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