Keith David
Born June 04, 1956
Place of birth: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Blac...
Filmography
Actor (367 credits)
Movies
Captain Zero: The MovieThe Depression Demon (voice)
2027SneaksO.G. (voice)
2025Shelby OaksMorton Jacobson
2025Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's ParadoxThe Simulator
2025The Gettysburg AddressFrederick Douglass (voice)
2025Finding Faith
2025Portal to HellMr. Bobshank
2025OmniscientAlistair
2025Hazbin Hotel: Sing-AlongHusk (voice)
2025Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway(voice) (uncredited)
2025The PrankPrincipal Henderson
2024Betty & BlueWillie 'Blue' Watson
2024Mufasa: The Lion KingMasego (voice)
2024Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love StoryJerry
2023Heist 88Buddha Ray
2023American FictionWilly the Wonker
2023From the ShadowsDr. Leonard Bertram
2023A Snowy Day in OaklandMr. Monroe
2023UnpluggingGil
2022NopeOtis Haywood Sr.
2022The Wonderful Spring of Mickey MouseNarrator (voice)
2022DC League of Super-PetsDog-El (voice)
2022A Miracle Before ChristmasDavid
2022EntergalacticMr. Rager (voice)
2022Shut Up and RideNarrator (voice)
2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
2022Catwoman: HuntedTobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2022Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson StoryInk Williams
20221982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!Self
2022Amphibia: The Hardest ThingKing Adrias
2022Mr. Nelson on the North SideSelf
2021The GatewayTerry
2021Pups AloneThe Wise Bartender
2021Black as NightBabineaux
2021The Seventh DayFather Louis
2021InsightCaptain Duke
2021Horizon LineFreddy Wyman
2020The 420 MovieChief Ironweed
2020In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf
2020Most Guys Are LosersAl
2020Cuba's Cancer HopeNarrator (voice)
2020GoodGregory Devereaux
2020The Wedding YearPreston
2019In Search of DarknessSelf
201921 BridgesDeputy Chief Spencer
2019Horror Noire: A History of Black HorrorSelf
2019You Might Be the KillerSheriff James
2019Brothers in ArmsSelf
2018Ray Meets HelenHarve
2018Night SchoolGerald
2018Tales from the Hood 2Portifoy Simms
2018Love JackedEd
2018American DresserCharlie
2018F. You All: The Uwe Boll StorySelf
2018Sharon 1.2.3.Tyrone
2018Savage DogValentine
2017Not a War Story
2017The '91 FalconsNarrator (voice)
2017The Nice GuysOlder Guy
2016Dirty LiesDoc
2016Range 15Colonel Holloway
2016Service to ManDean Holmes
2016NinaClifton's Father
2016The North StarFrederick Douglass
2016School of RickeySelf - Narrator (voice)
2016Blue: The American DreamTerry Venable
2016The Last PunchDon King
2016Union FurnacePin Stripe
2015Boiling PotAgent Long
2015Secrets of the Magic CityMr. Daniels
2015Field of Lost ShoesOld Judge
2015Kids vs MonstersBarry
2015If I Tell You I Have to Kill YouDetective Harris
2015Dutch Book
2015Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-ManNarrator
2014Assault on Wall StreetFreddy
2013Don't Pass Me ByDavid Knox
2013Sons of LibertyNathan Reynolds
2013Frog KingdomFrog King (voice)
2013Free BirdsChief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013Black AsylumAgent Davis
2013HighwayMustafa
2012Cloud AtlasKupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012SmileyDiamond
2012Christmas in ComptonBig Earl
2012The Last FallSydney Bishop
2012AniMen: The Galactic BattleSergeant Brass
2012Double or NothingHomeless Dude
2012The UndershepherdBrother Wilks
2012The InheritanceUncle Melvin
2011Hopelessly in JuneDalbert Myers
2011Samuel BleakNed Coffman
2011No Saints for Sinners
2011The Greening of Whitney BrownClerk
2011Africa's Lost EdenNarrator (voice)
2010Stomp the Yard 2: HomecomingTerry
2010Death at a FuneralReverend Davis
2010Lottery TicketSweet Tee
2010Something Like A BusinessSebastian
2010Chain LetterDet. Jim Crenshaw
2010Meet Monica VelourClaude
2010New York Street GamesSelf
2010Baseball: The Tenth InningNarrator
2010Chasing 3000Officer L.
