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Keith David

Keith David

Birthday: 1956-06-04 | Place of Birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Keith David (born June 4, 1955) 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 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
The Prank

as    Principal Henderson

2022
Unplugging

as    Gil

2022
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse

as    Narrator (voice)

2022
In Search of Tomorrow

as    Self - Interviewee

2022
Catwoman: Hunted

as    Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)

2021
Black as Night

as    Babineaux

2021
Insight

as    Captain Duke

2021
The Seventh Day

as    Father Louis

2021
Muhammad Ali

as    Narrator

2021
The Gateway

as    Terry

2021
Pups Alone

as    The Wise Bartender

2020
Most Guys Are Losers

as    Al

2020
The 420 Movie

as    Chief Ironweed

2020
Horizon Line

as    Freddy Wyman

2020
Love Life

as    Narrator (voice)

2019
21 Bridges

as    Deputy Chief Spencer

2019
The Wedding Year

as    Preston

2019
The Last Kids on Earth

as    Thrull (voice)

2018
Love Jacked

as    Ed

2018
Night School

as    Gerald

2018
Tales from the Hood 2

as    Portifoy Simms

2017
Savage Dog

as    Valentine

2016
Greenleaf

as    Bishop James Greenleaf

2016
Nina

as    Clifton's Father

2016
Dirty Lies

as    Doc

2016
The Nice Guys

as    Older Guy