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