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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/TalesFromTheHood2 "Welcome to Hell! MOTHERFUCKEEEEER!!!"]]]] |
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| 4 | Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956 in New York City, New York), known professionally as Keith David, is an American actor known for his deep, smooth voice. |
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| 6 | Frequently typecast as a ScaryBlackMan. Fortunately, he found his renaissance as a VoiceActor, from which he garnered a veritable army of devoted fans. Keith is best known in the voice acting sphere for his roles as Goliath in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', the titular ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, Admiral Anderson in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' trilogy, the Arbiter in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' franchise, and Sergeant Foley in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' (''[[MemeticMutation "RAMIREZ! Take out that helicopter with a frisbee!"]]''). In live-action, Mr. David is best known for his roles as Childs in ''Film/TheThing1982'', Frank Armitage in ''Film/TheyLive'', and the affable soldier known as King in ''Film/{{Platoon}}''. |
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| 8 | He is not Creator/DavidKeith. What he is, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6KwLQGi9MY an awesome singer]]. |
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| 10 | Also, [[https://youtu.be/ACREEFKn8u8?t=2m51s don't mess with his fries]]. |
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| 13 | !Film Roles |
| 14 | * 1982 ''Film/TheThing1982'' - Childs |
| 15 | * 1986 ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' - King |
| 16 | * 1988 ''Film/TheyLive'' - Frank Armitage |
| 17 | * 1988 ''Film/OffLimits'' - Specialist Five Maurice |
| 18 | * 1989 ''Film/RoadHouse1989'' - Ernie Bass |
| 19 | * 1990 ''Film/MenAtWork1990'' - Louis Dekker |
| 20 | * 1990 ''Film/MarkedForDeath'' - Max Keller |
| 21 | * 1993 ''Film/TheLastOutlaw'' - Lovecraft |
| 22 | * 1994 ''Film/ThePuppetMasters'' - Alex Holland |
| 23 | * 1995 ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'' - Lt. Cantrell |
| 24 | * 1996 ''Film/LargerThanLife'' - Conductor |
| 25 | * 1997 ''Film/{{Volcano}}'' - Lieutenant Ed Fox |
| 26 | * 1998 ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' - Mary's Stepfather |
| 27 | * 1998 ''Film/Armageddon1998'' - General Kimsey (the Air Force general who suggests [[NukeEm blasting the asteroid with 50 nukes]]). |
| 28 | * 2000 ''Film/RequiemForADream'' - Big Tim |
| 29 | * 2000-2004 ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' - Abu 'Imam' al-Walid |
| 30 | * 2003-2004 ''[[Film/{{AgentCodyBanks}} Agent Cody Banks and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London]]'' - CIA Director |
| 31 | * 2007 ''Film/TheLastSentinel'' - Colonel Norton |
| 32 | * 2008 ''Film/TheFifthCommandment'' - Jazzman |
| 33 | * 2008 ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' - The Centre (voice) |
| 34 | * 2009 ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' - [[TheDanza Agent Keith]], Slayers announcer |
| 35 | * 2009 ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' - Dr. Facilier, providing his singing voice as well. |
| 36 | * 2009 ''Film/AllAboutSteve'' - Corbitt |
| 37 | * 2009 ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' - The Cat (voice, in the tie-in video games as well) |
| 38 | * 2012 ''Film/{{Smiley}}'' - Diamond |
| 39 | * 2012 ''Film/CloudAtlas'' as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient |
| 40 | * 2013 ''Film/AssaultOnWallStreet'' - Freddy |
| 41 | * 2016 ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' - Older Guy |
| 42 | * 2018 ''Film/TalesFromTheHood2'' - Portifoy Simms |
| 43 | * 2019 ''Film/TheWeddingYear'' - Preston |
| 44 | * 2022 ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' - Dog-El (voice) |
| 45 | * 2022 ''Film/{{Nope}}'' - Otis Haywood, Sr. |
| 46 | * 2022 ''WesternAnimation/{{Entergalactic}}'' - Mr. Rager (voice) |
| 47 | * 2023 ''Film/AmericanFiction'' - Willy the Wonker |
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| 49 | !Television Roles |
| 50 | * 1983-1985 ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'': [[TheDanza Keith]] the Southwood Carpenter |
| 51 | * 1995 ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' - ComicBook/BlackPanther (voice) |
| 52 | * 1996-1997 ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' - [[StarMakingRole Goliath]], Officer Morgan, and [[SdrawkcabName Thailog]] |
| 53 | * 1997 ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' - Okkoto (voice) |
| 54 | * 1997-1999 ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'' - ComicBook/{{Spawn}} (voice) |
| 55 | * 1997-1998 ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' - Apollo, the Sun God (voice) |
| 56 | * 2001 ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' - Tublat (voice) |
| 57 | * 2001-2002 ''Series/TheJob'' - Lieutenant Williams |
| 58 | * 2001 ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' - Mufasa (sitting in for Creator/JamesEarlJones) |
| 59 | * 2003 ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' - Despero (voice) |
| 60 | * 2004 ''The Big House'' - Clarence Cleveland |
| 61 | * 2004 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' - Atlas (voice) |
| 62 | * 2006-2007 ''[[Series/SeventhHeaven 7th Heaven]]'' - Stanley Sunday |
| 63 | * 2006-2007 ''Series/{{ER}}'' - Pastor Watkins |
| 64 | * 2008 ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' - Tombstone (only in the first episode, replaced by Kevin Michael Richardson) |
| 65 | * 2008 ''Series/{{Psych}}'' - Bill Guster |
| 66 | * 2009 ''Series/Numb3rs'' - Jeremiah Miller |
| 67 | * 2011 ''Series/TheCape'' - Max Malini |
| 68 | * 2012-2015 ''Series/{{Community}}'' - Elroy Patashnik in Season 6 (also a guest narrator for the episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets "Pillows and Blankets"]]). |
| 69 | * 2012-2017 ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' - Flame King (voice), Balthus (voice) |
| 70 | * 2013 ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' - The Cheshire Cat |
| 71 | * 2013 ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' - Mongol (voice) |
| 72 | * 2013 ''Series/TheBible2013'' - Narrator (voice) |
| 73 | * 2015 ''Series/MrRobot'' - Qwerty (voice, uncredited) |
| 74 | * 2015-2017 ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' - Sal Commander/G'Throkka (voice) |
| 75 | * 2015-2022 ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' - Reverse Giraffe (voice), the President (voice) |
| 76 | * 2016 ''WesternAnimation/KulipariAnArmyOfFrogs'' - Lord Marmoo (voice) |
| 77 | * 2017 ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' - Mr. Charles (voice) |
| 78 | * 2017 ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' - Lion Musician (voice) |
| 79 | * 2017 ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'' - Yawk (voice) |
| 80 | * 2017-2018 ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' - Malcolm Kane/Number One (voice) |
| 81 | * 2017-2020 ''Series/TheFlash2014'' - Solovar (voice) |
| 82 | * 2017-2021 ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' - Bolo (voice) |
| 83 | * 2018-2019 ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' - Glossaryck (replacing Jeffrey Tambor, season three finale onwards) |
| 84 | * 2018 ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' - Gary's Collar (voice) |
| 85 | * 2020 ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'' - Detective Gene Holloway |
| 86 | * 2020-2022 ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' - King Andrias (voice) |
| 87 | * 2021 ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' - Manny (voice) |
| 88 | * 2021-2022 ''Series/Stargirl2020'' - Mr. Bones |
| 89 | * 2023 ''Series/LeverageRedemption'' - Billy Spencer |
| 90 | * 2023 ''WesternAnimation/{{Krapopolis}}'' - Asskill (voice) |
| 91 | * 2023 ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' - Dr. Tenma (voice; English dub) |
| 92 | * 2024 ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' - Husk (voice) |
| 93 | !Videogame Roles |
| 94 | * 1997 ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'' - Decker |
| 95 | * 1999 ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' - Vhailor |
| 96 | * 2003 ''[[VideoGame/EverQuest Lords of EverQuest]]'' as Lord Vekk |
| 97 | * 2004-2015 ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' - Arbiter Thel 'Vadam |
| 98 | * 2006-2013 ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' - Julius Little, [[AsHimself Keith David]] |
| 99 | * 2007 ''[[VideoGame/TransformersTheGameConsole Transformers: The Game]]'' - Barricade |
| 100 | * 2007-2012 ''Franchise/MassEffect'' - Captain/Councilor/Admiral David Anderson |
| 101 | * 2008-2011 ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy]]'' - Chaos |
| 102 | * 2009 ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'' - Sergeant Foley |
| 103 | * 2010 ''[[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civilization V]]'' - One quote in the trailer |
| 104 | * 2010 ''[[VideoGame/{{Megamind}} Megamind and Megamind: Mega Team Unite]]'' - Psycho Delic |
| 105 | * 2013 ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' - ComicBook/NickFury |
| 106 | * 2019 ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' - ComicBook/{{Spawn}} |
| 107 | * 2024 ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' - Commander Zavala ''(replacing the late Creator/LanceReddick)'' |
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| 109 | !Other Work: |
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| 111 | As might be imagined, someone with his unique voice is often in demand as something other than an actor. Specifically, he makes an excellent narrator for such things as: |
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| 113 | * ''City Confidential'', the narration of which he took over after Paul Winfield's death. |
| 114 | * ''Comic Book Superheroes: Unmasked'' (a documentary for the History Channel) |
| 115 | * ''Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire'' |
| 116 | * Several Creator/KenBurns films including ''Jazz'', ''The War'', the 10th Inning of ''Baseball'' (documentary series), and ''Muhammad Ali'' |
| 117 | * ''New York: A Documentary Film'' (the first three episodes; these were later recycled for ''Series/TheAmericanExperience'') |
| 118 | * U.S. Armed Forces commercials. |
| 119 | * ''Lions of Darkness'', a NatureDocumentary for ''Magazine/NationalGeographic''. |
| 120 | * ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiYPKsmkXos Jewels of the Caribbean Sea]]'', also for National Geographic. |
| 121 | * Wrestling/{{WWE}} documentaries and [=DVDs=], for which David has occasionally narrated. |
| 122 | * Mobil 1 commercials. |
| 123 | * Platform/{{Xbox}} commercials in 2002-03 ("''For *[[MadLibsCatchphrase something relevant to the commercial]]*, there's no power greater than X.''") |
| 124 | * Film/SingleWhiteFemale TV commercial |
| 125 | * He has filled in for Creator/VingRhames doing the voiceovers for Arby's commercials on occasion. |
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