Keith David
Acting1956Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
2025
Sneaks
as O.G. (voice)
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
as The Simulator
Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson
Duster
TVas Ezra Saxton• 8 eps
Haunted Hotel
TVas Additional Voices (voice)• 1 eps
Family Guy
TVas Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) / Commander Bensinger (voice)• 1 eps
The Lowdown
TVas Marty• 8 eps
Teen Titans Go!
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
I Love LA
TVas Leon Marcus• 1 eps
The American Revolution
TVas (voice)• 1 eps
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
TVas Toy COD Leader (voice)
High Potential
TVas Captain Pacheco• 1 eps
2024
The Prank
as Principal Henderson
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Masego (voice)
Abbott Elementary
TVas Frank• 3 eps
Leonardo da Vinci
TVas Narrator (voice)• 2 eps
Hazbin Hotel
TVas Husk (voice)• 16 eps
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TVas Hordak (voice)• 3 eps
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
TVas Darkseid (voice)• 4 eps
American Experience
TVas W.E. Henderson / Other Voices• 1 eps
2023
American Fiction
as Willy the Wonker
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray
American Dad!
TVas Fire Captain (voice)• 1 eps
Krapopolis
TVas Asskill (voice)• 8 eps
Justified: City Primeval
TVas Judge Alvin Guy• 1 eps
True Lies
TVas Albert 'Al' Gibson• 1 eps
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
TVas B'Caala (voice)
2022
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
DC League of Super-Pets
as Dog-El (voice)
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David
Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Unplugging
as Gil
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
Leverage: Redemption
TVas Billy Spencer• 1 eps
Firebuds
TVas Manny Kablamee• 1 eps
Chibiverse
TVas King Andrias (voice)
From Scratch
TVas Hershel Wheeler
2021
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender
Black as Night
as Babineaux
The Gateway
as Terry
DC's Stargirl
TVas Mister Bones (voice)• 3 eps
Summer Camp Island
TVas Tummy (voice)• 1 eps
Muhammad Ali
TVas Narrator (voice)
Close Enough
TVas World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)• 1 eps
Central Park
TVas Ward Wittlinger (voice)• 1 eps
Love Life
TVas Narrator (voice)• 10 eps
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
TVas The Devil
Creepshow
TVas Murdoch• 1 eps
DuckTales
TVas Manny (voice)• 1 eps
2020
Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman
Amphibia
TVas King Andrias (voice)• 11 eps
black-ish
TVas Loose Craig• 1 eps
Woke
TVas Bible (voice)• 1 eps
MacGyver
TVas Burke / Man• 1 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
TVas Gene Holloway• 1 eps
2019
21 Bridges
as Deputy Chief Spencer
The Wedding Year
as Preston
In Search of Darkness
as Self
You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James
Craig of the Creek
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
Fresh Off the Boat
TVas Clyde Roses• 1 eps
The Last Kids on Earth
TVas Thrull (voice)
2018
Night School
as Gerald
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone
American Dresser
as Charlie
Love Jacked
as Ed
Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TVas Glossaryck (voice)• 11 eps
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TVas Additional Voices (voice)• 2 eps
2017
Savage Dog
as Valentine
BoJack Horseman
TVas Lion Musician (voice)• 1 eps
The Flash
TVas Solovar (voice)• 3 eps
Speechless
TVas Colonel• 1 eps
Future Man
TVas Dr. Elias Kronish• 5 eps
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
TVas Malcom Kane (voice)
We Bare Bears
TVas Mr. Charles (voice)• 1 eps
2016
Nina
as Clifton's Father
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
The North Star
as Frederick Douglass
The Last Punch
as Don King
Dirty Lies
as Doc
Greenleaf
TVas Bishop James Greenleaf• 61 eps
Person of Interest
TVas Terence Beale• 1 eps
2015
Battlefield of Lost Souls
as Old Judge
Uncle Grandpa
TVas Santa Claus (voice)• 1 eps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TVas Sal Commander (voice)• 1 eps
Rick and Morty
TVas President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice) / President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice) / Reverse Giraffe (voice)• 8 eps
Archer
TVas Lemuel Kane (voice)• 1 eps
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
TVas Agent Everett Malloy• 10 eps
Extant
TVas Nicholas Calderon• 1 eps
Mr. Robot
TVas Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)• 1 eps
2013
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice)
Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy
The Bible
TVas Narrator• 5 eps
Young Justice
TVas Mongul (voice)• 1 eps
Adventure Time
TVas Balthus (voice) / Flame King (voice)• 1 eps
