Keith David
Acting
Born: June 4, 1956 (age 70) · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Flash
2014
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Rick and Morty
2013
Requiem for a Dream
2000
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Coraline
2009
The Nice Guys
2016
Armageddon
1998
The Thing
1982
Hercules
1997
Cloud Atlas
2012
The Princess and the Frog
2009
Photos (9)
Movies (219)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
Coraline
The Cat (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
The Thing
Childs
Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Night School
Gerald
Armageddon
General Kimsey
The Nice Guys
Older Guy
Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Platoon
King
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
Transporter 2
Stappleton
Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
The Quick and the Dead
Sergeant Cantrell
Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
Reality Bites
Roger
They Live
Frank Armitage
21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
Crash
Lt. Dixon
Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
The Seventh Day
Father Louis
The Replacements
Lindell
The Wedding Year
Preston
The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
Clockers
André the Giant
All About Steve
Corbitt
Marked for Death
Max
Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
Savage Dog
Valentine
Men at Work
Louis Fedders
Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
Road House
Ernie Bass
First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Gamer
Agent Keith
The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
Leon
Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
Eye for an Eye
Martin
Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
Larger Than Life
Hurst
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
Always
Powerhouse
Dirty
Captain Spain
Barbershop
Lester Wallace
Meet Monica Velour
Claude
Head of State
Bernard Cooper
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
Heist 88
Buddha Ray
Off Limits
Maurice
Article 99
Luther Jermoe
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
Bird
Buster Franklin
Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
ATL
John Garnett
Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
Dead Presidents
Kirby
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
Smiley
Diamond
Black as Night
Babineaux
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
The Gateway
Terry
Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
Insight
Captain Duke
From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Ray Meets Helen
Harve
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
Johns
Homeless John
Nina
Clifton's Father
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
Most Guys Are Losers
Al
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
A Miracle Before Christmas
David
Don McKay
Otis Kent
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
The Prank
Principal Henderson
Unplugging
Gil
The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
Dirty Lies
Doc
Novocaine
Detective Lunt
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
The Cat (voice) (archive footage)
The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
The Grave
The Priest
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
The Depression Demon (voice)
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
Nails
Noah Owens
Executive Target
Lamar
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Charles Buchanan (voice)
Charlie Valentine
Sal
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
Vanishing Point
Warren Taft
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
Home Invaders
Matador
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
No Saints for Sinners
Victor
Wild Daze
Narrator
No Bad Days
Terrence
ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
Spawn
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
29 Palms
The Sheriff
Something Like A Business
Sebastian
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Range 15
Colonel Holloway
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
The Sensei
Minister
Murder in Black and White
Martin
Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
Innocents
Detective Davis
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
Spork
Coach Jenkins
Highway
Mustafa
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
American Dresser
Charlie
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
Never Met Picasso
Larry
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
Love Jacked
Ed
Not a War Story
2017
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
Good
Gregory Devereaux
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
Narrator
Omniscient
Alistair
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
Abe
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
Narrator (voice)
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
Loose Women
Stylist #1
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
H4
Worcester
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
Boiling Pot
Agent Long
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
Finding Faith
Henry
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
Dutch Book
Joe Johnson
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
Blue
Terry Venable
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
National Geographic: The Photographers
Narrator
TV Shows (134)
Law & Order
Bronx D.A. John Robertson · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Lloyd Mackie · 1 eps
Family Guy
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Commander Bensinger (voice) · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Matt Phelps · 1 eps
Rick and Morty
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice) · 1 eps
Rick and Morty
Reverse Giraffe (voice) · 1 eps
Rick and Morty
President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice) · 8 eps
American Dad!
