Birthday
1956/06/04 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Keith David Williams, Кит Дэвид, キース・デイヴィッド
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...Read more
(1998) Armageddon
as General Kimsey
(1982) The Thing
as Childs
(1998) There's Something About Mary
as Charlie Jensen
(1990) Men at Work
as Louis Fedders
(1990) Marked for Death
as Max
(2006) Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
as MCPO Scott Boytano
(2009) The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
(2005) Crash
as Lt. Dixon
(2005) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
(1986) Platoon
as King
(2010) Africa's Lost Eden
as Narrator
(2006) Dirty
as Captain Spain
(2002) Barbershop
as Lester Wallace
(1997) Volcano
as Lt. Ed Fox
(2000) Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
(2004) The Chronicles of Riddick
as Imam
(2004) The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
(2003) Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director
(1992) Final Analysis
as Detective Huggins
(1993) The Last Outlaw
as Lovecraft
(1995) Clockers
as André the Giant
(1995) Blue in the Face
as Jackie Robinson
(1989) Always
as Powerhouse
(2001) Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
(2025) Sneaks
as O.G. (voice)
(1995) Dead Presidents
as Kirby
(1988) They Live
as Frank Armitage
(2008) Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police
(1988) Bird
as Buster Franklin
(2009) All About Steve
as Corbitt
(1995) The Quick and the Dead
as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
(2004) Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
(1992) Article 99
as Luther Jermoe
(1994) The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland
(2008) No Bad Days
as Terrence
(2003) Head of State
as Bernard Cooper
(2005) Transporter 2
as Stappleton
(2010) Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry
(1988) Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain
(2010) Death at a Funeral
as Reverend Davis
(2008) The Sensei
as Minister
(2009) Don McKay
as Otis Kent
(2008) The Fifth Commandment
as Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
(2006) ATL
as John Garnett
(2008) Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice)
(2008) First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
(2009) Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano
(2010) Lottery Ticket
as Sweet Tee
(1987) Hot Pursuit
as Alphonso
(1988) Ladykillers
as Abe
(2007) The Last Sentinel
as Colonel Norton
(2009) Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
(2009) Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters
(2010) Something Like A Business
as Sebastian
(2010) Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
(1997) Don King: Only in America
as Herbert Muhammad
(2011) The Inheritance
as Uncle Melvin
(2009) Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown
(1988) The Making of 'They Live'
as Self
(1988) Off Limits
as Maurice
(2012) Highway
as Mustafa
(2002) Stalking Leopards
as Narrator
(2023) Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
as Jerry
(1997) Todd McFarlane's Spawn
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
(2004) Beef II
as Narrator (voice)
(2007) If I Had Known I Was a Genius
as Dad
(2002) Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
(2018) Brothers in Arms
as Self
(1999) Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
as Al Simmons/Spawn
(2024) The Prank
as Principal Henderson
(2012) Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
(2008) S.I.S.
as Joseph Armstrong
(1992) Nails
as Noah Owens
(2010) Meet Monica Velour
as Claude
(2002) 29 Palms
as The Sheriff
(2009) Blue
as Terry Venable
(2024) Betty & Blue
as Willie "Blue" Watson
(2021) Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
(2001) Seduced: Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett
(2011) Hopelessly in June
as Dalbert Myers
(1997) Flipping
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
(1988) Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden
(2002) Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice)
(2003) Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
as Narrator (voice)
(1997) Executive Target
as Lamar
(2022) Unplugging
as Gil
(2012) Smiley
as Diamond
(2012) Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl
(2022) Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
(2022) The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
(2013) Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy
(2023) Heist 88
as Buddha Ray
(2024) Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson
(2011) Samuel Bleak
as ---
(2023) American Fiction
as Willy the Wonker
(2023) From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
(1997) Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Algric Bartles
(2013) Don't Pass Me By
as David Knox
(1996) Larger Than Life
as Hurst
(1996) Eye for an Eye
as Martin
(2003) Kaena: The Prophecy
as Voxem (english voice)
(2009) Charlie Valentine
as Sal
(2009) The Butcher
as Larry Cobb
(2022) DC League of Super-Pets
as Dog-El (voice)
(1999) The Grizzlies of Siberia
as Narrator
(2001) Home Invaders
as Matador
(1980) The Pirates of Penzance
as Pirates and Police
(2013) Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds
(2006) The Oh in Ohio
as Coach Popovitch
(2012) The Last Fall
as ---
(2016) The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
(2022) A Miracle Before Christmas
as David
(1998) Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Al Simmons/Spawn
(2022) Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice)
(2001) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
(2012) AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as Sergeant Brass
(2023) A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mr. Monroe
(1979) Coriolanus
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
(2014) Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
