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 Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the ...
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Armageddon
As General Kimsey
There's Something About Mary
As Charlie Jensen
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
As Father
Platoon
As King
The Thing
As Childs
Crash
As Lt. Dixon
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
As MCPO Scott Boytano
Men at Work
As Louis Fedders
Marked for Death
As Max
Volcano
As Lt. Ed Fox
The Chronicles of Riddick
As Imam
Pitch Black
As Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
As Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Dirty
As Captain Spain
Barbershop
As Lester Wallace
Agent Cody Banks
As CIA Director
Final Analysis
As Detective Huggins
The Last Outlaw
As Lovecraft
Clockers
As André the Giant
Novocaine
As Detective Lunt
Blue in the Face
As Jackie Robinson
Always
As Powerhouse
Dead Presidents
As Kirby
All About Steve
As Corbitt
They Live
As Frank Armitage
Superhero Movie
As The Chief of Police
Bird
As Buster Franklin
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
As Narrator (voice)
The Quick and the Dead
As Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Article 99
As Luther Jermoe
The Puppet Masters
As Alex Holland
No Bad Days
As Terrence
Transporter 2
As Stappleton
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
As Terry
Head of State
As Bernard Cooper
Braddock: Missing in Action III
As Embassy Gate Captain
Death at a Funeral
As Reverend Davis
The Sensei
As Minister
Don McKay
As Otis Kent
ATL
As John Garnett
Justice League: The New Frontier
As The Centre (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
As Commander Scott Boytano
Lottery Ticket
As Sweet Tee
The Fifth Commandment
As Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
First Sunday
As Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Hot Pursuit
As Alphonso
The Last Sentinel
As Colonel Norton
Coraline
As Cat (voice)
Against the Dark
As Lt. Waters
The Inheritance
As Uncle Melvin
Something Like A Business
As Sebastian
Pastor Brown
As Pastor Brown
Chain Letter
As Det. Jim Crenshaw
Off Limits
As Maurice
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
As Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Beef II
As Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
As Dad
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
As Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
As Al Simmons/Spawn
Cloud Atlas
As Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Nails
As Noah Owens
S.I.S.
As Joseph Armstrong
Meet Monica Velour
As Claude
29 Palms
As The Sheriff
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry
As Detective Charles Desett
Flipping
As Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Hopelessly in June
As Dalbert Myers
Stars & Bars
As Eugene Teagarden
Mark Twain
As Narrator (voice)
Executive Target
As Lamar
Christmas in Compton
As Big Earl
Smiley
As Diamond
Assault on Wall Street
As Freddy
Samuel Bleak
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
As Algric Bartles
Don't Pass Me By
As David Knox
Larger Than Life
As Hurst
Charlie Valentine
As Sal
The Butcher
As Larry Cobb
Sons of Liberty
As Nathan Reynolds
The Oh in Ohio
As Coach Popovitch
Eye for an Eye
As Martin
The Last Fall
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
As Al Simmons/Spawn
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
As Council Member (voice)
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
As Sergeant Brass
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
Frog Kingdom
As Frog King
Hollywood Homicide
As Leon
Requiem for a Dream
As Big Tim
Union Furnace
As Pin Stripe
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
As Narrator (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
As Narrator
Boiling Pot
As Agent Long
My Mom's New Boyfriend
As FBI Chief Conrad
Secrets of the Magic City
As Mr. Daniels
Delta Farce
As Sgt. Kilgore
Field of Lost Shoes
As Old Judge
Double or Nothing
As Homeless Dude
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
As CIA Director
The Grave
As The Priest
Dirty Lies
As Doc
The Princess and the Frog
As Dr. Facilier (voice)
The Nice Guys
As Older Guy
Hercules
As Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Range 15
As Colonel Holloway
ATF
As F.B.I. Director Richard Long
Service to Man
As Dean Holmes
The Greening of Whitney Brown
As Clerk
Where the Heart Is
As Moses Whitecotten
Road House
As Ernie Bass
Free Birds
As Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Semper Fi
As Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Kids vs Monsters
As Barry
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
As Narrator
Gamer
As Agent Keith
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
As Narrator (voice)
Johns
As Homeless John
Reality Bites
As Roger
Black Asylum
As Agent Davis
Egypt's Golden Empire
As Narrator
Savage Dog
As Valentine
Ray Meets Helen
As Harve
Chasing 3000
As Officer L.
The Candlelight Murders
As Pastor Bob
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
As Self
Not a War Story
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
As Self - Host
Inside Mecca
As Narrator
Night School
As Gerald
Never Met Picasso
As Larry
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
As Detective Harris
Christmas in Tattertown
As Saxophone (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
As King Oliver
The Wedding Year
As Preston
Tales from the Hood 2
As Portifoy Simms
Love Jacked
As Ed
Nina
As Clifton's Father
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
As Narrator
American Dresser
As Charlie
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
As Himself
The Replacements
As Lindell
Innocents
As Detective Davis
Hallelujah Anyhow
As Will
The North Star
As Frederick Douglas
In Search of Darkness
As Self
21 Bridges
As Deputy Chief Spencer
There Are No Children Here
As John Paul Rivers
In Search of Tomorrow
As Self - Interviewee
Horizon Line
As Freddy Wyman
The Gettysburg Address
As Frederick Douglass (voice)
Beautiful Loser
As Morgan - Adult
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
As Self
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
As Goliath (voice)
The 420 Movie
As Chief Ironweed
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
As Narrator
The '91 Falcons
As Narrator
The Gateway
As Terry
The Shakespeare Sessions
School of Rickey
The Tiger Woods Story
As Earl Woods
Blue: The American Dream
As Terry Venable
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
As Narrator
In Search of Darkness: Part II
As Self
Most Guys Are Losers
As Al
Pups Alone
As The Wise Bartender
Black as Night
As Babineaux
Forbidden Fruits
As Rev. Walters
Hallelujah
As Big Willie
The Seventh Day
As Father Louis
Insight
As Captain Duke
Cuba's Cancer Hope
As Narrator
Murder in Black and White
As Martin
Terror in the Aisles
As Childs (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Undershepherd
As Brother Wilks
Dutch Book
You Might Be the Killer
As Sheriff James
Catwoman: Hunted
As Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
As Ink Williams
Good
As Gregory Devereaux
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
As (Self) Narrator
Africa's Lost Eden
As Narrator
Don King: Only in America
As Herbert Muhammad
Stalking Leopards
As Narrator
Brothers in Arms
As Self
The Prank
As Principal Henderson
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
As Self
Unplugging
As Gil
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
As Narrator (voice)
Nope
As Otis Haywood Sr.