2010The Princess and the FrogDr. Facilier (voice)
2009All About SteveCorbitt
2009Don McKayOtis Kent
2009Behind Enemy Lines III: ColombiaCommander Scott Boytano
2009CoralineThe Cat (voice)
2009Against the DarkLt. Waters
2009Pastor BrownPastor Brown
2009BlueTerry Venable
2009The ButcherLarry Cobb
2009Charlie ValentineSal
2009GamerAgent Keith
2009Beautiful LoserMorgan - Adult
2009Superhero MovieThe Chief of Police
2008No Bad DaysTerrence
2008The SenseiMinister
2008The Fifth CommandmentMax 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
2008Justice League: The New FrontierThe Centre (voice)
2008First SundayJudge B. Bennet Galloway
2008S.I.S.Joseph Armstrong
2008My Mom's New BoyfriendFBI Chief Conrad
2008The Candlelight MurdersPastor Bob
2008The Last SentinelColonel Norton
2007If I Had Known I Was a GeniusDad
2007Delta FarceSgt. Kilgore
2007The Color Purple: The Color of SuccessNarrator (voice)
2007Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of EvilMCPO Scott Boytano
2006ATLJohn Garnett
2006The Oh in OhioCoach Popovitch
2006Working with a Master: John CarpenterSelf
2006Forbidden FruitsRev. Walters
2006CrashLt. Dixon
2005Mr. & Mrs. SmithFather
2005DirtyCaptain Spain
2005Transporter 2Stappleton
2005The Proud Family MovieBebe Clone (voice)
2005Crusades: Crescent & the CrossSelf - Narrator
2005The Chronicles of RiddickAbu 'Imam' al-Walid
2004The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark FuryAbu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonNarrator (voice)
2004Beef IINarrator (voice)
2004Last Stand of the Great BearNarrator (voice)
2004Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination LondonCIA Director
2004Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-ManNarrator (voice)
2004Agent Cody BanksCIA Director
2003Head of StateBernard Cooper
2003Nubia: The Forgotten KingdomNarrator (voice)
2003Hollywood HomicideLeon
2003Comic Book Superheroes UnmaskedNarrator (voice)
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripNarrator (voice)
2003Inside MeccaNarrator (voice)
2003The Shakespeare Sessions
2003BarbershopLester Wallace
2002Stalking LeopardsNarrator (voice)
2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesFrank (They Live) (archive footage)
200229 PalmsThe Sheriff
2002Mark TwainNarrator (voice)
2002NovocaineDetective Lunt
2001Pretty When You CryDetective Charles Desett
2001Home InvadersMatador
2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinCouncil Member (voice)
2001Semper FiGunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
2001Egypt's Golden EmpireNarrator
2001Boxing: In and Out of the RingNarrator (voice)
2001Pitch BlackAbu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000Requiem for a DreamBig Tim
2000Where the Heart IsMoses Whitecotten
2000InnocentsDetective Davis
2000The ReplacementsLindell
2000The Grizzlies of SiberiaNarrator (voice)
1999ATFFBI Director Richard Long
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the BluesKing Oliver
1999Spawn 3: The Ultimate BattleSpawn
1999ArmageddonGeneral Kimsey
1998There's Something About MaryCharlie Jensen
1998The Tiger Woods StoryEarl Woods
1998Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2Spawn
1998VolcanoLt. Ed Fox
1997Don King: Only in AmericaHerbert Muhammad
1997FlippingLeo Richards, Gang Leader
1997Executive TargetLamar
