Keith David

Known for ActingBorn 1956-06-04 (age 70)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Belle's

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Stalking Leopards

Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II

Dead Talk Live

The '91 Falcons

School of Rickey

The Thing Expanded

Lions Of Darkness

Rick and Morty

Amphibia

Hazbin Hotel

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Wild Daze

BoJack Horseman

Finding Faith

Adventure Time

Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

The Shakespeare Sessions

High Potential

Young Justice

The Men of Outpost 31

Mr. Robot

Devil May Cry

Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

My Dad the Bounty Hunter

Haunted Hotel

The Last Kids on Earth

Teen Titans

Scorpion

Craig of the Creek

Grey's Anatomy

The War

Reading Rainbow

Justice League

Muhammad Ali

Person of Interest

Service to Man

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Close Enough

Community

DuckTales

E! True Hollywood Story

Last Stand of the Great Bear

Masters of the Universe: Revolution