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.
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The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Sneaks
2025
as O.G. (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Masego (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Shelby Oaks
2024
as Morton Jacobson
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
as Darkseid (voice)
Betty & Blue
2024
as Willie "Blue" Watson
The Prank
2024
as Principal Henderson
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
2024
as The Simulator
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
as Hordak (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
2024
as Husk (voice)
American Fiction
2023
as Willy the Wonker
Heist 88
2023
as Buddha Ray
Krapopolis
2023
as Asskill (voice)
From the Shadows
2023
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
Justified: City Primeval
2023
as Judge Alvin Guy
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
2023
as Self - Actor
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Mr. Monroe
True Lies
2023
as Albert “Al” Gibson
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
as B'Caala (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
2023
as Jerry
Shut Up and Ride
2022
as Narrator
A Miracle Before Christmas
2022
as David
From Scratch
2022
as Hershel Wheeler
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
as Self
Entergalactic
2022
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Firebuds
2022
as Manny Kablamee
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022
as Ink Williams
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
as Self
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Dog-El (voice)
Nope
2022
as Otis Haywood Sr.
Unplugging
2022
as Gil
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
2022
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Pups Alone
2021
as The Wise Bartender
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
2021
as The Devil
Black as Night
2021
as Babineaux
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2021
as Self
Muhammad Ali
2021
as Narrator
The Gateway
2021
as Terry
Leverage: Redemption
2021
as Billy Spencer
Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
2021
as Self
The Seventh Day
2021
as Father Louis
Insight
2021
as Captain Duke
Horizon Line
2020
as Freddy Wyman
Most Guys Are Losers
2020
as Al
Good
2020
as Gregory Devereaux
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
Woke
2020
as Bible (voice)
Close Enough
2020
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park
2020
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Love Life
2020
as Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
2020
as Mister Bones (voice)
The 420 Movie
2020
as Chief Ironweed
Cuba's Cancer Hope
2020
as Narrator
21 Bridges
2019
as Deputy Chief Spencer
Creepshow
2019
as Murdoch
The Wedding Year
2019
as Preston
The Last Kids on Earth
2019
as Thrull (voice)
Amphibia
2019
as King Andrias (voice)
You Might Be the Killer
2019
as Sheriff James
In Search of Darkness
2019
as Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
Champaign Ill
2018
as Lafonso
Love Jacked
2018
as Ed
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
2018
as Himself
Brothers in Arms
2018
as Self
Liverspots and Astronots
2018
as Dr. Pesh
Night School
2018
as Gerald
American Dresser
2018
as Charlie
Tales from the Hood 2
2018
as Portifoy Simms
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Tummy (voice)
Ray Meets Helen
2018
as Harve
Craig of the Creek
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The '91 Falcons
2017
as Narrator
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
2017
as Malcom Kane (voice)
Future Man
2017
as Dr. Elias Kronish
DuckTales
2017
as Manny (voice)
Savage Dog
2017
as Valentine
Not a War Story
2017
Service to Man
2016
as Dean Holmes
MacGyver
2016
as Burke / Man
Speechless
2016
as Colonel
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
2016
as Lord Marmoo (voice)
School of Rickey
2016
Greenleaf
2016
as Bishop James Greenleaf
Range 15
2016
as Colonel Holloway
The Nice Guys
2016
as Older Guy
Blue: The American Dream
2016
as Terry Venable
Nina
2016
as Clifton's Father
Jackie Robinson
2016
as Narrator
The North Star
2016
as Frederick Douglas
Dirty Lies
2016
as Doc
Dutch Book
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015
as Detective Harris
Boiling Pot
2015
as Agent Long
Kids vs Monsters
2015
as Barry
We Bare Bears
2015
as Mr. Charles (voice)
Union Furnace
2015
as Pin Stripe
Secrets of the Magic City
2015
as Mr. Daniels
Mr. Robot
2015
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
as Old Judge
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015
as Agent Everett Malloy
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
as Clyde Roses
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Glossaryck (voice)
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
The Flash
2014
as Solovar (voice)
black-ish
2014
as Loose Craig
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Gene Holloway
Scorpion
2014
as Warden
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
2014
as Narrator
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Lion Musician (voice)
Extant
2014
as Nicholas Calderon
Enlisted
2014
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Frog Kingdom
2013
as Frog King (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Free Birds
2013
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
2013
as Santa Claus (voice)
Sons of Liberty
2013
as Nathan Reynolds
Assault on Wall Street
2013
as Freddy
Black Asylum
2013
as Agent Davis
The Bible
2013
as Narrator
Belle's
2013
as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Don't Pass Me By
2013
as David Knox
Christmas in Compton
2012
as Big Earl
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Double or Nothing
2012
as Homeless Dude
Smiley
2012
as Diamond
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Sal Commander (voice)
Highway
2012
as Mustafa
The Last Fall
2012
The Undershepherd
2012
as Brother Wilks
Touch
2012
as Dutch
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
2012
as Sergeant Brass
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Clerk
Person of Interest
2011
as Terence Beale
Hopelessly in June
2011
as Dalbert Myers
The Inheritance
2011
as Uncle Melvin
Samuel Bleak
2011
The Cape
2011
as Max Malini
No Saints for Sinners
2011
Young Justice
2010
as Mongul (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010
as Terry
Chain Letter
2010
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
as Narrator
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Jimmy Cannon
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Sweet Tee
New York Street Games
2010
as Self
Chasing 3000
2010
as Officer L.
