Keith David

Keith David

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.

82 TV shows

TV Shows

Grey's Anatomy poster
Likely Renewed72%

Grey's Anatomy

ABC

Family Guy poster
Likely Renewed82%

Family Guy

FOX

Law & Order poster
Likely Renewed82%

Law & Order

NBC

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CBS

The Flash poster
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The Flash

The CW

American Dad! poster
Likely Renewed72%

American Dad!

FOX

Person of Interest poster
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Person of Interest

CBS

Rick and Morty poster
Likely Renewed85%

Rick and Morty

Adult Swim

Hawaii Five-0 poster
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Hawaii Five-0

CBS

ER poster
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ER

NBC

Psych poster
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Psych

USA Network

Adventure Time poster
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Adventure Time

Cartoon Network

High Potential poster
Likely Renewed82%

High Potential

ABC

We Bare Bears poster
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We Bare Bears

Cartoon Network

NOVA poster
Likely Renewed92%

NOVA

PBS

Teen Titans Go! poster
Likely Renewed78%

Teen Titans Go!

Cartoon Network

BoJack Horseman poster
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BoJack Horseman

Netflix

Young Justice poster
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Young Justice

Cartoon Network

Archer poster
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Archer

FX

Community poster
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Community

NBC

Mr. Robot poster
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Mr. Robot

USA Network

NCIS: New Orleans poster
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NCIS: New Orleans

CBS

Numb3rs poster
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Numb3rs

CBS

MacGyver poster
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MacGyver

CBS

Hazbin Hotel poster
Likely Renewed62%

Hazbin Hotel

Prime Video

DuckTales poster
Ended

DuckTales

Disney Channel

Summer Camp Island poster
Ended

Summer Camp Island

Cartoon Network

Amphibia poster
Ended

Amphibia

Disney Channel

Abbott Elementary poster
Returning

Abbott Elementary

ABC

Fresh Off the Boat poster
Ended

Fresh Off the Boat

ABC

American Experience poster
Returning

American Experience

PBS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster
Ended

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Nickelodeon

Craig of the Creek poster
Ended

Craig of the Creek

Cartoon Network

Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster
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Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Disney XD

black-ish poster
Ended

black-ish

ABC

Nature poster
Returning

Nature

PBS

The Outer Limits poster
Ended

The Outer Limits

Showtime

Gargoyles poster
Ended

Gargoyles

ABC

The Equalizer poster
Ended

The Equalizer

CBS

Aladdin poster
Ended

Aladdin

CBS

Krapopolis poster
Returning

Krapopolis

FOX

Hercules poster
Ended

Hercules

Syndication

DC's Stargirl poster
Cancelled

DC's Stargirl

The CW

Greenleaf poster
Ended

Greenleaf

OWN

Uncle Grandpa poster
Cancelled

Uncle Grandpa

Cartoon Network

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure poster
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Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

Disney Channel

Arli$$ poster
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Arli$$

HBO

7th Heaven poster
Ended

7th Heaven

The WB

Creepshow poster
Ended

Creepshow

Shudder

New York Undercover poster
Ended

New York Undercover

FOX

Extant poster
Cancelled

Extant

CBS

Close Enough poster
Cancelled

Close Enough

HBO Max

Speechless poster
Cancelled

Speechless

ABC

Leverage: Redemption poster
Cancelled

Leverage: Redemption

Prime Video

Touch poster
Cancelled

Touch

FOX

The Legend of Tarzan poster
Ended

The Legend of Tarzan

UPN

Disney's House of Mouse poster
Ended

Disney's House of Mouse

ABC

Love Life poster
Cancelled

Love Life

HBO Max

I Love LA poster
Returning

I Love LA

HBO

The Oscars poster
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The Oscars

ABC

Future Man poster
Ended

Future Man

Hulu

Justice League poster
Ended

Justice League

Cartoon Network

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series poster
Cancelled

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

MTV

Duster poster
Cancelled

Duster

Max

Reading Rainbow poster
Ended

Reading Rainbow

PBS

The American Revolution poster
Ended

The American Revolution

PBS

Kite Man: Hell Yeah! poster
Cancelled

Kite Man: Hell Yeah!

Max

Masters of the Universe: Revolution poster
Ended

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

Netflix

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster
Cancelled

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

ABC

True Lies poster
Cancelled

True Lies

CBS

The Bible poster
Ended

The Bible

History

The Lowdown poster
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The Lowdown

FX

My Dad the Bounty Hunter poster
Cancelled

My Dad the Bounty Hunter

Netflix

Haunted Hotel poster
Returning

Haunted Hotel

Netflix

From Scratch poster
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From Scratch

Netflix

Firebuds poster
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Firebuds

Disney Channel

Marvel's Hit-Monkey poster
Cancelled

Marvel's Hit-Monkey

Hulu

Justified: City Primeval poster
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Justified: City Primeval

FX

Central Park poster
Cancelled

Central Park

Apple TV

Fantastic Four poster
Ended

Fantastic Four

Syndication

Chibiverse poster
Returning

Chibiverse

Disney XD

Spawn poster
Ended

Spawn

HBO

Other Credits

The Job, Teen Titans, Everwood, E! True Hollywood Story, Canterbury's Law, The Big House, Muhammad Ali, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, The Oldest Rookie, The Cape, Enlisted, Scorpion, Mark Twain, Silent Service, Big Time in Hollywood, Fl, Egypt's Golden Empire, Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982, The War, Kulipari: An Army of Frogs, Jackie Robinson, Belle's, Jazz, Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters, The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Champaign Ill, The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW, Dead Talk Live, The Last Kids on Earth, Woke, Leonardo da Vinci, Liverspots and Astronots, Invincible Fight Girl, Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou, Baseball: The Tenth Inning, Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances, Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, President Curtis, Strip Law, E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross, The Good Lord Bird, Sunset P.I.