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Keith David is a Actor American born on 4 june 1956 at New York City (USA)

Keith David

Keith David
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Birth name Keith David Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 4 june 1956 (67 years) at New York City (USA)

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as Keith David, is an American film, television, voice actor, and singer. He is best known for his roles as the director of the CIA in Agent Cody Banks and Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog. He originated the role of Dr. Dillamond in Wicked. He has acted in many mainstream films, such as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has 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 Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David last starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the comedy series, Community. He guest starred in episodes 4 and 5 of Season 2 of Rick and Morty.

David is also well known for his voice-over career, primarily his Emmy Award winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films such as The War. Characters that he has voiced include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam in Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 5, Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, Spawn/Al Simmons on Todd McFarlane's Spawn which aired on HBO, David Anderson in the Mass Effect series, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row, Saints Row 2, and Saints Row IV (as well as making a major guest appearance in the last game voicing himself), Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, the Flame King in Adventure Time, and Chaos in the English versions of Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. He is known for his voice-overs on United States Navy commercials and replaced Paul Winfield as the narrator of the City Confidential documentary television crime series.
In 2015 Keith David voiced Lana Kane's Father Lemuel Kane on the eighth episode of Archer season 6.

Best films

Armageddon (1998)
(Actor)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
(Actor)
Volcano (1997)
(Actor)
Transporter 2 (2005)
(Actor)
Bird (1988)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jeff Imada
Jeff Imada
(7 films)
Chris Rock
Chris Rock
(2 films)
Craig Mazin
Craig Mazin
(2 films)
Michael Bay
Michael Bay
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Keith David (122 films)

