Keith David

Not to be confused with David Keith (actor).

Keith David
David in 2015
Born	Keith David Williams (1956-06-04) June 4, 1956 (age 68) New York City, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouses	Margit Edwards ​ ​ (m. 1990;div. 1999)​ Dionne Lea Williams ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	3

Keith David (born Keith David Williams; June 4, 1956) ^[1] is an American actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence ^[2] in over 300 roles in film, stage, television, and interactive media.

He has starred in such films as The Thing (1982), Platoon (1986), Road House (1989), Men at Work (1990), Final Analysis (1992), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Larger than Life (1996), Armageddon (1998), Where the Heart Is (2000), Novocaine (2001), Head of State (2003), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Gamer (2009), and American Fiction (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) ^[3] and starred as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020).

His Emmy-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, characters that he has voiced include 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), Andre Curtis / The President in Rick and Morty (2015–present), King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–present), and Mephisto in Hit-Monkey (2024–present). 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), Admiral Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Grimlock in Transformers: EarthSpark and Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape.

Early life and education

David was born June 4, 1956, in Harlem and raised in Corona, Queens, New York City. His mother, Dolores (née Dickenson), was a manager at New York Telephone, and his father, Lester Williams, worked as a director of payroll operations. ^[4]

He initially intended to become an actor after playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz and went on to study at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (1975–1979, Group 8) ^[5] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1979. ^[6]

Career

Film and television

In 1980–81, David toured the country with John Houseman's The Acting Company in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot . Less than two years later, he went on to star as Childs, opposite Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's The Thing , starting his lengthy on-screen career. In the 1980s run of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , he portrayed Keith the Southwood Carpenter in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segments. He also played Keith, the game coin collector in an episode where Rogers and a small child learn to play the arcade game Donkey Kong .

He went on to appear in films such as Platoon , They Live , Men at Work , Marked for Death , and Stars and Bars . He played Kirby in the 1995 film Dead Presidents , and he appeared in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers . Roles in other films followed, in Volcano , There's Something About Mary , Requiem for a Dream , Pitch Black , Barbershop , Agent Cody Banks , Head of State , Hollywood Homicide , Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London , The Chronicles of Riddick , Crash , ATL , Delta Farce and First Sunday .

He portrayed "Father" in the romantic comedy action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith . At the same time, he has appeared in numerous independent films including the critically acclaimed Requiem for a Dream , playing the role of Big Tim. He has also appeared extensively in television productions since the 1980s and as a regular character Lieutenant Williams on the short-lived television series The Job . He was a regular on another shoot, The Big House, made for ABC in 2004. David portrayed Detective Jim Crenshaw in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter . ^[7]

In 2010, David was cast as Max Malini for the NBC television series The Cape . ^[8] On April 18, 2011, Keith appeared in the 21st episode of season one of Hawaii Five-0 as criminal tycoon Jimmy Cannon. In 2012, he appeared in the horror film Smiley and the science-fiction drama Cloud Atlas . In 2013, David appeared in the controversial drama Boiling Pot which is based on true events of racism. In 2014, David portrayed Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody in the Fox comedy series Enlisted . ^[9] Later in 2014, David was cast as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the sitcom Community . ^[3]

In 2015, David was cast in the leading role alongside Lynn Whitfield in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf . ^[10]

Voice acting

David also works extensively as a voice actor. He was the voice of the Flame King in Adventure Time , King Andrias from Amphibia , Goliath from Gargoyles , the title character in the Spawn animated series, and Lemuel Kane in Archer . In the English dub of Princess Mononoke , David played the narrator and Okkoto. He played the role of Mama in the English dub of 3×3 Eyes . He provided the voice for the character Decker in the role-playing video game Fallout and the voice for the character Vhailor in Planescape: Torment . He provided the voice of the Arbiter for the video game Halo 2 , released in 2004; later, he reprised that role in the Xbox 360 follow-up Halo 3 . He portrayed the character again in Halo: The Master Chief Collection and also in Halo 5: Guardians , released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. He played the role of Captain David Anderson in BioWare's Mass Effect series.

