Keith David
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Nic...
Known For
Filmography
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026
as Sosa
The Thing Expanded
2026
as Self
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
as Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
President Curtis
2026
as President Andre Curtis (voice)
Strip Law
2026
as Steve Nichols (voice)
The Hawk
2026
as Old Henry
Crime and Punishment in America
2026
as Self - Narrator
Sneaks
2025
as O.G. (voice)
Shelby Oaks
2025
as Morton Jacobson
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025
as The Simulator
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Finding Faith
2025
as Henry
Portal to Hell
2025
as Mr. Bobshank
Omniscient
2025
as Alistair
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025
as Husk (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
2025
as (voice) (uncredited)
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
2025
as The Depression Demon (voice)
Duster
2025
as Ezra Saxton
The Lowdown
2025
as Marty
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
2025
as Toy COD Leader (voice)
Haunted Hotel
2025
as Additional Voices (voice)
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
as Old Sheep (voice)
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
I Love LA
2025
as Leon Marcus
Devil May Cry
2025
as Lucan (voice)
The Prank
2024
as Principal Henderson
Betty & Blue
2024
as Willie 'Blue' Watson
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
as Self
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Masego (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
2024
as Husk (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
as Darkseid (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
as Hordak (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
2024
as Scouter (voice)
High Potential
2024
as Captain Pacheco
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
2024
as Narrator
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
2023
as Jerry
Heist 88
2023
as Buddha Ray
American Fiction
2023
as Willy the Wonker
From the Shadows
2023
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Mr. Monroe
Justified: City Primeval
2023
as Judge Alvin Guy
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
as B'Caala (voice)
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
2023
as Self - Actor
Krapopolis
2023
as Asskill (voice)
True Lies
2023
as Albert 'Al' Gibson
Unplugging
2022
as Gil
Nope
2022
as Otis Haywood Sr.
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
2022
as Narrator (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Dog-El (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
2022
as David
Entergalactic
2022
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Shut Up and Ride
2022
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022
as Ink Williams
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
as Self
From Scratch
2022
as Hershel Wheeler
Firebuds
2022
as Manny Kablamee
Chibiverse
2022
as King Andrias (voice)
Chibiverse
2022
as Goliath (voice)
The Gateway
2021
as Terry
Pups Alone
2021
as The Wise Bartender
Black as Night
2021
as Babineaux
The Seventh Day
2021
as Father Louis
Insight
2021
as Captain Duke
Muhammad Ali
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Leverage: Redemption
2021
as Billy Spencer
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
2021
as The Devil
Abbott Elementary
2021
as Frank
Horizon Line
2020
as Freddy Wyman
The 420 Movie
2020
as Chief Ironweed
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
Most Guys Are Losers
2020
as Al
Cuba's Cancer Hope
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Good
2020
as Gregory Devereaux
Close Enough
2020
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park
2020
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Love Life
2020
as Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
2020
as Mister Bones (voice)
Dead Talk Live
2020
as Self - Guest
Woke
2020
as Bible (voice)
The Good Lord Bird
2020
as Herbert
The Wedding Year
2019
as Preston
In Search of Darkness
2019
as Self
21 Bridges
2019
as Deputy Chief Spencer
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
You Might Be the Killer
2019
as Sheriff James
Rise of the Mammals
2019
as Self - Narrator
Creepshow
2019
as Murdoch
Amphibia
2019
as King Andrias (voice)
The Last Kids on Earth
2019
as Thrull (voice)
Brothers in Arms
2018
as Self
Ray Meets Helen
2018
as Harve
Night School
2018
as Gerald
Tales from the Hood 2
2018
as Portifoy Simms
Love Jacked
2018
as Ed
American Dresser
2018
as Charlie
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
2018
as Self
Sharon 1.2.3.