1997Murder, She Wrote: South by SouthwestAlgric Bartles
1997HerculesApollo the Sun God (voice)
1997Larger Than LifeHurst
1996Eye for an EyeMartin
1996The GraveThe Priest
1996JohnsHomeless John
1996Never Met PicassoLarry
1996ClockersAndré the Giant
1995Blue in the FaceJackie Robinson
1995Dead PresidentsKirby
1995The Quick and the DeadSgt. Clay Cantrell
1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes AwakenGoliath (voice)
1995The Puppet MastersAlex Holland
1994Reality BitesRoger
1994Jewels of the Caribbean SeaNarrator (voice)
1994The Last OutlawLovecraft
1993Bluesland: A Portrait in American MusicSelf - Host
1993There Are No Children HereJohn Paul Rivers
1993HallelujahBig Willie
1993Final AnalysisDetective Huggins
1992Article 99Luther Jermoe
1992NailsNoah Owens
1992Hallelujah AnyhowWill
1991Marked for DeathMax
1990Men at WorkLouis Fedders
1990Murder in Black and WhiteMartin
1990AlwaysPowerhouse
1989Road HouseErnie Bass
1989They LiveFrank Armitage
1988BirdBuster Franklin
1988Braddock: Missing in Action IIIEmbassy Gate Captain
1988LadykillersAbe
1988The Making of 'They Live'Self
1988Off LimitsMaurice
1988Stars & BarsEugene Teagarden
1988Christmas in TattertownSaxophone (voice)
1988Hot PursuitAlphonso
1987PlatoonKing
1986The Whoopee BoysWashington Square Peddler
1986The ThingChilds
1982The Pirates of PenzancePirates and Police
1980CoriolanusAedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
1979Mike & Nick & Nick & AliceSosa
The Thing ExpandedSelf
Lions Of DarknessNarrator (voice)
1993ATL 2: The HomecomingJohn Garnett
The Price for FreedomReverend J.W. Bruno
Dreams of the Moon
My New Friend JimJim Dandy
Tv
Strip Law
2026DusterEzra Saxton
2025The LowdownMarty
2025Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable CircumstancesToy COD Leader (voice)
2025Haunted HotelAdditional Voices (voice)
2025E.B. White's Charlotte's WebOld Sheep (voice)
2025The American Revolutionvoice
2025Hazbin HotelHusk (voice)
2024Leonardo da VinciNarrator (voice)
2024Kite Man: Hell Yeah!Darkseid (voice)
2024Masters of the Universe: RevolutionHordak (voice)
2024Invincible Fight GirlNarrator (voice)
2024Invincible Fight GirlScouter (voice)
2024Cold Case Files: Murder in the BayouNarrator (voice)
2024High PotentialCaptain Pacheco
2024Justified: City PrimevalJudge Alvin Guy
2023My Dad the Bounty HunterB'Caala (voice)
2023Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982Self - Actor
2023KrapopolisAsskill (voice)
2023True LiesAlbert 'Al' Gibson
2023The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All TimeSelf
2022From ScratchHershel Wheeler
2022FirebudsManny Kablamee
2022ChibiverseKing Andrias (voice)
2022Muhammad AliNarrator (voice)
2021Leverage: RedemptionBilly Spencer
2021Marvel's Hit-MonkeyThe Devil
2021Abbott ElementaryFrank
2021Close EnoughWorld’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
2020Central ParkWard Wittlinger (voice)
2020Love LifeNarrator (voice)
2020DC's StargirlMister Bones (voice)
2020Dead Talk LiveSelf - Guest
2020WokeBible (voice)
2020CreepshowMurdoch
2019AmphibiaKing Andrias (voice)
2019The Last Kids on EarthThrull (voice)
2019Craig of the CreekNarrator (voice)
2018Summer Camp IslandLithophone (voice)
2018Summer Camp IslandTummy (voice)
2018Champaign IllLafonso
2018Liverspots and AstronotsDr. Pesh
2018DuckTalesManny (voice)
2017Future ManDr. Elias Kronish
