Keith David



First NameKeith
Last NameDavid
Full Name at BirthKeith David Williams
Age55
Date of BirthJune 4, 1956
BirthplaceHarlem, NY
Height6' 2" (188 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorSalt and Pepper
Star SignGemini
EthnicityBlack
NationalityAmerican
High SchoolHigh School of the Performing Arts, New York City, NY
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameDCI on Agent Cody Banks
FriendsDrake Bell

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as Keith David, 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 General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy.


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Filmography

Selected Keith David film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2012
Joe Napier - Kupaka & Ankor Apis

2012
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl

2012
The Under Shepherd
Brother Wilks

2012
Sydney Bishop

2012
Smiley
Diamond

2011
Pastor Brown

2011
Dalbert Myers

2011
Max Malini

2011
The Book of Matthew
Henry

2011
Human Factor
Capt. Thorpe

2011
Hillbilly Highway
Mustafa

2011
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman

2011
Uncle Melvin

2011
Synecdoche
-

2011
Mass Effect 3
David Anderson

2010
Detective Jim Crenshaw

2010
Sweet Tee

2010
Claude

2010
Reverend Davis

2010
Jimmy Cannon

2010
No Saints for Sinners
Victor

2010
Spork
Coach Jenkins

2010
Sealing Your Fate
Gavin Taylor

2010
Tall Justice
Voiceover

2010
Murdock
Murdock

2009
Corbitt

2009
Blue
Terry Venable

2009
The Cat

2009
Agent Keith

2009
Larry Cobb

2009
Dr. Facilier

2009
Otis Kent

2009
Sleeping Celebrity

2009
Forgive Us Our Transgressions
Narrator

2008
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult

2008
Officer L.

2008
Judge B. Bennet Galloway

2008
FBI Chief Conrad

2008
Terrence

2008
Seducing Spirits
Pastor Bob

2008
Something Like a Business
Sebastian

2008
The Chief of Police

2008
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton

2008
The Sensei
Minister

2008
SIS
Joseph Armstrong

2008
Miles Grant

2008
Now Here
Detective Brinkman

2007
Sgt. Kilgore

2007
Col. Norton/Gun Voice 2

2007
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Narrator

2006
ATL
John Garnett

2006
Coach Popovitch

2006
Mr. Guster

2005
Captain Spain

2005
Father

2005
Stappleton

2005
Bebe Clone

2005
Lloyd Mackie

2005
Jeremiah Miller

2004
Lt. Dixon

2004
The Big House
Clarence Cleveland

2004
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid

2003
CIA Director

2003
Bernard Cooper

2003
Leon

2003
Voxem

2003
Spider-Man
Agent Moseley FBI, Agent Mosely

2003
Atlas

2002
The Sheriff

2002
Lester Wallace

2002
Miss Miami
-

2002
Brian

2002
Hung-Up
Mervin

2001
Council Member #1

2001
Home Invaders
Matador

2001
Detective Lunt

2001
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett

2001
G Spots?
The King

2001
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff

2001
Going to California
Paradise

2001
Additional Voices

2001
Despero

2001
The Job
Lt. Williams

2001
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat

2001
PBS Hollywood Presents
-

2000
Detective Davis

2000
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid

2000
Big Tim

2000
Lindell

2000
Moses Whitecotten

2000
Security Guard

1999
ATF
F.B.I. Director Richard Long

1999
Narrator

1998
General Kimsey

1998
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods

1998
Apollo

1997
Lamar

1997
Leo Richards, Gang Leader

1997
Apollo the Sun God

1997
Okkoto, Additional Voices

1997
Police Lieutenant Ed Fox

1997
Herbert Muhammad

1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles

1997
Warren Taft

1997
Spawn
Spawn

1996
Martin

1996
Homeless John

1996
Hurst

1996
Loose Women
Stylist #1

1996
Never Met Picasso
Larry

1996
The Priest

1996
Stanley Sunday

1996
Cecil Pickett

1996
Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
Goliath, Hood 2, Thailog

1995
Jackie Robinson

1995
André the Giant

1995
Kirby

1995
Sgt. Cantrell

1995
Ian Merit

1995
Mr. Pig

1994
Roger

1994
Alex Holland

1994
Minos, King Zahbar

1994
ER
Pastor Watkins

1994
Goliath, Morgan, Thailog, Thailog

1994
Rev. Harris

1994
Fantastic Four
Black Panther, T'Challa

1994
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas

1993
Lovecraft

1993
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers

1993
Tribeca
Lou

1992
Luther Jermoe

1992
Detective Huggins

1992
Nails
Noah Owens

1990
Max

1990
Louis Fedders

1990
Against the Law
Otis Turnbull

1990
Robertson

1990
Murder in Black and White
Martin

1989
Powerhouse

1989
Ernie Bass

1989
Jesse

1988
Buster Franklin

1988
Embassy Gate Captain

1988
Maurice

1988
Eugene Teagarden

1988
Frank Armitage

1988
Ladykillers
-

1988
Saxophone/Others

1987
Alphonso

1986
King

1986
Washington Square Peddler

1985
Cristo

1985
Screen Two
Will

1982
Childs

1982
American Playhouse
Big Willie

1980
The Pirates of Penzance
Chorus

1979
Club patron

1968
Keith the Handyman

Soundtrack Credits

2008
Beautiful Loser
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2007
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1996
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Keith David