Keith David
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.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Portal to Hell
Mufasa: The Lion King
The Flash
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Death at a Funeral
Forbidden Fruits
Justice League
Fantastic Four
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ATL 2: The Homecoming
as John Garnett
Dreams of the Moon
as Unknown
Bob's Best Friends
as Cuddles (voice)
Captain Zero: The Movie
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Crime and Punishment in America
as Self - Narrator
President Curtis
as President Andre Curtis (voice)
The Hawk
as Old Henry
The Thing Expanded
as Self
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Sosa
Strip Law
as Steve Nichols (voice)
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
The Gettysburg Address
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
as (voice) (uncredited)
The American Revolution
as (voice)
I Love LA
as Leon Marcus
Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Old Sheep (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
as Husk (voice)
The Lowdown
as Marty
Haunted Hotel
as Additional Voices (voice)
Finding Faith
as Henry
Omniscient
as Alistair
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
as The Simulator
Duster
as Ezra Saxton
Sneaks
as O.G. (voice)
Devil May Cry
as Lucan (voice)
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
as Toy COD Leader (voice)
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
as Narrator
Leonardo da Vinci
as Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
as Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
as Scouter (voice)
High Potential
as Captain Pacheco
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as Darkseid (voice)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
Betty & Blue
as Willie 'Blue' Watson
The Prank
as Principal Henderson
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Hordak (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
as Husk (voice)
American Fiction
as Willy the Wonker
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray
Krapopolis
as Asskill (voice)
From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
Justified: City Primeval
as Judge Alvin Guy
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as Self - Actor
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mr. Monroe
True Lies
as Albert 'Al' Gibson
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as B'Caala (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
as Jerry
Shut Up and Ride
as Narrator (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David
From Scratch
as Hershel Wheeler
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Firebuds
as Manny Kablamee
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Ink Williams
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self
Chibiverse
as King Andrias (voice)
Chibiverse
as Goliath (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
as Dog-El (voice)
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
Unplugging
as Gil
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
as Narrator
Abbott Elementary
as Frank
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
as The Devil
Black as Night
as Babineaux
Muhammad Ali
as Narrator (voice)
The Gateway
as Terry
Leverage: Redemption
as Billy Spencer
The Seventh Day
as Father Louis
Insight
as Captain Duke
Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman
Most Guys Are Losers
as Al
Good
as Gregory Devereaux
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
The Good Lord Bird
as Herbert
Wild Daze
as Narrator
Woke
as Bible (voice)
Close Enough
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Love Life
as Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
as Mister Bones (voice)
Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest
The 420 Movie
as Chief Ironweed
Cuba's Cancer Hope
as Narrator (voice)
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
as Self
Rise of the Mammals
as Self - Narrator
21 Bridges
as Deputy Chief Spencer
Creepshow
as Murdoch
The Wedding Year
as Preston
The Last Kids on Earth
as Thrull (voice)
Amphibia
as King Andrias (voice)
You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James
In Search of Darkness
as Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
Champaign Ill
as Lafonso
Love Jacked
as Ed
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as Self
Brothers in Arms
as Self
Liverspots and Astronots
as Dr. Pesh
Night School
as Gerald
American Dresser
as Charlie
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone
Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms
Summer Camp Island
as Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island
as Tummy (voice)
Ray Meets Helen
as Harve
Craig of the Creek
as Narrator (voice)
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
as Malcom Kane (voice)
Future Man
as Dr. Elias Kronish
Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing
as Self
DuckTales
as Manny (voice)
Savage Dog
as Valentine
Not a War Story
as Unknown
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)
Service to Man
as Dean Holmes
The Men of Outpost 31
as Self
MacGyver
as Burke / Man
Speechless
as Colonel
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as Lord Marmoo (voice)
School of Rickey
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Greenleaf
as Bishop James Greenleaf
Range 15
as Colonel Holloway
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
Blue: The American Dream
as Terry Venable
Nina
as Clifton's Father
Jackie Robinson
as Narrator (voice)
The North Star
as Frederick Douglass
Dirty Lies
as Doc
Dutch Book
as Joe Johnson
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Detective Harris
Boiling Pot
as Agent Long
Kids vs Monsters
as Barry
We Bare Bears
as Mr. Charles (voice)
Union Furnace
as Pin Stripe
Secrets of the Magic City
as Mr. Daniels
Mr. Robot
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
as Agent Everett Malloy
Fresh Off the Boat
as Clyde Roses
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Glossaryck (voice)
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
as Unknown
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator
black-ish
as Loose Craig
NCIS: New Orleans
as Gene Holloway
Scorpion
as Warden
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
as Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
as Lion Musician (voice)
Extant
as Nicholas Calderon
H4
as Worcester
Enlisted
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice)
Rick and Morty
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Rick and Morty
as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty
as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
as Santa Claus (voice)
Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds
Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy
Black Asylum
as Agent Davis
Teen Titans Go!
