Acting · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · Born June 4, 1956
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.
MovieCaptain Zero: The Movie
2028
as The Depression Demon (voice)
TVPresident Curtis
2026
as President Andre Curtis (voice)
TVThe Hawk
2026
as Old Henry
MovieThe Thing Expanded
2026
as Self
MovieMike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026
as Sosa
TVStrip Law
2026
as Steve Nichols (voice)
MovieWhat is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Gettysburg Address
2025
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
MovieHazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
2025
as (voice) (uncredited)
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
TVI Love LA
2025
as Leon Marcus
MovieShelby Oaks
2025
as Morton Jacobson
TVE.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
as Old Sheep (voice)
MovieHazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025
as Husk (voice)
TVThe Lowdown
2025
as Marty
TVHaunted Hotel
2025
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieFinding Faith
2025
as Henry
MovieOmniscient
2025
as Alistair
MovieCaptain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
2025
as The Depression Demon (voice)
MovieTim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025
as The Simulator
TVDuster
2025
as Ezra Saxton
MovieSneaks
2025
as O.G. (voice)
TVDevil May Cry
2025
as Lucan (voice)
TVOh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
2025
as Toy COD Leader (voice)
MoviePortal to Hell
2025
as Mr. Bobshank
TVCold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
2024
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Masego (voice)
TVLeonardo da Vinci
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVInvincible Fight Girl
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVHigh Potential
2024
as Captain Pacheco
TVKite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
as Darkseid (voice)
MovieMr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
as Self
MovieBetty & Blue
2024
as Willie 'Blue' Watson
MovieThe Prank
2024
as Principal Henderson
TVMasters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
as Hordak (voice)
TVHazbin Hotel
2024
as Husk (voice)
MovieAmerican Fiction
2023
as Willy the Wonker
MovieHeist 88
2023
as Buddha Ray
TVKrapopolis
2023
as Asskill (voice)
MovieFrom the Shadows
2023
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
TVJustified: City Primeval
2023
as Judge Alvin Guy
TVGreatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
2023
as Self - Actor
MovieA Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Mr. Monroe
TVTrue Lies
2023
as Albert 'Al' Gibson
TVMy Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
as B'Caala (voice)
MovieParallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
2023
as Jerry
MovieShut Up and Ride
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Miracle Before Christmas
2022
as David
TVFrom Scratch
2022
as Hershel Wheeler
MovieEntergalactic
2022
as Mr. Rager (voice)
TVFirebuds
2022
as Manny Kablamee
MovieRemember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022
as Ink Williams
TVThe 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
as Self
TVChibiverse
2022
as King Andrias (voice)
MovieDC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Dog-El (voice)
MovieNope
2022
as Otis Haywood Sr.
MovieUnplugging
2022
as Gil
MovieThe Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieIn Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
MovieCatwoman: Hunted
2022
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
TVAbbott Elementary
2021
as Frank
MoviePups Alone
2021
as The Wise Bartender
TVMarvel's Hit-Monkey
2021
as The Devil
MovieBlack as Night
2021
as Babineaux
TVMuhammad Ali
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Gateway
2021
as Terry
TVLeverage: Redemption
2021
as Billy Spencer
MovieThe Seventh Day
2021
as Father Louis
MovieInsight
2021
as Captain Duke
MovieHorizon Line
2020
as Freddy Wyman
MovieMost Guys Are Losers
2020
as Al
MovieGood
2020
as Gregory Devereaux
MovieIn Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
TVThe Good Lord Bird
2020
as Herbert
TVWoke
2020
as Bible (voice)
TVClose Enough
2020
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
TVCentral Park
2020
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
TVLove Life
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVDC's Stargirl
2020
as Mister Bones (voice)
TVDead Talk Live
2020
as Self - Guest
MovieThe 420 Movie
2020
as Chief Ironweed
MovieCuba's Cancer Hope
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRise of the Mammals
2019
as Self - Narrator
Movie21 Bridges
2019
as Deputy Chief Spencer
TVCreepshow
2019
as Murdoch
MovieThe Wedding Year
2019
as Preston
TVThe Last Kids on Earth
2019
as Thrull (voice)
TVAmphibia
2019
as King Andrias (voice)
MovieYou Might Be the Killer
2019
as Sheriff James
MovieIn Search of Darkness
2019
as Self
MovieHorror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
TVChampaign Ill
2018
as Lafonso
MovieLove Jacked
2018
as Ed
MovieFuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
2018
as Self
MovieBrothers in Arms
2018
as Self
TVLiverspots and Astronots
2018
as Dr. Pesh
MovieNight School
2018
as Gerald
MovieAmerican Dresser
2018
as Charlie
MovieSharon 1.2.3.