Fire Captain (voice) · 1 eps
The Flash
Solovar (voice) · 3 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Jimmy Cannon · 1 eps
Adventure Time
Balthus (voice) · 1 eps
Adventure Time
Flame King (voice) · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Terence Beale · 1 eps
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
King of the Hill
Brian Robertson (voice) · 2 eps
Psych
Mr. Guster · 1 eps
ER
Pastor Watkins · 5 eps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sal Commander (voice) · 1 eps
We Bare Bears
Mr. Charles (voice) · 1 eps
High Potential
Captain Pacheco · 1 eps
Community
Elroy Patashnik · 13 eps
Community
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
NOVA
Narrator · 1 eps
Mr. Robot
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Archer
Lemuel Kane (voice) · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Jeremiah Miller · 1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Lion Musician (voice) · 1 eps
Young Justice
Mongul (voice) · 1 eps
Abbott Elementary
Frank · 3 eps
DuckTales
Manny (voice) · 1 eps
Scorpion
Warden · 1 eps
Craig of the Creek
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Everwood
Brian · 1 eps
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Glossaryck (voice) · 11 eps
Nature
Narrator · 1 eps
black-ish
Loose Craig · 1 eps
MacGyver
Burke / Man · 1 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
Gene Holloway · 1 eps
American Experience
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices · 1 eps
Summer Camp Island
Lithophone (voice) · 1 eps
Summer Camp Island
Tummy (voice) · 1 eps
Fresh Off the Boat
Clyde Roses · 1 eps
American Playhouse
'Big' Willie Thorton · 1 eps
President Curtis
President Andre Curtis (voice) · 10 eps
Uncle Grandpa
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
Hazbin Hotel
Husk (voice) · 16 eps
The Equalizer
Cristo · 1 eps
Amphibia
King Andrias (voice) · 11 eps
The Outer Limits
Captain Ira Merit · 1 eps
Devil May Cry
Lucan (voice) · 1 eps
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice) · 1 eps
Arli$$
Cecil Pickett · 1 eps
Gargoyles
Goliath (voice) · 78 eps
Teen Titans
Atlas (voice) · 1 eps
Screen Two
Will · 1 eps
7th Heaven
Stanley · 4 eps
The Oscars
The Cat (voice) · 1 eps
The Lowdown
Marty · 8 eps
Hercules
Apollo (voice) · 2 eps
Greenleaf
Bishop James Greenleaf · 60 eps
Speechless
Colonel · 1 eps
Close Enough
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice) · 1 eps
New York Undercover
2 eps
Touch
Dutch · 1 eps
Aladdin
Minos (voice) · 2 eps
Aladdin
King Zahbar (voice) · 1 eps
True Lies
Albert 'Al' Gibson · 1 eps
Leverage: Redemption
Billy Spencer · 1 eps
DC's Stargirl
Mister Bones (voice) · 3 eps
SpongeBob SquarePants
Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice) · 1 eps
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Additional Voices (voice) · 2 eps
Krapopolis
Asskill (voice) · 8 eps
Creepshow
Murdoch · 1 eps
Disney's House of Mouse
Card Soldier (voice) · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Extant
Nicholas Calderon · 1 eps
Central Park
Ward Wittlinger (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League
Despero (voice) · 2 eps
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat (voice) · 3 eps
Future Man
Dr. Elias Kronish · 5 eps
Firebuds
Manny Kablamee · 1 eps
Justified: City Primeval
Judge Alvin Guy · 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
King Oliver · 1 eps
Love Life
Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
B'Caala (voice) · 4 eps
The Bible
Narrator · 5 eps
The Hawk
Old Henry · 3 eps
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Agent Mosely (voice) · 1 eps
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Darkseid (voice) · 4 eps
Chibiverse
King Andrias (voice) · 2 eps
Chibiverse
Goliath (voice) · 1 eps
Fantastic Four
Black Panther/T'challa (voice) · 1 eps
Duster
Ezra Saxton · 8 eps
Woke
Bible (voice) · 1 eps
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
The Devil · 5 eps
Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) · 18 eps
I Love LA
Leon Marcus · 1 eps
Strip Law
Steve Nichols (voice) · 10 eps
The American Revolution
(voice) · 1 eps
From Scratch
Hershel Wheeler · 8 eps
The Cape
Max Malini · 10 eps
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hordak (voice) · 3 eps
The Good Lord Bird
Herbert · 1 eps
Invincible Fight Girl
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Invincible Fight Girl
Scouter (voice) · 3 eps
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat (voice) · 1 eps
Enlisted
Sgt. Major Donald Cody · 13 eps
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Toy COD Leader (voice) · 1 eps
The Job
19 eps
The Last Kids on Earth
Thrull (voice) · 21 eps
The War
Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Jazz
Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Old Sheep (voice) · 3 eps
Canterbury's Law
1 eps
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Malcom Kane (voice) · 23 eps
Champaign Ill
Lafonso · 10 eps
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy · 10 eps
The Oldest Rookie
1 eps
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Lord Marmoo (voice) · 13 eps
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice) · 20 eps
The Big House
6 eps
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh · 21 eps
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice) · 2 eps
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice) · 2 eps
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Narrator · 6 eps
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator · 4 eps
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (24)
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor · 2 eps
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self · 8 eps
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
The Thing Expanded
Self
New York Street Games
Self
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
In Search of Darkness
Self
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
The Making of 'They Live'
Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
Brothers in Arms
Self
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
Self
Rise of the Mammals
Self - Narrator
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men of Outpost 31
Self
Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing
Self
