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Keith David
Known for: ActingKeith 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.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
+2
as Narrator of Spider Video (voice) 
Community
as Elroy Patashnik 
Coraline og den hemmelige dør
as The Cat (voice) 
President Curtis
as President Andre Curtis (voice) 
Hazbin Hotel
as Husk (voice) 
Gargoyles
as Goliath (voice) 
Prinsessen og frøen
+3
as Dr. Facilier (voice) 
Greenleaf
as Bishop James Greenleaf 
Det grusomme udefra
+5
as Childs 
Nope
+3
as Otis Haywood Sr. 
Superhero Movie
+1
as The Chief of Police 
Mufasa: Løvernes Konge
+4
as Masego (voice) 
The Bible
as Narrator 
Night School
+3
as Gerald 
Platoon - kamp-patruljen
+2
as King 
Volcano
+1
as Lt. Ed Fox 
The Nice Guys
+3
as Older Guy 
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
+5
as Father 
Love Life
as Narrator (voice) 
Transporter 2
+5
as Stappleton 
Cloud Atlas
+7
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient 
De hurtige og de døde
+3
as Sergeant Cantrell 
Shelby Oaks
+3
as Morton Jacobson 
Armageddon
+3
as General Kimsey 
21 Bridges
+6
as Deputy Chief Spencer 
Spawn
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) 
Duster
as Ezra Saxton 
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Sosa 
Vild med Mary
+4
as Charlie Jensen 
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice) 
They Live
as Frank Armitage 
Portal to Hell
as Mr. Bobshank 
Clockers
as André the Giant 
Crash
as Lt. Dixon 
Strip Law
as Steve Nichols (voice) 
Reality Bites
+2
as Roger 
The Replacements
as Lindell 
The Cape
as Max Malini 
From Scratch
as Hershel Wheeler 
Enlisted
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody 
Dømt til døden
as Max 
Agent Cody Banks
+2
as CIA Director 
All About Steve
+3
as Corbitt 
Eye For An Eye
as Martin 
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad 
Jazz
as Narrator (voice) 
The Last Kids on Earth
as Thrull (voice) 
Death at a Funeral
+2
as Reverend Davis 
Horizon Line
+4
as Freddy Wyman 
The War
as Narrator (voice) 
Hvor hjertet er
as Moses Whitecotten 
The Chronicles of Riddick
+5
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 
Attack on Wall Street
as Freddy 
Dirty
as Captain Spain 
Pitch Black
+5
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 
Hollywood Cops
as Leon 
The Seventh Day
+2
as Father Louis 
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Old Sheep (voice) 
Road House
+2
as Ernie Bass 
Catwoman: Hunted
+3
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice) 
Champaign Ill
as Lafonso 
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
as Malcom Kane (voice) 
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice) 
Savage Dog
as Valentine 
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
+2
as CIA Director 
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway 
Livsfarligt spil
as Detective Huggins 
Always
+2
as Powerhouse 
Barbershop
as Lester Wallace 
The Wedding Year
+2
as Preston 
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as Lord Marmoo (voice) 
Vi ta'r skraldet
+1
as Louis Fedders 
Leonardo da Vinci - Renæssancemenneske
as Narrator (voice) 
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles 
Insight
as Captain Duke 
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender 
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper 
Lovens Vogtere: Den nye grænse
+1
as The Centre (voice) 
Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore 
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe 
Lottery Ticket
+2
as Sweet Tee 
Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice) 
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry 
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
as Narrator (voice) 
Mickeys vidunderlige forår
as Narrator (voice) 
Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest 
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
as Frederick Douglass (voice) 
You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James 
ATL
as John Garnett 
Bird
as Buster Franklin 
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano 
Legenden Muhammad Ali
as Narrator (voice) 
Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson 
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator (voice) 
Saigon: Et helvede for strømere
as Maurice 
The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland 
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw 
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice) 
Missing in Action III - Oberst Braddock
as Embassy Gate Captain 
Dead Presidents
as Kirby 
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano 
Samuel Bleak
as Ned Coffman 
Larger Than Life
as Hurst 
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray 
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters 
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice) 
Jagten på drømmepigen
as Alphonso 
Smiley
as Diamond 
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude 
The Gateway
+2
as Terry 
Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge 
The Last Outlaw
as Lovecraft 
The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice) 
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk 
The Grave
as The Priest 
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton 
Nina
as Clifton's Father 
Tales from the Hood 2
+1
as Portifoy Simms 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice) 
The Prank
as Principal Henderson 
Black as Night
as Babineaux 
Unplugging
as Gil 
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone 
Moment of Truth
as Otis Kent 
Most Guys Are Losers
as Al 
The Last Sentinel
as Colonel Norton 
Executive Target
as Lamar 
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt 
Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden 
From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram 
American Dresser
as Charlie 
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl 
The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks 
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee 
Don King: Only in America
as Herbert Muhammad 
Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett 
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
as The Simulator 
The Last Fall
as Sydney Bishop 
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David 
The Tiger Woods Story
as Earl Woods 
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Charles Buchanan (voice) 
29 Palms
as The Sheriff 
Range 15
as Colonel Holloway 
Blue: The American Dream
as Terry Venable 
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mr. Monroe 
The 420 Movie
as Chief Ironweed 
In Search of Darkness
as Self 
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as Sergeant Brass 
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self 
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian 
The Sensei
as Minister 
Love Jacked
as Ed 
Wild Daze
as Narrator 
Good
as Gregory Devereaux 
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as Self 
Spork
as Coach Jenkins 
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb 
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice) 
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown 
Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers 
Brothers in Arms
as Self 
Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds 
Don't Pass Me By
as David Knox 
Finding Faith
as Henry 
Dirty Lies
as Doc 
Chasing 3000
as Officer L. 
Kids vs Monsters
as Barry 
No Bad Days
as Terrence 
Never Met Picasso
as Larry 
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as Narrator (voice) 
S.I.S.
as Joseph Armstrong 
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Detective Harris 
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
as Self - Narrator 
Forbidden Fruits
as Rev. Walters 
Service to Man
as Dean Holmes