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Keith David

Actor · Born 1956-06-04 · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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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 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 Pres…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Flash (2014) — Solovar (voice)
  2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) — Father
  3. Rick and Morty (2013) — President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
  4. Requiem for a Dream (2000) — Big Tim
  5. Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Lloyd Mackie
  6. Coraline (2009) — The Cat (voice)
  7. The Nice Guys (2016) — Older Guy
  8. Armageddon (1998) — General Kimsey
  9. The Thing (1982) — Childs
  10. Hercules (1997) — Apollo the Sun God (voice)
  11. Cloud Atlas (2012) — Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
  12. The Princess and the Frog (2009) — Dr. Facilier (voice)
  13. Mr. Robot (2015) — Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
  14. There's Something About Mary (1998) — Charlie Jensen
  15. Platoon (1986) — King
  16. Family Guy (1999) — Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
  17. Nope (2022) — Otis Haywood Sr.
  18. Pitch Black (2000) — Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
  19. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) — Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
  20. Scorpion (2014) — Warden
  21. Transporter 2 (2005) — Stappleton
  22. Crash (2005) — Lt. Dixon
  23. They Live (1988) — Frank Armitage
  24. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) — Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
  25. Adventure Time (2010) — Balthus (voice)
  26. BoJack Horseman (2014) — Lion Musician (voice)
  27. Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) — Masego (voice)
  28. Gamer (2009) — Agent Keith
  29. American Dad! (2005) — Fire Captain (voice)
  30. 21 Bridges (2019) — Deputy Chief Spencer
  31. Community (2009) — Elroy Patashnik
  32. Person of Interest (2011) — Terence Beale
  33. Superhero Movie (2008) — The Chief of Police
  34. The Quick and the Dead (1995) — Sergeant Cantrell
  35. Hawaii Five-0 (2010) — Jimmy Cannon
  36. We Bare Bears (2015) — Mr. Charles (voice)
  37. Night School (2018) — Gerald
  38. DC League of Super-Pets (2022) — Dog-El (voice)
  39. Volcano (1997) — Lt. Ed Fox
  40. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) — Council Member (voice)