Keith David
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Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as The Thing (1982), Platoon (1986), They Live (1988), Dead Presidents(1995), Armageddon (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Barbershop (2002), Crash (2004), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), Nope (2022), and American Fiction (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) and as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020). His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes narrating Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, he has voiced Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), President Andre Curtis in Rick and Morty (2015–) and its upcoming spin-off President Curtis, King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Captain Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape (2024), which he assumed after the death of Lance Reddick in March 2023. He was part of the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas live concert in October 2025, where he voiced Oogie Boogie, taking over the role from his longtime original voice actor, Ken Page, following his death in September 2024. In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
as Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
Coraline (2009)
as The Cat (voice)
The Thing (1982)
as Childs
The Nice Guys (2016)
as Older Guy
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
as Masego (voice)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
as Sergeant Cantrell
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Hercules (1997)
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
as Father
Nope (2022)
as Otis Haywood Sr.
There's Something About Mary (1998)
as Charlie Jensen
Armageddon (1998)
as General Kimsey
Cloud Atlas (2012)
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)
as Sosa
Platoon (1986)
as King
Transporter 2 (2005)
as Stappleton
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
as Dog-El (voice)
They Live (1988)
as Frank Armitage
Volcano (1997)
as Lt. Ed Fox
Free Birds (2013)
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
The Replacements (2000)
as Lindell
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
as Big Tim
Crash (2005)
as Lt. Dixon
Shelby Oaks (2025)
as Morton Jacobson
Horizon Line (2020)
as Freddy Wyman
Superhero Movie (2008)
as The Chief of Police
Gamer (2009)
as Agent Keith
Portal to Hell (2025)
as Mr. Bobshank
21 Bridges (2019)
as Deputy Chief Spencer
Samuel Bleak (2011)
as Ned Coffman
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
as Council Member (voice)
Dirty (2005)
as Captain Spain
Night School (2018)
as Gerald
Nina (2016)
as Clifton's Father
The Inheritance (2011)
as Uncle Melvin
Pitch Black (2000)
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Men at Work (1990)
as Louis Fedders
American Fiction (2023)
as Willy the Wonker
Smiley (2012)
as Diamond
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
as CIA Director
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
as Leon
Off Limits (1988)
as Maurice
Death at a Funeral (2010)
as Reverend Davis
Home Invaders (2001)
as Matador
Marked for Death (1990)
as Max
Where the Heart Is (2000)
as Moses Whitecotten
Final Analysis (1992)
as Detective Huggins
ATF (1999)
as FBI Director Richard Long
Coriolanus (1979)
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Road House (1989)
as Ernie Bass
Eye for an Eye (1996)
as Martin
My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
as FBI Chief Conrad
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
as CIA Director
All About Steve (2009)
as Corbitt
Sneaks (2025)
as O.G. (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along (2025)
as Husk (voice)
Catwoman: Hunted (2022)
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Always (1989)
as Powerhouse
Hot Pursuit (1987)
as Alphonso
Barbershop (2002)
as Lester Wallace
Dead Presidents (1995)
as Kirby
The Seventh Day (2021)
as Father Louis
Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
as The Centre (voice)
Clockers (1995)
as André the Giant
Reality Bites (1994)
as Roger
The Undershepherd (2012)
as Brother Wilks
Frog Kingdom (2013)
as Frog King (voice)
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story (2018)
as Self
First Sunday (2008)
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Assault on Wall Street (2013)
as Freddy
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
as Charles Buchanan (voice)
Head of State (2003)
as Bernard Cooper
The Proud Family Movie (2005)
as Bebe Clone (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)
as MCPO Scott Boytano
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey (2022)
as Narrator
Pups Alone (2021)
as The Wise Bartender
Lottery Ticket (2010)
as Sweet Tee
The Gettysburg Address (2025)
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Chain Letter (2010)
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
The 420 Movie (2020)
as Chief Ironweed
The Wedding Year (2019)
as Preston
The Fifth Commandment (2008)
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken (1995)
as Goliath (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
as Terry
Delta Farce (2007)
as Sgt. Kilgore
ATL (2006)
as John Garnett
The Nutcase (—)
Actor
Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
as Embassy Gate Captain
The Gateway (2021)
as Terry
The Puppet Masters (1994)
as Alex Holland
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025)
as Self - Interviewee
Coraline e o Mundo Secreto (—)
as The Cat (voice)
Larger Than Life (1996)
as Hurst
Savage Dog (2017)
as Valentine
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia (2009)
as Commander Scott Boytano
Pretty When You Cry (2001)
as Detective Charles Desett
Coraline: Creepy Coraline (2009)
as The Cat (voice) (archive footage)
The Oh in Ohio (2006)
as Coach Popovitch
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
as Self
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. (2017)
as Kevin Bishop
Insight (2021)
as Captain Duke
Mark Twain (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
New York Street Games (2010)
as Self
ATL 2: The Homecoming (—)
as John Garnett
Entergalactic (2022)
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Blue in the Face (1995)
as Jackie Robinson
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Wild Daze (2020)
as Narrator
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 (1998)
as Spawn
Bob's Best Friends (—)
as Cuddles (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
as Old Judge
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999)