2017Stretch Armstrong & the Flex FightersMalcom Kane (voice)
2017GreenleafBishop James Greenleaf
2016Kulipari: An Army of FrogsLord Marmoo (voice)
2016Jackie RobinsonNarrator (voice)
2016SpeechlessColonel
2016MacGyverBurke / Man
2016Mr. RobotQwerty (voice) (uncredited)
2015We Bare BearsMr. Charles (voice)
2015Big Time in Hollywood, FlAgent Everett Malloy
2015Star vs. the Forces of EvilGlossaryck (voice)
2015Fresh Off the BoatClyde Roses
2015ExtantNicholas Calderon
2014EnlistedSgt. Major Donald Cody
2014ScorpionWarden
2014The FlashSolovar (voice)
2014The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCWNarrator (voice)
2014BoJack HorsemanLion Musician (voice)
2014NCIS: New OrleansGene Holloway
2014black-ishLoose Craig
2014The BibleNarrator
2013Rick and MortyPresident Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
2013Belle'sWilliam 'Big Bill' Cooper
2013Once Upon a Time in WonderlandThe Cheshire Cat (voice)
2013Rick and MortyReverse Giraffe (voice)
2013Rick and MortyPresident/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
2013Uncle GrandpaSanta Claus (voice)
2013Rick and MortyNarrator (voice)
2013Teen Titans Go!Narrator (voice)
2013Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSal Commander (voice)
2012TouchDutch
2012The CapeMax Malini
2011Person of InterestTerence Beale
2011Young JusticeMongul (voice)
2010Adventure TimeBalthus (voice)
2010Adventure TimeFlame King (voice)
2010Hawaii Five-0Jimmy Cannon
2010Baseball: The Tenth InningNarrator (voice)
2010CommunityElroy Patashnik
2009CommunityNarrator (voice)
2009ArcherLemuel Kane (voice)
2009Canterbury's Law
2008The WarNarrator (voice)
2007PsychMr. Guster
2006Grey's AnatomyLloyd Mackie
2005Numb3rsJeremiah Miller
2005Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonJack Johnson (voice)
2005American Dad!Fire Captain (voice)
2005The Big House
2004Teen TitansAtlas (voice)
2003Spider-Man: The New Animated SeriesAgent Mosely (voice)
2003Kingdom of David: The Saga of the IsraelitesNarrator
2003EverwoodBrian
2002Mark TwainNarrator (voice)
2002The Job
2001The Legend of TarzanTublat (voice)
2001Disney's House of Mouse
2001Justice LeagueDespero (voice)
2001Egypt's Golden EmpireNarrator (voice)
2001JazzNarrator (voice)
2001CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMatt Phelps
2000Silent ServiceSelf - Host
2000Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. AnthonyFrederick Douglass (voice)
1999Family GuyJazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
1999Family GuyCommander Bensinger (voice)
1999HerculesApollo (voice)
1998SpawnAl Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997Arli$$
1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf
19967th HeavenStanley
1996The Outer LimitsCaptain Ira Merit
1995GargoylesGoliath (voice)
1994Gargoyles
1994Aladdin
1994Fantastic FourBlack Panther/T'challa (voice)
1994New York Undercover
1994ERPastor Watkins
1994BaseballNarrator
1994The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesKing Oliver
1992Law & OrderBronx D.A. John Robertson
1990American ExperienceW.E. Henderson / Other Voices
1988The Oldest Rookie
1987The EqualizerCristo
1985Hot Pursuit
1984Reading RainbowNarrator (voice)
1983NatureNarrator
1982Hallelujah!
1981NOVANarrator
1974Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
1956President CurtisPresident Andre Curtis (voice)