as Narrator (voice)
The Bible
as Narrator
Don't Pass Me By
as David Knox
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Smiley
as Diamond
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Charles Buchanan (voice)
Highway
as Mustafa
The Last Fall
as Sydney Bishop
The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks
Touch
as Dutch
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as Sergeant Brass
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk
Person of Interest
as Terence Beale
Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers
The Inheritance
as Uncle Melvin
Samuel Bleak
as Ned Coffman
The Cape
as Max Malini
No Saints for Sinners
as Victor
Young Justice
as Mongul (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
as Jimmy Cannon
Lottery Ticket
as Sweet Tee
New York Street Games
as Self
Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude
Spork
as Coach Jenkins
Africa's Lost Eden
as Narrator (voice)
Adventure Time
as Balthus (voice)
Adventure Time
as Flame King (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Community
as Elroy Patashnik
Community
as Narrator (voice)
Archer
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
Beautiful Loser
as Morgan - Adult
Gamer
as Agent Keith
All About Steve
as Corbitt
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown
Don McKay
as Otis Kent
Blue
as Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
as Sal
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters
Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano
S.I.S.
as Joseph Armstrong
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
No Bad Days
as Terrence
The Sensei
as Minister
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad
Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police
Canterbury's Law
as Unknown
Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice)
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
The Candlelight Murders
as Pastor Bob
The War
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Sentinel
as Colonel Norton
Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
as Self - Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
as Dad
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano
Psych
as Mr. Guster
ATL
as John Garnett
The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
as Self
Dirty
as Captain Spain
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
as Self - Narrator
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
as Narrator
The Proud Family Movie
as Bebe Clone (voice)
Transporter 2
as Stappleton
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
Crash
as Lt. Dixon
Grey's Anatomy
as Lloyd Mackie
American Dad!
as Fire Captain (voice)
Numb3rs
as Jeremiah Miller
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
Beef II
as Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator (voice)
The Big House
as Unknown
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
as Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice)
Teen Titans
as Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Agent Mosely (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
as Leon
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
as Narrator
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper
Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director
Inside Mecca
as Narrator (voice)
Everwood
as Brian
29 Palms
as The Sheriff
Stalking Leopards
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Barbershop
as Lester Wallace
Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice)
Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator
The Legend of Tarzan
as Tublat (voice)
Home Invaders
as Matador
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
The Job
as Unknown
Disney's House of Mouse
as Card Soldier (voice)
Jazz
as Narrator (voice)
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as Narrator (voice)
Requiem for a Dream
as Big Tim
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Matt Phelps
The Replacements
as Lindell
Where the Heart Is
as Moses Whitecotten
Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
National Geographic: The Photographers
as Narrator
Innocents
as Detective Davis
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as King Oliver
ATF
as FBI Director Richard Long
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
The Grizzlies of Siberia
as Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
as Commander Bensinger (voice)
Hercules
as Apollo (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
as Spawn
There's Something About Mary
as Charlie Jensen
Armageddon
as General Kimsey
The Tiger Woods Story
as Earl Woods
Never Met Picasso
as Larry
Don King: Only in America
as Herbert Muhammad
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles
Loose Women
as Stylist #1
Executive Target
as Lamar
Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Spawn
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Volcano
as Lt. Ed Fox
Flipping
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
King of the Hill
as Brian Robertson (voice)
Vanishing Point
as Warren Taft
Johns
as Homeless John
7th Heaven
as Stanley
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
Arli$$
as Cecil Pickett
Larger Than Life
as Hurst
The Grave
as The Priest
Eye for an Eye
as Martin
Dead Presidents
as Kirby
Clockers
as André the Giant
Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
as Narrator (voice)
The Outer Limits
as Captain Ira Merit
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
as Goliath (voice)
The Quick and the Dead
as Sergeant Cantrell
Gargoyles
as Goliath (voice)
The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland
ER
as Pastor Watkins
Notes in a Minor Key
as Kansas
New York Undercover
as Unknown
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
as Narrator (voice)
Reality Bites
as Roger
There Are No Children Here
as John Paul Rivers
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self - Host
The Last Outlaw
as Lovecraft
Lions Of Darkness
as Narrator (voice)
Nails
as Noah Owens
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as King Oliver
Final Analysis
as Detective Huggins
Hallelujah Anyhow
as Will
Marked for Death
as Max
Law & Order
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Men at Work
as Louis Fedders
Murder in Black and White
as Martin
Christmas in Tattertown
as Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
as Abe
They Live
as Frank Armitage
American Experience
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Bird
as Buster Franklin
Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden
Off Limits
as Maurice
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain
The Making of 'They Live'
as Self
The Oldest Rookie
as Unknown
Hot Pursuit
as Alphonso
Platoon
as King
The Whoopee Boys
as Washington Square Peddler
The Equalizer
as Cristo
Screen Two
as Will
Reading Rainbow
as Narrator (voice)
Nature
as Narrator
The Thing
as Childs
American Playhouse
as 'Big' Willie Thorton
The Pirates of Penzance
as Pirates and Police
Coriolanus
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
NOVA
as Narrator
The Oscars
as The Cat (voice)