louis Fedders
1990
Murder in Black and White as Martin
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 (1 episode)
1988
Bird as Buster Franklin
1988
Stars & Bars as Eugene Teagarden
1988
Off Limits as Maurice
1988
Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain
1988
The Making of 'They Live' as Self
1987
The Oldest Rookie (1 episode)
1987
Hot Pursuit as Alphonso
1986
Platoon as King
1986
The Whoopee Boys as Washington Square Peddler
1985
The Equalizer as Cristo (1 episode)
1984
Hot Pursuit
1983
Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1982
Nature as Narrator (1 episode)
1982
The Thing as Childs
1981
Hallelujah!
1980
The Pirates of Penzance as Pirates and Police
1979
Coriolanus as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
1974
NOVA as Narrator (1 episode)
Production (3)
2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
• Producer
2011
The Inheritance
• Executive Producer
2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
• Producer