David did voice work in the video game Saints Row and its sequel Saints Row II , playing gang leader of the 3rd Street Saints Julius Little, as well as voicing himself in Saints Row IV . He is also heard on the intro of several Ice Cube projects, including Westside Connection's 2003 release Terrorist Threats , Cube's 2008 solo album Raw Footage , Cube's 2010 solo album I Am the West , and he narrated the documentary Beef II , which also featured Ice Cube.^{[ citation needed ]}

He provides the voice for the UPS "What Can Brown Do for You" commercials. He did the voice of Despero in the two part episode "Hearts and Minds" of Justice League . He has done voice work for early Adult Swim commercials for Inuyasha . ^[11]

He has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns numerous times, narrating Burns' Jazz , Mark Twain , The War , Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson , Jackie Robinson , Muhammad Ali , and Leonardo da Vinci . David won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work in The War and Unforgivable Blackness. He performs the narration duties in the BBC documentary, World War II: Behind Closed Doors . ^[12]

The 2004 PBS documentary Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land ^[13] and the 2005 History Channel documentary Crusades: Crescent & the Cross focusing on the medieval Crusades were both narrated by him, as well as the 2003 National Geographic documentary Inside Mecca . He later parodied his documentary work by narrating the 2012 episode of Community , "Pillows and Blankets", a mockumentary revolving around a pillow fight between rival blanket forts.^{[ citation needed ]}

David has done voice-over work for many other documentaries including several for National Geographic and the documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked for the History Channel. He replaced Paul Winfield as narrator for the A&E show City Confidential , taking over after Winfield's death in 2004. He voiced the trailer for the film Primeval , which was released in the United States on January 12, 2007.

David provided the voice of police detective Alex Cross for the audiobook versions of three novels by James Patterson: Cat and Mouse (1997), Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), and Roses are Red (2000). Other voice roles include Bebe Proud Clone from The Proud Family Movie , Atlas from Teen Titans , the lone renegade male gorilla Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan , and the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game .

He voiced Apollo the Sun God in Hercules , Council Member in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within , the Black Cat in Coraline , Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog , and Big Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man episode "Survival of the Fittest".

David in 2010

On May 25, 2008, he narrated Kansas City's Celebration at the Station, a Memorial Day service held annually at the World War I Memorial. During the ceremony, he announced the attendance of Frank W. Buckles, the last living veteran of World War I. He was the voice of Frederick Douglass in the third episode of the PBS documentary God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America in 2010. ^[14]

David returned to the Saints Row series in Saints Row IV , voicing a fictionalized version of himself as well as reprising Julius Little. He is the narrator of the History Channel series The Bible which premiered on March 3, 2013. ^[15]

David voiced the superhero gorilla Solovar in the two-part Gorilla City episode of The Flash . ^[16] Keith David also has a recurring role as the President of the United States in the adult animated series Rick and Morty .

David was the narrator of the MLB Network special Mr. Padre, the video biography of San Diego Padres Hall-of-Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn.

David has also narrated several WWE documentaries including The True Story of Wrestlemania and the 20 episodes of The Monday Night War, documenting the battle between WWE Raw and WCW Nitro.

David later recurred in Stargirl as the voice of Mister Bones.

David began voicing Commander Zavala in the Destiny franchise beginning in Destiny 2: The Final Shape , replacing Lance Reddick following his death. ^[17]

Stage acting

In 1992, David received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance in Jelly's Last Jam . David received raves for his Shakespeare work on stage in Central Park, New York City. In 1995, he played the lead as Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton in August Wilson's Seven Guitars on Broadway. ^[18] In 1995, David acted alongside Whitney Houston, Cedric the Entertainer, and Samuel E. Wright in the 1995 Apollo revival of The Wiz . In May 2006, he appeared in the musical Hot Feet on Broadway in New York. David appeared in the 2013 revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone at the Mark Taper Theater in Los Angeles. Directed by Phylicia Rashad, he played the part of innkeeper Seth Holly. ^[19]

His performance in Ebony Repertory Theatre's 2014 Paul Robeson by Phillip Hayes Dean ^[20] was scheduled for March 12, 2014, but was postponed due to a knee injury ^[21] and opened on Friday, March 21, 2014.