2018
as Tyrone
Craig of the Creek
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Tummy (voice)
Champaign Ill
2018
as Lafonso
Liverspots and Astronots
2018
as Dr. Pesh
Savage Dog
2017
as Valentine
Not a War Story
2017
The '91 Falcons
2017
as Narrator (voice)
DuckTales
2017
as Manny (voice)
Future Man
2017
as Dr. Elias Kronish
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
2017
as Malcom Kane (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Nice Guys
2016
as Older Guy
Dirty Lies
2016
as Doc
Range 15
2016
as Colonel Holloway
Service to Man
2016
as Dean Holmes
Nina
2016
as Clifton's Father
The North Star
2016
as Frederick Douglass
School of Rickey
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Blue: The American Dream
2016
as Terry Venable
The Last Punch
2016
as Don King
Greenleaf
2016
as Bishop James Greenleaf
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
2016
as Lord Marmoo (voice)
Jackie Robinson
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Speechless
2016
as Colonel
MacGyver
2016
as Burke / Man
Union Furnace
2015
as Pin Stripe
Boiling Pot
2015
as Agent Long
Secrets of the Magic City
2015
as Mr. Daniels
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
as Old Judge
Kids vs Monsters
2015
as Barry
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015
as Detective Harris
Dutch Book
2015
Mr. Robot
2015
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
We Bare Bears
2015
as Mr. Charles (voice)
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015
as Agent Everett Malloy
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Glossaryck (voice)
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
as Clyde Roses
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
2014
as Narrator
Extant
2014
as Nicholas Calderon
Enlisted
2014
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Scorpion
2014
as Warden
The Flash
2014
as Solovar (voice)
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
2014
as Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Lion Musician (voice)
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Gene Holloway
black-ish
2014
as Loose Craig
Assault on Wall Street
2013
as Freddy
Don't Pass Me By
2013
as David Knox
Sons of Liberty
2013
as Nathan Reynolds
Frog Kingdom
2013
as Frog King (voice)
Free Birds
2013
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Black Asylum
2013
as Agent Davis
The Bible
2013
as Narrator
Rick and Morty
2013
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Belle's
2013
as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
2013
as Santa Claus (voice)
Teen Titans Go!
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Highway
2012
as Mustafa
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Smiley
2012
as Diamond
Christmas in Compton
2012
as Big Earl
The Last Fall
2012
as Sydney Bishop
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
2012
as Sergeant Brass
Double or Nothing
2012
as Homeless Dude
The Undershepherd
2012
as Brother Wilks
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Sal Commander (voice)
Touch
2012
as Dutch
The Inheritance
2011
as Uncle Melvin
Hopelessly in June
2011
as Dalbert Myers
Samuel Bleak
2011
as Ned Coffman
No Saints for Sinners
2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Clerk
The Cape
2011
as Max Malini
Person of Interest
2011
as Terence Beale
Africa's Lost Eden
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010
as Terry
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Reverend Davis
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Sweet Tee
Something Like A Business
2010
as Sebastian
Chain Letter
2010
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Meet Monica Velour
2010
as Claude
New York Street Games
2010
as Self
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
as Narrator
Chasing 3000
2010
as Officer L.
Young Justice
2010
as Mongul (voice)
Adventure Time
2010
as Balthus (voice)
Adventure Time
2010
as Flame King (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Jimmy Cannon
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
All About Steve
2009
as Corbitt
Don McKay
2009
as Otis Kent
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
2009
as Commander Scott Boytano
Coraline
2009
as The Cat (voice)
Against the Dark
2009
as Lt. Waters
Pastor Brown
2009
as Pastor Brown
Blue
2009
as Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
2009
as Sal
The Butcher
2009
as Larry Cobb
Gamer
2009
as Agent Keith
Beautiful Loser
2009
as Morgan - Adult
Community
2009
as Elroy Patashnik
Community
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Archer
2009
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
Superhero Movie
2008
as The Chief of Police
No Bad Days
2008
as Terrence
The Sensei
2008
as Minister
The Fifth Commandment
2008
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as The Centre (voice)
First Sunday
2008
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
S.I.S.