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Actor

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, 35minutes
Directed by Peter Chung
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Vin Diesel, Rhiana Griffith, Keith David, Nick Chinlund, Tress MacNeille, Roger L. Jackson
Roles Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Rating65% 3.2918553.2918553.2918553.2918553.291855
Shortly after escaping the planet from Pitch Black, Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are picked up by a Mercenary spacecraft. Although Riddick attempts to conceal his identity from the mercenaries by impersonating William J. Johns (in Pitch Black) over the intercom, they quickly voice-print and identify him.
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, 1h40
Directed by Kevin Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Children's films
Actors Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck, Keith David, Hannah Spearitt
Roles CIA Director
Rating45% 2.2688752.2688752.2688752.2688752.268875
Agent Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) attends summer camp, actually a secret facility for training CIA teenage agents. When a group of CIA soldiers attempt to abduct head counselor Victor Diaz (Keith Allen), Cody helps him escape, mistaking the CIA operation for a training exercise. The director informs Cody that Diaz stole disks containing plans for a secret mind-control device, and sends Cody to recapture him.
Hollywood Homicide, 1h56
Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich
Roles Leon
Rating53% 2.6501952.6501952.6501952.6501952.650195
Sergeant Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who began moonlighting as a real estate broker seven years ago. His partner is K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), a much younger officer who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor. The duo are assigned to investigate the murders of four men, members of a rap group called H2OClick who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants. While investigating the murders, the detectives discover there had been a witness in the nightclub who later escaped unnoticed, and work together to track him down. In the midst of it all, Gavilan has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt, while Calden further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents.
Agent Cody Banks, 1h42
Directed by Harald Zwart
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Spy films, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck
Roles CIA Director
Rating51% 2.555712.555712.555712.555712.55571
Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz), a 15-year-old high school junior, applies for a junior field ops position at the Central Intelligence Agencys SAD (Special Activities Division) after completing his summer camp for CIA agents. Answering to his handler Agent Ronica Miles, Cody is called upon a mission to find information about a scientist named Dr. Albert Connors. Connors is employed by a SPECTRE type organization named ERIS led by Dr. Brinkman, and his henchman, François Molay. As all CIA agents are known to Brinkman's organization, the CIA uses the unknown Banks, who is placed into the prep school of Dr. Connors' daughter, Natalie, the William Donovan Institute.
Kaena: The Prophecy, 1h28
Directed by Chris Delaporte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Robot films
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Cécile de France, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston, Keith David, Victoria Abril
Roles Voxem (english voice)
Rating59% 2.999482.999482.999482.999482.99948
The film begins with an alien ship crash landing on a desert planet. The alien survivors, known as Vecarians, are quickly killed by the planet's predatory native inhabitants, the Selenites. The ship's core, Vecanoi, survives, and from it sprouts Axis, a massive tree reaching up into space.
Head of State, 1h35
Directed by Chris Rock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films, White House in fiction
Actors Chris Rock, Lynn Whitfield, Tracy Morgan, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Wes Johnson
Roles Bernard Cooper
Rating55% 2.7506352.7506352.7506352.7506352.750635
Mays Gilliam is an alderman of the 9th Ward in Washington D.C.. After being fired from his post and dumped by his girlfriend, Kim, Mays is surprisingly chosen as the party candidate for the presidency (after his party's original presidential and vice-presidential nominees die when their two separate planes crash into each other) to run against sitting vice-president Brian Lewis. Assuming the election was already lost, the party decided to pick a likable but unwinnable minority candidate to improve their chances in the next presidential election. At first, Mays feels he will not be able to succeed as President because he would be representing the entire African-American populace, and does not want to do anything to mess it up. However, Mays begins to rise in the polls after his brother persuades him to speak out for what he believes. He begins to talk about issues such as welfare, money, society, etc. After Lewis runs a series of attack ads including one saying Mays supports cancer, Mays begins to fight back using what he claimed was "kissing" his opponent (taken from Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd cartoons). A part of this strategy includes dubbing a videotape of Osama bin Laden saying he hates America but loves Brian Lewis. This strategy gains Mays even more points in the polls. As voting day draws closer, Mays eventually learns the reason why he was chosen as the party candidate, and fires some disloyal campaign operatives (although they reconciled with him afterwards), as well as choosing his brother as his running mate. He later has a debate with his opponent in which he manages to win the crowd over by speaking truth about the American life. Finally, Mays ends up winning the election and the presidency. The film ends with a shot of Mount Rushmore with Mays Gilliam's head added; complete with bling.
Barbershop
Barbershop (2002)
, 1h42
Directed by Tim Story
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Cedric the Entertainer, Michael Ealy
Roles Lester Wallace
Rating62% 3.1499353.1499353.1499353.1499353.149935
On a cold winter, Calvin Palmer, Jr. (Ice Cube) decides he has had enough of trying to keep open the barbershop his father handed down to him. He cannot borrow, revenues are falling, and he seems more interested in get-rich-quick schemes to bring in easy money. Without telling his employees, or the customers, he sells the barbershop to a greedy loan shark, Lester Wallace (Keith David), who lies about its future by announcing plans to turn it into a strip club.
29 Palms
29 Palms (2002)
, 1h29
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Jeremy Davies, Michael Lerner, Litefoot, Russell Means, Chris O'Donnell, Jon Polito
Roles The Sheriff
Rating47% 2.357352.357352.357352.357352.35735
Un faux clerc de notaire, un patron véreux, un indien déjanté, un tueur implacable et une taupe du FBI... tous sont à la recherche d'une mallette pleine d'argent sale !
Inside Mecca
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about religion, Films about Islam
Actors Keith David
Roles Narrator
Rating76% 3.820183.820183.820183.820183.82018
A travers le défi personnel de trois pèlerins, partez pour la première fois pour un voyage initiatique dans les coulisses de la Mecque : explorez les principaux sites de l'Islam, initiez-vous aux anciens rituels, découvrez ou re-découvrez l'histoire de la Mecque...
Pretty When You Cry, 1h30
Directed by Jack N. Green
Origin USA
Genres Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sam Elliott, Jamie Kennedy, Lori Heuring, Keith David, Nick Swardson
Roles Detective Charles Desett
Rating41% 2.0792352.0792352.0792352.0792352.079235
Detective Black (Elliott) conducts a procedural interrogation on Albert Straka (Kennedy), a quiet and unassuming man who is a suspect in the brutal and violent murder of Frank (Cavalieri), a drug and sex addict who owns a nightclub. He gets Albert to admit that he had strong feelings towards Frank's wife, Sarah (Elizabeth), but that she was into far too kinky sex for him to ever fall in love with. As the interrogation continues, it is revealed that the sordid sexual relationship among the three grew increasingly bizarre.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, 1h46
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about video games, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi
Roles Council Member (voice)
Rating63% 3.198333.198333.198333.198333.19833
In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, though a minor contact may only result in an infection. The surviving humans live in "barrier cities", areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. After being infected by a Phantom during one of her experiments, Aki Ross (Ming-Na) and her mentor, Doctor Sid (Donald Sutherland), uncover a means of defeating the Phantoms by gathering eight spirit signatures that, when joined, can negate the Phantoms. Aki is searching for the sixth spirit in the ruins of New York City when she is cornered by Phantoms but is rescued by Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin) and his squad "Deep Eyes", consisting of Ryan Whittaker (Ving Rhames), Neil Fleming (Steve Buscemi) and Jane Proudfoot (Peri Gilpin). It is revealed that Gray was once romantically involved with Aki.
Novocaine
Novocaine (2001)
, 1h35
Directed by David Atkins
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Steve Martin, Chelcie Ross, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Lynne Thigpen, Elias Koteas
Roles Detective Lunt
Rating58% 2.901252.901252.901252.901252.90125
Generally, the film is a dark and quirky "tragicomedy". The "everyman" protagonist, Dr. Frank Sangster (Steve Martin), is a dentist with a fairly pleasant but rather innocuous, ordinary and uneventful life. But all of this gets derailed, and Frank's life descends into an increasingly complex mess, from the minute a beautiful and seductive new patient named Susan Ivey (Helena Bonham Carter) comes to him, seeking a root canal and a little pain relief...
Where the Heart Is, 2h
Directed by Matt Williams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain, Dylan Bruno
Roles Moses Whitecotten
Rating67% 3.353593.353593.353593.353593.35359
At seventeen years old and seven months pregnant, Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) sets off on a road trip from Tennessee to California with her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno). His car is a dilapidated 1963 Plymouth with a leaking fuel line and no floor.
Pitch Black, 1h49
Directed by David Twohy, Carolynne Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Keith David
Roles Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Rating69% 3.4986253.4986253.4986253.4986253.498625
In the distant future, the civilian transport ship Hunter-Gratzner passes near a desert planet while on autopilot with its crew and passengers in cryostasis chambers. The passengers mostly consist of nomadic settlers who are relocating to other planets, a Muslim priest who goes by the title "Imam", with his followers traveling to New Mecca, a young boy named Jack, a pair of Bushwhackers named Shazza and Zeke, a merchant named Paris, and a law enforcement officer, William J. Johns, who is transporting a notorious criminal, Richard B. Riddick, who is chained in a special chamber and is the only one awake while in cryostasis. Riddick has illegally surgically-modified eyes, called Shiners, that give him extra-sensitive vision that allows him to see in the dark.