From April 21, 2015, to May 10, 2015, Keith David starred as Dolomite in the off-Broadway play ToasT. The play (produced by Lemon Andersen and co-starred Hill Harper) was set in the Attica Prison around the time of its 1971 prison riot and told of the lives of its prisoners, using poetic prose. ^[22]

Personal life

He has married twice. He has one son from his first marriage ^[23] and two daughters from his second marriage. ^[24]

When asked in an interview on his narration work of The Bible if he was a religious man, he said: "I'm not a religious man. I'm a man of spirit. Religion can get political. I believe in God and spirit. I believe in church. I've been baptized. I've gone to Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal and Church of God in Christ." In the same interview, he credited his success to God's grace and said his favorite scripture is Psalm 116. ^[25]

During a live Twitter Q&A in 2017, David listed Dr. Facilier, Spawn, and Goliath as his three favorite voice roles. ^[26]

In April 2023, David endorsed author and Democratic primary challenger Marianne Williamson for president in the 2024 elections. ^[27]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Disco Godfather	Club Patron	Uncredited
1982	The Thing	Childs
1986	Platoon	King
	The Whoopee Boys	Washington Square Peddler
1987	Hot Pursuit	Alphonso
1988	Braddock: Missing in Action III	Embassy Gate Captain
	Off Limits	Maurice
	Stars and Bars	Eugene Teagarden
	Bird	Buster Smith
	They Live	Frank
1989	Road House	Ernie Bass
	Always	"Powerhouse"
1990	Men at Work	Louis Fedders
	Marked for Death	Max Keller
1992	Final Analysis	Detective Huggins
	Nails	Noah Owens
	Article 99	Luther Jermoe
1994	Reality Bites	Roger
	The Puppet Masters	Alex Holland
1995	Clockers	Trence "The Giant" Ashley
	Dead Presidents	Kirby
	The Quick and the Dead	Sergeant Cantrell
	Blue in the Face	Jackie Robinson
1996	Loose Women	Stylist
	The Grave	The Priest
	Eye for an Eye	Martin
	Larger than Life	Hurst
	Never Met Picasso	Larry
	Johns	Homeless John
1997	Volcano	Police Lieutenant Ed Fox
	Hercules	Apollo	Voice [28]
	Executive Target	Lamar
	Flipping	Leo Richards
1998	Armageddon	General Kimsey
	There's Something About Mary	Charlie
1999	Princess Mononoke	Okkoto	Voice, English dub [28]
2000	Dark Summer	Detective Davis
	Pitch Black	Abu "Imam" Al-Walid
	Requiem for a Dream	Big Tim
	Where the Heart Is	Moses Whitecotten
	The Replacements	Lindell
2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Council Member #1	Voice [28]
	Novocaine	Detective Lunt
	Pretty When You Cry	Detective Charles Desett
2002	29 Palms	The Sheriff
	Barbershop	Lester Wallace
2003	Kaena: The Prophecy	Voxem	Voice, English dub
	Agent Cody Banks	CIA Director
	Head of State	Bernard Cooper
	Hollywood Homicide	Captain Leon
	The Hard Road	Narrator	Documentary
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	CIA Director
	The Chronicles of Riddick	Imam
	The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	Imam Abu Al-Walid	Voice, direct-to-video [28]
	Crash	Lieutenant Dixon
	Beef II	Narrator	Documentary Direct-to-video
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Father
	Transporter 2	FBI Agent Stappleton
	Dirty	Captain Spain
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Coach Popovitch
	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	MCPO Scott Boytano	Direct-to-video
	ATL	John Garnett
2007	If I Had Known I Was a Genius	Dad
	Delta Farce	Sergeant Kilgore
	The Last Sentinel	Colonel Norton, Gun Voice 2	Voice [28]
2008	Beautiful Loser	Morgan - Adult
	First Sunday	Judge B. Bennet Galloway
	Justice League: The New Frontier	The Centre	Voice, direct-to-video [28]
