About Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his deep distinctive 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). His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes the narrator of 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 and the Cat in Coraline (both 2009). On television, he voiced Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–97), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–99), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–17), President Andre Curtis in Rick and Morty (2015–present) and its spin-off President Curtis (2026–present), King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–22), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–present). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–15), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–17), Captain Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–13), 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). For Disney, he is also the current voice of Mufasa in The Lion King franchise and Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise since 2024–present, succeeding the late James Earl Jones and late Ken Page, their respective deaths in 2024. On June 4, 2026, David received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. David won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work in The War and Unforgivable Blackness.
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