Keith David
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Jun 4, 1956 In Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 212
- First Appeared:
- In the series NOVA 1974-03-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie In Search of Tomorrow 2021-04-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2021-04-01 |
| Movie | The Seventh Day | 2021-02-04 | |
| Movie | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Himself | 2020-10-06 |
| Movie | Most Guys Are Losers | Al | 2020-10-24 |
| Movie | Horizon Line | Freddy Wyman | 2020-10-29 |
| Movie | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Himself | 2019-02-07 |
| Movie | In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic '80s Horror | Himself | 2019-05-01 |
| Movie | The Wedding Year | Preston | 2019-09-20 |
| Series | The Last Kids on Earth | Thrull | 2019-09-17 |
| Movie | 21 Bridges | Deputy Chief Spencer | 2019-10-24 |
| Movie | Tales from the Hood 2 | Portifoy Simms | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | Ray Meets Helen | Harve | 2018-05-04 |
| Movie | American Dresser | Charlie | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story | Himself | 2018-11-29 |
| Movie | Night School | Gerald | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | Love Jacked | Ed | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Not a War Story | 2017-06-30 | |
| Movie | Savage Dog | Valentine | 2017-08-04 |
| Series | Future Man | Dr. Elias Kronish | 2017-11-14 |
| Series | Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters | Malcom Kane | 2017-11-16 |
| Series | Jackie Robinson | Narrator | 2016-04-11 |
| Movie | The North Star | Frederick Douglas | 2016-03-01 |
| Movie | Nina | Clifton's Father | 2016-04-22 |
| Movie | Dirty Lies | Doc | 2016-02-23 |
| Movie | Range 15 | Colonel Holloway | 2016-06-15 |
| Movie | The Nice Guys | Older Guy | 2016-05-15 |
| Series | Greenleaf | Bishop James Greenleaf | 2016-06-21 |
| Series | Kulipari: An Army of Frogs | Lord Marmoo (voice) | 2016-09-02 |
| Movie | Service to Man | Dean Holmes | 2016-10-16 |
| Series | What Lives Inside | Soot | 2015-03-25 |
| Series | Big Time in Hollywood, Fl | Agent Everett Malloy | 2015-03-25 |
| Movie | Field of Lost Shoes | Old Judge | 2015-03-30 |
| Movie | Kids vs Monsters | Barry | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | Secrets of the Magic City | Mr. Daniels | 2015-06-26 |
| Movie | Boiling Pot | Agent Long | 2015-09-29 |
| Movie | If I Tell You I Have to Kill You | Detective Harris | 2015-10-20 |
| Movie | Union Furnace | Pin Stripe | 2015-07-17 |
| Series | The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW | Narrator | 2014-08-22 |
| Series | Enlisted | Sgt. Major Donald Cody | 2014-01-10 |
| Series | BoJack Horseman | Lion Musician (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
| Series | Scorpion | Warden | 2014-09-22 |
| Series | The Flash | Solovar (voice) | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary | 2014-11-03 | |
| Series | The Bible | Narrator | 2013-03-03 |
| Series | Belle's | William 'Big Bill' Cooper | 2013-02-01 |
| Movie | Assault on Wall Street | Freddy | 2013-06-30 |
| Movie | Don't Pass Me By | David Knox | 2013-01-12 |
| Movie | Black Asylum | Agent Davis | 2013-05-06 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Nathan Reynolds | 2013-07-06 |
| Series | Rick and Morty | The President (voice) | 2013-12-02 |
| Movie | Free Birds | Chief Broadbeak (Voice) | 2013-10-30 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | The Cheshire Cat (voice) | 2013-10-10 |
| Movie | Frog Kingdom | Frog King | 2013-12-28 |
| Movie | The Last Fall | 2012-03-09 | |
| Movie | AniMen: The Galactic Battle | Sergeant Brass | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Smiley | Diamond | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Cloud Atlas | Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | Christmas in Compton | Big Earl | 2012-11-09 |
| Movie | Double or Nothing | Homeless Dude | 2012-10-13 |
| Series | The Cape | Max Malini | 2011-01-09 |
| Movie | The Inheritance | Uncle Melvin | 2011-04-11 |
| Movie | Samuel Bleak | 2011-03-05 | |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Dalbert Myers | 2011-06-06 |
| Series | Person of Interest | Terence Beale | 2011-09-22 |
| Movie | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Clerk | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | Meet Monica Velour | Claude | 2010-06-04 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Reverend Davis | 2010-04-15 |
