Keith David

At 67 years old, Keith David has this physical status:

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor, and singer.

He is best known for his roles as Spawn and also Dr. Nicola.

In The Thing, Dillamond, King of Platoon and Children.

He has appeared in mainstream films, including Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop, and Men at Work. In Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, David has appeared in several cult classics, including Armitage in They Live, Abu "Imam" al-Walid, and Pitch Black and its sequel The Chronicles of Riddick, General Kimsey in Armageddon and Big Tim.

In the sixth season of the NBC series Community, he appeared as Elroy Patashnik.

He debuted in 2016 as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf. He has performed as the narrator of Ken Burns' films, including The War, in Emmy-winning voice-over.

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Gregor Foley describes the Arbiter in the Halo series, Goliath on Gargoyles, Al Simmons/ Spawn on Todd McFarlane's Spawn, David Anderson of Gargoyles, Julianus Little and himself in the Saints Row comic series, and Sergeant Foley on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

In Dissidia Final Fantasy and 012, the Princess and the Frog, Chaos, the Flame King in Adventure Time, Solovar in Adventure Time, Robin Hood, and the Titan Bolo in Final Space.

Early life and education

David was born in Harlem, New York City, and raised in Corona, Queens, on June 4, 1956. Dolores (née Dickenson) was his mother, and Lester Williams, his father, was a director of payroll operations.

After appearing in The Wizard of Oz in a school production, he planned to enroll at the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. He studied Drama at the Juilliard School (1975-1979, Group 8) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1979.

Personal life

He has married twice. He has one son from his first marriage and two daughters from his second marriage.

When asked in a video interview about his narration work with The Bible, he answered, "I'm not a religious man." I'm a man of spirit. Religion can get partisan. I believe in God and Spirit. I believe in the faith. I've been baptized. "I have been to Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, and the Church of God in Christ."

During a live Twitter Q&A in 2017, David listed Dr. Facilier, Spawn, and Goliath as his three favorite voice roles.

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Career

David Painett and The Acting Company were touring the country in 1980–81 as part of A Midsummer Night's Aspiration and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He went on to star in Childs, opposite Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's The Thing, less than two years ago, beginning his long on-screen career. Keith Carpenter was portrayed by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the 1980s as the Southwood Carpenter in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segments. In an episode where Rogers and a small child learned to play the arcade game Donkey Kong, Keith, the game coin collector, also played Keith, the game coin collector.

He went on to appear in films including Oliver Stone's Platoon, They Live, Men at Work, Marked for Death, and Stars and Bars. He appeared in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers as Kirby in the 1995 film Dead Presidents, and he appeared in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, Volcano, Something About Mary, Pitch Black, Barbershop, Agent Cody Banks, Head of State, Hollywood Homicide, Beverly Banks, Destination Montdick, ATL, Delta Farce, and First Sunday. He stayed in London for several films including Volcano, Nothing About Mary, Pitch Black, Pitch Black, Pitch Black, Pitch Black, Pitch Black, Pitch Black, Head of State,

In the romantic comedy action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, he portrayed "Father." At the same time, he has appeared in several independent films, including the critically acclaimed Requiem for a Dream, in which he plays Little John. Since the 1980s, he has appeared in television productions, as a regular character on the short-lived television show The Job. In 2004, he was a regular on another shoot for ABC titled The Big House. In the 2010 horror film Chain Letter, David played Detective Jim Crenshaw.

In 2010, David was cast as Max Malini in the NBC television series The Cape. Keith appeared in the 21st episode of season one of Hawaii Five-0 on April 18, 2011 as criminal tycoon Jimmy Cannon. He appeared in Smiley and the science-fiction drama Cloud Atlas in 2012. David appeared in the controversial drama Boiling Pot, which is based on true events of raciality in 2013. In the Fox comedy series Enlisted, David played Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody. In the sixth season of the sitcom Community, David was cast as Elroy Patashnik later in 2014.

David was seen in the leading role alongside Lynn Whitfield in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf in 2015.