as ---
(2013) Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice)
(2005) The Proud Family Movie
as Bebe Clone (voice)
(2003) Hollywood Homicide
as Leon
(2015) Union Furnace
as Pin Stripe
(2011) No Saints for Sinners
as ---
(2000) Requiem for a Dream
as Big Tim
(2022) Shut Up and Ride
as Narrator
(2004) Last Stand of the Great Bear
as Narrator
(2015) Boiling Pot
as Agent Long
(2003) Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as Narrator (voice)
(2008) My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad
(2015) Secrets of the Magic City
as Mr. Daniels
(2024) Mufasa: The Lion King
as Masego (voice)
(2007) Delta Farce
as Sgt. Kilgore
(2015) Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge
(1996) The Grave
as The Priest
(2016) Dirty Lies
as Doc
(2024) Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
as The Simulator
(2012) Double or Nothing
as Homeless Dude
(2004) Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director
(1986) The Whoopee Boys
as Washington Square Peddler
(1997) Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
(2016) Range 15
as Colonel Holloway
(1999) ATF
as F.B.I. Director Richard Long
(2010) New York Street Games
as Self
(2016) Service to Man
as Dean Holmes
(2000) Where the Heart Is
as Moses Whitecotten
(2011) The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Clerk
(1989) Road House
as Ernie Bass
(2013) Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
(2001) Semper Fi
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
(2015) Kids vs Monsters
as Barry
(2017) Savage Dog
as Valentine
(2010) Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator
(2003) Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice)
(2009) Gamer
as Agent Keith
(1996) Johns
as Homeless John
(1994) Reality Bites
as Roger
(2013) Black Asylum
as Agent Davis
(2001) Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator
(2018) Ray Meets Helen
as Harve
(2010) Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
(2006) Working with a Master: John Carpenter
as Self
(2008) The Candlelight Murders
as Pastor Bob
(2017) Not a War Story
as ---
(1993) Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self - Host
(2003) Inside Mecca
as Narrator
(2018) Night School
as Gerald
(1996) Never Met Picasso
as Larry
(1988) Christmas in Tattertown
as Saxophone (voice)
(2015) If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Detective Harris
(1999) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as King Oliver
(2019) The Wedding Year
as Preston
(2018) Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms
(2018) Love Jacked
as Ed
(2016) Nina
as Clifton's Father
(2001) Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as Narrator
(2018) American Dresser
as Charlie
(2018) F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as Self
(2000) Innocents
as Detective Davis
(2000) The Replacements
as Lindell
(1991) Hallelujah Anyhow
as Will
(2019) In Search of Darkness
as Self
(2016) The North Star
as Frederick Douglas
(2019) 21 Bridges
as Deputy Chief Spencer
(1993) There Are No Children Here
as John Paul Rivers
(2022) In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
(2020) Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman
(2025) The Gettysburg Address
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
(2009) Beautiful Loser
as Morgan - Adult
(2019) Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
(1996) Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
as Goliath (voice)
(2020) The 420 Movie
as Chief Ironweed
(2004) Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator
(2017) The '91 Falcons
as Narrator
(2003) The Shakespeare Sessions
as ---
(2021) The Gateway
as Terry
(2016) School of Rickey
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1998) The Tiger Woods Story
as Earl Woods
(2016) Blue: The American Dream
as Terry Venable
(2007) The Color Purple: The Color of Success
as Narrator
(2020) In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
(2020) Most Guys Are Losers
as Al
(2021) Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender
(2021) Black as Night
as Babineaux
(2006) Forbidden Fruits
as Rev. Walters
(2021) The Seventh Day
as Father Louis
(1993) Hallelujah
as Big Willie
(2021) Insight
as Captain Duke
(2020) Cuba's Cancer Hope
as Narrator
(1990) Murder in Black and White
as Martin
(2012) The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks
(2015) Dutch Book
as ---
(2019) You Might Be the Killer
as Sheriff James
(2022) Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
(2020) Good
as Gregory Devereaux
(2022) Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Ink Williams
(1994) Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
as (Self) Narrator
Finding Faith
as ---
(2021) Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
as Self
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as ---
(2022) 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as Self
The Thing Expanded
as Self
(2025) Portal to Hell
as ---
(2001) The Job
as ---
(1996) Arliss
as ---
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Lloyd Mackie
(2005) Numb3rs
as ---
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Matt Phelps
(2003) Teen Titans
as Atlas (voice)
(1994) Gargoyles
as Goliath (voice)
(1994) Gargoyles
as ---
(2001) The Legend of Tarzan
as Tublat (voice)
(2002) Everwood
as Brian
(1992) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as King Oliver
(2001) Disney's House of Mouse
as ---
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1994) Aladdin
as ---
(1994) Fantastic Four
as ---
(2020) Close Enough
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
(1994) New York Undercover
as ---
(2008) Canterbury's Law
as ---
(2015) Mr. Robot
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
(1985) The Equalizer
as Cristo
(2019) Creepshow
as Murdoch
(1996) 7th Heaven
as Stanley
(1981) Hallelujah!
