Keith David

Acting

Born Jun 04, 1956

From 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.

Keith David

Known For

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Coraline

The Thing

Mufasa: The Lion King

Hercules

The Princess and the Frog

Armageddon

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Platoon

Filmography — Acting

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Coraline

The Thing

Mufasa: The Lion King

Hercules

The Princess and the Frog

Armageddon

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Platoon

Nope

The Nice Guys

There's Something About Mary

They Live

Cloud Atlas

Crash

The Quick and the Dead

Shelby Oaks

Requiem for a Dream

The Wedding Year

Superhero Movie

DC League of Super-Pets

Transporter 2

Gamer

21 Bridges

Volcano

Road House

Sneaks

Free Birds

Dead Presidents

Agent Cody Banks

Death at a Funeral

Pitch Black

Entergalactic

Eye for an Eye

ATL

Where the Heart Is

The Replacements

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Night School

Always

The Chronicles of Riddick

American Fiction

Barbershop

Final Analysis

Clockers

Assault on Wall Street

First Sunday

Article 99

Head of State

Catwoman: Hunted

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Reality Bites

All About Steve

Smiley

Marked for Death

Horizon Line

Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming

Justice League: The New Frontier

The Grave

ATL 2: The Homecoming

Hollywood Homicide

Braddock: Missing in Action III

Lottery Ticket

Against the Dark

Men at Work

Chain Letter