2018
as Tyrone
MovieTales from the Hood 2
2018
as Portifoy Simms
TVSummer Camp Island
2018
as Lithophone (voice)
MovieRay Meets Helen
2018
as Harve
TVCraig of the Creek
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The '91 Falcons
2017
as Narrator (voice)
TVStretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
2017
as Malcom Kane (voice)
TVFuture Man
2017
as Dr. Elias Kronish
TVDuckTales
2017
as Manny (voice)
MovieSavage Dog
2017
as Valentine
MovieNot a War Story
2017
TVRapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieService to Man
2016
as Dean Holmes
TVMacGyver
2016
as Burke / Man
TVSpeechless
2016
as Colonel
TVKulipari: An Army of Frogs
2016
as Lord Marmoo (voice)
MovieSchool of Rickey
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVGreenleaf
2016
as Bishop James Greenleaf
MovieRange 15
2016
as Colonel Holloway
MovieThe Nice Guys
2016
as Older Guy
MovieBlue: The American Dream
2016
as Terry Venable
MovieNina
2016
as Clifton's Father
TVJackie Robinson
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe North Star
2016
as Frederick Douglass
MovieDirty Lies
2016
as Doc
The Last Punch
2016
as Don King
MovieDutch Book
2015
MovieIf I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015
as Detective Harris
MovieBoiling Pot
2015
as Agent Long
MovieKids vs Monsters
2015
as Barry
TVWe Bare Bears
2015
as Mr. Charles (voice)
MovieUnion Furnace
2015
as Pin Stripe
MovieSecrets of the Magic City
2015
as Mr. Daniels
TVMr. Robot
2015
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
MovieField of Lost Shoes
2015
as Old Judge
TVBig Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015
as Agent Everett Malloy
TVFresh Off the Boat
2015
as Clyde Roses
TVStar vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Glossaryck (voice)
MovieRemaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
TVThe Flash
2014
as Solovar (voice)
MovieCreature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
2014
as Narrator
TVblack-ish
2014
as Loose Craig
TVNCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Gene Holloway
TVScorpion
2014
as Warden
TVThe Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
2014
as Narrator (voice)
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Lion Musician (voice)
TVExtant
2014
as Nicholas Calderon
TVEnlisted
2014
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
MovieFrog Kingdom
2013
as Frog King (voice)
TVRick and Morty
2013
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
MovieFree Birds
2013
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
TVOnce Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
TVUncle Grandpa
2013
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieSons of Liberty
2013
as Nathan Reynolds
MovieAssault on Wall Street
2013
as Freddy
MovieBlack Asylum
2013
as Agent Davis
TVTeen Titans Go!
2013
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Bible
2013
as Narrator
Belle's
2013
as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
MovieDon't Pass Me By
2013
as David Knox
MovieChristmas in Compton
2012
as Big Earl
MovieCloud Atlas
2012
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Double or Nothing
2012
as Homeless Dude
MovieSmiley
2012
as Diamond
TVTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Sal Commander (voice)
MovieHighway
2012
as Mustafa
MovieThe Last Fall
2012
as Sydney Bishop
MovieThe Undershepherd
2012
as Brother Wilks
TVTouch
2012
as Dutch
MovieAniMen: The Galactic Battle
2012
as Sergeant Brass
MovieThe Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Clerk
TVPerson of Interest
2011
as Terence Beale
MovieHopelessly in June
2011
as Dalbert Myers
MovieThe Inheritance
2011
as Uncle Melvin
MovieSamuel Bleak
2011
as Ned Coffman
TVThe Cape
2011
as Max Malini
MovieNo Saints for Sinners
2011
TVYoung Justice
2010
as Mongul (voice)
MovieStomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010
as Terry
MovieChain Letter
2010
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
MovieBaseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
as Narrator
TVBaseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
as Narrator (voice)
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Jimmy Cannon
MovieLottery Ticket
2010
as Sweet Tee
MovieNew York Street Games
2010
as Self
MovieChasing 3000
2010
as Officer L.
