Keith David
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.
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Known for
Grey's Anatomy
Lloyd Mackie
Law & Order
Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Family Guy
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
Commander Bensinger (voice)
The Flash
Solovar (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Matt Phelps
American Dad!
Fire Captain (voice)
Rick and Morty
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Rick and Morty
Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty
President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Adventure Time
Balthus (voice)
Adventure Time
Flame King (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
Jimmy Cannon
Everwood
Brian
High Potential
Captain Pacheco
Psych
Mr. Guster
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice)
Person of Interest
Terence Beale
BoJack Horseman
Lion Musician (voice)
Scorpion
Warden
Hazbin Hotel
Husk (voice)
ER
Pastor Watkins
Archer
Lemuel Kane (voice)
Mr. Robot
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
We Bare Bears
Mr. Charles (voice)
NOVA
Narrator
Young Justice
Mongul (voice)
Numb3rs
Jeremiah Miller
MacGyver
Burke / Man
Community
Elroy Patashnik
Community
Narrator (voice)
Craig of the Creek
Narrator (voice)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Glossaryck (voice)
black-ish
Loose Craig
Abbott Elementary
Frank
Nature
Narrator
7th Heaven
Stanley
NCIS: New Orleans
Gene Holloway
The Equalizer
Cristo
DuckTales
Manny (voice)
American Experience
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sal Commander (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Tummy (voice)
Teen Titans
Atlas (voice)
Amphibia
King Andrias (voice)
Coraline
The Cat (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
The Outer Limits
Captain Ira Merit
Hercules
Apollo (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
Santa Claus (voice)
Fresh Off the Boat
Clyde Roses
Gargoyles
Goliath (voice)
Gargoyles
Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
Krapopolis
Asskill (voice)
DC's Stargirl
Mister Bones (voice)
The Oscars
The Cat (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Additional Voices (voice)
Aladdin
I Love LA
Leon Marcus
Leverage: Redemption
Billy Spencer
The Lowdown
Marty
Creepshow
Murdoch
Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
The Thing
Childs
Future Man
Dr. Elias Kronish
The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
Arli$$
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice)
Armageddon
General Kimsey
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
Touch
Dutch
New York Undercover
Close Enough
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Duster
Ezra Saxton
Greenleaf
Bishop James Greenleaf
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat (voice)
Extant
Nicholas Calderon
Speechless
Colonel
Platoon
King
Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
Disney's House of Mouse
Justice League
Despero (voice)
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
King Oliver
True Lies
Albert 'Al' Gibson
The Nice Guys
Older Guy
Firebuds
Manny Kablamee
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Toy COD Leader (voice)
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
Love Life
Narrator (voice)
They Live
Frank Armitage
The Bible
Narrator
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
Novocaine
Detective Lunt
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Crash
Lt. Dixon
Justified: City Primeval
Judge Alvin Guy
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Agent Mosely (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Darkseid (voice)
Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
Transporter 2
Stappleton
Fantastic Four
Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
Enlisted
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
Heist 88
Buddha Ray
Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hordak (voice)
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
The American Revolution
voice
Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
The Devil
The Last Punch
Don King
Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
In Search of Darkness
Self
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
Baseball
Narrator
Central Park
Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
Off Limits
Maurice
Charlie Valentine
Sal
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
B'Caala (voice)
Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
The Replacements
Lindell
Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Sensei
Minister
Invincible Fight Girl
Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
Scouter (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
The Quick and the Dead
Sgt. Clay Cantrell
The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
Highway
Mustafa
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
Gamer
Agent Keith
The Last Kids on Earth
Thrull (voice)
Road House
Ernie Bass
The War
Narrator (voice)
Woke
Bible (voice)
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
Men at Work
Louis Fedders
Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
The Cape
Max Malini
Smiley
Diamond
The Shakespeare Sessions
21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
From Scratch
Hershel Wheeler
Barbershop
Lester Wallace
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
The Grave
The Priest
Dirty Lies
Doc
Don McKay
Otis Kent
The Job
Chibiverse
King Andrias (voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
The '91 Falcons
Narrator (voice)
Unplugging
Gil
Eye for an Eye
Martin
Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
Insight
Captain Duke
Marked for Death
Max
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Malcom Kane (voice)
Canterbury's Law
The Prank
Principal Henderson
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Johns
Homeless John
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy
The Gateway
Terry
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
Night School
Gerald
Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
Spawn
Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Old Sheep (voice)
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Narrator (voice)
Always
Powerhouse
The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Dead Presidents
Kirby
Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Lord Marmoo (voice)
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
ATL
John Garnett
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
Ladykillers
Abe
The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Hot Pursuit
Strip Law
The Big House
The Oldest Rookie
Dirty
Captain Spain
Jazz
Narrator (voice)
Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
All About Steve
Corbitt
Nina
Clifton's Father
Love Jacked
Ed
First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
The Wedding Year
Preston
American Dresser
Charlie
Never Met Picasso
Larry
The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
ATL 2: The Homecoming
John Garnett
No Saints for Sinners
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
The Thing Expanded
Self
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
Nails
Noah Owens
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self
Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh
Bird
Buster Franklin
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
Reality Bites
Roger
My New Friend Jim
Jim Dandy
Hollywood Homicide
Leon
Innocents
Detective Davis
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice)
Savage Dog
Valentine
New York Street Games
Self
The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
Clockers
André the Giant
Home Invaders
Matador
Larger Than Life
Hurst
Champaign Ill
Lafonso
Meet Monica Velour
Claude
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
Dreams of the Moon
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice)
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
Head of State
Bernard Cooper
The Making of 'They Live'
Self
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
Hallelujah!
Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
29 Palms
The Sheriff
The Seventh Day
Father Louis
Captain Zero: The Movie
The Depression Demon (voice)
You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice)
My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
Hallelujah
Big Willie
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice)
Article 99
Luther Jermoe
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice)
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Belle's
William 'Big Bill' Cooper
The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor
The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
Amphibia: The Hardest Thing
King Adrias
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Range 15
Colonel Holloway
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice)
Black as Night
Babineaux
ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
Brothers in Arms
Self
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
Dutch Book
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
Good
Gregory Devereaux
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
Ray Meets Helen
Harve
Double or Nothing
Homeless Dude
Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
Blue
Terry Venable
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator
Most Guys Are Losers
Al
Omniscient
Alistair
Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Spawn
Something Like A Business
Sebastian
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
President Curtis
President Andre Curtis (voice)
Amphibia: All In
King Andrias
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
David
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
Finding Faith
Boiling Pot
Agent Long
Silent Service
Self - Host
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
Not a War Story
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
Executive Target
Lamar
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
Murder in Black and White
Martin
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
No Bad Days
Terrence
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
Rise of the Mammals
Narrator
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Narrator (voice)
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
The Price for Freedom
Reverend J.W. Bruno
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest