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.
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Acting
TV
The Flash
as Solovar (voice)
2014
Movie
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
2005
Movie
Requiem for a Dream
as Big Tim
2000
TV
Rick and Morty
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
2013
TV
Rick and Morty
as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
2013
TV
Rick and Morty
as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
2013
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Lloyd Mackie
2005
Movie
Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
2009
Movie
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
2016
Movie
Armageddon
as General Kimsey
1998
Movie
The Thing
as Childs
1982
Movie
Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
1997
Movie
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
2012
Movie
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
2009
Movie
There's Something About Mary
as Charlie Jensen
1998
TV
Mr. Robot
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
2015
Movie
Platoon
as King
1986
TV
Family Guy
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Commander Bensinger (voice)
1999
Movie
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
2022
Movie
Pitch Black
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2000
Movie
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
2004
TV
Scorpion
as Warden
2014
Movie
Transporter 2
as Stappleton
2005