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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
as Narrator of Spider Video (voice) 
Coraline
as The Cat (voice) 
President Curtis
as President Andre Curtis (voice) 
Community
as Elroy Patashnik 
Hazbin Hotel
as Husk (voice) 
Gargoyles
as Goliath (voice) 
Greenleaf
as Bishop James Greenleaf 
The Thing
as Childs 
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice) 
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Masego (voice) 
Platoon
as King 
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy 
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father 
Transporter 2
as Stappleton 
Love Life
as Narrator (voice) 
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient 
The Quick and the Dead
as Sergeant Cantrell 
Duster
as Ezra Saxton 
The Bible
as Narrator 
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr. 
21 Bridges
as Deputy Chief Spencer 
Strip Law
as Steve Nichols (voice) 
Spawn
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) 
Armageddon
as General Kimsey 
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Sosa 
There's Something About Mary
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 
Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police 
Crash
as Lt. Dixon 
Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson 
The Replacements
as Lindell 
From Scratch
as Hershel Wheeler 
The Cape
as Max Malini 
Volcano
as Lt. Ed Fox 
Enlisted
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody 
Night School
as Gerald 
Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director 
All About Steve
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) 
The War
as Narrator (voice) 
Death at a Funeral
as Reverend Davis 
Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman 
Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
as Malcom Kane (voice) 
Where the Heart Is
as Moses Whitecotten 
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 
Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy 
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice) 
Hollywood Homicide
as Leon 
The Seventh Day
as Father Louis 
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Old Sheep (voice) 
Road House
as Ernie Bass 
Reality Bites
as Roger 
Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice) 
Savage Dog
as Valentine 
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe 
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director 
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway 
Final Analysis
as Detective Huggins 
Always
as Powerhouse 
Barbershop
as Lester Wallace 
Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice) 
The Wedding Year
as Preston 
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as Lord Marmoo (voice) 
Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest 
Marked for Death
as Max 
Men at Work
as Louis Fedders 
Leonardo da Vinci
as Narrator (voice) 
Insight
as Captain Duke 
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender 
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper 
Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore 
Champaign Ill
as Lafonso 
Lottery Ticket
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) 
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano 
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
as Frederick Douglass (voice) 
ATL
as John Garnett 
Bird
as Buster Franklin 
Muhammad Ali
as Narrator (voice) 
Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson 
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator (voice) 
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice) 
Off Limits
as Maurice 
The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland 
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw 
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice) 
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain 
Smiley
as Diamond 
Dead Presidents
as Kirby 
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano 
Larger Than Life
as Hurst 
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray 
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters 
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice) 
Hot Pursuit
as Alphonso 
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude 
The Gateway
as Terry 
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles 
Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge 
The Last Outlaw
as Lovecraft 
Dirty
as Captain Spain 
The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch 
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton 
Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice) 
You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James 
29 Palms
as The Sheriff 
The Prank
as Principal Henderson 
Unplugging
as Gil 
Black as Night
as Babineaux 
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone 
Most Guys Are Losers
as Al 
The Last Sentinel
as Colonel Norton 
The Grave
as The Priest 
Executive Target
as Lamar 
The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks 
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
as The Simulator 
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt 
Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden 
From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice) 
Nina
as Clifton's Father 
American Dresser
as Charlie 
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl 
Samuel Bleak
as Ned Coffman 
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee 
Don King: Only in America
as Herbert Muhammad 
Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett 
The Last Fall
as Sydney Bishop 
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David 
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk 
The Tiger Woods Story
as Earl Woods 
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 
Don McKay
as Otis Kent 
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 
Brothers in Arms
as Self 
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb 
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice) 
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Charles Buchanan (voice) 
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown 
Spork
as Coach Jenkins 
Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers 
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