Keith David
Born June 04, 1956 (Age: 69)
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Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.
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Filmography
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
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as The Depression Demon (voice)
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Age: 72
Shelby Oaks
2025
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as Morton Jacobson
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Age: 69
Sneaks
2025
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as O.G. (voice)
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Age: 68
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
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as Masego (voice)
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Age: 68
American Fiction
2023
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as Willy the Wonker
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Age: 67
Shut Up and Ride
2022
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
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as Dog-El (voice)
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Age: 66
Nope
2022
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as Otis Haywood Sr.
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Age: 66
Horizon Line
2020
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as Freddy Wyman
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Age: 64
21 Bridges
2019
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as Deputy Chief Spencer
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Age: 63
The Wedding Year
2019
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as Preston
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Age: 63
Night School
2018
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as Gerald
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Age: 62
The Nice Guys
2016
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as Older Guy
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Age: 59
No Image
The Last Punch
2016
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as Don King
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Age: 59
Frog Kingdom
2013
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as Frog King (voice)
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Age: 57
Free Birds
2013
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as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
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Age: 57
Cloud Atlas
2012
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as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
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Age: 56
Chain Letter
2010
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as Det. Jim Crenshaw
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Age: 54
Lottery Ticket
2010
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as Sweet Tee
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Age: 54
Meet Monica Velour
2010
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as Claude
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Age: 54
Death at a Funeral
2010
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as Reverend Davis
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Age: 53
The Princess and the Frog
2009
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as Dr. Facilier (voice)
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Age: 53
Gamer
2009
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as Agent Keith
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Age: 53
All About Steve
2009
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as Corbitt
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Age: 53
Coraline
2009
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as The Cat (voice)
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Age: 52
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
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as FBI Chief Conrad
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Age: 51
Superhero Movie
2008
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as The Chief of Police
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Age: 51
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
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as The Centre (voice)
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Age: 51
First Sunday
2008
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as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
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Age: 51
ATL
2006
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as John Garnett
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Age: 49
The Oh in Ohio
2006
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as Coach Popovitch
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Age: 49
Transporter 2
2005
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as Stappleton
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Age: 49
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
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as Father
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Age: 49
Crash
2005
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as Lt. Dixon
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Age: 48
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
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as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
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Age: 48
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
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as CIA Director
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Age: 47
Hollywood Homicide
2003
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as Leon
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Age: 47
Head of State
2003
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as Bernard Cooper
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Age: 46
Agent Cody Banks
2003
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as CIA Director
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Age: 46
Barbershop
2002
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as Lester Wallace
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Age: 45
Novocaine
2001
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as Detective Lunt
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Age: 45
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
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as Council Member (voice)
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Age: 45
Requiem for a Dream
2000
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as Big Tim
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Age: 44
The Replacements
2000
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as Lindell
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Age: 44
Where the Heart Is
2000
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as Moses Whitecotten
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Age: 43
Pitch Black
2000
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as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
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Age: 43
The Grizzlies of Siberia
1999
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 42
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998
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as Spawn
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Age: 42
There's Something About Mary
1998
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as Charlie Jensen
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Age: 42
Armageddon
1998
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as General Kimsey
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Age: 42
Hercules
1997
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as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
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Age: 41
Volcano
1997
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as Lt. Ed Fox
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Age: 40
Larger Than Life
1996
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as Hurst
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Age: 40
Eye for an Eye
1996
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as Martin
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Age: 39
Dead Presidents
1995
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as Kirby
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Age: 39
Clockers
1995
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as André the Giant
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Age: 39
Blue in the Face
1995
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as Jackie Robinson
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Age: 39
The Quick and the Dead
1995
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as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
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Age: 38
The Puppet Masters
1994
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as Alex Holland
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Age: 38
Notes in a Minor Key
1994
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as Kansas
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Age: 38
Reality Bites
1994
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as Roger
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Age: 37
Article 99
1992
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as Luther Jermoe
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Age: 35
Final Analysis
1992
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as Detective Huggins
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Age: 35
Hallelujah Anyhow
1991
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as Will
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Age: 34
Marked for Death
1990
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as Max
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Age: 34
Men at Work
1990
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as Louis Fedders
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Age: 34
Murder in Black and White
1990
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as Martin
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Age: 33
Always
1989
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as Powerhouse
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Age: 33
Road House
1989
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as Ernie Bass
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Age: 32
They Live
1988
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as Frank Armitage
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Age: 32
Bird
1988
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as Buster Franklin
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Age: 31
Off Limits
1988
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as Maurice
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Age: 31
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
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as Embassy Gate Captain
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Age: 31
Hot Pursuit
1987
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as Alphonso
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Age: 30
Platoon
1986
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as King
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Age: 30
The Whoopee Boys
1986
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as Washington Square Peddler
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Age: 30
The Thing
1982
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as Childs
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Age: 26
Coriolanus
1979
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as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
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Age: 22