| Movie | Chasing 3000 | Officer L. | 2010-07-16 |
| Movie | Something Like A Business | Sebastian | 2010-06-15 |
| Movie | Lottery Ticket | Sweet Tee | 2010-08-20 |
| Movie | Chain Letter | Det. Jim Crenshaw | 2010-10-01 |
| Movie | Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming | Terry | 2010-10-10 |
| Movie | Baseball: The Tenth Inning | Narrator | 2010-09-28 |
| Movie | Charlie Valentine | Sal | 2009-03-01 |
| Movie | All About Steve | Corbitt | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Coraline | Cat (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
| Movie | Against the Dark | Lt. Waters | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Don McKay | Otis Kent | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia | Commander Scott Boytano | 2009-01-06 |
| Series | Community | Elroy Patashnik | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | Pastor Brown | Pastor Brown | 2009-06-26 |
| Movie | Beautiful Loser | Morgan - Adult | 2009-09-16 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Frog | Dr. Facilier (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Gamer | Agent Keith | 2009-09-03 |
| Movie | The Butcher | Larry Cobb | 2009-07-10 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Series | Canterbury's Law | Unknown | 2008-03-10 |
| Movie | First Sunday | Judge B. Bennet Galloway | 2008-01-11 |
| Movie | The Candlelight Murders | Pastor Bob | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Justice League: The New Frontier | The Centre (voice) | 2008-02-26 |
| Movie | Superhero Movie | The Chief of Police | 2008-03-27 |
| Movie | My Mom's New Boyfriend | FBI Chief Conrad | 2008-04-30 |
| Movie | The Fifth Commandment | Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton | 2008-08-21 |
| Movie | S.I.S. | Joseph Armstrong | 2008-08-24 |
| Movie | No Bad Days | Terrence | 2008-08-01 |
| Movie | The Sensei | Minister | 2008-05-04 |
| Movie | The Last Sentinel | Colonel Norton | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Dad | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Delta Farce | Sgt. Kilgore | 2007-05-11 |
| Movie | Working with a Master: John Carpenter | Himself | 2006-03-28 |
| Movie | The Oh in Ohio | Coach Popovitch | 2006-03-30 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2006-03-05 |
| Movie | ATL | John Garnett | 2006-03-31 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | MCPO Scott Boytano | 2006-10-17 |
| Movie | Forbidden Fruits | Rev. Walters | 2006-07-25 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Lloyd Mackie | 2005-03-27 |
| Movie | Crash | Lt. Dixon | 2005-05-06 |
| Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Father | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Transporter 2 | Stappleton | 2005-08-02 |
| Movie | Dirty | Captain Spain | 2005-11-10 |
| Series | The Big House | 2004-04-02 | |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | CIA Director | 2004-03-12 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Riddick | Imam | 2004-06-11 |
| Movie | Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man | Narrator | 2004-04-13 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury | Abu al-Walid (Voice) | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Beef II | Narrator | 2004-08-30 |
| Movie | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Last Stand of the Great Bear | Narrator | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | Inside Mecca | Narrator | 2003-03-01 |
| Movie | Kaena: The Prophecy | Voxem | 2003-01-02 |
| Movie | The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003-01-01 | |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | CIA Director | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Homicide | Leon | 2003-06-09 |
| Movie | Head of State | Bernard Cooper | 2003-03-28 |
| Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
| Movie | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Narrator | 2003-10-06 |
| Movie | Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked | Narrator (voice) | 2003-07-01 |
| Series | Egypt's Golden Empire | Himself - Narrator | 2002-02-04 |
| Movie | Barbershop | Lester Wallace | 2002-04-01 |
| Movie | Mark Twain | Narrator (voice) | 2002-01-14 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | Frank (They Live) (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
| Movie | 29 Palms | The Sheriff | 2002-07-29 |
| Series | Everwood | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
| Series | Jazz | Narrator | 2001-01-09 |
