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.
363 acting credits
Acting · 363
Law & Order
1990
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Family Guy
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Rick and Morty
2013
American Dad!
2005
The Flash
2014
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Person of Interest
2011
Psych
2006
ER
1994
NOVA
1974
Teen Titans Go!
2013
High Potential
2024
Devil May Cry
2025
Adventure Time
2010
Young Justice
2010
Hazbin Hotel
2024
BoJack Horseman
2014
Scorpion
2014
Numb3rs
2005
American Experience
1988
Archer
2009
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
Community
2009
Everwood
2002
We Bare Bears
2015
MacGyver
2016
The Equalizer
1985
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Mr. Robot
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
black-ish
2014
Nature
1982
Craig of the Creek
2018
Coraline
2009
Abbott Elementary
2021
Aladdin
1994
Summer Camp Island
2018
The Outer Limits
1995
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026
Hercules
1998
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
Amphibia
2019
DuckTales
2017
Gargoyles
1994
Uncle Grandpa
2013
7th Heaven
1996
Teen Titans
2003
New York Undercover
1994
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Arli$$
1996
The Oscars
1953
Krapopolis
2023
Leverage: Redemption
2021
Speechless
2016
Greenleaf
2016
DC's Stargirl
2020
Reading Rainbow
1983
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Touch
2012
Close Enough
2020
Creepshow
2019
The Thing
1982
The Princess and the Frog
2009
Future Man
2017
Justice League
2001
Extant
2014
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
Nope
2022
Hercules
1997
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Armageddon
1998
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
The Nice Guys
2016
Love Life
2020
Central Park
2020
Platoon
1986
True Lies
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
The American Revolution
2025
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
Duster
2025
I Love LA
2025
Fantastic Four
1994
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
They Live
1988
The Cape
2011
The Job
2001
Cloud Atlas
2012
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
Spawn
1997
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
2021
Shelby Oaks
2025
Justified: City Primeval
2023
Superhero Movie
2008
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
The Lowdown
2025
Enlisted
2014
Chibiverse
2022
Crash
2005
Haunted Hotel
2025
Strip Law
2026
Transporter 2
2005
The Bible
2013
Requiem for a Dream
2000
There's Something About Mary
1998
Woke
2020
Invincible Fight Girl
2024
Firebuds
2022
From Scratch
2022
The Good Lord Bird
2020
Road House
1989
The War
2007
21 Bridges
2019
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Gamer
2009
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
The Last Kids on Earth
2019
The Replacements
2000
Jazz
2001
Volcano
1997
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
Canterbury's Law
2008
American Fiction
2023
Dead Presidents
1995
Agent Cody Banks
2003
Barbershop
2002
Free Birds
2013
Always
1989
Muhammad Ali
2021
Reality Bites
1994
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
2017
Where the Heart Is
2000
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
2025
Pitch Black
2000
Eye for an Eye
1996
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
Horizon Line
2020
Marked for Death
1990
Sneaks
2025
Leonardo da Vinci
2024
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
Death at a Funeral
2010
Night School
2018
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
Champaign Ill
2018
The Oldest Rookie
1987
Clockers
1995
All About Steve
2009
Final Analysis
1992
Entergalactic
2022
Dead Talk Live
2020
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Men at Work
1990
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
ATL
2006
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
2016
Liverspots and Astronots
2018
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
The Thing Expanded
2026
Hollywood Homicide
2003
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
The Puppet Masters
1994
Jackie Robinson
2016
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
2014
The Big House
2004
First Sunday
2008
Head of State
2003
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
Assault on Wall Street
2013
Bird
1988
Novocaine
2001
The Wedding Year
2019
Heist 88
2023
Smiley
2012
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
2023
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
Article 99
1992
Delta Farce
2007
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
1999
Larger Than Life
1996
Dirty
2005
The Seventh Day
2021
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
Lottery Ticket
2010
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Against the Dark
2009
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
29 Palms
2002
Chain Letter
2010
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
2024
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
2009
The Gateway
2021
Blue in the Face
1995
Off Limits
1988
Belle's
2013
The Proud Family Movie
2005
The Oh in Ohio
2006
ATL 2: The Homecoming
—
Meet Monica Velour
2010
Savage Dog
2017
Mark Twain
2002
The Whoopee Boys
1986
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
Most Guys Are Losers
2020
Unplugging
2022
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Johns
1996
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
The Prank
2024
Nails
1992
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
2025
Pastor Brown
2009
The Butcher
2009
The Last Outlaw
1993
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
In Search of Darkness
2019
Hot Pursuit
1987
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
Pups Alone
2021
You Might Be the Killer
2019
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
Chasing 3000
2010
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025
Stars & Bars
1988
Coriolanus
1979
S.I.S.
2008
Insight
2021
Mark Twain
2002
Don McKay
2009
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022
Samuel Bleak
2011
The Grave
1996
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
Range 15
2016
The Last Sentinel
2007
Not a War Story
2017
American Dresser
2018
Innocents
2000
Tales from the Hood 2
2018
Nina
2016
Silent Service
2000
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
2022
Don King: Only in America
1997
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
2012
President Curtis
—
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
2005
Christmas in Compton
2012
Hallelujah
1993
Semper Fi
2001
Charlie Valentine
2009
The 420 Movie
2020
Sharon 1.2.3.
2018
Highway
2012
Love Jacked
2018
Finding Faith
2025
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003
Frog Kingdom
2013
Sons of Liberty
2013
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
ATF
1999
Ray Meets Helen
2018
From the Shadows
2023
Forbidden Fruits
2006
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
2018
Murder in Black and White
1990
Black as Night
2021
Ladykillers
1988
Christmas in Tattertown
1988
Dirty Lies
2016
The Sensei
2008
Beautiful Loser
2009
Executive Target
1997
The Fifth Commandment
2008
Brothers in Arms
2018
A Miracle Before Christmas
2022
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
2025
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Secrets of the Magic City
2015
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
Something Like A Business
2010
Beef II
2004
Blue: The American Dream
2016
Flipping
1997
My New Friend Jim
—
New York Street Games
2010
The Tiger Woods Story
1998
The Undershepherd
2012
The North Star
2016
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
2004
Good
2020
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
The Last Fall
2012
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Boiling Pot
2015
The Candlelight Murders
2008
Inside Mecca
2003
The Inheritance
2011
Pretty When You Cry
2001
Kids vs Monsters
2015
Union Furnace
2015
Lions Of Darkness
1993
The '91 Falcons
2017
Don't Pass Me By
2013
Sunset P.I.
—
Hopelessly in June
2011
Never Met Picasso
1997
Portal to Hell
2025
There Are No Children Here
1993
The Last Punch
2016
Blue
2009
Dreams of the Moon
—
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
2023
No Bad Days
2008
Home Invaders
2001
Black Asylum
2013
The Making of 'They Live'
1988
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
2014
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
2003
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998
Service to Man
2016
Hallelujah Anyhow
1991
Last Stand of the Great Bear
2004
The Grizzlies of Siberia
1999
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
1994
Omniscient
2025
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
Cuba's Cancer Hope
2020
The Price for Freedom
—
Double or Nothing
2012
Dutch Book
2015
No Saints for Sinners
2011
Betty & Blue
2024
Shut Up and Ride
2022
Africa's Lost Eden
2010
Stalking Leopards
2002
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
2007
Notes in a Minor Key
1994
School of Rickey
2016
Rise of the Mammals
—
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
2001
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
2005