Personal Info
Known Credits
223
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1956-06-04 (69 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Keith David WilliamsКит Дэвидキース・デイヴィッド
Keith David
Biography
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 General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Plat ...
Acting
2025 --
The Gettysburg Address
| Frederick Douglass (voice)
2025 --
Sneaks
| O.G. (voice)
2025 --
Portal to Hell
|
2024 --
Mufasa: The Lion King
| Masego (voice)
2024 --
Shelby Oaks
| Morton Jacobson
2024 --
Betty & Blue
| Willie "Blue" Watson
2024 --
The Prank
| Principal Henderson
2024 --
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
| The Simulator
2023 --
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
2022 --
Shut Up and Ride
| Narrator
2022 --
A Miracle Before Christmas
| David
2022 --
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
| Self
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)
2021 --
Pups Alone
| The Wise Bartender
2021 --
Black as Night
| Babineaux
2021 --
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
| Self
2021 --
The Gateway
| Terry
2021 --
Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
| Self
2021 --
The Seventh Day
| Father Louis
2021 --
Insight
| Captain Duke
2020 --
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
2019 --
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
2018 --
Love Jacked
| Ed
2018 --
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
| Self
2018 --
Brothers in Arms
| Self
2018 --
Night School
| Gerald
2018 --
American Dresser
| Charlie
2018 --
Tales from the Hood 2
| Portifoy Simms
2018 --
Ray Meets Helen
| Harve
2017 --
The '91 Falcons
| Narrator
2017 --
Savage Dog
| Valentine
2017 --
Not a War Story
|
2016 --
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 Douglas
2016 --
Dirty Lies
| Doc
2015 --
Dutch Book
|
2015 --
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
| Detective Harris
2015 --
Kids vs Monsters
| Barry
2015 --
Boiling Pot
| Agent Long
2015 --
Union Furnace
| Pin Stripe
2015 --
Secrets of the Magic City
| Mr. Daniels
2015 --
Field of Lost Shoes
| Old Judge
2014 --
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
|
2013 --
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
2012 --
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
|
2012 --
The Undershepherd
| Brother Wilks
2012 --
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
| Sergeant Brass
2011 --
The Greening of Whitney Brown
| Clerk
2011 --
Hopelessly in June
| Dalbert Myers
2011 --
The Inheritance
| Uncle Melvin
2011 --
Samuel Bleak
|
2011 --
No Saints for Sinners
|
2010 --
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
2009 --
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
2008 --
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
2007 --
The Last Sentinel
| Colonel Norton
2007 --
Delta Farce
| Sgt. Kilgore
2007 --
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
| Narrator
2007 --
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
| Dad
2006 --
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 --
The Proud Family Movie
| Bebe Clone (voice)
2005 --
Transporter 2
| Stappleton
2005 --
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
| Father
2005 --
Crash
| Lt. Dixon
2004 --
Last Stand of the Great Bear
| Narrator
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
| Imam
2004 --
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
| Narrator
2004 --
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
| CIA Director
2003 --
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 --
Kaena: The Prophecy
| Voxem (english voice)
2003 --
Head of State
| Bernard Cooper
2003 --
Agent Cody Banks
| CIA Director
2003 --
Inside Mecca
| Narrator
2003 --
The Shakespeare Sessions
|
2002 --
29 Palms
| The Sheriff
2002 --
Stalking Leopards
| Narrator
2002 --
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
| King Oliver
2002 --
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
| Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
2002 --
Barbershop
| Lester Wallace
2002 --
Mark Twain
| Narrator (voice)
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
2001 --
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry
| Detective Charles Desett
2000 --
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
1999 --
ATF
| F.B.I. Director Richard Long
1999 --
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
| Al Simmons/Spawn
1999 --
The Grizzlies of Siberia
| Narrator
1998 --
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
| Al Simmons/Spawn
1998 --
There's Something About Mary
| Charlie Jensen
1998 --
Armageddon
| General Kimsey
1998 --
The Tiger Woods Story
| Earl Woods
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 --
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
| Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997 --
Volcano
| Lt. Ed Fox
1997 --
Flipping
| Leo Richards, Gang Leader
1996 --
Johns
| Homeless John
1996 --
Larger Than Life
| Hurst
1996 --
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
| Goliath (voice)
1996 --
The Grave
| The Priest
1996 --
Eye for an Eye
| Martin
1996 --
Never Met Picasso
| Larry
1995 --
Dead Presidents
| Kirby
1995 --
Blue in the Face
| Jackie Robinson
1995 --
Clockers
| André the Giant
1995 --
The Quick and the Dead
| Sgt. Clay Cantrell
1994 --
The Puppet Masters
| Alex Holland
1994 --
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
| (Self) Narrator
1994 --
Reality Bites
| Roger
1993 --
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
1992 --
Nails
| Noah Owens
1992 --
Article 99
| Luther Jermoe
1992 --
Final Analysis
| Detective Huggins
1991 --
Hallelujah Anyhow
| Will
1990 --
Marked for Death
| Max
1990 --
Men at Work
| Louis Fedders
1990 --
Murder in Black and White
| Martin
1989 --
Always
| Powerhouse
1989 --
Road House
| Ernie Bass
1988 --
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
1987 --
Hot Pursuit
| Alphonso
1986 --
Platoon
| King
1986 --
The Whoopee Boys
| Washington Square Peddler
1982 --
The Thing
| Childs
1980 --
The Pirates of Penzance
| Pirates and Police
1979 --
Coriolanus
| Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen