Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/4/1956
Place of Birth
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Keith David
Biography
Known For
Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Masego (voice)
Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Platoon
as King
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
Love Jacked
as Ed
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
The Prank
as Principal Henderson
The Thing
as Childs
Night School
as Gerald
Article 99
as Luther Jermoe
Sneaks
as O.G. (voice)
Savage Dog
as Valentine
Hercules
as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
29 Palms
as The Sheriff
Career Timeline
2025
The Gettysburg Address
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
as (voice) (uncredited)
The American Revolution
as voice
Shelby Oaks
as Morton Jacobson
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Old Sheep (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
as Husk (voice)
The Lowdown
as Marty
Haunted Hotel
as Additional Voices (voice)
Finding Faith
Role unknown
Omniscient
as Alistair
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
as The Simulator
Duster
as Ezra Saxton
Sneaks
as O.G. (voice)
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
as Toy COD Leader (voice)
Portal to Hell
as Mr. Bobshank
2024
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Masego (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci
as Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
as Narrator (voice)
Invincible Fight Girl
as Scouter (voice)
High Potential
as Captain Pacheco
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as Darkseid (voice)
Betty & Blue
as Willie 'Blue' Watson
The Prank
as Principal Henderson
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Hordak (voice)
Hazbin Hotel
as Husk (voice)
2023
American Fiction
as Willy the Wonker
Heist 88
as Buddha Ray
Krapopolis
as Asskill (voice)
From the Shadows
as Dr. Leonard Bertram
Justified: City Primeval
as Judge Alvin Guy
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as Self - Actor
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mr. Monroe
True Lies
as Albert 'Al' Gibson
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as B'Caala (voice)
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
as Jerry
2022
Shut Up and Ride
as Narrator (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
as David
From Scratch
as Hershel Wheeler
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as Self
Entergalactic
as Mr. Rager (voice)
Firebuds
as Manny Kablamee
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Ink Williams
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self
Chibiverse
as King Andrias (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
as Dog-El (voice)
Nope
as Otis Haywood Sr.
Amphibia: The Hardest Thing
as King Adrias
Unplugging
as Gil
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
Catwoman: Hunted
as Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
2021
Abbott Elementary
as Frank
Pups Alone
as The Wise Bartender
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
as The Devil
Black as Night
as Babineaux
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
Muhammad Ali
as Narrator (voice)
The Gateway
as Terry
Leverage: Redemption
as Billy Spencer
The Seventh Day
as Father Louis
Insight
as Captain Duke
2020
Horizon Line
as Freddy Wyman
Most Guys Are Losers
as Al
Good
as Gregory Devereaux
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
Woke
as Bible (voice)
Close Enough
as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Love Life
as Narrator (voice)
DC's Stargirl
as Mister Bones (voice)
Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest
The 420 Movie
as Chief Ironweed
Cuba's Cancer Hope
as Narrator (voice)
2019
2018
Champaign Ill
as Lafonso
Love Jacked
as Ed
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
as Self
Brothers in Arms
as Self
Liverspots and Astronots
as Dr. Pesh
Night School
as Gerald
American Dresser
as Charlie
Sharon 1.2.3.
as Tyrone
Tales from the Hood 2
as Portifoy Simms
Summer Camp Island
as Lithophone (voice)
Summer Camp Island
as Tummy (voice)
Ray Meets Helen
as Harve
Craig of the Creek
as Narrator (voice)
2017
2016
Service to Man
as Dean Holmes
MacGyver
as Burke / Man
Speechless
as Colonel
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
as Lord Marmoo (voice)
School of Rickey
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Greenleaf
as Bishop James Greenleaf
Range 15
as Colonel Holloway
The Nice Guys
as Older Guy
Blue: The American Dream
as Terry Venable
Nina
as Clifton's Father
Jackie Robinson
as Narrator (voice)
The North Star
as Frederick Douglass
Dirty Lies
as Doc
The Last Punch
as Don King
2015
Dutch Book
Role unknown
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Detective Harris
Boiling Pot
as Agent Long
Kids vs Monsters
as Barry
We Bare Bears
as Mr. Charles (voice)
Union Furnace
as Pin Stripe
Secrets of the Magic City
as Mr. Daniels
Mr. Robot
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Field of Lost Shoes
as Old Judge
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
as Agent Everett Malloy
Fresh Off the Boat
as Clyde Roses
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Glossaryck (voice)
2014
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
Role unknown
The Flash
as Solovar (voice)
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator
black-ish
as Loose Craig
NCIS: New Orleans
as Gene Holloway
Scorpion
as Warden
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
as Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
as Lion Musician (voice)
Extant
as Nicholas Calderon
Enlisted
as Sgt. Major Donald Cody
2013
Frog Kingdom
as Frog King (voice)
Rick and Morty
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
Rick and Morty
as Reverse Giraffe (voice)
Rick and Morty
as President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Rick and Morty
as Narrator (voice)
Free Birds
as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
as Santa Claus (voice)
Sons of Liberty
as Nathan Reynolds
Assault on Wall Street
as Freddy
Black Asylum
as Agent Davis
Teen Titans Go!
