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 (8)
Movies (211)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
Coraline
The Cat (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
The Thing
Childs
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
The Nice Guys
Older Guy
Armageddon
General Kimsey
Platoon
King
DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
They Live
Frank Armitage
The Quick and the Dead
Sergeant Cantrell
Transporter 2
Stappleton
Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
Crash
Lt. Dixon
My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
The Replacements
Lindell
Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
Gamer
Agent Keith
Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Marked for Death
Max
Night School
Gerald
Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
Hollywood Homicide
Leon
Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
All About Steve
Corbitt
Road House
Ernie Bass
Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
Barbershop
Lester Wallace
Dead Presidents
Kirby
Eye for an Eye
Martin
The Seventh Day
Father Louis
Clockers
André the Giant
Men at Work
Louis Fedders
Reality Bites
Roger
Always
Powerhouse
Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
Head of State
Bernard Cooper
Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
Dirty
Captain Spain
Savage Dog
Valentine
First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
The Wedding Year
Preston
The Gateway
Terry
The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
Johns
Homeless John
ATL
John Garnett
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
Smiley
Diamond
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
The Depression Demon (voice)
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
Off Limits
Maurice
ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
Bird
Buster Franklin
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
Heist 88
Buddha Ray
Larger Than Life
Hurst
Article 99
Luther Jermoe
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
Unplugging
Gil
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
Charlie Valentine
Sal
Novocaine
Detective Lunt
Nina
Clifton's Father
Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
The Prank
Principal Henderson
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
Meet Monica Velour
Claude
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Black as Night
Babineaux
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
Insight
Captain Duke
Vanishing Point
Warren Taft
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
Home Invaders
Matador
Executive Target
Lamar
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
Good
Gregory Devereaux
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Spawn
From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Love Jacked
Ed
Murder in Black and White
Martin
The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
The Grave
The Priest
Most Guys Are Losers
Al
29 Palms
The Sheriff
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
Narrator (voice)
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Omniscient
Alistair
The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
Innocents
Detective Davis
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
The Sensei
Minister
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
American Dresser
Charlie
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
Something Like A Business
Sebastian
Don McKay
Otis Kent
Nails
Noah Owens
Ray Meets Helen
Harve
Range 15
Colonel Holloway
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
No Saints for Sinners
2011
The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
David
Never Met Picasso
Larry
Dirty Lies
Doc
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
Boiling Pot
Agent Long
No Bad Days
Terrence
Finding Faith
Henry
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
Not a War Story
2017
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
Ladykillers
Abe
Highway
Mustafa
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
Dutch Book
2015
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
Blue
Terry Venable
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
TV Shows (133)
Family Guy
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Commander Bensinger (voice) · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Matt Phelps · 1 eps
Law & Order
Bronx D.A. John Robertson · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Lloyd Mackie · 1 eps
American Dad!
Fire Captain (voice) · 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
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Jimmy Cannon · 1 eps
Adventure Time
Balthus (voice) · 1 eps
Adventure Time
Flame King (voice) · 1 eps
The Flash
Solovar (voice) · 3 eps
King of the Hill
Brian Robertson (voice) · 2 eps
Person of Interest
Terence Beale · 1 eps
High Potential
Captain Pacheco · 1 eps
Psych
Mr. Guster · 1 eps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sal Commander (voice) · 1 eps
NOVA
Narrator · 1 eps
Young Justice
Mongul (voice) · 1 eps
ER
Pastor Watkins · 5 eps
Scorpion
Warden · 1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Lion Musician (voice) · 1 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
Gene Holloway · 1 eps
American Playhouse
