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Keith David

Keith David

Acting

Born June 4, 1956, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (26)
  • Crime and Punishment in America — Self - Narrator
  • 2026The Thing Expanded — Self
  • 2025What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas — Self - Interviewee
  • 2024Mr. Nelson on the North Side — Self
  • Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 — Self - Actor
  • 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee
  • The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time — Self
  • 2020Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story — Self
  • Dead Talk Live — Self - Guest
  • 2020In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self
  • 2019Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror — Self
  • 2019In Search of Darkness — Self
  • 2019Rise of the Mammals — Self - Narrator
  • 2018Brothers in Arms — Self
  • 2018Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story — Self
  • 2017Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing — Self
  • 2016School of Rickey — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2016The Men of Outpost 31 — Self
  • 2010New York Street Games — Self
  • 2007The Color Purple: The Color of Success — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2006Working with a Master: John Carpenter — Self
  • 2005Crusades: Crescent & the Cross — Self - Narrator
  • Silent Service — Self - Host
  • E! True Hollywood Story — Self
  • 1993Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self - Host
  • 1988The Making of 'They Live' — Self
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