Keith David

Keith David Movies and TV Shows

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

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1956-06-04 (68 years old)
  • Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.88 m
  • Net worth: $3,000,000
  • twitter: ImKeithDavid
  • instagram: silverthroat
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
Mufasa: The Lion King
TMDB 72%
role:
Masego (voice)
Not available
2024

Adventure

Drama

Family

72%
Not available
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Darkseid (voice)
2024

Animation

Comedy

7.2
71%
2024

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
88%
Hazbin Hotel
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 89%
role:
Husk (voice)
2024

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
89%
American Fiction
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Willy the Wonker
2023

Comedy

Drama

7.5
73%
Heist 88
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Buddha Ray
2023

Crime

Drama

5.3
69%
From Scratch
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 79%
role:
Hershel Wheeler
2022

Drama

Family

7.9
79%
Entergalactic
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 74%
role:
Mr. Rager (voice)
2022

Animation

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.3
74%
DC League of Super-Pets
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 74%
role:
Dog-El (voice)
2022

Action

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
74%
Nope
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Otis Haywood Sr.
2022

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
68%
2022

Comedy

4.4
50%
In Search of Tomorrow
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 60%
role:
Self - Interviewee
2022

Documentary

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
60%
Catwoman: Hunted
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 60%
role:
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice) & 1 more
2022

Action

Animation

Crime

5.6
60%
Pups Alone
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 63%
role:
The Wise Bartender
2021

Comedy

Family

5.7
63%
Black as Night
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Babineaux
2021

Horror

Thriller

4.5
55%
The Gateway
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 59%
role:
Terry
2021

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery

4.9
59%
The Seventh Day
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Father Louis
2021

Horror

4.5
55%
Insight
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Captain Duke
2021

Action

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.5
71%
Horizon Line
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 59%
role:
Freddy Wyman
2020

Thriller

4.8
59%
2020

Documentary

Horror

7.9
80%
2020

Drama

Western

7.6
76%
Love Life
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 77%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2020

Comedy

Drama

7.5
77%
21 Bridges
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 68%
role:
Deputy Chief Spencer
2019

Action

Crime

Drama

6.6
68%
2019

Comedy

5.6
61%
The Last Kids on Earth
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 84%
role:
Thrull (voice) & 1 more
2019

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
84%
You Might Be the Killer
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Sheriff James
2019

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

5.9
60%
2019

Documentary

Horror

8.0
80%
2019

Documentary

7.5
72%
2018

Comedy

Romance

5.8
61%
2018

Documentary

7.6
25%
Night School
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 62%
role:
Gerald
2018

Comedy

5.6
62%
2018

Adventure

Drama

5.3
53%
Tales from the Hood 2
IMDB 4.4
TMDB 48%
role:
Portifoy Simms
2018

Horror

4.4
48%
2017

Action

Adventure

Animation

6.1
76%
Savage Dog
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 53%
role:
Valentine
2017

Action

5.0
53%
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Lord Marmoo (voice)
2016

Action

Adventure

Animation

6.7
74%
Greenleaf
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Bishop James Greenleaf
2016

Drama

7.5
74%
Range 15
IMDB 4.0
TMDB 47%
role:
Colonel Holloway
2016

Comedy

Horror

4.0
47%
The Nice Guys
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Older Guy
2016

Action

Comedy

Crime

7.4
71%
Nina
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 54%
role:
Clifton's Father
2016

Drama

Music

5.4
54%
2016

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

4.5
56%
2015

Action

Drama

History

War & Politics

5.7
64%
Enlisted
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Sgt. Major Donald Cody
2014

Comedy

6.9
66%
Frog Kingdom
IMDB 3.4
TMDB 49%
role:
Frog King
2013

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

3.4
49%
Free Birds
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 59%
role:
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
2013

Animation

Comedy

Family

5.8
59%
Sons of Liberty
IMDB 3.6
TMDB 42%
role:
Nathan Reynolds
2013

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.6
42%
2013

Action

Drama

Thriller

6.0
59%
The Bible
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Narrator
2013

Drama

7.4
73%
Cloud Atlas
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 69%
role:
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
69%
Smiley
IMDB 3.3
TMDB 44%
role:
Diamond
2012

Horror

3.3
44%
The Undershepherd
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 20%
role:
Brother Wilks
2012

Drama

6.5
20%
The Inheritance
IMDB 2.8
TMDB 43%
role:
Uncle Melvin
Not available
2011

Drama

Horror

Thriller

2.8
43%
Not available
2011
5.7
48%
The Cape
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 48%
role:
Max Malini
2011

Action

Adventure

Drama

5.7
48%
2010

Drama

Music

4.1
55%
Chain Letter
IMDB 4.1
TMDB 44%
role:
Det. Jim Crenshaw
2010

Horror

Thriller

4.1
44%
Lottery Ticket
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 56%
role:
Sweet Tee
2010

Comedy

5.1
56%
2010

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.8
53%
Death at a Funeral
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Reverend Davis
2010

Comedy

5.7
58%
The Princess and the Frog
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009

Animation

Family

Romance

7.2
71%
Community
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 80%
role:
Elroy Patashnik
2009

Comedy

8.5
80%
All About Steve
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 49%
role:
Corbitt
2009

Comedy

4.8
49%
Gamer
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Agent Keith
2009

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
57%
The Butcher
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 58%
role:
Larry Cobb
2009