as Narrator (voice)
The Bible
as Narrator
A Bíblia
as Narrador
Belle's
as William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Don't Pass Me By
as David Knox
2012
Christmas in Compton
as Big Earl
Cloud Atlas
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Double or Nothing
as Homeless Dude
Smiley
as Diamond
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Sal Commander (voice)
Highway
as Mustafa
The Last Fall
as Sydney Bishop
The Undershepherd
as Brother Wilks
Touch
as Dutch
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
as Sergeant Brass
2011
2010
Young Justice
as Mongul (voice)
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Terry
Chain Letter
as Det. Jim Crenshaw
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
as Narrator (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
as Jimmy Cannon
Lottery Ticket
as Sweet Tee
New York Street Games
as Self
Chasing 3000
as Officer L.
Something Like A Business
as Sebastian
Meet Monica Velour
as Claude
Death at a Funeral
as Reverend Davis
Africa's Lost Eden
as Narrator (voice)
Adventure Time
as Balthus (voice)
Adventure Time
as Flame King (voice)
2009
The Princess and the Frog
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
Community
as Elroy Patashnik
Community
as Narrator (voice)
Archer
as Lemuel Kane (voice)
Beautiful Loser
as Morgan - Adult
Gamer
as Agent Keith
All About Steve
as Corbitt
The Butcher
as Larry Cobb
Pastor Brown
as Pastor Brown
Don McKay
as Otis Kent
Blue
as Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
as Sal
Against the Dark
as Lt. Waters
Coraline
as The Cat (voice)
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Commander Scott Boytano
2008
S.I.S.
as Joseph Armstrong
The Fifth Commandment
as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
No Bad Days
as Terrence
The Sensei
as Minister
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as FBI Chief Conrad
Superhero Movie
as The Chief of Police
Canterbury's Law
Role unknown
Justice League: The New Frontier
as The Centre (voice)
First Sunday
as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
The Candlelight Murders
as Pastor Bob
2007
2006
2005
Dirty
as Captain Spain
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
as Self - Narrator
The Proud Family Movie
as Bebe Clone (voice)
Transporter 2
as Stappleton
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Father
Crash
as Lt. Dixon
Grey's Anatomy
as Lloyd Mackie
American Dad!
as Fire Captain (voice)
Numb3rs
as Jeremiah Miller
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice)
2004
Last Stand of the Great Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
Beef II
as Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Narrator (voice)
The Big House
Role unknown
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as CIA Director
2003
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
as Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Narrator (voice)
Teen Titans
as Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Agent Mosely (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Homicide
as Leon
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
as Narrator
Head of State
as Bernard Cooper
Agent Cody Banks
as CIA Director
Inside Mecca
as Narrator (voice)
The Shakespeare Sessions
Role unknown
2002
2001
Novocaine
as Detective Lunt
Justice League
as Despero (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator (voice)
Egypt's Golden Empire
as Narrator
The Legend of Tarzan
as Tublat (voice)
Home Invaders
as Matador
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
as Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
The Job
Role unknown
Disney's House of Mouse
Role unknown
Jazz
as Narrator (voice)
Pretty When You Cry
as Detective Charles Desett
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
as Narrator (voice)
2000
1999
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as King Oliver
ATF
as FBI Director Richard Long
Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
as Spawn
The Grizzlies of Siberia
as Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
as Commander Bensinger (voice)
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
Gargoyles
as Goliath (voice)
Gargoyles
Role unknown
The Puppet Masters
as Alex Holland
Fantastic Four
as Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
ER
as Pastor Watkins
Baseball
as Narrator
New York Undercover
Role unknown
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
as Narrator (voice)
Reality Bites
as Roger
Aladdin
Role unknown
1993
1992
1990
1988
Christmas in Tattertown
as Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
as Abe
They Live
as Frank Armitage
American Experience
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Bird
as Buster Franklin
Stars & Bars
as Eugene Teagarden
Off Limits
as Maurice
Braddock: Missing in Action III
as Embassy Gate Captain
The Making of 'They Live'
as Self