Keith David
Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA — Jun 04 1956
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…
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Grey's Anatomy
Lloyd Mackie
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
Law & Order
Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Family Guy
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Matt Phelps
American Dad!
Fire Captain (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
Jimmy Cannon
NOVA
Narrator
The Flash
Solovar (voice)
Person of Interest
Terence Beale
Adventure Time
Balthus (voice)
Community
Elroy Patashnik
Rick and Morty
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice)
Psych
Mr. Guster
American Experience
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Scorpion
Warden
High Potential
Captain Pacheco
black-ish
Loose Craig
ER
Pastor Watkins
Numb3rs
Jeremiah Miller
Everwood
Brian
Young Justice
Mongul (voice)
We Bare Bears
Mr. Charles (voice)
BoJack Horseman
Lion Musician (voice)
MacGyver
Burke / Man
Fresh Off the Boat
Clyde Roses
Uncle Grandpa
Santa Claus (voice)
Archer
Lemuel Kane (voice)
Nature
Narrator
Arli$$
Cecil Pickett
The Equalizer
Cristo
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Glossaryck (voice)
The Outer Limits
Captain Ira Merit
Craig of the Creek
Narrator (voice)
Abbott Elementary
Frank
Mr. Robot
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Speechless
Colonel
DuckTales
Manny (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sal Commander (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Lithophone (voice)
Gargoyles
Goliath (voice)
Hercules
Apollo (voice)
NCIS: New Orleans
Gene Holloway
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Oscars
The Cat (voice)
Teen Titans
Atlas (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
Husk (voice)
Coraline
The Cat (voice)
DC's Stargirl
Mister Bones (voice)
New York Undercover
7th Heaven
Stanley
Krapopolis
Asskill (voice)
Extant
Nicholas Calderon
Future Man
Dr. Elias Kronish
Amphibia
King Andrias (voice)
Aladdin
Leverage: Redemption
Billy Spencer
Touch
Dutch
Greenleaf
Bishop James Greenleaf
Close Enough
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
Love Life
Narrator (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Additional Voices (voice)
Creepshow
Murdoch
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
The Thing
Childs
Justice League
Despero (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
Card Soldier (voice)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
King Oliver
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Darkseid (voice)
The Job
Fantastic Four
Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
Chibiverse
King Andrias (voice)
Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
The Bible
Narrator
Enlisted
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
I Love LA
Leon Marcus
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
B'Caala (voice)
The American Revolution
(voice)
The Cape
Max Malini
Central Park
Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Firebuds
Manny Kablamee
True Lies
Albert 'Al' Gibson
The Nice Guys
Older Guy
Platoon
King
Armageddon
General Kimsey
Duster
Ezra Saxton
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Agent Mosely (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
Narrator (voice)
Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Crash
Lt. Dixon
The Lowdown
Marty
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Transporter 2
Stappleton
The Good Lord Bird
Herbert
Strip Law
Steve Nichols (voice)
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
The Devil
Woke
Bible (voice)
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hordak (voice)
There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
Justified: City Primeval
Judge Alvin Guy
Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
From Scratch
Hershel Wheeler
Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
They Live
Frank Armitage
Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
Gamer
Agent Keith
Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
The War
Narrator (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
Jazz
Narrator (voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
The Replacements
Lindell
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Old Sheep (voice)
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice)
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Toy COD Leader (voice)
21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy
Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
The Quick and the Dead
Sergeant Cantrell
Road House
Ernie Bass
Canterbury's Law
Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
Night School
Gerald
The Last Kids on Earth
Thrull (voice)
Champaign Ill
Lafonso
Dead Presidents
Kirby
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
Eye for an Eye
Martin
Clockers
André the Giant
Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
ATL
John Garnett
All About Steve
Corbitt
The Oldest Rookie
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self
Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
Reality Bites
Roger
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh
Always
Powerhouse
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice)
Head of State
Bernard Cooper
Hollywood Homicide
Leon
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Malcom Kane (voice)
Marked for Death
Max
Article 99
Luther Jermoe
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice)
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor
Bird
Buster Franklin
Barbershop
Lester Wallace
Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Novocaine
Detective Lunt
The Big House
The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice)
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice)
Don McKay
Otis Kent
Belle's
William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
The Prank
Principal Henderson
Off Limits
Maurice
The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
Savage Dog
Valentine
Nina
Clifton's Father
Johns
Homeless John
Men at Work
Louis Fedders
My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
Larger Than Life
Hurst
Heist 88
Buddha Ray
Range 15
Colonel Holloway
The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
Smiley
Diamond
Nails
Noah Owens
ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
The Wedding Year
Preston
Insight
Captain Duke
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
Dirty
Captain Spain
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
The Grave
The Priest
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
Brothers in Arms
Self
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
ATL 2: The Homecoming
John Garnett
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
The Thing Expanded
Self
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
Dirty Lies
Doc
The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
Home Invaders
Matador
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
Unplugging
Gil
Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
Hallelujah
Big Willie
Highway
Mustafa
The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
Finding Faith
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Lord Marmoo (voice)
The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
Charlie Valentine
Sal
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
The '91 Falcons
Narrator (voice)
Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
The Sensei
Minister
Ray Meets Helen
Harve
Most Guys Are Losers
Al
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
Black as Night
Babineaux
Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
The Seventh Day
Father Louis
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
The Gateway
Terry
Executive Target
Lamar
In Search of Darkness
Self
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
Dreams of the Moon
American Dresser
Charlie
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
Innocents
Detective Davis
Ladykillers
Abe
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator
New York Street Games
Self
President Curtis
President Andre Curtis (voice)
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
Not a War Story
Something Like A Business
Sebastian
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
29 Palms
The Sheriff
My New Friend Jim
Jim Dandy
Murder in Black and White
Martin
Blue
Terry Venable
Love Jacked
Ed
Boiling Pot
Agent Long
The Shakespeare Sessions
Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
Captain Zero: The Movie
The Depression Demon (voice)
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
Meet Monica Velour
Claude
Silent Service
Self - Host
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
The Price for Freedom
Reverend J.W. Bruno
Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
A Miracle Before Christmas
David
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
Double or Nothing
Homeless Dude
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Spawn
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
No Bad Days
Terrence
Never Met Picasso
Larry
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
The Last Punch
Don King
Dutch Book
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
No Saints for Sinners
Good
Gregory Devereaux
Omniscient
Alistair
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'They Live'
Self
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
Rise of the Mammals
Narrator
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
The Depression Demon (voice)