David has also worked as a voice actor, appearing in Adventure Time, Goliath from Gargoyles, and Archer's Lemuel Kane. David played the narrator and Okkoto in Princess Mononoke's English dub. In the English dub of 3x3 Eyes, he played Mama. In the role-playing video game Fallout, he played Decker and was the voice for the character Vhailor, as well as Planescape: Torment. He was the Arbiter for the video game Halo 2 in 2004, and later in the Xbox 360 sequel to Halo 3. In Halo: The Master Chief Collection and also in Halo 5: Guardians, the actor appeared in both Halo: The Master Chief Collection and 2015 respectively. In BioWare's Mass Effect film Captain David Anderson, he appeared as Captain David Anderson.

David performed in Saints Row and its sequel Saints Row II, as well as voicing himself in Saints Row IV. He appeared on several Ice Cube projects, including Westside Connection's 2003 solo album Terrorist Threats, Cube's 2010 solo album I Am the West, and Ice Cube's 2010 solo album Beef II, which also featured Ice Cube.

He is the face of UPS' "What Can Brown Do for You" commercials. In the two-part episode "Hearts and Minds" of the Justice League, he appeared as Despero. He has worked on early Adult Swim commercials for Inuyasha.

He has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns numerous times, narrating Burns' Jazz, Mark Twain, The War, Unforgivable Blackness, Jack Johnson's Rise and Fall. David was honoured with the Emmy Award for his contribution to The War and Unforgivable Blackness. In the BBC documentary, World War II: Behind Closed Doors, he performs the narration duties.

The 2004 PBS documentary Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land and 2005 History Channel documentary Crusades on the medieval Crusades were both narrated by him, as well as the 2003 National Geographic documentary Inside Mecca. He later parodied his documentary work by narrating the 2012 episode of "Pillows and Blankets," a parody of a pillow fight between rival blanket forts.

David has worked on several other documentaries, including several for National Geographic and the documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked for the History Channel. After Winfield's death in 2004, he replaced Paul Winfield as narrator for the A&E show City Confidential. He appeared in the trailer for the film Primeval, which was released in the United States on January 12, 2007.

David was the voice of police detective Alex Cross in three James Patterson's audiobook versions: Cat and Mouse (1997), Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), and Roses are Red (2000). Bebe Proud Clone from The Proud Family Film, Atlas from Teen Titans, the lone male gorilla Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan, and the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game are among the script's voice actors.

In Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the Black Cat in Coraline, Sergeant Foley's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the Great Warfare 2, and the Big Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man film "Survival of the Fittest."

He narrated Celebration at the Station, a Memorial Day service held annually at the World War I Memorial across from Union Station on May 25, 2008. Frank W. Buckles, the last living veteran of World War I, was honored at the funeral. In the third episode of PBS' "God In America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America" in 2010, Frederick Douglass appeared.

In Saints Row IV, David played a fictionalized version of himself as well as reprising Julius Little. He is the narrator of the History Channel series The Bible, which premiered on March 3, 2013.

In the two-part Gorilla City episode of The Flash, David portrayed the superhero gorilla Solovar. In the adult animated series Rick and Morty, Keith David appears in a recurring role as the President of the United States.

David was the narrator of the MLB Network special Mr. Padre, the video biography of San Diego Padres Hall-of-Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn.

In addition, David has narrated several WWE documentaries, including The True Story of Wrestlemania and the 20 episodes of The Monday Night War, chronicling the conflict between WWE Raw and WCW Nitro, based on WWE Raw's.

Mister Bones' voice, David, returned to Stargirl later in the series.

David received a Tony Award nomination in 1992 for his role in Jelly's Last Jam. In Central Park, New York City, David received raves for his Shakespeare performance on stage. In August Wilson's Seven Guitars on Broadway, he took the lead as Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton. In the 1995 Apollo revival of The Wiz, David performed alongside Whitney Houston, Cedric the Entertainer, and Samuel E. Wright. He appeared in the musical Hot Feet on Broadway in New York in May 2006. At the Mark Taper Theater in Los Angeles, David appeared in August Wilson's Come and Gone. Seth Holly, Phylicia Rashad's director, appeared in innkeeper Seth Holly's role.

Phillip Hayes Dean's performance in Ebony Repertory Theatre's 2014 Paul Robeson opened on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, and he opened on Friday, March 21, 2014.

Keith David appeared in the Off-Broadway version of ToasT from April 21, 2015, to May 10, 2015. The play, directed by Lemon Andersen and co-starred Hill Harper, was performed in Attica Prison around the 1971 prison riot and told of the lives of its prisoners using poetic prose.

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