Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1956-06-04 (69 years)
- Place of BirthHarlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsKeith David WilliamsКит Дэвидキース・デイヴィッドکیت دیویدキース デヴィッド キース・デヴィッド・ウィリアムズ
Keith David
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
The Gettysburg Address
As: Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2025
Shelby Oaks
As: Morton Jacobson
- 2025
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
As: The Simulator
- 2025
Duster
As: Ezra Saxton
- 2025
Sneaks
As: O.G. (voice)
- 2025
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
As: Toy COD Leader (voice)
- 2025
Portal to Hell
As: Mr. Bobshank
- 2024
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
As: Narrator (voice)
2024Mufasa: The Lion King
As: Masego (voice)
2024Leonardo da Vinci
As: Narrator (voice)
2024Invincible Fight Girl
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2024
Invincible Fight Girl
As: Scouter (voice)
2024High Potential
As: Captain Pacheco
2024Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
As: Darkseid (voice)
2024Betty & Blue
As: Willie 'Blue' Watson
2024The Prank
As: Principal Henderson
2024Masters of the Universe: Revolution
As: Hordak (voice)
2024Hazbin Hotel
As: Husk (voice)
2023American Fiction
As: Willy the Wonker
2023Heist 88
As: Buddha Ray
2023Krapopolis
As: Asskill (voice)
2023From the Shadows
As: Dr. Leonard Bertram
2023Justified: City Primeval
As: Judge Alvin Guy
2023A Snowy Day in Oakland
As: Mr. Monroe
2023True Lies
As: Albert 'Al' Gibson
2023My Dad the Bounty Hunter
As: B'Caala (voice)
2023Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
As: Jerry
2022Shut Up and Ride
As: Narrator (voice)
2022A Miracle Before Christmas
As: David
2022From Scratch
As: Hershel Wheeler
2022Entergalactic
As: Mr. Rager (voice)
2022Firebuds
As: Manny Kablamee
2022Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
As: Ink Williams
2022Chibiverse
As: King Andrias (voice)
2022DC League of Super-Pets
As: Dog-El (voice)
2022Nope
As: Otis Haywood Sr.
2022Unplugging
As: Gil
2022The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
As: Narrator (voice)
2022Catwoman: Hunted
As: Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2021Abbott Elementary
As: Frank
2021Pups Alone
As: The Wise Bartender
2021Marvel's Hit-Monkey
As: The Devil
2021Black as Night
As: Babineaux
2021Muhammad Ali
As: Narrator (voice)
2021The Gateway
As: Terry
2021Leverage: Redemption
As: Billy Spencer
2021The Seventh Day
As: Father Louis
2021Insight
As: Captain Duke
2020Horizon Line
As: Freddy Wyman
2020Most Guys Are Losers
As: Al
2020Good
As: Gregory Devereaux
2020Woke
As: Bible (voice)
2020Close Enough
As: World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
2020Central Park
As: Ward Wittlinger (voice)
2020Love Life
As: Narrator (voice)
2020DC's Stargirl
As: Mister Bones (voice)
2020The 420 Movie
As: Chief Ironweed
2020Cuba's Cancer Hope
As: Narrator (voice)
201921 Bridges
As: Deputy Chief Spencer
2019Creepshow
As: Murdoch
2019The Wedding Year
As: Preston
2019The Last Kids on Earth
As: Thrull (voice)
2019Amphibia
As: King Andrias (voice)
2019You Might Be the Killer
As: Sheriff James
2018Champaign Ill
As: Lafonso
2018Love Jacked
As: Ed
2018Liverspots and Astronots
As: Dr. Pesh
2018Night School
As: Gerald
2018American Dresser
As: Charlie
2018Sharon 1.2.3.
