Keith David
Actor
Born June 4, 1956 in 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).
Filmography
Coming soon
Captain Zero: The Movie
The Depression Demon (voice)
Coming soon
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Coming soon
President Curtis
President Andre Curtis (voice)
ATL 2: The Homecoming
John Garnett
Dreams of the Moon
The Thing Expanded
Self
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
Strip Law
Steve Nichols (voice)
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
The American Revolution
(voice)
I Love LA
Leon Marcus
Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Old Sheep (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
The Lowdown
Marty
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice)
Finding Faith
Henry
Omniscient
Alistair
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
The Depression Demon (voice)
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
Duster
Ezra Saxton
Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
Devil May Cry
Lucan (voice)
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Toy COD Leader (voice)
Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
Narrator (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
Narrator (voice)
High Potential
Captain Pacheco
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Darkseid (voice)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
The Prank
Principal Henderson
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Hordak (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
Husk (voice)
American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
Heist 88
Buddha Ray
Krapopolis
Asskill (voice)
From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
Justified: City Primeval
Judge Alvin Guy
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
True Lies
Albert 'Al' Gibson
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
B'Caala (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
David
From Scratch
Hershel Wheeler
Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
Firebuds
Manny Kablamee
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self
Chibiverse
King Andrias (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
Unplugging
Gil
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
Abbott Elementary
Frank
Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
The Devil
Black as Night
Babineaux
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice)
The Gateway
Terry
Leverage: Redemption
Billy Spencer
The Seventh Day
Father Louis
Insight
Captain Duke
Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
Most Guys Are Losers
Al
Good
Gregory Devereaux
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
The Good Lord Bird
Herbert
Woke
Bible (voice)
Close Enough
World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park
Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Love Life
Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
Mister Bones (voice)
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest
The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
Rise of the Mammals
Self - Narrator
21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
Creepshow
Murdoch
The Wedding Year
Preston
The Last Kids on Earth
Thrull (voice)
Amphibia
King Andrias (voice)
You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
In Search of Darkness
Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
Champaign Ill
Lafonso
Love Jacked
Ed
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
Brothers in Arms
Self
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh
Night School
Gerald
American Dresser
Charlie
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
Summer Camp Island
Lithophone (voice)
Ray Meets Helen
Harve
Craig of the Creek
Narrator (voice)
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Malcom Kane (voice)
Future Man
Dr. Elias Kronish
DuckTales
Manny (voice)
Savage Dog
Valentine
Not a War Story
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Additional Voices (voice)
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
MacGyver
Burke / Man
Speechless
Colonel
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Lord Marmoo (voice)
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
Greenleaf
Bishop James Greenleaf
Range 15
Colonel Holloway
The Nice Guys
Older Guy
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
Nina
Clifton's Father
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice)
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
Dirty Lies
Doc
Dutch Book
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
Boiling Pot
Agent Long
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
We Bare Bears
Mr. Charles (voice)
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
Mr. Robot
Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy
Fresh Off the Boat
Clyde Roses
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Glossaryck (voice)
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
The Flash
Solovar (voice)
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
black-ish
Loose Craig
NCIS: New Orleans
Gene Holloway
Scorpion
Warden
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
Lion Musician (voice)
Extant
Nicholas Calderon
Enlisted
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
Rick and Morty
President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
Santa Claus (voice)
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice)
The Bible
Narrator
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Smiley
Diamond
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sal Commander (voice)
Highway
Mustafa
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
Touch
Dutch
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
Person of Interest
Terence Beale
Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
The Cape
Max Malini
No Saints for Sinners
Young Justice
Mongul (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
Jimmy Cannon
Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
New York Street Games
Self
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
Something Like A Business
Sebastian
Meet Monica Velour
Claude
Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
Adventure Time
Balthus (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
Community
Elroy Patashnik
Archer
Lemuel Kane (voice)
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
Gamer
Agent Keith
All About Steve
Corbitt
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
Don McKay
Otis Kent
Blue
Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
Sal
Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
Coraline
The Cat (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
No Bad Days
Terrence
The Sensei
Minister
My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
Canterbury's Law
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
The War
Narrator (voice)
The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Self - Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
Psych
Mr. Guster
ATL
John Garnett
The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
Dirty
Captain Spain
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator
The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
Transporter 2
Stappleton
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
Crash
Lt. Dixon
Grey's Anatomy
Lloyd Mackie
American Dad!
Fire Captain (voice)
Numb3rs
Jeremiah Miller
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice)
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
The Big House
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
Teen Titans
Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Agent Mosely (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
Leon
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator
Head of State
Bernard Cooper
Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
Everwood
Brian
29 Palms
The Sheriff
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
Barbershop
Lester Wallace
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
Novocaine
Detective Lunt
Justice League
Despero (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
The Legend of Tarzan
Tublat (voice)
Home Invaders
Matador
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
The Job
Disney's House of Mouse
Card Soldier (voice)
Jazz
Narrator (voice)
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Matt Phelps
The Replacements
Lindell
Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Innocents
Detective Davis
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
SpongeBob SquarePants
Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Hercules
Apollo (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Spawn
There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
Armageddon
General Kimsey
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
Never Met Picasso
Larry
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
Executive Target
Lamar
Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Vanishing Point
Warren Taft
Johns
Homeless John
7th Heaven
Stanley
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
Arli$$
Cecil Pickett
Larger Than Life
Hurst
The Grave
The Priest
Eye for an Eye
Martin
Dead Presidents
Kirby
Clockers
André the Giant
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
Narrator (voice)
The Outer Limits
Captain Ira Merit
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
The Quick and the Dead
Sergeant Cantrell
Gargoyles
Goliath (voice)
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
Fantastic Four
Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
ER
Pastor Watkins
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
New York Undercover
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
Reality Bites
Roger
Aladdin
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
Nails
Noah Owens
Article 99
Luther Jermoe
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
King Oliver
Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
Marked for Death
Max
Law & Order
Bronx D.A. John Robertson
Men at Work
Louis Fedders
Murder in Black and White
Martin
Always
Powerhouse
Road House
Ernie Bass
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
Abe
They Live
Frank Armitage
American Experience
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Bird
Buster Franklin
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
Off Limits
Maurice
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
The Oldest Rookie
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
Platoon
King
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
The Equalizer
Cristo
Screen Two
Will
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
Nature
Narrator
The Thing
Childs
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
NOVA
Narrator
The Oscars
The Cat (voice)