Action

Thriller

5.3
58%
Pastor Brown
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 53%
role:
Pastor Brown
2009

Drama

6.3
53%
Don McKay
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 51%
role:
Otis Kent
2009

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

5.8
51%
2009

Crime

Drama

Thriller

5.3
50%
Coraline
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 79%
role:
Cat (voice)
2009

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
79%
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 57%
role:
Commander Scott Boytano
2009

Action

Thriller

War & Politics

4.8
57%
Against the Dark
IMDB 3.2
TMDB 42%
role:
Lt. Waters
2009

Action

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.2
42%
S.I.S.
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 42%
role:
Joseph Armstrong
2008

Action

Thriller

4.5
42%
No Bad Days
IMDB 3.4
TMDB 26%
role:
Terrence
2008

Action

Comedy

Thriller

3.4
26%
Superhero Movie
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 52%
role:
The Chief of Police
2008

Action

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.7
52%
The War
IMDB 9.0
TMDB 81%
role:
Narrator
2008

Documentary

War & Politics

9.0
81%
2008

Action

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
69%
First Sunday
IMDB 4.6
TMDB 57%
role:
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
2008

Action

Comedy

4.6
57%
Delta Farce
IMDB 3.7
TMDB 50%
role:
Sgt. Kilgore
2007

Action

Adventure

Comedy

3.7
50%
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 40%
role:
Dad
Not available
2007

Comedy

Family

4.8
40%
Not available
The Last Sentinel
IMDB 3.6
TMDB 40%
role:
Colonel Norton
2007

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.6
40%
ATL
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 70%
role:
John Garnett
2006

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

6.1
70%
The Oh in Ohio
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 53%
role:
Coach Popovitch
2006

Comedy

Romance

5.5
53%
Transporter 2
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Stappleton
2005

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.3
63%
2005

Action

Comedy

Drama

Thriller

6.5
67%
Crash
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 72%
role:
Lt. Dixon
2005

Drama

7.7
72%
Dirty
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 53%
role:
Captain Spain
2005

Crime

Drama

Thriller

5.5
53%
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 60%
role:
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
2004

Action

Animation

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
60%
2004

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
65%
2004

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Family

4.5
55%
2003

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Thriller

5.3
52%
Head of State
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Bernard Cooper
2003

Comedy

5.5
55%
Agent Cody Banks
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 54%
role:
CIA Director
2003

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Family

5.1
54%
Barbershop
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Lester Wallace
2002

Comedy

Drama

6.3
63%
Novocaine
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 61%
role:
Detective Lunt
2001

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

5.8
61%
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Council Member (voice)
2001

Action

Adventure

Animation

Romance

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
62%
2000

Crime

Drama

Thriller

8.3
80%
2000

Comedy

6.6
66%
Where the Heart Is
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 71%
role:
Moses Whitecotten
2000

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.7
71%
Pitch Black
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
68%
1999

Action

Animation

Horror

8.2
64%
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Al Simmons/Spawn
1998

Action

Animation

Horror

8.3
72%
1998

Comedy

Romance

7.1
66%
Armageddon
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 68%
role:
General Kimsey
1998

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
68%
Princess Mononoke
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 83%
role:
Okkoto / Narrator / Additional Voices
1997

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3
83%
Hercules
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 75%
role:
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
1997

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
75%
Spawn
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 79%
role:
Spawn (voice) & 1 more
1997

Action

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
79%
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 70%
role:
Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
1997

Action

Animation

Horror

8.5
70%
Volcano
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 58%
role:
Lt. Ed Fox & 1 more
1997

Action

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
58%
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 81%
role:
General Kimsey
1997

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3
81%
1996

Comedy

5.6
55%
1996

Crime

Thriller

6.2
61%
1995

Action

Crime

Drama

6.9
66%
Clockers
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
André the Giant
1995

Crime

Drama

Mystery

6.9
69%
Blue in the Face
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Jackie Robinson
1995

Comedy

6.6
67%
The Quick and the Dead
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Sgt. Clay Cantrell
1995

Action

Thriller

Western

6.5
65%
Gargoyles
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 82%
role:
Goliath (voice)
1994

Action

Adventure

Animation

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0
82%
The Puppet Masters
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 58%
role:
Alex Holland
1994

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
58%
1994

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.6
66%
Final Analysis
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 57%
role:
Detective Huggins
1992

Drama

Romance

Thriller

5.9
57%
1990

Action

Crime

5.9
60%
Men at Work
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 56%
role:
Louis Fedders
1990

Comedy

Crime

5.9
56%
Always
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Powerhouse
1989

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
63%
Road House
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 67%
role:
Ernie Bass
1989

Action

Thriller

6.7
67%
They Live
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Frank Armitage
1988

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
73%
Bird
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Buster Franklin
1988

Drama

Music

7.1
69%
Braddock: Missing in Action III
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 57%
role:
Embassy Gate Captain
1988

Action

War & Politics

4.9
57%
Platoon
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 77%
role:
King
1986

Action

Drama

War & Politics

8.1
77%
Pingu
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 67%
role:
FBI Chief Conrad
1986

Animation

Comedy

7.4
67%
The Thing
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 81%
role:
Childs
1982

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.2
81%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Keith David are, for example, Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, Masters of the Universe: Revolution and Hazbin Hotel.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are The War (8.6), Princess Mononoke (8.3) and Hazbin Hotel (8.3).