MovieSomething Like A Business
2010
as Sebastian
MovieMeet Monica Velour
2010
as Claude
MovieDeath at a Funeral
2010
as Reverend Davis
MovieAfrica's Lost Eden
2010
as Narrator (voice)
TVAdventure Time
2010
as Balthus (voice)
MovieThe Princess and the Frog
2009
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
TVCommunity
2009
as Elroy Patashnik
TVArcher
2009
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
MovieBeautiful Loser
2009
as Morgan - Adult
MovieGamer
2009
as Agent Keith
MovieAll About Steve
2009
as Corbitt
MovieThe Butcher
2009
as Larry Cobb
MoviePastor Brown
2009
as Pastor Brown
MovieDon McKay
2009
as Otis Kent
MovieBlue
2009
as Terry Venable
MovieCharlie Valentine
2009
as Sal
MovieAgainst the Dark
2009
as Lt. Waters
MovieCoraline
2009
as The Cat (voice)
MovieBehind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
2009
as Commander Scott Boytano
MovieS.I.S.
2008
as Joseph Armstrong
MovieThe Fifth Commandment
2008
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
MovieNo Bad Days
2008
as Terrence
MovieThe Sensei
2008
as Minister
MovieMy Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
as FBI Chief Conrad
MovieSuperhero Movie
2008
as The Chief of Police
TVCanterbury's Law
2008
MovieJustice League: The New Frontier
2008
as The Centre (voice)
MovieFirst Sunday
2008
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
MovieThe Candlelight Murders
2008
as Pastor Bob
TVThe War
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Last Sentinel
2007
as Colonel Norton
MovieDelta Farce
2007
as Sgt. Kilgore
MovieThe Color Purple: The Color of Success
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieIf I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Dad
MovieBehind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as MCPO Scott Boytano
MovieForbidden Fruits
2006
as Rev. Walters
TVPsych
2006
as Mr. Guster
MovieATL
2006
as John Garnett
MovieThe Oh in Ohio
2006
as Coach Popovitch
MovieWorking with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
MovieDirty
2005
as Captain Spain
MovieCrusades: Crescent & the Cross
2005
as Self - Narrator
TVThe Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
2005
as Narrator
MovieThe Proud Family Movie
2005
as Bebe Clone (voice)
MovieTransporter 2
2005
as Stappleton
MovieMr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Father
MovieCrash
2005
as Lt. Dixon
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Lloyd Mackie
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Fire Captain (voice)
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Jeremiah Miller
TVUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
as Jack Johnson (voice)
MovieLast Stand of the Great Bear
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBeef II
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
2004
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
MovieThe Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
MovieCreature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Big House
2004
MovieAgent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as CIA Director
MovieNubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHoratio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TVTeen Titans
2003
as Atlas (voice)
TVSpider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
as Agent Mosely (voice)
MovieComic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHollywood Homicide
2003
as Leon
TVKingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Narrator
MovieHead of State
2003
as Bernard Cooper
MovieAgent Cody Banks
2003
as CIA Director
MovieInside Mecca
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
TVEverwood
2002
as Brian
Movie29 Palms
2002
as The Sheriff
MovieStalking Leopards
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUltimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
MovieBarbershop
2002
as Lester Wallace
MovieMark Twain
2002
as Narrator (voice)
TVMark Twain
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePretty When You Cry
2001
as Detective Charles Desett
MovieNovocaine
2001
as Detective Lunt
TVJustice League
2001
as Despero (voice)
TVEgypt's Golden Empire
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEgypt's Golden Empire
2001
as Narrator
TVThe Legend of Tarzan
2001
as Tublat (voice)
MovieHome Invaders
2001
as Matador
MovieFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Council Member (voice)
MovieSemper Fi
2001
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
TVThe Job
2001
TVDisney's House of Mouse
2001
as Card Soldier (voice)
TVJazz