2008
as Joseph Armstrong
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
as FBI Chief Conrad
The Candlelight Murders
2008
as Pastor Bob
Canterbury's Law
2008
The Last Sentinel
2007
as Colonel Norton
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Dad
Delta Farce
2007
as Sgt. Kilgore
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The War
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as MCPO Scott Boytano
ATL
2006
as John Garnett
The Oh in Ohio
2006
as Coach Popovitch
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
Forbidden Fruits
2006
as Rev. Walters
Psych
2006
as Mr. Guster
Crash
2005
as Lt. Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Father
Dirty
2005
as Captain Spain
Transporter 2
2005
as Stappleton
The Proud Family Movie
2005
as Bebe Clone (voice)
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
2005
as Self - Narrator
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lloyd Mackie
Numb3rs
2005
as Jeremiah Miller
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
as Jack Johnson (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Fire Captain (voice)
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
2005
as Narrator
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
2004
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Beef II
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as CIA Director
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The Big House
2004
Agent Cody Banks
2003
as CIA Director
Head of State
2003
as Bernard Cooper
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
2003
as Leon
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Inside Mecca
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Teen Titans
2003
as Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
as Agent Mosely (voice)
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Narrator
Barbershop
2002
as Lester Wallace
Stalking Leopards
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
29 Palms
2002
as The Sheriff
Mark Twain
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Everwood
2002
as Brian
Mark Twain
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Novocaine
2001
as Detective Lunt
Pretty When You Cry
2001
as Detective Charles Desett
Home Invaders
2001
as Matador
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
2001
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001
as Narrator
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
2001
as Narrator (voice)
The Job
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
as Tublat (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
as Card Soldier (voice)
Justice League
2001
as Despero (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Jazz
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Pitch Black
2000
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Big Tim
Where the Heart Is
2000
as Moses Whitecotten
Innocents
2000
as Detective Davis
The Replacements
2000
as Lindell
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Matt Phelps
Silent Service
2000
as Self - Host
The Grizzlies of Siberia
1999
as Narrator (voice)
ATF
1999
as FBI Director Richard Long
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as King Oliver
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
1999
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Commander Bensinger (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
Armageddon
1998
as General Kimsey
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Charlie Jensen
The Tiger Woods Story
1998
as Earl Woods
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
1998
as Spawn
Hercules
1998
as Apollo (voice)
Volcano
1997
as Lt. Ed Fox
Don King: Only in America
1997
as Herbert Muhammad
Flipping
1997
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Executive Target
1997
as Lamar
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Algric Bartles
Hercules
1997
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Never Met Picasso
1997
as Larry
Vanishing Point
1997
as Warren Taft
Spawn
1997
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Brian Robertson (voice)
Larger Than Life
1996
as Hurst
Eye for an Eye
1996
as Martin
The Grave
1996
as The Priest
Johns
1996
as Homeless John
Arli$$
1996
as Cecil Pickett
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
7th Heaven
1996
as Stanley
Clockers
1995
as André the Giant
Blue in the Face
1995
as Jackie Robinson
Dead Presidents
1995
as Kirby
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Sergeant Cantrell
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
as Goliath (voice)
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Outer Limits
1995
as Captain Ira Merit
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Alex Holland
Reality Bites
1994
as Roger
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Notes in a Minor Key
1994
as Kansas
Gargoyles
1994
as Goliath (voice)
Aladdin
1994
Fantastic Four
1994
as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
New York Undercover
1994
ER
1994
as Pastor Watkins
The Last Outlaw
1993
as Lovecraft
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
as Self - Host
There Are No Children Here
1993
as John Paul Rivers
Hallelujah
1993
as Big Willie
Lions Of Darkness
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Final Analysis
1992
as Detective Huggins
Article 99
1992
as Luther Jermoe
Nails
1992
as Noah Owens
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as King Oliver
Hallelujah Anyhow
1991
as Will
Men at Work
1990
as Louis Fedders
Marked for Death
1990
as Max
Murder in Black and White
1990
as Martin
Law & Order
1990
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Always
1989
as Powerhouse
Road House
1989
as Ernie Bass
They Live
1988
as Frank Armitage
Bird
1988
as Buster Franklin
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
as Embassy Gate Captain
Ladykillers
1988
as Abe
The Making of 'They Live'
1988
as Self
Off Limits
1988
as Maurice
Stars & Bars
1988
as Eugene Teagarden
Christmas in Tattertown
1988
as Saxophone (voice)
American Experience
1988
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Hot Pursuit
1987
as Alphonso
The Oldest Rookie
1987
Platoon
1986
as King
The Whoopee Boys
1986
as Washington Square Peddler
The Equalizer
1985
as Cristo
Screen Two
1985
as Will
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Narrator (voice)
The Thing
1982
as Childs
Nature
1982
as Narrator
American Playhouse
1982
as 'Big' Willie Thorton
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
as Pirates and Police
Coriolanus
1979
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
The Oscars
1953
as The Cat (voice)