as Narrator
Mr. Nelson on the North Side (2024)
as Self
The Men of Outpost 31 (2016)
as Self
Forbidden Fruits (2006)
as Rev. Walters
You Might Be the Killer (2019)
as Sheriff James
Unplugging (2022)
as Gil
Spork (2010)
as Coach Jenkins
Don McKay (2009)
as Otis Kent
Bird (1988)
as Buster Franklin
Novocaine (2001)
as Detective Lunt
Don King: Only in America (1997)
as Herbert Muhammad
The Last Outlaw (1993)
as Lovecraft
The Shakespeare Sessions (2003)
Actor
Meet Monica Velour (2010)
as Claude
My New Friend Jim (—)
as Jim Dandy
Heist 88 (2023)
as Buddha Ray
S.I.S. (2008)
as Joseph Armstrong
Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)
as Portifoy Simms
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Dreams of the Moon (—)
Actor
The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011)
as Clerk
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story (2020)
as Self
Against the Dark (2009)
as Lt. Waters
Article 99 (1992)
as Luther Jermoe
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II (2025)
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
as Algric Bartles
Africa's Lost Eden (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Vanishing Point (1997)
as Warren Taft
Black as Night (2021)
as Babineaux
H4 (2014)
as Worcester
The Prank (2024)
as Principal Henderson
Johns (1996)
as Homeless John
Hallelujah Anyhow (1991)
as Will
The Last Sentinel (2007)
as Colonel Norton
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues (1999)
as King Oliver
From the Shadows (2023)
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
Notes in a Minor Key (1994)
as Kansas
The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
as Pirates and Police
Range 15 (2016)
as Colonel Holloway
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox (2025)
as The Simulator
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway (2025)
as (voice) (uncredited)
The Whoopee Boys (1986)
as Washington Square Peddler
Good (2020)
as Gregory Devereaux
The Grave (1996)
as The Priest
Sharon 1.2.3. (2018)
as Tyrone
In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)
as Self
The Thing Expanded (2026)
as Self
Stalking Leopards (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Stars & Bars (1988)
as Eugene Teagarden
Don't Pass Me By (2013)
as David Knox
No Saints for Sinners (2011)
as Victor
Captain Zero: The Movie (2028)
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Lions Of Darkness (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
as Self - Interviewee
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
Most Guys Are Losers (2020)
as Al
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (2022)
as Ink Williams
Never Met Picasso (1997)
as Larry
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Chasing 3000 (2010)
as Officer L.
The Butcher (2009)
as Larry Cobb
A Snowy Day in Oakland (2023)
as Mr. Monroe
Nails (1992)
as Noah Owens
Executive Target (1997)
as Lamar
Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Secrets of the Magic City (2015)
as Mr. Daniels
Brothers in Arms (2018)
as Self
Christmas in Compton (2012)
as Big Earl
29 Palms (2002)
as The Sheriff
Highway (2012)
as Mustafa
Not a War Story (2017)
Actor
A Miracle Before Christmas (2022)
as David
Love Jacked (2018)
as Ed
Service to Man (2016)
as Dean Holmes
American Dresser (2018)
as Charlie
Egypt's Golden Empire (2001)
as Narrator
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Pastor Brown (2009)
as Pastor Brown
AniMen: The Galactic Battle (2012)
as Sergeant Brass
Ray Meets Helen (2018)
as Harve
Hopelessly in June (2011)
as Dalbert Myers
Dirty Lies (2016)
as Doc
There Are No Children Here (1993)
as John Paul Rivers
Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010)
as Narrator
No Bad Days (2008)
as Terrence
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007)
as Dad
Sons of Liberty (2013)
as Nathan Reynolds
Charlie Valentine (2009)
as Sal
Semper Fi (2001)
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Finding Faith (2025)
as Henry
Something Like A Business (2010)
as Sebastian
The North Star (2016)
as Frederick Douglass
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993)
as Self - Host
Innocents (2000)
as Detective Davis
Boiling Pot (2015)
as Agent Long
The Tiger Woods Story (1998)
as Earl Woods
The Price for Freedom (—)
as Reverend J.W. Bruno
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man (2014)
as Narrator
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You (2015)
as Detective Harris
In Search of Darkness (2019)
as Self
Cuba's Cancer Hope (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Murder in Black and White (1990)
as Martin
Beef II (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
The Sensei (2008)
as Minister
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross (2005)
as Self - Narrator
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Loose Women (1997)
as Stylist #1
Ladykillers (1988)
as Abe
Omniscient (2025)
as Alistair
Hallelujah (1993)
as Big Willie
Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing (2017)
as Self
Blue: The American Dream (2016)
as Terry Venable
Inside Mecca (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'They Live' (1988)
as Self
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary (2014)
Actor
Betty & Blue (2024)
as Willie 'Blue' Watson
Blue (2009)
as Terry Venable
The Last Fall (2012)
as Sydney Bishop
Christmas in Tattertown (1988)
as Saxophone (voice)
Beautiful Loser (2009)
as Morgan - Adult
The '91 Falcons (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Kids vs Monsters (2015)
as Barry
Working with a Master: John Carpenter (2006)
as Self
The Grizzlies of Siberia (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Flipping (1997)
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Last Stand of the Great Bear (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Double or Nothing (2012)
as Homeless Dude
The Last Punch (2016)
as Don King
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story (2023)
as Jerry
Rise of the Mammals (2019)
as Self - Narrator
The Color Purple: The Color of Success (2007)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Candlelight Murders (2008)
as Pastor Bob
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
School of Rickey (2016)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Shut Up and Ride (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Union Furnace (2015)
as Pin Stripe
Black Asylum (2013)
as Agent Davis
National Geographic: The Photographers (2000)
as Narrator
Dutch Book (2015)
as Joe Johnson
Trailer Madness (—)
as Narrator #5