Keith David
Known for Acting · 366 credits
- Born
- 1956-06-04 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- 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 · キース デヴィッド · キース・デヴィッド・ウィリアムズ · David Keith
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.
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Known For
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lloyd Mackie
Law & Order
1990
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Family Guy
1999
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) / Commander Bensinger (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Matt Phelps
Rick and Morty
2013
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice) / Reverse Giraffe (voice) / President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
The Flash
2014
as Solovar (voice)
TV Shows (129)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lloyd Mackie
Law & Order
1990
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Family Guy
1999
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) / Commander Bensinger (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Matt Phelps
Rick and Morty
2013
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice) / Reverse Giraffe (voice) / President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
The Flash
2014
as Solovar (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Fire Captain (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Jimmy Cannon
Person of Interest
2011
as Terence Beale
Psych
2006
as Mr. Guster
ER
1994
as Pastor Watkins
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
High Potential
2024
as Captain Pacheco
Teen Titans Go!
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Young Justice
2010
as Mongul (voice)
Adventure Time
2010
as Balthus (voice) / Flame King (voice)
Devil May Cry
2025
as Lucan (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
2024
as Husk (voice)
Scorpion
2014
as Warden
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Lion Musician (voice)
Numb3rs
2005
as Jeremiah Miller
Archer
2009
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
American Experience
1988
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Gene Holloway
Community
2009
as Elroy Patashnik / Narrator (voice)
We Bare Bears
2015
as Mr. Charles (voice)
Everwood
2002
as Brian
MacGyver
2016
as Burke / Man
Mr. Robot
2015
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Glossaryck (voice)
The Equalizer
1985
as Cristo
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
as Clyde Roses
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Sal Commander (voice)
black-ish
2014
as Loose Craig
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Lithophone (voice) / Tummy (voice)
Craig of the Creek
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Abbott Elementary
2021
as Frank
The Outer Limits
1995
as Captain Ira Merit
Nature
1982
as Narrator
DuckTales
2017
as Manny (voice)
Amphibia
2019
as King Andrias (voice)
Hercules
1998
as Apollo (voice)
Gargoyles
1994
as Goliath (voice)
Aladdin
1994
Teen Titans
2003
as Atlas (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
2013
as Santa Claus (voice)
New York Undercover
1994
7th Heaven
1996
as Stanley
Arli$$
1996
as Cecil Pickett
The Oscars
1953
as The Cat (voice)
Screen Two
1985
as Will
DC's Stargirl
2020
as Mister Bones (voice)
Greenleaf
2016
as Bishop James Greenleaf
Krapopolis
2023
as Asskill (voice)
Leverage: Redemption
2021
as Billy Spencer
Speechless
2016
as Colonel
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
as Additional Voices (voice)
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Close Enough
2020
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
Movies (237)
Coraline
2009
as The Cat (voice)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026
as Sosa
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Masego (voice)
The Thing
1982
as Childs
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Nope
2022
as Otis Haywood Sr.
Armageddon
1998
as General Kimsey
Hercules
1997
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Father
Platoon
1986
as King
The Nice Guys
2016
as Older Guy
Transporter 2
2005
as Stappleton
They Live
1988
as Frank Armitage
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Charlie Jensen
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Dog-El (voice)
Crash
2005
as Lt. Dixon
Superhero Movie
2008
as The Chief of Police
Shelby Oaks
2025
as Morton Jacobson
Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Big Tim
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Council Member (voice)
Road House
1989
as Ernie Bass
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Sergeant Cantrell
Gamer
2009
as Agent Keith
21 Bridges
2019
as Deputy Chief Spencer
Volcano
1997
as Lt. Ed Fox
The Replacements
2000
as Lindell
Dead Presidents
1995
as Kirby
American Fiction
2023
as Willy the Wonker
Free Birds
2013
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Barbershop
2002
as Lester Wallace
Agent Cody Banks
2003
as CIA Director
Sneaks
2025
as O.G. (voice)
Clockers
1995
as André the Giant
Eye for an Eye
1996
as Martin
Always
1989
as Powerhouse
Pitch Black
2000
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
All About Steve
2009
as Corbitt
Reality Bites
1994
as Roger
Where the Heart Is
2000
as Moses Whitecotten
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Horizon Line
2020
as Freddy Wyman
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as CIA Director
ATL
2006
as John Garnett
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Reverend Davis
Entergalactic
2022
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Marked for Death
1990
as Max
Article 99
1992
as Luther Jermoe
Night School
2018
as Gerald
Final Analysis
1992
as Detective Huggins
Head of State
2003
as Bernard Cooper
First Sunday
2008
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as The Centre (voice)
The Thing Expanded
2026
as Self
Hollywood Homicide
2003
as Leon
Assault on Wall Street
2013
as Freddy
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
as Embassy Gate Captain
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as MCPO Scott Boytano
Heist 88
2023
as Buddha Ray
Men at Work
1990
as Louis Fedders
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
2009
as Commander Scott Boytano
Bird
1988
as Buster Franklin
Savage Dog
2017
as Valentine
Delta Farce
2007
as Sgt. Kilgore
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010
as Terry
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
as FBI Chief Conrad
29 Palms
2002
as The Sheriff
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Alex Holland
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Sweet Tee
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
The Proud Family Movie
2005
as Bebe Clone (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The Oh in Ohio
2006
as Coach Popovitch
The Butcher
2009
as Larry Cobb
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Dad
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Wedding Year
2019
as Preston
Dirty
2005
as Captain Spain
Blue in the Face
1995
as Jackie Robinson
Don McKay
2009
as Otis Kent
The Last Outlaw
1993
as Lovecraft
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
Forbidden Fruits
2006
as Rev. Walters
Most Guys Are Losers
2020
as Al
Smiley
2012
as Diamond
The Seventh Day
2021
as Father Louis
Off Limits
1988
as Maurice
Larger Than Life
1996
as Hurst
ATL 2: The Homecoming
as John Garnett
Chain Letter
2010
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as King Oliver
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Gateway
2021
as Terry
The Last Sentinel
2007
as Colonel Norton
Novocaine
2001
as Detective Lunt
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Algric Bartles
Murder in Black and White
1990
as Martin
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
2025
as (voice) (uncredited)
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Clerk
Hot Pursuit
1987
as Alphonso
Love Jacked
2018
as Ed
Unplugging
2022
as Gil
Johns
1996
as Homeless John
Against the Dark
2009
as Lt. Waters
Insight
2021
as Captain Duke
The Whoopee Boys
1986
as Washington Square Peddler
American Dresser
2018
as Charlie
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
Stars & Bars
1988
as Eugene Teagarden
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
as Old Judge
Highway
2012
as Mustafa
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
You Might Be the Killer
2019
as Sheriff James
Pups Alone
2021
as The Wise Bartender
Samuel Bleak
2011
as Ned Coffman
S.I.S.
2008
as Joseph Armstrong
About Keith David
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 (… With 366 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Keith David has appeared in 237 films and 129 TV shows.
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Most Popular Keith David Movies
- Coraline (2009) — as The Cat (voice)
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) — as Sosa
- Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) — as Masego (voice)
- The Thing (1982) — as Childs
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