Touch
TVas Dutch• 1 eps
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
TVas The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Belle's
TVas William 'Big Bill' Cooper
2012
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Smiley
as Diamond
Highway
as Mustafa
Community
TVas Elroy Patashnik / Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk
The Inheritance
as Uncle Melvin
Samuel Bleak
as Ned Coffman
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Jimmy Cannon• 1 eps
The Cape
TVas Max Malini
The Inheritance
Executive Producer
2010
Death at a Funeral
as Reverend Davis
Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian
Africa's Lost Eden
as Narrator (voice)
Lottery Ticket
as Sweet Tee
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
The Oscars
TVas The Cat (voice)• 1 eps
2009
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
All About Steve
as Corbitt
Gamer
as Agent Keith
Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb
Charlie Valentine
as Sal
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown
Don McKay
as Otis Kent
Blue
as Terry Venable
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano
Numb3rs
TVas Jeremiah Miller• 1 eps
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice)
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
The Sensei
as Minister
Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Psych
TVas Mr. Guster• 1 eps
2007
Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore
The War
TVas Narrator (voice)• 7 eps
2006
The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch
ATL
as John Garnett
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano
7th Heaven
TVas Stanley• 4 eps
ER
TVas Pastor Watkins• 5 eps
2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
Transporter 2
as Stappleton
Dirty
as Captain Spain
Crash
as Lt. Dixon
Everwood
TVas Brian• 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Lloyd Mackie• 1 eps
2004
Last Stand of the Great Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Beef II
as Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick 2 - Dark Fury
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness - The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director
Teen Titans
TVas Atlas (voice)• 1 eps
2003
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper
Hollywood Homicide
as Leon
Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as Narrator (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Matt Phelps• 1 eps
Justice League
TVas Despero (voice)• 2 eps
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
TVas Agent Mosely (voice)• 2 eps
2002
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
Home Invaders
as Matador
Semper Fi
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
Law & Order
TVas Bronx D.A. John Robertson• 1 eps
Jazz
TVas Narrator (voice)• 10 eps
The Legend of Tarzan
TVas Tublat (voice)• 3 eps
2000
The Replacements
as Lindell
Innocents
as Detective Davis
Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Requiem for a Dream
as Big Tim
Where the Heart Is
as Moses Whitecotten
The Outer Limits
TVas Captain Ira Merit• 1 eps
1999
The Grizzlies of Siberia
as Narrator (voice)
ATF
as FBI Director Richard Long
Nature
TVas Narrator• 1 eps
1998
Armageddon
as General Kimsey
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Spawn
There's Something About Mary
as Charlie Jensen
Hercules
TVas Apollo (voice)• 2 eps
1997
Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Volcano
as Lt. Ed Fox
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles
Never Met Picasso
as Larry
Flipping
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Spawn
TVas Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)• 18 eps
1996
1995
Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson
Clockers
as André the Giant
The Quick and the Dead
as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Dead Presidents
as Kirby
Fantastic Four
TVas Black Panther/T'challa (voice)• 1 eps
1994
1993
Hallelujah
as Big Willie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TVas King Oliver• 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
1992
Nails
as Noah Owens
Final Analysis
as Detective Huggins
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Winner• 1 eps
1990
Men at Work
as Louis Fedders
Marked for Death
as Max
1989
Road House
as Ernie Bass
Always
as Powerhouse
1988
They Live
as Frank Armitage
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain
Bird
as Buster Franklin
Ladykillers
as Abe
Off Limits
as Maurice
The Equalizer
TVas Cristo• 1 eps
1987
Hot Pursuit
as Alphonso
1986
Platoon
as King
The Whoopee Boys
as Washington Square Peddler
1982
The Thing
as Childs
1980
The Pirates of Penzance
as Pirates and Police
1979
Coriolanus
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
1974
NOVA
TVas Narrator