'Big' Willie Thorton · 1 eps
Everwood
Brian · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Jeremiah Miller · 1 eps
We Bare Bears
Mr. Charles (voice) · 1 eps
Abbott Elementary
Frank · 3 eps
black-ish
Loose Craig · 1 eps
Mr. Robot
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
President Curtis
President Andre Curtis (voice) · 10 eps
Community
Elroy Patashnik · 13 eps
Community
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Glossaryck (voice) · 11 eps
Nature
Narrator · 1 eps
Craig of the Creek
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
American Experience
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices · 1 eps
Hazbin Hotel
Husk (voice) · 16 eps
Archer
Lemuel Kane (voice) · 1 eps
DuckTales
Manny (voice) · 1 eps
Uncle Grandpa
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
Fresh Off the Boat
Clyde Roses · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Captain Ira Merit · 1 eps
MacGyver
Burke / Man · 1 eps
Summer Camp Island
Lithophone (voice) · 1 eps
Summer Camp Island
Tummy (voice) · 1 eps
Teen Titans
Atlas (voice) · 1 eps
Screen Two
Will · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Cristo · 1 eps
Devil May Cry
Lucan (voice) · 1 eps
Gargoyles
Goliath (voice) · 78 eps
Hercules
Apollo (voice) · 2 eps
The Oscars
The Cat (voice) · 1 eps
New York Undercover
2 eps
Arli$$
Cecil Pickett · 1 eps
Amphibia
King Andrias (voice) · 11 eps
Krapopolis
Asskill (voice) · 8 eps
Aladdin
2 eps
SpongeBob SquarePants
Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice) · 1 eps
Speechless
Colonel · 1 eps
7th Heaven
Stanley · 4 eps
Leverage: Redemption
Billy Spencer · 1 eps
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Additional Voices (voice) · 2 eps
Justice League
Despero (voice) · 2 eps
Future Man
Dr. Elias Kronish · 5 eps
The Lowdown
Marty · 8 eps
Creepshow
Murdoch · 1 eps
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat (voice) · 3 eps
Central Park
Ward Wittlinger (voice) · 1 eps
DC's Stargirl
Mister Bones (voice) · 3 eps
Extant
Nicholas Calderon · 1 eps
Greenleaf
Bishop James Greenleaf · 60 eps
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Darkseid (voice) · 4 eps
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice) · 1 eps
Close Enough
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice) · 1 eps
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
The Devil · 5 eps
Touch
Dutch · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Hawk
Old Henry · 3 eps
Fantastic Four
Black Panther/T'challa (voice) · 1 eps
Disney's House of Mouse
Card Soldier (voice) · 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
King Oliver · 1 eps
Strip Law
Steve Nichols (voice) · 10 eps
Firebuds
Manny Kablamee · 1 eps
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Agent Mosely (voice) · 1 eps
Chibiverse
King Andrias (voice) · 2 eps
Chibiverse
Goliath (voice) · 1 eps
Duster
Ezra Saxton · 8 eps
I Love LA
Leon Marcus · 1 eps
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
B'Caala (voice) · 4 eps
True Lies
Albert 'Al' Gibson · 1 eps
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat (voice) · 1 eps
Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) · 18 eps
Love Life
Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Invincible Fight Girl
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Invincible Fight Girl
Scouter (voice) · 3 eps
The American Revolution
(voice) · 1 eps
The Bible
Narrator · 5 eps
Justified: City Primeval
Judge Alvin Guy · 1 eps
The Good Lord Bird
Herbert · 1 eps
From Scratch
Hershel Wheeler · 8 eps
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hordak (voice) · 3 eps
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Toy COD Leader (voice) · 1 eps
Woke
Bible (voice) · 1 eps
The Cape
Max Malini · 10 eps
The Job
19 eps
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Old Sheep (voice) · 3 eps
Enlisted
Sgt. Major Donald Cody · 13 eps
The War
Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
The Last Kids on Earth
Thrull (voice) · 21 eps
Champaign Ill
Lafonso · 10 eps
Jazz
Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
The Oldest Rookie
1 eps
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Malcom Kane (voice) · 23 eps
Canterbury's Law
1 eps
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Lord Marmoo (voice) · 13 eps
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh · 21 eps
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice) · 20 eps
The Big House
6 eps
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy · 10 eps
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice) · 2 eps
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice) · 2 eps
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator · 4 eps
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator · 4 eps
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Narrator · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (20)
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self · 8 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
New York Street Games
Self
The Thing Expanded
Self
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor · 2 eps
Brothers in Arms
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
In Search of Darkness
Self
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rise of the Mammals
Self - Narrator