	Superhero Movie	The Chief of Police
	My Mom's New Boyfriend	FBI Chief Conrad
	The Fifth Commandment	Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
	No Bad Days	Terrence
	The Sensei	The Minister
2009	Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia	Commander Scott Boytano	Direct-to-video
	Coraline	The Cat	Voice [28]
	Against the Dark	Lieutenant Waters	Direct-to-video
	Charlie Valentine	Sal
	Don McKay	Otis Kent
	The Butcher	Larry Cobb
	The Princess and the Frog	Dr. Facilier	Voice [28]
	Gamer	Agent Keith
	All About Steve	Corbitt
	Pastor Brown	Pastor Brown
2010	Death at a Funeral	Reverend Davis
	Lottery Ticket	"Sweet Tee"
	Chasing 3000	Officer L.
	Stomp the Yard: Homecoming	Terry Harris
	Something Like a Business	Sebastian
	Chain Letter	Detective Jim Crenshaw
	Meet Monica Velour	Claude
2011	The Inheritance	Uncle Melvin	Also executive producer
	No Saints for Sinners	Victor
	Spork	Coach Jenkins
	The Greening of Whitney Brown	Clerk
	Snowflake, the White Gorilla	Anvil	Voice, direct-to-video
	Hopelessly In June	Dalbert Myers
2012	Cloud Atlas	Kupaka, Joe Napier, An-kor Apis, Prescient
	Smiley	Diamond
	Highway	Mustafa
	Don't Pass Me By	David Knox
	The Last Fall	Sydney Bishop
	The Undershepherd	Brother Wilks
	Christmas in Compton	Earl "Big Earl"
2013	Assault on Wall Street	Freddy
	Free Birds	Chief Broadbeak	Voice [28]
	The Frog Kingdom	Frog King	Voice [28]
	Sons of Liberty	Nathan Reynolds
	H4	Worcester
2014	Field of Lost Shoes	Old Judge
	Secrets of the Magic City	Mr. Daniels
	Birds of Paradise	Old Buzzard	Voice, direct-to-video [28]
2015	Kids vs Monsters	Barry
	Boiling Pot	Agent Long
	Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Don Alfonso	Voice, English dub [28]
	Union Furnace	Pin Stripe
2016	Range 15	Colonel Holloway
	The Nice Guys	Older Guy
	Nina	Clifton's Father
	Dirty Lies	Doc
2017	Savage Dog	Valentine
2018	American Dresser	Charlie Wild
	Tales from the Hood 2	Portifoy Simms	Direct-to-video
	Night School	Gerald Walker
	You Might Be the Killer	Sheriff James	Voice
	Love Jacked	Ed
	Sharon 1.2.3.	Tyrone
2019	Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror	Himself	Documentary
	The Wedding Year	Preston
	In Search of Darkness	Himself	Documentary
	21 Bridges	Deputy Chief Spencer
2020	Horizon Line	Wyman
	In Search of Darkness: Part II	Himself	Documentary
	Most Guys Are Losers	Al
2021	The Seventh Day	Father Louis
	The Gateway	Terry
	Black as Night	Babineaux
	Pups Alone	The Wise Bartender
2022	Catwoman: Hunted	Tobias Whale	Voice, direct-to-video [29] [28]
	The Prank	Principal Henderson
	Unplugging	T-Bone
	Nope	Otis Haywood Sr.
	DC League of Super-Pets	Dog-El	Voice [28]
	Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story	Ink Williams
2023	A Snowy Day in Oakland	Mr. Monroe
	American Fiction	Willy the Wonker	Nominated – Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2024	Shelby Oaks	Morton Jacobson	[30]
	Mufasa: The Lion King	Masego
2025	Sneaks †	O.G.	Voice; in production
TBA	The Gettysburg Address†	Frederick Douglass	Voice, documentary; post-production
	Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice †	TBA	Filming [31]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983–1985	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	Keith David the Handyman	9 episodes
1988	The Equalizer	Cristo	Episode: "Sea of Fire"
	Ladykillers	Abe	Television film
	Christmas in Tattertown	Saxophone, additional characters	Voice, television film
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Jesse	Episode: "Vendetta"
1990	Murder in Black and White	Martin	Television film
	Against the Law	Otis Turnbull	Episode: "Requiem in B Flat"
1991	3×3 Eyes	Mama, additional characters	English dub [28]
