Keith David
Acting
- Born:
- 1956-06-04
- Place of birth:
- Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Captain Zero: The Movie
Crime and Punishment in America
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
President Curtis
The Hawk
The Thing Expanded
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Strip Law
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
The Gettysburg Address
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
The American Revolution
I Love LA
Shelby Oaks
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
The Lowdown
Haunted Hotel
Finding Faith
Omniscient
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
Duster
Sneaks
Devil May Cry
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Portal to Hell
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Mufasa: The Lion King
Leonardo da Vinci
Invincible Fight Girl
High Potential
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Betty & Blue
The Prank
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hazbin Hotel
American Fiction
Heist 88
Krapopolis
From the Shadows
Justified: City Primeval
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
A Snowy Day in Oakland
True Lies
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Shut Up and Ride
A Miracle Before Christmas
From Scratch
Entergalactic
Firebuds
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Chibiverse
DC League of Super-Pets
Nope
Unplugging
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
In Search of Tomorrow
Catwoman: Hunted
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
Abbott Elementary
Pups Alone
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
Black as Night
Muhammad Ali
The Gateway
Leverage: Redemption
The Seventh Day
Insight
Horizon Line
Most Guys Are Losers
Good
In Search of Darkness: Part II
The Good Lord Bird
Wild Daze
Woke
Close Enough
Central Park
Love Life
DC's Stargirl
Dead Talk Live
The 420 Movie
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
21 Bridges
Creepshow
The Wedding Year
The Last Kids on Earth
Amphibia
You Might Be the Killer
In Search of Darkness
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Champaign Ill
Love Jacked
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Brothers in Arms
Liverspots and Astronots
Night School
American Dresser
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tales from the Hood 2
Summer Camp Island
Ray Meets Helen
Craig of the Creek
The '91 Falcons
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Future Man
Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing
DuckTales
Savage Dog
Not a War Story
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
Service to Man
The Men of Outpost 31
MacGyver
Speechless
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
School of Rickey
Greenleaf
Range 15
The Nice Guys
Blue: The American Dream
Nina
Jackie Robinson
The North Star
Dirty Lies
The Last Punch
Dutch Book
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Boiling Pot
Kids vs Monsters
We Bare Bears
Union Furnace
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Robot
Field of Lost Shoes
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Fresh Off the Boat
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
The Flash
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
black-ish
NCIS: New Orleans
Scorpion
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
BoJack Horseman
Extant
H4
Enlisted
Frog Kingdom
Rick and Morty
Free Birds
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Uncle Grandpa
Sons of Liberty
Assault on Wall Street
Black Asylum
Teen Titans Go!
The Bible
Belle's
Don't Pass Me By
Christmas in Compton
Cloud Atlas
Double or Nothing
Smiley
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Highway
The Last Fall
The Undershepherd
Touch
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Person of Interest
Hopelessly in June
The Inheritance
Samuel Bleak
The Cape
No Saints for Sinners
Young Justice
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Chain Letter
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Hawaii Five-0
Lottery Ticket
New York Street Games
Chasing 3000
Something Like A Business
Meet Monica Velour
Spork
Death at a Funeral
Africa's Lost Eden
Adventure Time
The Princess and the Frog
Community
Archer
Beautiful Loser
Gamer
All About Steve
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
The Butcher
Pastor Brown
Don McKay
Blue
Charlie Valentine
Against the Dark
Coraline
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
S.I.S.
The Fifth Commandment
No Bad Days
The Sensei
My Mom's New Boyfriend
Superhero Movie
Canterbury's Law
Justice League: The New Frontier
First Sunday
The Candlelight Murders
The War
The Last Sentinel
Delta Farce
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
Forbidden Fruits
Psych
ATL
The Oh in Ohio
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Dirty
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
The Proud Family Movie
Transporter 2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Crash
Grey's Anatomy
American Dad!
Numb3rs
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Beef II
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
The Chronicles of Riddick
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
The Big House
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Teen Titans
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Hollywood Homicide
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Head of State
Agent Cody Banks
Inside Mecca
The Shakespeare Sessions
Everwood
29 Palms
Stalking Leopards
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Barbershop
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Pretty When You Cry
Novocaine
Justice League
Egypt's Golden Empire
Egypt's Golden Empire
The Legend of Tarzan
Home Invaders
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Semper Fi
The Job
Disney's House of Mouse
Jazz
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Requiem for a Dream
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Replacements
Where the Heart Is
Pitch Black
National Geographic: The Photographers
Innocents
Silent Service
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
ATF
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Family Guy
Hercules
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
There's Something About Mary
Armageddon
The Tiger Woods Story
Never Met Picasso
Don King: Only in America
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Loose Women
Executive Target
Hercules
Spawn
Volcano
Flipping
King of the Hill
Vanishing Point
Johns
7th Heaven
E! True Hollywood Story
Arli$$
Larger Than Life
The Grave
Eye for an Eye
Dead Presidents
Clockers
Blue in the Face
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
The Outer Limits
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
The Quick and the Dead
Gargoyles
The Puppet Masters
Fantastic Four
ER
Notes in a Minor Key
New York Undercover
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Reality Bites
Aladdin
Hallelujah
There Are No Children Here
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
The Last Outlaw
Lions Of Darkness
Nails
Article 99
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Final Analysis
Hallelujah Anyhow
Marked for Death
Law & Order
Men at Work
Murder in Black and White
Always
Road House
Christmas in Tattertown
Ladykillers
They Live
American Experience
Bird
Stars & Bars
Off Limits
Braddock: Missing in Action III
The Making of 'They Live'
The Oldest Rookie
Hot Pursuit
Platoon
The Whoopee Boys
The Equalizer
Screen Two
Reading Rainbow
Nature
The Thing
American Playhouse
The Pirates of Penzance
Coriolanus
NOVA
The Oscars
ATL 2: The Homecoming
The Price for Freedom
Dreams of the Moon
My New Friend Jim
The Nutcase
Bob's Best Friends
Trailer Madness
Sunset P.I.