Keith David
American actor
- Born
- 4 June 1956, New York City
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- television actor, film actor, stage actor, voice actor, singer
- Films here
- 4
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his distinctive, deep bass voice, distinctive face and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, voice work 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 (2016–20).
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Road House | Cast |
| 1990 | Marked for Death | Cast |
| 1997 | Don King: Only in America | Cast |
| 2008 | The Sensei | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
- Patrick Swayze
- Kelly Lynch
- Marshall R. Teague
- Gary Hudson
- Anthony De Longis
- Rowdy Herrington
- Steven Seagal
- Kevin Dunn
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q370918 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.