As: Tyrone
2018Tales from the Hood 2
As: Portifoy Simms
2018Summer Camp Island
As: Lithophone (voice)
- 2018
Summer Camp Island
As: Tummy (voice)
2018Ray Meets Helen
As: Harve
2018Craig of the Creek
As: Narrator (voice)
2017The '91 Falcons
As: Narrator (voice)
2017Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
As: Malcom Kane (voice)
2017Future Man
As: Dr. Elias Kronish
2017DuckTales
As: Manny (voice)
2017Savage Dog
As: Valentine
2016Service to Man
As: Dean Holmes
2016MacGyver
As: Burke / Man
2016Speechless
As: Colonel
2016Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
As: Lord Marmoo (voice)
2016School of Rickey
As: Narrator (voice)
2016Greenleaf
As: Bishop James Greenleaf
2016Range 15
As: Colonel Holloway
- 2016
The Nice Guys
As: Older Guy
2016Blue: The American Dream
As: Terry Venable
2016Nina
As: Clifton's Father
2016Jackie Robinson
As: Narrator (voice)
2016The North Star
As: Frederick Douglass
2016Dirty Lies
As: Doc
2016The Last Punch
As: Don King
2015If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
As: Detective Harris
2015Boiling Pot
As: Agent Long
2015Kids vs Monsters
As: Barry
2015We Bare Bears
As: Mr. Charles (voice)
2015Union Furnace
As: Pin Stripe
2015Secrets of the Magic City
As: Mr. Daniels
2015Mr. Robot
As: Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
2015Field of Lost Shoes
As: Old Judge
2015Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
As: Agent Everett Malloy
2015Fresh Off the Boat
As: Clyde Roses
2015Star vs. the Forces of Evil
As: Glossaryck (voice)
2014The Flash
As: Solovar (voice)
2014Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
As: Narrator
2014black-ish
As: Loose Craig
2014NCIS: New Orleans
As: Gene Holloway
2014Scorpion
As: Warden
2014The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
As: Narrator (voice)
2014BoJack Horseman
As: Lion Musician (voice)
2014Extant
As: Nicholas Calderon
2014Enlisted
As: Sgt. Major Donald Cody
2013Frog Kingdom
As: Frog King (voice)
2013Rick and Morty
As: President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
- 2013
Rick and Morty
As: Reverse Giraffe (voice)
- 2013
Rick and Morty
As: President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
- 2013
Rick and Morty
As: Narrator (voice)
2013Free Birds
As: Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
As: The Cheshire Cat (voice)
2013Uncle Grandpa
As: Santa Claus (voice)
2013Sons of Liberty
As: Nathan Reynolds
2013Assault on Wall Street
As: Freddy
2013Black Asylum
As: Agent Davis
2013The Bible
As: Narrator
2013Don't Pass Me By
As: David Knox
2012Christmas in Compton
As: Big Earl
2012Cloud Atlas
As: Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012Smiley
As: Diamond
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
As: Sal Commander (voice)
2012Highway
As: Mustafa
2012The Last Fall
As: Sydney Bishop
2012The Undershepherd
As: Brother Wilks
2012Touch
As: Dutch
2012AniMen: The Galactic Battle
As: Sergeant Brass
2011The Greening of Whitney Brown
As: Clerk
2011Person of Interest
As: Terence Beale
2011Hopelessly in June
As: Dalbert Myers
2011The Inheritance
As: Uncle Melvin
2011The Cape
As: Max Malini
2010Young Justice
As: Mongul (voice)
2010Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
As: Terry
2010Chain Letter
As: Det. Jim Crenshaw
2010Baseball: The Tenth Inning
As: Narrator
2010Baseball: The Tenth Inning
As: Narrator (voice)
2010Hawaii Five-0
As: Jimmy Cannon
2010Lottery Ticket
As: Sweet Tee
2010Chasing 3000
As: Officer L.
2010Something Like A Business
As: Sebastian
2010Meet Monica Velour
As: Claude
2010Death at a Funeral
As: Reverend Davis
2010Africa's Lost Eden
As: Narrator (voice)
2010Adventure Time
As: Balthus (voice)
- 2010
Adventure Time
As: Flame King (voice)
2009The Princess and the Frog
As: Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009Community
As: Elroy Patashnik
- 2009
Community
As: Narrator (voice)
2009Archer
As: Lemuel Kane (voice)
2009Beautiful Loser
As: Morgan - Adult
2009Gamer
As: Agent Keith
2009All About Steve
As: Corbitt
2009The Butcher
As: Larry Cobb
2009Pastor Brown
As: Pastor Brown
2009Don McKay
As: Otis Kent
2009Blue
As: Terry Venable
2009Charlie Valentine
As: Sal
2009Against the Dark
As: Lt. Waters
- 2009
Coraline
As: The Cat (voice)
2009Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
As: Commander Scott Boytano
2008S.I.S.
As: Joseph Armstrong
2008The Fifth Commandment
As: Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
2008No Bad Days
As: Terrence
2008The Sensei
As: Minister
2008My Mom's New Boyfriend
As: FBI Chief Conrad
2008Superhero Movie
As: The Chief of Police
2008The War
As: Narrator (voice)
2008Justice League: The New Frontier
As: The Centre (voice)
2008First Sunday
As: Judge B. Bennet Galloway
2008The Candlelight Murders
As: Pastor Bob
2007The Last Sentinel
As: Colonel Norton
2007Delta Farce
As: Sgt. Kilgore
2007The Color Purple: The Color of Success
As: Narrator (voice)
2007If I Had Known I Was a Genius
As: Dad
2006Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
As: MCPO Scott Boytano
2006Forbidden Fruits
As: Rev. Walters
2006Psych
As: Mr. Guster
2006ATL
As: John Garnett
2006The Oh in Ohio
As: Coach Popovitch
2006Dirty
As: Captain Spain
2005The Proud Family Movie
As: Bebe Clone (voice)
2005Transporter 2
As: Stappleton
- 2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
As: Father
2005Crash
As: Lt. Dixon
2005Grey's Anatomy
As: Lloyd Mackie
2005American Dad!
