Keith David
Acting · Born 1956-06-04 in 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…
Filmography
- The Thing as Childs
- The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice)
- Crash as Lt. Dixon
- Platoon as King
- They Live as Frank Armitage
- Coraline as The Cat (voice)
- American Fiction as Willy the Wonker
- DC League of Super-Pets as Dog-El (voice)
- The Nice Guys as Older Guy
- Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice)
TV
- Grey's Anatomy as Lloyd Mackie
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps
- Teen Titans as Atlas (voice)
- Gargoyles as Goliath (voice)
- Gargoyles
- Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
- Mr. Robot as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
- DuckTales as Manny (voice)
- ER as Pastor Watkins
- Community as Elroy Patashnik