Keith David

Known for ActingBorn 1956-06-04 (age 69)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

Black Asylum

Belle's

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Stalking Leopards

Finding Faith

Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II

Dead Talk Live

The '91 Falcons

School of Rickey

Lions Of Darkness

Rick and Morty

Hazbin Hotel

Amphibia

BoJack Horseman

Adventure Time

Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

The Shakespeare Sessions

My Dad the Bounty Hunter

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Young Justice

Devil May Cry

Mr. Robot

Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teen Titans

The Last Kids on Earth

Scorpion

Craig of the Creek

Grey's Anatomy

High Potential

Justice League

Haunted Hotel

Muhammad Ali

Person of Interest

The War

Service to Man

Reading Rainbow

Close Enough

E! True Hollywood Story

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Community

Jackie Robinson

Archer

Last Stand of the Great Bear

Gargoyles

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites