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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)
Ron Clements
Ron Clements
(2 films)
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo
(6 films)
Ken Burns
Ken Burns
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Keith David (122 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
201921 BridgesActorDeputy Chief Spencer
2018Night SchoolActorGerald
2016Rise of the Lonestar RangerActorEuchre
2016The Nice GuysActorOlder Guy
2016Range 15ActorColonel Holloway
2016NinaActorClifton's Father
2016NinaActorClifton's Father
2015Field of Lost ShoesActorOld Judge
2015The Gettysburg AddressActorFrederick Douglass (voice)
2015Kids vs MonstersActorBarry
2014H4Actor
2013Free BirdsActorChief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013Don't Pass Me ByActorDavid Knox
2013Assault on Wall StreetActorFreddy
2013Frog KingdomActorFrog King
2012Cloud AtlasActorKupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012SmileyActorDiamond
2011Snowflake, the White GorillaActorAnvil (voice)
2011Pastor BrownActorPastor Brown
2011The Greening of Whitney BrownActorClerk
2011Snowflake, the White GorillaActorAnvil
2010Stomp the Yard 2: HomecomingActorTerry
2010Chasing 3000ActorOfficer L.
2010Chain LetterActorDet. Jim Crenshaw
2010Death at a FuneralActorReverend Davis
2010Lottery TicketActorSweet Tee
2010Meet Monica VelourActorClaude
2010New York Street GamesActor
2010SporkActorCoach Jenkins
2009Against the DarkActorLt. Waters
2009CoralineActorCat (voice)
2009The Princess and the FrogActorDr. Facilier (voice)
2009GamerActorAgent Keith
2009Beautiful LoserActorMorgan - Adult
2009All About SteveActorCorbitt
2009Behind Enemy Lines III: ColombiaActorCommander Scott Boytano
2009The ButcherActorLarry Cobb
2009Charlie ValentineActorSal
2009Don McKayActorOtis Kent
2008Justice League: The New FrontierActorThe Centre (voice)
2008Superhero MovieActorThe Chief of Police
2008First SundayActorJudge B. Bennet Galloway
2008My Mom's New BoyfriendActorFBI Chief Conrad
2008The SenseiActorMinister
2008World War Two: Behind Closed DoorsActorNarrator (American version)
2007TransformersActorBarricade (voice)
2007Delta FarceActorSgt. Kilgore
2007If I Had Known I Was a GeniusActorDad
2007The War (2007 TV series)ActorNarrator
2006DirtyActorCaptain Spain
2006The Oh in OhioActorCoach Popovitch
2006ATLActorJohn Garnett
2006Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of EvilActorMCPO Scott Boytano
2005CrashActorLt. Dixon
2005Mr. & Mrs. SmithActorFather
2005Transporter 2ActorStappleton
2005The Proud Family MovieActorBebe Clone (voice)
2004The Chronicles of RiddickActorImam
2004The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark FuryActorAbu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination LondonActorCIA Director
2004Beef IIActorNarrator (voice)
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonActorNarrator (voice)
2003Hollywood HomicideActorLeon
2003Agent Cody BanksActorCIA Director
2003Kaena: The ProphecyActorVoxem (english voice)
2003Head of StateActorBernard Cooper
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripActorNarrator (voice)
2002BarbershopActorLester Wallace
200229 PalmsActorThe Sheriff
2002Inside MeccaActorNarrator
2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinActorCouncil Member (voice)
2001NovocaineActorDetective Lunt
2001Pretty When You CryActorDetective Charles Desett
2000Pitch BlackActorAbu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000The ReplacementsActorLindell
2000Requiem for a DreamActorBig Tim
2000Where the Heart IsActorMoses Whitecotten
2000InnocentsActorDetective Davis
1999Hercules: Zero to HeroActor
1999Not for Ourselves AloneActor
1999ATFActorF.B.I. Director Richard Long
1998ArmageddonActorGeneral Kimsey
1998There's Something About MaryActorCharlie Jensen
1998The Tiger Woods StoryActorEarl Woods
1997HerculesActorApollo the Sun God (voice)
1997VolcanoActorLt. Ed Fox
1997Loose WomenActorStylist
1997Vanishing PointActorWarren Taft
1997Executive TargetActorLamar
1997Princess MononokeActorOkkoto / Narrator / Additional Voices
1997Don King: Only in AmericaActorHerbert Muhammad
1996Gargoyles: The Heroes AwakenActorGoliath (voice)
1996JohnsActorHomeless John
1996Eye for an EyeActorMartin
1996The GraveActorThe Priest
1996Larger Than LifeActorHurst
1995Blue in the FaceActorJackie Robinson
1995ClockersActorAndré the Giant
1995Dead PresidentsActorKirby
1995The Quick and the DeadActorSgt. Clay Cantrell
1994Reality BitesActorRoger
1994The Puppet MastersActorAlex Holland
1992Final AnalysisActorDetective Huggins
1992Article 99ActorLuther Jermoe
1992NailsActorNoah Owens
1990Marked for DeathActorMax
1990Men at WorkActorLouis Fedders
1989AlwaysActorPowerhouse
1989Road HouseActorErnie Bass
1988BirdActorBuster Franklin
1988They LiveActorFrank Armitage
1988Off LimitsActorMaurice
1988Braddock: Missing in Action IIIActorEmbassy Gate Captain
1988Stars & BarsActorEugene Teagarden
1987PlatoonActorKing
1987Hot PursuitActorAlphonso
1986The Whoopee BoysActor
1984Terror in the AislesActorChilds (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982The ThingActorChilds
1979Disco GodfatherActor
1979CoriolanusActorAedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
ActorEuchre