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	King Oliver	Episode: "Mystery of the Blues"
	TriBeCa	The Reader	Episode: "Honor"
	The Last Outlaw	Lovecraft	Television film
	American Playhouse	Big Willie	Episode: "Hallelujah"
	There Are No Children Here	John Paul Rivers	Television film
1994–1995	Aladdin	Minos, King Zahbar	Voice, 3 episodes
1994–1997	Gargoyles	Goliath, Thailog, Officer Morgan	Voice, 78 episodes [28]
1995	Fantastic Four	Black Panther	Voice, episode: "Prey of the Black Panther"
1996	New York Undercover	Reverend Harris	2 episodes
	Timon & Pumbaa	Mr. Pig	Voice, episode: "Animal Barn"
1997	Vanishing Point	Warren Taft	Television film
	Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest	Algric Bartles	Television film
	Don King: Only in America	Jabir Herbert Muhammad	Television film
1997–1999	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	Lieutenant Colonel Al Simmons / Spawn	Voice, 18 episodes [28]
1998	Hercules	Apollo	Voice, 2 episodes
	The Tiger Woods Story	Earl Woods	Television film
1999	A.T.F.	F.B.I. Director Richard Long	Television film
2000	The Outer Limits	Captain Ira Merit	Episode: "Abaddon"
	The Race for the Poles	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2001	Law & Order	John Robertson	Episode: "Bronx Cheer"
	Semper Fi	Gunnery Sergeant Brinkloff	Television film
	Going to California	Paradise	Episode: "I Know Why the Caged Rhino Sings"
	Jazz	Narrator	Voice, 10 episodes
	The Legend of Tarzan	Tublat	Voice, 3 episodes
	House of Mouse	Card Soldier	Voice, episode: "The Stolen Cartoons"
2001–2002	The Job	Lieutenant Williams	9 episodes
2002	Arliss	Cecil Pickett	Episode: "Standards and Practices"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Matt Phelps	Episode: "Random Acts of Violence"
	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	Agent Mosely	Voice, 2 episodes
	Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	Justice League	Despero	Voice, episode: "Hearts and Minds" [28]
	Inside Mecca	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2004	The Big House	Clarence Cleveland	5 episodes
	Teen Titans	Atlas	Voice, episode: "Only Human" [28]
	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2004–2005	City Confidential	Narrator
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Lloyd Mackie	2 episodes
	Everwood	Brian	Episode: "Pro Choice"
	The Proud Family Movie	BeBe Clone	Voice, television film [28]
	The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2006–2007	ER	Pastor Watkins	5 episodes
	7th Heaven	Stanley Sunday	4 episodes
2007	The War	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2008	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Big Man	Voice, episode: "Survival of the Fittest" [28]
	Canterbury's Law	Miles Grant	2 episodes
	World War II Behind Closed Doors	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	SIS	Joseph Armstrong	Television film
	Psych	Mr. Guster	Episode: "Christmas Joy"
2009	Numbers	Jeremiah Miller	Episode: "Hydra"
2010	Funny or Die Presents	Sleeping Celebrity	Episode: "Episode Six"
	Ken Burns' Baseball: The Tenth Inning	Narrator	Voice; 2 episodes
2011	The Cape	Max Malini	10 episodes
	Hawaii Five-0	Jimmy Cannon	Episode: "Ho'opa'i"
	Allen Gregory	Carl Trent D'Avis "Cole Train"	Voice, 5 episodes [28]
	WWE The True Story of WrestleMania	Narrator	Voice, special
2012	Robot Chicken	Various characters	Voice, episode: "Hemlock Gin and Juice"
	WWE WrestleMania XXVIII	Narrator	Voice, special
	Community	Narrator	Voice, episode: "Pillows and Blankets"
2012–2017	Adventure Time	Flame King, Balthus	Voice, 8 episodes [28]
2013	Belle's	William "Big Bill" Cooper	6 episodes
	Young Justice	Mongul	Voice, episode: "War" [28]
