
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)