as ---
(2004) The Big House
as ---
(2017) DuckTales
as Manny (voice)
(1994) ER
as Pastor Watkins
(2009) Community
as Elroy Patashnik
(2015) We Bare Bears
as Mr. Charles (voice)
(1997) Spawn
as Spawn (voice)
(1984) Hot Pursuit
as ---
(2021) Muhammad Ali
as Narrator
(2014) Extant
as Nicholas Calderon
(1995) The Outer Limits
as Captain Ira Merit
(2020) Central Park
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
(2005) Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as ---
(1987) The Oldest Rookie
as ---
(2019) Amphibia
as King Andrias (voice)
(2013) The Bible
as Narrator
(2013) Rick and Morty
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
(2011) The Cape
as Max Malini
(2014) Enlisted
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
(2001) Justice League
as Despero (voice)
(2009) Community
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Scorpion
as Warden
(1974) NOVA
as Narrator
(2020) Love Life
as Narrator (voice)
(2010) Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2020) DC's Stargirl
as Mister Bones (voice)
(1982) Nature
as Narrator
(2002) Mark Twain
as Narrator (voice)
(2016) Greenleaf
as Bishop James Greenleaf
(2000) Silent Service
as Self - Host
(2023) Justified: City Primeval
as Judge Alvin Guy
(2015) Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
as Agent Everett Malloy
(2010) Young Justice
as Mongul (voice)
(2015) Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Glossaryck (voice)
(2023) My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as B'Caala (voice)
(1998) Hercules
as Apollo (voice)
(2001) Egypt's Golden Empire
as Himself - Narrator
(2014) The Flash
as Solovar (voice)
(2023) Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as Self - Actor
(2023) Krapopolis
as Asskill (voice)
(2023) True Lies
as Albert “Al” Gibson
(2010) Adventure Time
as Balthus (voice)
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(2024) Hazbin Hotel
as Husk (voice)
(2005) American Dad!
as Fire Captain (voice)
(2008) The War
as Narrator
(2016) Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as Lord Marmoo (voice)
(2016) Jackie Robinson
as Narrator
(2013) Belle's
as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
(2001) Jazz
as Narrator
(1999) Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
(2017) Future Man
as Dr. Elias Kronish
(2011) Person of Interest
as Terence Beale
(1994) Baseball
as Narrator
(2017) Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
as Malcom Kane (voice)
(2022) The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self
(2003) Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Agent Mosely (voice)
(2018) Craig of the Creek
as Narrator (voice)
(1990) Law & Order
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
(2013) Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
(2018) Summer Camp Island
as Lithophone (voice)
(2018) Summer Camp Island
as Tummy (voice)
(2018) Champaign Ill
as Lafonso
(2014) The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
as Narrator
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as King Oliver
(2022) From Scratch
as Hershel Wheeler
(2020) Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest
(2019) The Last Kids on Earth
as Thrull (voice)
(2012) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Sal Commander (voice)
(2022) Firebuds
as Manny Kablamee
(2016) Speechless
as Colonel
(2014) BoJack Horseman
as Lion Musician (voice)
(2006) Psych
as Mr. Guster
(2020) Woke
as Bible (voice)
(2010) Adventure Time
as Flame King (voice)
(2024) Leonardo da Vinci
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021) Leverage: Redemption
as Billy Spencer
Duster
as Ezra
(2014) NCIS: New Orleans
as Gene Holloway
(2014) black-ish
as Loose Craig
(2010) Hawaii Five-0
as Jimmy Cannon
(2012) Touch
as Dutch
(2015) Fresh Off the Boat
as Clyde Roses
(2016) MacGyver
as Burke / Man
(2013) Rick and Morty
as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
(2013) Rick and Morty
as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
(2013) Uncle Grandpa
as Santa Claus (voice)
(2009) Archer
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
(1999) Family Guy
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
(2024) Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as Darkseid (voice)
(2024) Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Hordak (voice)
(2018) Liverspots and Astronots
as Dr. Pesh
The Sensitive Kind
as ---
(2021) Marvel's Hit-Monkey
as The Devil
(2024) Invincible Fight Girl
as Narrator (voice)
(1988) American Experience
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
(2021) Abbott Elementary
as Frank
(2024) Invincible Fight Girl
as Scouter (voice)
(2024) Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
as Narrator
(2013) Rick and Morty
as Narrator (voice)
(2013) The Bible
as Narrator