	Touch	Dutch	Episode: "Ghosts"
	The Bible	Narrator	Voice, 10 episodes
	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat	Voice, episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole" [28]
2014	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Dean	2 episodes
	Enlisted	Sergeant Major Donald Cody	13 episodes
	Scorpion	Warden	Episode: "Father's Day"
2015	Archer	Lemuel Kane	Voice, episode: "The Kanes"
	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Agent Everett Malloy	6 episodes
	Community	Elroy Patashnik	12 episodes
	Mr. Robot	Qwerty	Voice, episode: "eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4"
2015–present	Rick and Morty	The President / Andre Curtis, Reverse Giraffe	Voice, 10 episodes
2015	Extant	Nicholas Calderon	Episode: "Zugzwang"
	Black Jesus	Reverend Otis	3 episodes
	Uncle Grandpa	Santa Claus	Voice, episode: "Secret Santa"
2015–2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Sal Commander	Voice, 3 episodes [28]
2016	Person of Interest	Terence Beale	Episode: "Truth Be Told"
	Kulipari	Lord Marmoo	Voice, 13 episodes
	The 600: The History of NASCAR's Toughest Race	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2016–2020	Greenleaf	Bishop James Greenleaf	60 episodes
2017	Regular Show	Streaming	Voice, episode: "A Regular Epic Final Battle" [28]
	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Crinkly Wrinkly	Voice, episode: "Legends of Mr. Gar" [28]
	Ben 10	Yawk	Voice, episode: "Mayhem in Mascot" [28]
	BoJack Horseman	Lion Musician	Voice, episode: "Hooray! Todd Episode"
	Future Man	Dr. Kronish	5 episodes
	We Bare Bears	Barry's Dad	Voice, episode: "Icy Nights II"
	Speechless	Colonel Clements	Episode: "B-r-i-- British I-n-v-- Invasion"
	Superior Donuts	John	Episode: "Homeless for the Holidays"
2017–2020	The Flash	Solovar	Voice, 3 episodes [28]
2017–2018	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Malcolm Kane	Voice, 20 episode [28]
2018–2021	Final Space	Bolo	Voice, 10 episodes
2018	SpongeBob SquarePants	Gary's Collar	Voice, episode: "Chatterbox Gary"
	New Warriors	Ernest Vigman / MODOK	Voice, pilot
	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Additional Voices	2 episodes
	Champaign ILL	Lafonso	10 episodes
2018–2019	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Glossaryck	Voice, 12 episodes
2019	Avengers Assemble	T'Chaka	Voice, episode: "Bashenga" [28]
	Fresh Off the Boat	Clyde Roses	Episode: "Grandma's Boys"
	Craig of the Creek	Narrator	Voice, episode: "Craig and the Kid's Table"
2019–2020	The Last Kids on Earth	Thrull	Voice, 6 episodes [28]
2020	Family Guy	Jazz Documentary Narrator	Voice, episode: "Short Cuts"
	NCIS: New Orleans	Gene Holloway	2 episodes
	MacGyver	Agent Burke	Episode: "Father + Son + Father + Matriarch"
	Black-ish	Loose Craig	Episode: "Earl, Interrupted"
	JJ Villard's Fairy Tales	Lionel	Voice, episode: "Rumpelstiltskin"
2020–2022	Amphibia	King Andrias Leviathan	Voice, 15 episodes [32] [28]
2020	Woke	Bible	Voice, episode: "Prayers for Kubby"
	The Good Lord Bird	Herbert	Episode: "Meet the Lord"
2020–2021	Summer Camp Island	Lithophone, Tummy	Voice, 2 episodes
2021	Close Enough	Campbell's Mug	Voice, episode: "Time Hooch/World's Greatest Teacher"
	DuckTales	Manny the Headless Man-Horse	Voice, episode: "The Last Adventure!" [28]
	Creepshow	Mr. Murdoch	Episode: "Pesticide"
	Central Park	Ward Wittlinger	Voice, episode: "Of Course You Realize This Means Ward"
	Muhammad Ali	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	Love Life	Narrator	Voice, 10 episodes
2021–2022	Stargirl	Mister Bones	Voice, 3 episodes [33]
2022	The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse	Narrator	Voice, episode: "The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse"