As: Fire Captain (voice)
2004Last Stand of the Great Bear
As: Narrator (voice)
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
As: Narrator (voice)
2004Beef II
As: Narrator (voice)
2004The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
As: Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004The Chronicles of Riddick
As: Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2004Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
As: Narrator (voice)
2004Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
As: CIA Director
2003Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
As: Narrator (voice)
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
As: Narrator (voice)
2003Teen Titans
As: Atlas (voice)
2003Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
As: Agent Mosely (voice)
2003Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
As: Narrator (voice)
2003Hollywood Homicide
As: Leon
2003Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
As: Narrator
2003Head of State
As: Bernard Cooper
2003Agent Cody Banks
As: CIA Director
2003Inside Mecca
As: Narrator (voice)
2002Everwood
As: Brian
200229 Palms
As: The Sheriff
2002Stalking Leopards
As: Narrator (voice)
2002Barbershop
As: Lester Wallace
2002Mark Twain
As: Narrator (voice)
2002Mark Twain
As: Narrator (voice)
2001Novocaine
As: Detective Lunt
2001Justice League
As: Despero (voice)
2001Egypt's Golden Empire
As: Narrator (voice)
2001Egypt's Golden Empire
As: Narrator
2001The Legend of Tarzan
As: Tublat (voice)
2001Home Invaders
As: Matador
2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
As: Council Member (voice)
2001Semper Fi
As: Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
2001Jazz
As: Narrator (voice)
2001Pretty When You Cry
As: Detective Charles Desett
2001Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2000
Requiem for a Dream
As: Big Tim
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
As: Matt Phelps
2000The Replacements
As: Lindell
2000Where the Heart Is
As: Moses Whitecotten
2000Pitch Black
As: Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000Innocents
As: Detective Davis
1999Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
As: Frederick Douglass (voice)
1999ATF
As: FBI Director Richard Long
1999The Grizzlies of Siberia
As: Narrator (voice)
1999Family Guy
As: Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1999
Family Guy
As: Commander Bensinger (voice)
1998Hercules
As: Apollo (voice)
1998There's Something About Mary
As: Charlie Jensen
- 1998
Armageddon
As: General Kimsey
1998The Tiger Woods Story
As: Earl Woods
1997Don King: Only in America
As: Herbert Muhammad
1997Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
As: Algric Bartles
1997Executive Target
As: Lamar
1997Hercules
As: Apollo the Sun God (voice)
1997Spawn
As: Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997Volcano
As: Lt. Ed Fox
1997Flipping
As: Leo Richards, Gang Leader
1996Johns
As: Homeless John
19967th Heaven
As: Stanley
1996Larger Than Life
As: Hurst
1996Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
As: Goliath (voice)
1996The Grave
As: The Priest
1996Eye for an Eye
As: Martin
1996Never Met Picasso
As: Larry
1995Dead Presidents
As: Kirby
1995Clockers
As: André the Giant
1995Blue in the Face
As: Jackie Robinson
1995The Outer Limits
As: Captain Ira Merit
1995The Quick and the Dead
As: Sgt. Clay Cantrell
1994Gargoyles
As: Goliath (voice)
1994The Puppet Masters
As: Alex Holland
1994Fantastic Four
As: Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
1994ER
As: Pastor Watkins
1994Baseball
As: Narrator
1994Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
As: Narrator (voice)
1994Reality Bites
As: Roger
1993There Are No Children Here
As: John Paul Rivers
1993The Last Outlaw
As: Lovecraft
1993Lions Of Darkness
As: Narrator (voice)
1993The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
As: King Oliver
1992Nails
As: Noah Owens
1992Article 99
As: Luther Jermoe
1992The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
As: King Oliver
1992Final Analysis
As: Detective Huggins
1991Hallelujah Anyhow
As: Will
1990Marked for Death
As: Max
1990Law & Order
As: Bronx D.A. John Robertson
1990Men at Work
As: Louis Fedders
1990Murder in Black and White
As: Martin
1989Always
As: Powerhouse
1989Road House
As: Ernie Bass
1988Christmas in Tattertown
As: Saxophone (voice)
1988Ladykillers
As: Abe
1988They Live
As: Frank Armitage
1988American Experience
As: W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
1988Bird
As: Buster Franklin
1988Stars & Bars
As: Eugene Teagarden
1988Off Limits
As: Maurice
1988Braddock: Missing in Action III
As: Embassy Gate Captain
1987Hot Pursuit
As: Alphonso
1986Platoon
As: King
1986The Whoopee Boys
As: Washington Square Peddler
1985The Equalizer
As: Cristo
1983Reading Rainbow
As: Narrator (voice)
1982Nature
As: Narrator
1982The Thing
As: Childs
1980The Pirates of Penzance
As: Pirates and Police
1979Coriolanus
As: Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
1974NOVA
As: Narrator