Keith David
Keith David
Keith David (born June 4, 1955) 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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Place of birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA 
Date of birth
4th June 1956
Movies that starred Keith David (46 in total)
Mufasa: The Lion King [2024]
Masego (voice)
Heist 88 [2023]
Buddha Ray
Entergalactic [2022]
Mr. Rager (voice)
Nope [2022]
Otis Haywood Sr.
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story [2022]
Ink Williams
The Gateway [2021]
Terry
Most Guys Are Losers [2020]
Al
21 Bridges [2019]
Deputy Chief Spencer
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror [2019]
Self
Tales from the Hood 2 [2018]
Portifoy Simms
Night School [2018]
Gerald
The Nice Guys [2016]
Older Guy
Assault on Wall Street [2013]
Freddy
Cloud Atlas [2012]
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming [2010]
Terry
Coraline [2009]
Cat (voice)
The Princess and the Frog [2009]
Dr. Facilier (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia [2009]
Commander Scott Boytano
All About Steve [2009]
Corbitt
Against the Dark [2009]
Lt. Waters
My Mom's New Boyfriend [2008]
FBI Chief Conrad
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil [2006]
MCPO Scott Boytano
The Oh in Ohio [2006]
Coach Popovitch
Transporter 2 [2005]
Stappleton
Mr. & Mrs. Smith [2005]
Father
Dirty [2005]
Captain Spain
The Chronicles of Riddick [2004]
Imam
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson [2004]
Narrator (voice)
Agent Cody Banks [2003]
CIA Director
Kaena: The Prophecy [2003]
Voxem (english voice)
Hollywood Homicide [2003]
Leon
Barbershop [2002]
Lester Wallace
29 Palms [2002]
The Sheriff
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within [2001]
Council Member (voice)
The Replacements [2000]
Lindell
Where the Heart Is [2000]
Moses Whitecotten
Pitch Black [2000]
Abu "Imam" al-Walid
There's Something About Mary [1998]
Charlie Jensen
Volcano [1997]
Lt. Ed Fox
The Quick and the Dead [1995]
Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Clockers [1995]
André the Giant
Dead Presidents [1995]
Kirby
Blue in the Face [1995]
Jackie Robinson
Final Analysis [1992]
Detective Huggins
They Live [1988]
Frank Armitage
The Thing [1982]
Childs
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