	Entergalactic	Mr. Rager	Voice, television special
	From Scratch	Hershel Wheeler	8 episodes
	Leverage: Redemption	Billy Spencer	Episode: "The Fractured Job"
2022–2023	American Dad!	Fire Chief	Voice, 2 episodes
2022–2024	Firebuds	Manny Kablamee	Voice, 3 episodes
2023	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Clone BeBe	Voice, episode: "Us Again"
	Chibiverse	King Andrias Leviathan	Voice, episode: "Chibi Villains Unite"
	True Lies	Albert "Al" Gibson Sr.	Episode: "Independent Dependents" [34]
	Justified: City Primeval	Judge Alvin Guy	Episode: "City Primeval"
	Transformers: EarthSpark	Grimlock	Voice, 5 episodes
	My Dad the Bounty Hunter	B'Caala	Voice, 3 episodes
	Pluto	Dr. Tenma	English dub, 5 episodes
2023–present	Krapopolis	Asskill	Voice, 4 episodes
2024	Hazbin Hotel	Husk	Voice, main role [35]
	Masters of the Universe: Revolution	Hordak	Voice, 3 episodes
	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!	Darkseid	Voice [36]
	Hit-Monkey	Mephisto	Voice, Season 2 [37]
	Gremlins: The Wild Batch	TBA	Voice [38]
TBA	Duster	Ezra	Upcoming series [39]
TBA	The Sensitive Kind	TBA	Upcoming series [40]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Fallout	Decker	[28]
1998	Disney's Hades Challenge	Apollo
1999	Planescape: Torment	Vhailor
2003	Lords of EverQuest	Lord Vekk
2004	Halo 2	Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee / Thel 'Vadam	[28]
2006	Saints Row	Julius Little	[28]
2007	Transformers: The Game	Barricade	[28]
	Halo 3	Arbiter Thel 'Vadam	[28]
	Mass Effect	David Anderson	[28]
2008	Saints Row 2	Julius Little	[28]
	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Chaos	[28]
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Sergeant Foley	[28]
	The Princess and the Frog	Dr. Facilier
	Coraline	Narrator, The Cat	[28]
2010	Mass Effect 2	David Anderson	[28]
	Megamind	Psycho Dellic	[28]
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Chaos	[28]
2012–2013	Mass Effect 3	David Anderson	[28]
2013	Marvel Heroes	Nick Fury	[28]
	Saints Row IV	Vice President Keith David	[28]
2014	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee / Thel 'Vadam
2015	Halo 5: Guardians	Arbiter Thel 'Vadam
2019	Darksiders: Genesis	Moloch
2020	Mortal Kombat 11	Al Simmons / Spawn	[41]
2022	Pocket Mortys	The President / Andre Curtis	[42]
2024	Destiny 2: The Final Shape	Commander Zavala	Replaced Lance Reddick [43]

Theme parks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom	Dr. Facilier	Voice

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Haggadah	Performer	Original Off-Broadway Production
1980	The Lady from Dubuque	Oscar	Broadway
1982	Alec Wilder - Clues To A Life	Performer	Original Off-Off-Broadway Production
1986	The Tale of Madame Zora		Original Off-Off-Broadway Production
1986	Romeo and Juliet	Capulet	Broadway Revivals (performed in repertory)
1986	As You Like It	Jaques
1986	Macbeth	Macbeth (alternate)
1991	Jelly's Last Jam	Chimney Man	World Premiere
1992	Jelly's Last Jam	Chimney Man	Original Broadway Production
1994	Hedda Gabler	Judge Brack	Broadway Revival
1996	Seven Guitars	Floyd Barton	Broadway
2006	Hot Feet	Victor	Original Broadway Production
2013	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	Seth Holly	Los Angeles Revival
2014	Paul Robeson	Paul Robeson	Los Angeles
2015	ToasT	Dolomite	Off-Broadway

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Further reading

• Voisin, Scott. Character Kings: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting. BearManor Media, 2009. ISBN   978-1-59393-342-5.

External links

• Keith David at IMDb
• Keith David at the Internet Broadway Database
• Keith David at the TCM Movie Database