| Movie | Seduced: Pretty When You Cry | Detective Charles Desett | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Boxing: In and Out of the Ring | Narrator | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | Disney's House of Mouse | Unknown | 2001-01-13 |
| Series | The Job | 2001-03-14 | |
| Movie | Novocaine | Detective Lunt | 2001-11-23 |
| Movie | Egypt's Golden Empire | Narrator | 2001-11-03 |
| Series | The Legend of Tarzan | Unknown | 2001-09-03 |
| Movie | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Council Member (voice) | 2001-07-02 |
| Movie | Semper Fi | Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff | 2001-04-01 |
| Movie | Pitch Black | Abu "Imam" al-Walid | 2000-02-18 |
| Movie | Innocents | Detective Davis | 2000-01-10 |
| Movie | Where the Heart Is | Moses Whitecotten | 2000-04-27 |
| Movie | Requiem for a Dream | Big Tim | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | The Replacements | Lindell | 2000-08-07 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1999-08-17 |
| Series | Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 1999-11-07 |
| Movie | ATF | F.B.I. Director Richard Long | 1999-09-06 |
| Movie | Armageddon | General Kimsey | 1998-07-01 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1998-08-25 |
| Movie | There's Something About Mary | Charlie Jensen | 1998-07-15 |
| Movie | Volcano | Police Lieutenant Ed Fox | 1997-04-25 |
| Movie | Flipping | Leo Richards, Gang Leader | 1997-03-07 |
| Movie | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Al Simmons/Spawn | 1997-05-15 |
| Movie | Executive Target | Lamar | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Algric Bartles | 1997-11-02 |
| Series | Spawn | 1997-05-16 | |
| Movie | Hercules | Apollo the Sun God (voice) | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Eye for an Eye | Martin | 1996-01-12 |
| Movie | The Grave | The Priest | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Never Met Picasso | 1996-01-01 | |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Johns | Homeless John | 1996-12-10 |
| Movie | Larger than Life | Hurst | 1996-10-31 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Goliath | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | Sgt. Clay Cantrell | 1995-02-09 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Blue in the Face | Jackie Robinson | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Clockers | André the Giant | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Dead Presidents | Kirby | 1995-10-06 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Unknown | 1994-09-08 |
| Movie | Reality Bites | Roger | 1994-02-18 |
| Series | Baseball | Narrator | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | Aladdin: The Series | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Series | Fantastic Four | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Goliath (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | The Puppet Masters | Alex Holland | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues | King Oliver | 1993-03-13 |
| Movie | The Last Outlaw | Lovecraft | 1993-10-30 |
| Movie | There Are No Children Here | 1993-11-28 | |
| Movie | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | Self - Host | 1993-11-02 |
| Movie | Final Analysis | Detective Huggins | 1992-02-07 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Luther Jermoe | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | Nails | Noah Owens | 1992-07-25 |
| Movie | Hallelujah Anyhow | Will | 1991-01-27 |
| Movie | Men at Work | Louis Fedders | 1990-08-24 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Marked for Death | Max | 1990-10-05 |
| Movie | Road House | Ernie Bass | 1989-05-19 |
| Movie | Always | Powerhouse | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Maurice | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | Braddock: Missing in Action III | Embassy Gate Captain | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Stars & Bars | Eugene Teagarden | 1988-03-18 |
| Movie | They Live | Frank Armitage | 1988-11-23 |
| Movie | Bird | Buster Franklin | 1988-07-01 |
| Movie | Christmas in Tattertown | Saxophone (voice) | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Hot Pursuit | Alphonso | 1987-05-08 |
| Series | The Oldest Rookie | Unknown | 1987-09-16 |
| Movie | Platoon | King | 1986-12-19 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Hot Pursuit | Unknown | 1984-09-29 |
| Series | Hallelujah! | 1983-04-29 | |
| Movie | The Thing | Childs | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |