Keith David
Acting
Keith 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.
TV Shows(125)
Strip Law
Steve Nichols (voice)
2026
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025
I Love LA
Leon Marcus
2025
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Old Sheep (voice)
2025
The Lowdown
Marty
2025
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice)
2025
Duster
Ezra Saxton
2025
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Toy COD Leader (voice)
2025
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Narrator (voice)
2024
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
2024
Invincible Fight Girl
Narrator (voice)
2024
High Potential
Captain Pacheco
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Darkseid (voice)
2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hordak (voice)
2024
Hazbin Hotel
Husk (voice)
2024
Krapopolis
Asskill (voice)
2023
Justified: City Primeval
Judge Alvin Guy
2023
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor
2023
True Lies
Albert 'Al' Gibson
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
B'Caala (voice)
2023
From Scratch
Hershel Wheeler
2022
Firebuds
Manny Kablamee
2022
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self
2022
Chibiverse
King Andrias (voice)
2022
Abbott Elementary
Frank
2021
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
The Devil
2021
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice)
2021
Leverage: Redemption
Billy Spencer
2021
The Good Lord Bird
Herbert
2020
Woke
Bible (voice)
2020
Close Enough
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
2020
Central Park
Ward Wittlinger (voice)
2020
Love Life
Narrator (voice)
2020
DC's Stargirl
Mister Bones (voice)
2020
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest
2020
Creepshow
Murdoch
2019
The Last Kids on Earth
Thrull (voice)
2019
Amphibia
King Andrias (voice)
2019
Champaign Ill
Lafonso
2018
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh
2018
Summer Camp Island
Lithophone (voice)
2018
Craig of the Creek
Narrator (voice)
2018
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Malcom Kane (voice)
2017
Future Man
Dr. Elias Kronish
2017
DuckTales
Manny (voice)
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Additional Voices (voice)
2017
MacGyver
Burke / Man
2016
Speechless
Colonel
2016
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Lord Marmoo (voice)
2016
Greenleaf
Bishop James Greenleaf
2016
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice)
2016
We Bare Bears
Mr. Charles (voice)
2015
Mr. Robot
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
2015
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy
2015
Fresh Off the Boat
Clyde Roses
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Glossaryck (voice)
2015
The Flash
Solovar (voice)
2014
black-ish
Loose Craig
2014
NCIS: New Orleans
Gene Holloway
2014
Scorpion
Warden
2014
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Lion Musician (voice)
2014
Extant
Nicholas Calderon
2014
Enlisted
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
2014
Rick and Morty
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
2013
Uncle Grandpa
Santa Claus (voice)
2013
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice)
2013
The Bible
Narrator
2013
Belle's
William 'Big Bill' Cooper
2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sal Commander (voice)
2012
Touch
Dutch
2012
Person of Interest
Terence Beale
2011
The Cape
Max Malini
2011
Young Justice
Mongul (voice)
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice)
2010
Hawaii Five-0
Jimmy Cannon
2010
Adventure Time
Balthus (voice)
2010
Community
Elroy Patashnik
2009
Archer
Lemuel Kane (voice)
2009
Canterbury's Law
2008
The War
Narrator (voice)
2007
Psych
Mr. Guster
2006
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Lloyd Mackie
2005
American Dad!
Fire Captain (voice)
2005
Numb3rs
Jeremiah Miller
2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice)
2005
The Big House
2004
Teen Titans
Atlas (voice)
2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Agent Mosely (voice)
2003
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator
2003
Everwood
Brian
2002
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
2002
Justice League
Despero (voice)
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice)
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat (voice)
2001
The Job
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
Card Soldier (voice)
2001
Jazz
Narrator (voice)
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Matt Phelps
2000
Silent Service
Self - Host
2000
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice)
1999
Family Guy
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
1999
Hercules
Apollo (voice)
1998
Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997
7th Heaven
Stanley
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Arli$$
Cecil Pickett
1996
The Outer Limits
Captain Ira Merit
1995
Gargoyles
Goliath (voice)
1994
Fantastic Four
Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
1994
ER
Pastor Watkins
1994
New York Undercover
1994
Aladdin
1994
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
King Oliver
1992
Law & Order
Bronx D.A. John Robertson
1990
American Experience
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
1988
The Oldest Rookie
1987
The Equalizer
Cristo
1985
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
1983
Nature
Narrator
1982
NOVA
Narrator
1974
The Oscars
The Cat (voice)
1953
President Curtis
President Andre Curtis (voice)
Movies(236)
Captain Zero: The Movie
The Depression Demon (voice)
2028
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
The Thing Expanded
Self
2026
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
2026
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
2025
The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
2025
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
2025
Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
2025
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
2025
Finding Faith
2025
Omniscient
Alistair
2025
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
The Depression Demon (voice)
2025
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
2025
Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
2025
Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
2024
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
2024
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
2024
The Prank
Principal Henderson
2024
American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
2023
Heist 88
Buddha Ray
2023
From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
2023
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
2023
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
2022
A Miracle Before Christmas
David
2022
Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
2022
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
2022
Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
2022
Unplugging
Gil
2022
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2022
Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
2021
Black as Night
Babineaux
2021
The Gateway
Terry
2021
The Seventh Day
Father Louis
2021
Insight
Captain Duke
2021
Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
2020
Most Guys Are Losers
Al
2020
Good
Gregory Devereaux
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
2020
The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
2020
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
2020
21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
2019
The Wedding Year
Preston
2019
You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
2019
In Search of Darkness
Self
2019
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
2019
Love Jacked
Ed
2018
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
2018
Brothers in Arms
Self
2018
Night School
Gerald
2018
American Dresser
Charlie
2018
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
2018
Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
2018
Ray Meets Helen
Harve
2018
The '91 Falcons
Narrator (voice)
2017
Savage Dog
Valentine
2017
Not a War Story
2017
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
2016
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Range 15
Colonel Holloway
2016
The Nice Guys
Older Guy
2016
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
2016
Nina
Clifton's Father
2016
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
2016
Dirty Lies
Doc
2016
The Last Punch
Don King
2016
Dutch Book
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
2015
Boiling Pot
Agent Long
2015
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
2015
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
2015
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
2015
Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
2015
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
2014
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
2013
Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
2013
Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
2013
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
2013
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
2013
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
2012
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012
Double or Nothing
Homeless Dude
2012
Smiley
Diamond
2012
Highway
Mustafa
2012
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
2012
The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
2012
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
2012
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
2011
Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
2011
The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
2011
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
2011
No Saints for Sinners
2011
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
2010
Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
2010
Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
2010
New York Street Games
Self
2010
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
2010
Something Like A Business
Sebastian
2010
Meet Monica Velour
Claude
2010
Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
2010
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
2010
The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
2009
Gamer
Agent Keith
2009
All About Steve
Corbitt
2009
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
2009
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
2009
Don McKay
Otis Kent
2009
Blue
Terry Venable
2009
Charlie Valentine
Sal
2009
Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
2009
Coraline
The Cat (voice)
2009
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
2009
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
2008
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
2008
No Bad Days
Terrence
2008
The Sensei
Minister
2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
2008
Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
2008
First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
2008
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
2008
The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
2007
Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
2007
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
2007
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
2006
Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
2006
ATL
John Garnett
2006
The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
2006
Dirty
Captain Spain
2005
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
2005
The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
2005
Transporter 2
Stappleton
2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
2005
Crash
Lt. Dixon
2005
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
2004
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
2004
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
2003
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
2003
Hollywood Homicide
Leon
2003
Head of State
Bernard Cooper
2003
Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
2003
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
29 Palms
The Sheriff
2002
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
2002
Barbershop
Lester Wallace
2002
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
2002
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
2001
Novocaine
Detective Lunt
2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
2001
Home Invaders
Matador
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
2001
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
2001
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
2001
Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
2000
The Replacements
Lindell
2000
Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
2000
Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000
Innocents
Detective Davis
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
1999
ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
1999
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
1999
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Spawn
1998
There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
1998
Armageddon
General Kimsey
1998
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
1998
Never Met Picasso
Larry
1997
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
1997
Executive Target
Lamar
1997
Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
1997
Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
1997
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
1997
Johns
Homeless John
1996
Larger Than Life
Hurst
1996
The Grave
The Priest
1996
Eye for an Eye
Martin
1996
Dead Presidents
Kirby
1995
Clockers
André the Giant
1995
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
1995
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
1995
The Quick and the Dead
Sergeant Cantrell
1995
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
1994
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
1994
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
1994
Reality Bites
Roger
1994
Hallelujah
Big Willie
1993
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
1993
The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
1993
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
1993
Nails
Noah Owens
1992
Article 99
Luther Jermoe
1992
Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
1992
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
1991
Marked for Death
Max
1990
Men at Work
Louis Fedders
1990
Murder in Black and White
Martin
1990
Always
Powerhouse
1989
Road House
Ernie Bass
1989
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
1988
Ladykillers
Abe
1988
They Live
Frank Armitage
1988
Bird
Buster Franklin
1988
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
1988
Off Limits
Maurice
1988
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
1988
The Making of 'They Live'
Self
1988
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
1987
Platoon
King
1986
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
1986
The Thing
Childs
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
1980
Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
1979
ATL 2: The Homecoming
John Garnett
The Price for Freedom
Reverend J.W. Bruno
Dreams of the Moon
My New Friend Jim
Jim Dandy
Rise of the Mammals
Narrator