Something Like A Business
2010
as Sebastian
Meet Monica Velour
2010
as Claude
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Reverend Davis
Africa's Lost Eden
2010
as Narrator
Adventure Time
2010
as Balthus (voice)
Adventure Time
2010
as Flame King (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Community
2009
as Elroy Patashnik
Community
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Archer
2009
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
Beautiful Loser
2009
as Morgan - Adult
Gamer
2009
as Agent Keith
All About Steve
2009
as Corbitt
The Butcher
2009
as Larry Cobb
Pastor Brown
2009
as Pastor Brown
Don McKay
2009
as Otis Kent
Blue
2009
as Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
2009
as Sal
Against the Dark
2009
as Lt. Waters
Coraline
2009
as Cat (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
2009
as Commander Scott Boytano
S.I.S.
2008
as Joseph Armstrong
The Fifth Commandment
2008
as Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
No Bad Days
2008
as Terrence
The Sensei
2008
as Minister
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
as FBI Chief Conrad
Superhero Movie
2008
as The Chief of Police
Canterbury's Law
2008
The War
2008
as Narrator
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as The Centre (voice)
First Sunday
2008
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
The Candlelight Murders
2008
as Pastor Bob
The Last Sentinel
2007
as Colonel Norton
Delta Farce
2007
as Sgt. Kilgore
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
2007
as Narrator
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Dad
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as MCPO Scott Boytano
Forbidden Fruits
2006
as Rev. Walters
Psych
2006
as Mr. Guster
ATL
2006
as John Garnett
The Oh in Ohio
2006
as Coach Popovitch
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
Dirty
2006
as Captain Spain
The Proud Family Movie
2005
as Bebe Clone (voice)
Transporter 2
2005
as Stappleton
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Father
Crash
2005
as Lt. Dixon
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lloyd Mackie
American Dad!
2005
as Fire Captain (voice)
Numb3rs
2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
Last Stand of the Great Bear
2004
as Narrator
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Beef II
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
2004
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Imam
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
as Narrator
The Big House
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as CIA Director
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Teen Titans
2003
as Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
as Agent Mosely (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
2003
as Leon
Kaena: The Prophecy
2003
as Voxem (english voice)
Head of State
2003
as Bernard Cooper
Agent Cody Banks
2003
as CIA Director
Inside Mecca
2003
as Narrator
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Everwood
2002
as Brian
29 Palms
2002
as The Sheriff
Stalking Leopards
2002
as Narrator
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Barbershop
2002
as Lester Wallace
Mark Twain
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
2002
as King Oliver
Novocaine
2001
as Detective Lunt
Justice League
2001
as Despero (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001
as Himself - Narrator
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001
as Narrator
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
as Tublat (voice)
Home Invaders
2001
as Matador
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
2001
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
The Job
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Jazz
2001
as Narrator
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry
2001
as Detective Charles Desett
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
2001
as Narrator
Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Big Tim
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Matt Phelps
The Replacements
2000
as Lindell
Where the Heart Is
2000
as Moses Whitecotten
Pitch Black
2000
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Innocents
2000
as Detective Davis
Silent Service
2000
as Self - Host
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
1999
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as King Oliver
ATF
1999
as F.B.I. Director Richard Long
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
1999
as Al Simmons/Spawn
The Grizzlies of Siberia
1999
as Narrator
Family Guy
1999
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Hercules
1998
as Apollo (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998
as Al Simmons/Spawn
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Charlie Jensen
Armageddon
1998
as General Kimsey
The Tiger Woods Story
1998
as Earl Woods
Don King: Only in America
1997
as Herbert Muhammad
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Algric Bartles
Executive Target
1997
as Lamar
Hercules
1997
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Spawn
1997
as Spawn (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
1997
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Volcano
1997
as Lt. Ed Fox
Flipping
1997
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Johns
1996
as Homeless John
7th Heaven
1996
as Stanley
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Arliss
1996
Larger Than Life
1996
as Hurst
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
1996
as Goliath (voice)
The Grave
1996
as The Priest
Eye for an Eye
1996
as Martin
Never Met Picasso
1996
as Larry
Dead Presidents
1995
as Kirby
Clockers
1995
as André the Giant
Blue in the Face
1995
as Jackie Robinson
The Outer Limits
1995
as Captain Ira Merit
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Gargoyles
1994
Gargoyles
1994
as Goliath (voice)
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Alex Holland
Fantastic Four
1994
ER
1994
as Pastor Watkins
Baseball
1994
as Narrator
New York Undercover
1994
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
1994
as (Self) Narrator
Reality Bites
1994
as Roger
Aladdin
1994
Hallelujah
1993
as Big Willie
There Are No Children Here
1993
as John Paul Rivers
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
as Self - Host
The Last Outlaw
1993
as Lovecraft
Nails
1992
as Noah Owens
Article 99
1992
as Luther Jermoe
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as King Oliver
Final Analysis
1992
as Detective Huggins
Hallelujah Anyhow
1991
as Will
Marked for Death
1990
as Max
Law & Order
1990
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Men at Work
1990
as Louis Fedders
Murder in Black and White
1990
as Martin
Always
1989
as Powerhouse
Road House
1989
as Ernie Bass
Christmas in Tattertown
1988
as Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
1988
as Abe
They Live
1988
as Frank Armitage
American Experience
1988
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Bird
1988
as Buster Franklin
Stars & Bars
1988
as Eugene Teagarden
Off Limits
1988
as Maurice
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
as Embassy Gate Captain
The Making of 'They Live'
1988
as Self
The Oldest Rookie
1987
Hot Pursuit
1987
as Alphonso
Platoon
1986
as King
The Whoopee Boys
1986
as Washington Square Peddler
The Equalizer
1985
as Cristo
Hot Pursuit
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Nature
1982
as Narrator
The Thing
1982
as Childs
Hallelujah!
1981
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
as Pirates and Police
Coriolanus
1979
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
Finding Faith
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
The Thing Expanded
as Self
Duster
as Ezra