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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.
Filmography 180
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
+2
as Narrator of Spider Video (voice) 
Community
+5
as Elroy Patashnik 
Coraline
+9
as The Cat (voice) 
President Curtis
+4
as President Andre Curtis (voice) 
Hazbin Hotel
+1
as Husk (voice) 
Gargoyles
+1
as Goliath (voice) 
The Princess and the Frog
+3
as Dr. Facilier (voice) 
The Thing
+9
as Childs 
Nope
+4
as Otis Haywood Sr. 
Greenleaf
+5
as Bishop James Greenleaf 
Superhero Movie
+11
as The Chief of Police 
Mufasa: The Lion King
+3
as Masego (voice) 
The Bible
+7
as Narrator 
Night School
+3
as Gerald 
Volcano
+4
as Lt. Ed Fox 
The Nice Guys
+3
as Older Guy 
Platoon
+12
as King 
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
+3
as Father 
Love Life
+1
as Narrator (voice) 
Transporter 2
+3
as Stappleton 
Cloud Atlas
+3
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient 
The Quick and the Dead
+6
as Sergeant Cantrell 
Shelby Oaks
+5
as Morton Jacobson 
Armageddon
+3
as General Kimsey 
21 Bridges
+4
as Deputy Chief Spencer 
Duster
as Ezra Saxton 
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Sosa 
There's Something About Mary
+3
as Charlie Jensen 
Free Birds
+6
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice) 
They Live
+4
as Frank Armitage 
Spawn
+3
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) 
Portal to Hell
+1
as Mr. Bobshank 
Strip Law
as Steve Nichols (voice) 
Crash
+12
as Lt. Dixon 
Reality Bites
+4
as Roger 
From Scratch
as Hershel Wheeler 
The Replacements
+4
as Lindell 
The Cape
+3
as Max Malini 
Clockers
+4
as André the Giant 
Enlisted
+1
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody 
Marked for Death
+2
as Max 
Agent Cody Banks
+7
as CIA Director 
All About Steve
+2
as Corbitt 
Eye for an Eye
+2
as Martin 
My Mom's New Boyfriend
+19
as FBI Chief Conrad 
The Last Kids on Earth
+3
as Thrull (voice) 
Death at a Funeral
+2
as Reverend Davis 
Horizon Line
+2
as Freddy Wyman 
The War
+6
as Narrator (voice) 
Where the Heart Is
+2
as Moses Whitecotten 
Jazz
+4
as Narrator (voice) 
The Chronicles of Riddick
+1
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 
Assault on Wall Street
+7
as Freddy 
Dirty
+8
as Captain Spain 
Pitch Black
+2
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 
Hollywood Homicide
+8
as Leon 
The Seventh Day
+8
as Father Louis 
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Old Sheep (voice) 
Road House
+6
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
+7
as Council Member (voice) 
Savage Dog
+9
as Valentine 
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
+6
as CIA Director 
First Sunday
+6
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway 
Final Analysis
+2
as Detective Huggins 
Always
+3
as Powerhouse 
Barbershop
+11
as Lester Wallace 
The Wedding Year
+8
as Preston 
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as Lord Marmoo (voice) 
Men at Work
+11
as Louis Fedders 
Leonardo da Vinci
+4
as Narrator (voice) 
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles 
Insight
+8
as Captain Duke 
Pups Alone
+1
as The Wise Bartender 
Head of State
+7
as Bernard Cooper 
Justice League: The New Frontier
+3
as The Centre (voice) 
Delta Farce
+10
as Sgt. Kilgore 
Off Limits
as Maurice 
Article 99
+6
as Luther Jermoe 
Lottery Ticket
+4
as Sweet Tee 
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
+4
as Terry 
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
as Narrator (voice) 
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
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 
Bird
+2
as Buster Franklin 
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
+4
as MCPO Scott Boytano 
Muhammad Ali
+6
as Narrator (voice) 
ATL
+8
as John Garnett 
Blue in the Face
+5
as Jackie Robinson 
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator (voice) 
The Puppet Masters
+3
as Alex Holland 
Chain Letter
+7
as Det. Jim Crenshaw 
Frog Kingdom
+4
as Frog King (voice) 
Braddock: Missing in Action III
+6
as Embassy Gate Captain 
Dead Presidents
+4
as Kirby 
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
+2
as Commander Scott Boytano 
Samuel Bleak
as Ned Coffman 
Larger Than Life
+6
as Hurst 
Heist 88
+7
as Buddha Ray 
Against the Dark
+4
as Lt. Waters 
Hot Pursuit
+3
as Alphonso 
Smiley
as Diamond 
Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice) 
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice) 
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude 
The Gateway
+6
as Terry 
Field of Lost Shoes
+13
as Old Judge 
The Last Outlaw
+3
as Lovecraft 
The Oh in Ohio
+4
as Coach Popovitch 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice) 
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk 
The Grave
+14
as The Priest 
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton 
Nina
+4
as Clifton's Father 
Tales from the Hood 2
+7
as Portifoy Simms 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
+1
as Jack Johnson (voice) 
The Prank
+15
as Principal Henderson 
Black as Night
+1
as Babineaux 
Unplugging
+7
as Gil 
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone 
Don McKay
+1
as Otis Kent 
Most Guys Are Losers
+13
as Al 
The Last Sentinel
+9
as Colonel Norton 
Novocaine
+6
as Detective Lunt 
Stars & Bars
+3
as Eugene Teagarden 
From the Shadows
+7
as Dr. Leonard Bertram 
American Dresser
+15
as Charlie 
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl 
Executive Target
as Lamar 
The Undershepherd
+7
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
+9
as The Simulator 
A Miracle Before Christmas
+2
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
+9
as The Sheriff 
Range 15
+17
as Colonel Holloway 
Blue: The American Dream
+1
as Terry Venable 
A Snowy Day in Oakland
+6
as Mr. Monroe 
The 420 Movie
+5
as Chief Ironweed 
In Search of Darkness
+8
as Self 
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
+3
as Sergeant Brass 
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian 
S.I.S.
+3
as Joseph Armstrong 
The Sensei
+3
as Minister 
Love Jacked
+11
as Ed 
Wild Daze
+18
as Narrator 
Good
+8
as Gregory Devereaux 
The Last Fall
+6
as Sydney Bishop 
Spork
+7
as Coach Jenkins 
The Butcher
+10
as Larry Cobb 
Chasing 3000
+22
as Officer L. 
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
+5
as Narrator (voice) 
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown 
Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers 
Brothers in Arms
+11
as Self 
Sons of Liberty
+9
as Nathan Reynolds 
Don't Pass Me By
+11
as David Knox 
Finding Faith
+4
as Henry 
Dirty Lies
+5
as Doc 
Kids vs Monsters
+2
as Barry 
No Bad Days
+4
as Terrence 
Never Met Picasso
+2
as Larry 
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
+7
as Narrator (voice) 
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
+6
as Detective Harris 
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
as Self - Narrator 
Forbidden Fruits
+6
as Rev. Walters 
Service to Man
+7
as Dean Holmes