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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
| Birth Location | Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
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| Born | 1956-06-04 |
Movies
Sneaks
as (voice)
2024
The Prank
as Principal Henderson
2024
Betty & Blue
as Willie "Blue" Watson
2023
American Fiction
as Willy the Wonker
2023
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray
2023
From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mr. Monroe
2023
2023
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David
2022
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice)
2022
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Ink Williams
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
as Dog-El (voice)
2022
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
2022
The Hardest Thing
as King Andrias
2022
Unplugging
as Gil
2022
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2022
Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2022
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender
2021
Black as Night
as Babineaux
2021
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
2021
The Gateway
as Terry
2021
The Seventh Day
as Father Louis
2021
Insight
as Captain Duke
2021
Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman
2020
Most Guys Are Losers
as Al
2020
Good
as Gregory Devereaux
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
The 420 Movie
as Chief Ironweed
2020
Cuba's Cancer Hope
as Narrator
2020
21 Bridges
as Deputy Chief Spencer
2019
The Wedding Year
as Preston
2019
You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019
2019
Love Jacked
as Ed
2018
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as Himself
2018
Brothers in Arms
as Self
2018
Night School
as Gerald
2018
American Dresser
as Charlie
2018
Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms
2018
Ray Meets Helen
as Harve
2018
The '91 Falcons
as Narrator
2017
Savage Dog
as Valentine
2017
2017
Service to Man
as Dean Holmes
2016
2016
Range 15
as Colonel Holloway
2016
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
2016
Blue: The American Dream
as Terry Venable
2016
Nina
as Clifton's Father
2016
The North Star
as Frederick Douglas
2016
Dirty Lies
as Doc
2016
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Detective Harris
2015
Kids vs Monsters
as Barry
2015
Boiling Pot
as Agent Long
2015
Union Furnace
as Pin Stripe
2015
Secrets of the Magic City
as Mr. Daniels
2015
Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge
2015
The Gettysburg Address
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
2015
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King
2013
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013
Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds
2013
Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy
2013
Black Asylum
as Agent Davis
2013
Don't Pass Me By
as David Knox
2013
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl
2012
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012
Double or Nothing
as Homeless Dude
2012
Smiley
as Diamond
2012
Highway
as Mustafa
2012
2012
The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks
2012
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as Sergeant Brass
2012
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk
2011
Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers
2011
The Inheritance
as Uncle Melvin
2011
2011
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry
2010
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator
2010
Lottery Ticket
as Sweet Tee
2010
Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
2010
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian
2010
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude
2010
Death at a Funeral
as Reverend Davis
2010
Africa's Lost Eden
as Narrator
2010
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009
Beautiful Loser
as Morgan - Adult
2009
Gamer
as Agent Keith
2009
All About Steve
as Corbitt
2009
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb
2009
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown
2009
Don McKay
as Otis Kent
2009
Blue
as Terry Venable
2009
Charlie Valentine
as Sal
2009
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters
2009
Coraline
as Cat (voice)
2009
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano
2009
S.I.S.
as Joseph Armstrong
2008
The Fifth Commandment
as Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
2008
No Bad Days
as Terrence
2008
The Sensei
as Minister
2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad
2008
Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice)
2008
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
2008
The Candlelight Murders
as Pastor Bob
2008
The Last Sentinel
as Colonel Norton
2007
Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore
2007
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
as Narrator
2007
2007
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano
2006
Forbidden Fruits
as Rev. Walters
2006
ATL
as John Garnett
2006
The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch
2006
2006
The Proud Family Movie
as Bebe Clone (voice)
2005
Transporter 2
as Stappleton
2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
2005
Crash
as Lt. Dixon
2005
Dirty
as Captain Spain
2005
Last Stand of the Great Bear
as Narrator
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Beef II
as Narrator (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Imam
2004
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director
2004
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Hollywood Homicide
as Leon
2003
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper
2003
Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director
2003
Inside Mecca
as Narrator
2003
Kaena: The Prophecy
as Voxem (english voice)
2003
29 Palms
as The Sheriff
2002
Stalking Leopards
as Narrator
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
2002
Barbershop
as Lester Wallace
2002
Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator
2001
Home Invaders
as Matador
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
2001
Semper Fi
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
2001
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as Narrator
2001
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett
2001
Requiem for a Dream
as Big Tim
2000
The Replacements
as Lindell
2000
Where the Heart Is
as Moses Whitecotten
2000
Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000
Innocents
as Detective Davis
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as King Oliver
1999
ATF
as F.B.I. Director Richard Long
1999
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
as Al Simmons/Spawn
1999
The Grizzlies of Siberia
as Narrator
1999
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Al Simmons/Spawn
1998
There's Something About Mary
as Charlie Jensen
1998
Armageddon
as General Kimsey
1998
The Tiger Woods Story
as Earl Woods
1998
Don King: Only in America
as Herbert Muhammad
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles
1997
Executive Target
as Lamar
1997
Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
1997
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997
Volcano
as Lt. Ed Fox
1997
Flipping
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
1997
Johns
as Homeless John
1996
Larger Than Life
as Hurst
1996
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
as Goliath (voice)
1996
The Grave
as The Priest
1996
Eye for an Eye
as Martin
1996
Never Met Picasso
as Larry
1996
Dead Presidents
as Kirby
1995
Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson
1995
Clockers
as André the Giant
1995
The Quick and the Dead
as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
1995
The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland
1994
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
as (Self) Narrator
1994
Reality Bites
as Roger
1994
Hallelujah
as Big Willie
1993
There Are No Children Here
as John Paul Rivers
1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self - Host
1993
The Last Outlaw
as Lovecraft
1993
Nails
as Noah Owens
1992
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe
1992
Final Analysis
as Detective Huggins
1992
Hallelujah Anyhow
as Will
1991
Marked for Death
as Max
1990
Men at Work
as Louis Fedders
1990
Murder in Black and White
as Martin
1990
Always
as Powerhouse
1989
Road House
as Ernie Bass
1989
Christmas in Tattertown
as Saxophone (voice)
1988
Ladykillers
as Abe
1988
They Live
as Frank Armitage
1988
Bird
as Buster Franklin
1988
Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden
1988
Off Limits
as Maurice
1988
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain
1988
The Making of 'They Live'
as Self
1988
Hot Pursuit
as Alphonso
1987
Platoon
as King
1986
Terror in the Aisles
as Childs (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
The Thing
as Childs
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
as Pirates and Police
1980
Coriolanus
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
1979
Shut Up and Ride
as Narrator
-
Tim Travers & The Time Traveler's Paradox
as The Simulator
-
Shelby Oaks
as Morton
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