Birth Day: 1956-06-04
Place of birth: 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.
Credits
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As The Depression Demon (voice) -
As Narrator of Spider Video (voice) -
As Sosa -
As Self -
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As Mr. Bobshank -
As O.G. (voice) -
As Alistair -
As Morton Jacobson -
As Husk (voice) -
As Henry -
As The Depression Demon (voice) -
As Self - Interviewee -
As The Simulator -
As Frederick Douglass (voice) -
As Principal Henderson -
As Masego (voice) -
As Willie 'Blue' Watson -
As Self -
As Willy the Wonker -
As Jerry -
As Dr. Leonard Bertram -
As Mr. Monroe -
As Buddha Ray -
As Self - Interviewee -
As David -
As Gil -
As Dog-El (voice) -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Tobias Whale / Morax (voice) -
As Mr. Rager (voice) -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Otis Haywood Sr. -
As Ink Williams -
As Terry -
As Father Louis -
As Babineaux -
As The Wise Bartender -
As Captain Duke -
As Gregory Devereaux -
As Al -
As Self -
As Freddy Wyman -
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As Chief Ironweed -
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As Preston -
As Sheriff James -
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As Deputy Chief Spencer -
As Self -
As Gerald -
As Harve -
As Self -
As Tyrone -
As Portifoy Simms -
As Ed -
As Self -
As Charlie -
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Valentine -
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As Older Guy -
As Terry Venable -
As Doc -
As Colonel Holloway -
As Don King
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As Dean Holmes -
As Clifton's Father -
As Frederick Douglass -
As Agent Long -
As Old Judge -
As Mr. Daniels -
As Detective Harris -
As Barry -
As Pin Stripe -
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As Agent Davis -
As Chief Broadbeak (Voice) -
As Nathan Reynolds -
As David Knox -
As Frog King (voice) -
As Freddy -
As Brother Wilks -
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As Big Earl -
As Diamond -
As Sydney Bishop -
As Mustafa -
As Sergeant Brass -
As Homeless Dude
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As Clerk -
As Uncle Melvin -
As Dalbert Myers -
As Sweet Tee -
As Claude -
As Officer L. -
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As Det. Jim Crenshaw -
As Sebastian -
As Terry -
As Self -
As Reverend Davis -
As Dr. Facilier (voice) -
As Otis Kent -
As Morgan - Adult -
As Agent Keith -
As Commander Scott Boytano -
As Pastor Brown -
As The Cat (voice) -
As Larry Cobb -
As Corbitt -
As Lt. Waters -
As Terry Venable -
As Sal -
As Judge B. Bennet Galloway -
As The Chief of Police -
As The Centre (voice) -
As Minister -
As Joseph Armstrong -
As Terrence -
As Pastor Bob -
As FBI Chief Conrad -
As Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton -
As Colonel Norton -
As Sgt. Kilgore -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Dad -
As Self -
As John Garnett -
As Coach Popovitch -
As Rev. Walters -
As MCPO Scott Boytano -
As Stappleton -
As Self - Narrator -
As Bebe Clone (voice) -
As Captain Spain -
As Father -
As Lt. Dixon -
As CIA Director -
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As Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice) -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Abu 'Imam' al-Walid -
As Narrator (voice) -
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As CIA Director -
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As Leon -
As Bernard Cooper -
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As Frank (They Live) (archive footage) -
As Narrator (voice) -
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As The Sheriff -
As Lester Wallace -
As Narrator -
As Detective Lunt -
As Detective Charles Desett -
As Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff -
As Council Member (voice) -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Matador -
As Lindell -
As Big Tim -
As Detective Davis -
As Moses Whitecotten -
As Abu 'Imam' al-Walid -
As King Oliver -
As Narrator (voice) -
As FBI Director Richard Long -
As Charlie Jensen -
As Spawn -
As Earl Woods -
As General Kimsey -
As Herbert Muhammad -
As Larry -
As Lt. Ed Fox -
As Apollo the Sun God (voice) -
As Leo Richards, Gang Leader -
As Warren Taft -
As Lamar -
As Algric Bartles -
As Homeless John -
As Hurst -
As Martin -
As The Priest -
As André the Giant -
As Kirby -
As Jackie Robinson -
As Sergeant Cantrell -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Goliath (voice) -
As Roger -
As Kansas -
As Alex Holland -
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As Lovecraft -
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As Self - Host -
As Big Willie
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As John Paul Rivers -
As Detective Huggins -
As Luther Jermoe -
As Noah Owens -
As Will -
As Martin -
As Louis Fedders -
As Max -
As Ernie Bass -
As Powerhouse -
As Saxophone (voice) -
As Eugene Teagarden -
As Maurice -
As Self
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As Embassy Gate Captain -
As Buster Franklin -
As Frank Armitage -
As Abe -
As Alphonso -
As King -
As Washington Square Peddler -
As Childs -
As Pirates and Police -
As Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen -
As Reverend J.W. Bruno
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As Jim Dandy
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As John Garnett -
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As Cuddles (voice)