Shelby Oaks
As Morton Jacobson
Kaena: The Prophecy
As Voxem (english voice)
The Grizzlies of Siberia
As Narrator
DC League of Super-Pets
As Dog-El (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
As David
Entergalactic
As Mr. Rager (voice)
A Snowy Day in Oakland
As Mr. Monroe
Coriolanus
As Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Sneaks
As (voice)
Ladykillers
As Abe
The Making of 'They Live'
As Self
Highway
As Mustafa
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
As Jerry
Blue
As Terry Venable
Betty & Blue
As Willie "Blue" Watson
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
As Narrator (voice)
Heist 88
As Buddha Ray
American Fiction
As Willy the Wonker
From the Shadows
As Dr. Leonard Bertram
Home Invaders
As Matador
The Pirates of Penzance
As Pirates and Police
The Proud Family Movie
As Bebe Clone (voice)
No Saints for Sinners
Shut Up and Ride
As Narrator
Mufasa: The Lion King
As Masego (voice)
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
As The Simulator
The Whoopee Boys
As Washington Square Peddler
New York Street Games
As Self
Grey's Anatomy
As Lloyd Mackie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
As Matt Phelps
Gargoyles
Everwood
As Brian
Scorpion
As Warden
Disney's House of Mouse
Aladdin
Fantastic Four
Canterbury's Law
E! True Hollywood Story
New York Undercover
7th Heaven
As Stanley
ER
As Pastor Watkins
Hallelujah!
Spawn
As Spawn (voice)
The Outer Limits
As Captain Ira Merit
The Cape
As Max Malini
The Job
Arliss
Numb3rs
Teen Titans
As Atlas (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan
As Tublat (voice)
The Equalizer
As Cristo
The Big House
Hot Pursuit
The Oldest Rookie
Enlisted
As Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Community
As Narrator (voice)
NOVA
As Narrator
The Bible
As Narrator
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
As Agent Everett Malloy
Egypt's Golden Empire
As Himself - Narrator
The Flash
As Solovar (voice)
Greenleaf
As Bishop James Greenleaf
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
As Lord Marmoo (voice)
Jackie Robinson
As Narrator
Jazz
As Narrator
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
As Frederick Douglass (voice)
The War
As Narrator
Belle's
As William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Person of Interest
As Terence Beale
Baseball
As Narrator
Future Man
As Dr. Elias Kronish
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
As Malcom Kane (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
As The Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Last Kids on Earth
As Thrull (voice)
BoJack Horseman
As Lion Musician (voice)
MacGyver
As Burke / Man
black-ish
As Loose Craig
Rick and Morty
As President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
NCIS: New Orleans
As Gene Holloway
Fresh Off the Boat
As Clyde Roses
Archer
As Lemuel Kane (voice)
Family Guy
As Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Liverspots and Astronots
As Dr. Pesh
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
As King Oliver
Close Enough
As World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Mr. Robot
As Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
DuckTales
As Manny (voice)
Creepshow
As Murdoch
We Bare Bears
As Mr. Charles (voice)
Extant
As Nicholas Calderon
Muhammad Ali
As Narrator
Central Park
As Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Justice League
As Despero (voice)
Love Life
As Narrator (voice)
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
As Self - Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
As Mister Bones (voice)
Mark Twain
As Narrator (voice)
Silent Service
As Self - Host
Young Justice
As Mongul (voice)
Hercules
As Apollo (voice)
Law & Order
As Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Champaign Ill
As Lafonso
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
As Agent Mosely (voice)
Craig of the Creek
As Narrator (voice)
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Summer Camp Island
As Lithophone (voice)
From Scratch
As Hershel Wheeler
Adventure Time
As Flame King (voice)
Leverage: Redemption
As Billy Spencer
Duster
As Ezra
Hawaii Five-0
As Jimmy Cannon
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Amphibia
As King Andrias (voice)
Nature
As Narrator
Justified: City Primeval
As Judge Alvin Guy
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
As Glossaryck (voice)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
As B'Caala (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
As Hordak (voice)
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
As Self - Actor
Krapopolis
As Asskill (voice)
True Lies
As Albert “Al” Gibson
Reading Rainbow
As Himself - Narrator (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
As Husk (voice)
American Dad!
As Fire Captain (voice)
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
As Narrator
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
As King Oliver
Dead Talk Live
As Self - Guest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
As Sal Commander (voice)
Firebuds
As Manny Kablamee
Speechless
As Colonel
Woke
As Bible (voice)
Psych
As Mr. Guster
Leonardo da Vinci
As Self - Narrator
Touch
As Dutch
Uncle Grandpa
As Santa Claus (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
As Darkseid (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
As Narrator (voice)
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
As The Devil (voice)