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBoxing: In and Out of the Ring
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRequiem for a Dream
2000
as Big Tim
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Matt Phelps
MovieThe Replacements
2000
as Lindell
MovieWhere the Heart Is
2000
as Moses Whitecotten
MoviePitch Black
2000
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
MovieInnocents
2000
as Detective Davis
Silent Service
2000
as Self - Host
TVNot for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
1999
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as King Oliver
MovieATF
1999
as FBI Director Richard Long
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
MovieThe Grizzlies of Siberia
1999
as Narrator (voice)
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
TVHercules
1998
as Apollo (voice)
MovieTodd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998
as Spawn
MovieThere's Something About Mary
1998
as Charlie Jensen
MovieArmageddon
1998
as General Kimsey
MovieThe Tiger Woods Story
1998
as Earl Woods
MovieNever Met Picasso
1997
as Larry
MovieDon King: Only in America
1997
as Herbert Muhammad
MovieMurder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Algric Bartles
MovieExecutive Target
1997
as Lamar
MovieHercules
1997
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
TVSpawn
1997
as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
MovieVolcano
1997
as Lt. Ed Fox
MovieFlipping
1997
as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
MovieVanishing Point
1997
as Warren Taft
MovieJohns
1996
as Homeless John
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Stanley
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
TVArli$$
1996
as Cecil Pickett
MovieLarger Than Life
1996
as Hurst
MovieThe Grave
1996
as The Priest
MovieEye for an Eye
1996
as Martin
MovieDead Presidents
1995
as Kirby
MovieClockers
1995
as André the Giant
MovieBlue in the Face
1995
as Jackie Robinson
MovieBeauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
1995
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Captain Ira Merit
MovieGargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
as Goliath (voice)
MovieThe Quick and the Dead
1995
as Sergeant Cantrell
TVGargoyles
1994
as Goliath (voice)
MovieThe Puppet Masters
1994
as Alex Holland
TVFantastic Four
1994
as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
TVER
1994
as Pastor Watkins
MovieNotes in a Minor Key
1994
as Kansas
TVNew York Undercover
1994
MovieJewels of the Caribbean Sea
1994
as Narrator (voice)
MovieReality Bites
1994
as Roger
TVAladdin
1994
Hallelujah
1993
as Big Willie
MovieThere Are No Children Here
1993
as John Paul Rivers
MovieBluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
as Self - Host
MovieThe Last Outlaw
1993
as Lovecraft
MovieLions Of Darkness
1993
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNails
1992
as Noah Owens
MovieArticle 99
1992
as Luther Jermoe
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as King Oliver
MovieFinal Analysis
1992
as Detective Huggins
MovieHallelujah Anyhow
1991
as Will
MovieMarked for Death
1990
as Max
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
MovieMen at Work
1990
as Louis Fedders
MovieMurder in Black and White
1990
as Martin
MovieAlways
1989
as Powerhouse
MovieRoad House
1989
as Ernie Bass
MovieChristmas in Tattertown
1988
as Saxophone (voice)
MovieLadykillers
1988
as Abe
MovieThey Live
1988
as Frank Armitage
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
MovieBird
1988
as Buster Franklin
MovieStars & Bars
1988
as Eugene Teagarden
MovieOff Limits
1988
as Maurice
MovieBraddock: Missing in Action III
1988
as Embassy Gate Captain
The Making of 'They Live'
1988
as Self
TVThe Oldest Rookie
1987
MovieHot Pursuit
1987
as Alphonso
MoviePlatoon
1986
as King
MovieThe Whoopee Boys
1986
as Washington Square Peddler
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Cristo
TVScreen Two
1985
as Will
TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Narrator (voice)
TVNature
1982
as Narrator
MovieThe Thing
1982
as Childs
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as 'Big' Willie Thorton
MovieThe Pirates of Penzance
1980
as Pirates and Police
MovieCoriolanus
1979
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
TVNOVA
1974
as Narrator
TVThe Oscars
1953
as The Cat (voice)
MovieATL 2: The Homecoming
as John Garnett
The Price for Freedom
as Reverend J.W. Bruno
MovieDreams of the Moon
My New Friend Jim
as Jim Dandy
The Nutcase
MovieBob's Best Friends
as Cuddles (voice)
Sunset P.I.
as Garner Taggert
