Cast
Keith David
Acting
Cast
Keith David
Known for
Acting
Born
1956-06-04
From
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Keith David Williams, キース・デイヴィッド, کیت دیوید
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.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Sosa
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Masego (voice)
The Thing
as Childs
Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
Armageddon
as General Kimsey
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
Platoon
as King
Transporter 2
as Stappleton
They Live
as Frank Armitage
There's Something About Mary
as Charlie Jensen
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Crash
as Lt. Dixon
Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police
DC League of Super-Pets
as Dog-El (voice)
Requiem for a Dream
as Big Tim
Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson
Volcano
as Lt. Ed Fox
21 Bridges
as Deputy Chief Spencer
The Quick and the Dead
as Sergeant Cantrell
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Dead Presidents
as Kirby
Clockers
as André the Giant
Gamer
as Agent Keith
Barbershop
as Lester Wallace
American Fiction
as Willy the Wonker
Sneaks
as O.G. (voice)
Reality Bites
as Roger
Road House
as Ernie Bass
Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
Eye for an Eye
as Martin
ATL
as John Garnett
Death at a Funeral
as Reverend Davis
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Always
as Powerhouse
Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The Replacements
as Lindell
Where the Heart Is
as Moses Whitecotten
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman
Marked for Death
as Max
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Savage Dog
as Valentine
All About Steve
as Corbitt
Night School
as Gerald
Hollywood Homicide
as Leon
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director
Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore
Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
as Dad
Bird
as Buster Franklin
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray
Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe
Forbidden Fruits
as Rev. Walters
Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Final Analysis
as Detective Huggins
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper
Off Limits
as Maurice
Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice)
Highway
as Mustafa
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender
29 Palms
as The Sheriff
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb
Vanishing Point
as Warren Taft
Men at Work
as Louis Fedders
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Lottery Ticket
as Sweet Tee
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry
Dirty
as Captain Spain
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
Nina
as Clifton's Father
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
American Dresser
as Charlie
ATL 2: The Homecoming
as John Garnett
Semper Fi
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain
Hot Pursuit
as Alphonso
Larger Than Life
as Hurst
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
Smiley
as Diamond
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
The Wedding Year
as Preston
The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad
Insight
as Captain Duke
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk
Most Guys Are Losers
as Al
Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge
The Thing Expanded
as Self
The Gettysburg Address
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson
ATF
as FBI Director Richard Long
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano
Charlie Valentine
as Sal
Don McKay
as Otis Kent
The Proud Family Movie
as Bebe Clone (voice)
The Grave
as The Priest
The Gateway
as Terry
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as King Oliver
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
as (voice) (uncredited)
Good
as Gregory Devereaux
The Last Outlaw
as Lovecraft
The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as Narrator (voice)
Range 15
as Colonel Holloway
Love Jacked
as Ed
Unplugging
as Gil
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice)
You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James
Johns
as Homeless John
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
as Goliath (voice)
Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms
Black as Night
as Babineaux
Coriolanus
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
The Sensei
as Minister
The Last Sentinel
as Colonel Norton
The Inheritance
as Uncle Melvin
Executive Target
as Lamar
Samuel Bleak
as Ned Coffman
Captain Zero: The Movie
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Don King: Only in America
as Herbert Muhammad
In Search of Darkness
as Self
From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
The Seventh Day
as Father Louis
Hallelujah
as Big Willie
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
as The Simulator
The Tiger Woods Story
as Earl Woods
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
Beef II
as Narrator (voice)
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl
The Whoopee Boys
as Washington Square Peddler
Boiling Pot
as Agent Long
Brothers in Arms
as Self
Innocents
as Detective Davis
Nails
as Noah Owens
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as Sergeant Brass
Africa's Lost Eden
as Narrator (voice)
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
The Prank
as Principal Henderson
The 420 Movie
as Chief Ironweed
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mr. Monroe
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice)
Murder in Black and White
as Martin
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
as Husk (voice)
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown
Beautiful Loser
as Morgan - Adult
The '91 Falcons
as Narrator (voice)
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator (voice)
S.I.S.
as Joseph Armstrong
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David
Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds
The Pirates of Penzance
as Pirates and Police
Finding Faith
as Henry
New York Street Games
as Self
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator
Dirty Lies
as Doc
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Ink Williams
The Last Punch
as Don King
Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice)
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian
Ray Meets Helen
as Harve
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator
Kids vs Monsters
as Barry
Black Asylum
as Agent Davis
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
as Self
Ladykillers
as Abe
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Inside Mecca
as Narrator (voice)
Home Invaders
as Matador
Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett
The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone
Blue: The American Dream
as Terry Venable
Dreams of the Moon
The Shakespeare Sessions
Don't Pass Me By
as David Knox
Service to Man
as Dean Holmes
Never Met Picasso
as Larry
Hallelujah Anyhow
as Will
Portal to Hell
as Mr. Bobshank
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Christmas in Tattertown
as Saxophone (voice)
Flipping
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Blue
as Terry Venable
Not a War Story
My New Friend Jim
as Jim Dandy
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self - Host
The Last Fall
as Sydney Bishop
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator
Betty & Blue
as Willie 'Blue' Watson
Secrets of the Magic City
as Mr. Daniels
No Bad Days
as Terrence
No Saints for Sinners
Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers
There Are No Children Here
as John Paul Rivers
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
The Price for Freedom
as Reverend J.W. Bruno
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Detective Harris
The Grizzlies of Siberia
as Narrator (voice)
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
as Narrator (voice)
The North Star
as Frederick Douglass
Union Furnace
as Pin Stripe
The Candlelight Murders
as Pastor Bob
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
Last Stand of the Great Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Stalking Leopards
as Narrator (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
as Jerry
Cuba's Cancer Hope
as Narrator (voice)
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
as Narrator (voice)
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'They Live'
as Self
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Spawn
Dutch Book
Rise of the Mammals
as Narrator
Double or Nothing
as Homeless Dude
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
as Self - Narrator
Omniscient
as Alistair
Lions Of Darkness
as Narrator (voice)
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as Narrator (voice)
Notes in a Minor Key
as Kansas
The Nutcase
School of Rickey
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Shut Up and Ride
as Narrator (voice)