Highest rated as cast or director
Coraline
2009
Gargoyles
1994 · 3 Seasons
Spawn
1997 · 3 Seasons
Hazbin Hotel
Since 2024 · 5 Seasons
The Thing
1982
Keith David's 5 titles from the 1980s have a median Balasaur Score of 72, led by The Thing (77) and Bird (74), against 59 for those from the 1990s.
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 302
2020s
- 2028
Captain Zero: The Movie
The Depression Demon (voice)
- 2026
- 2025
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
Omniscient
Alistair
- 2024
Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
- 2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Champaign Ill
Lafonso · 10 episodes
Liverspots and Astronots
Dr. Pesh · 21 episodes
Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
- 2017
Not a War Story
Movie
- 2016
Service to Man
Dean Holmes
Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
The North Star
Frederick Douglass
Dirty Lies
Doc
- 2015
Dutch Book
Joe Johnson
Kids vs Monsters
Barry
Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Agent Everett Malloy · 10 episodes
- 2014
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
Movie
H4
Worcester
- 2013
Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
Black Asylum
Agent Davis
Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
- 2012
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Charles Buchanan (voice)
Highway
Mustafa
The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
- 2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
No Saints for Sinners
Victor
- 2010
Chasing 3000
Officer L.
Spork
Coach Jenkins
2000s
- 2009
Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
The Cat (voice) (archive footage)
The Butcher
Larry Cobb
Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
Blue
Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
Sal
- 2008
S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
No Bad Days
Terrence
The Sensei
Minister
Canterbury's Law
TV
The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
- 2007
- 2006
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
- 2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
The Big House
TV
- 2003
- 2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2001
Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
- 2000
Innocents
Detective Davis
1990s
- 1999
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass (voice) · 2 episodes
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
- 1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
Spawn
The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
- 1997
Never Met Picasso
Larry
Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
Loose Women
Stylist #1
Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Vanishing Point
Warren Taft
- 1996
- 1995
Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
- 1994
The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
Notes in a Minor Key
Kansas
- 1993
There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
- 1992
- 1991
Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
- 1990
Murder in Black and White
Martin
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
Abe
Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
- 1987
The Oldest Rookie
TV
Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
- 1986
The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
- 1985
- 1982
- 1980
The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
No release date
ATL 2: The Homecoming
John Garnett
Dreams of the Moon
Movie
Bob's Best Friends
Cuddles (voice)
Produced 3
2010s
- 2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Producer
- 2011
2000s
- 2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Producer
Appearances72
2020s
- 2026
Crime and Punishment in America
Self - Narrator · 1 episode
The Thing Expanded
Self
- 2025
- 2024
Leonardo da Vinci
Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2023
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Self - Actor · 2 episodes
- 2022
Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self · 8 episodes
- 2021
Muhammad Ali
Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
- 2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest · 2 episodes
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
Self
2010s
- 2019
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
- 2018
Brothers in Arms
Self
- 2017
Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing
Self
- 2016
The Men of Outpost 31
Self
School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jackie Robinson
Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
Narrator (voice) · 20 episodes
- 2013
- 2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
New York Street Games
Self
Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2007
The War
Narrator (voice) · 7 episodes
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
- 2005
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
Narrator · 4 episodes
- 2004
Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Beef II
Narrator (voice)
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator (voice)
- 2003
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Narrator · 4 episodes
Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
- 2002
Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2001
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
- 2000
National Geographic: The Photographers
Narrator
1990s
- 1999
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
Narrator
The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 episode
- 1995
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
Narrator (voice)
- 1994
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
- 1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
1980s
- 1988
The Making of 'They Live'
Self
- 1983
- 1982
1970s
- 1974
No release date
Trailer Madness
Narrator #6