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.
Known For
Filmography
President Curtis
as President Andre Curtis (voice)
الصقر
as Old Henry
سبايدر-مان: يوم جديد
as Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
Devil May Cry
as Lucan (voice)
The Lowdown
as Marty
الفندق المسكون
as Additional Voices (voice)
الأسد الملك∶ موفاسا
as Masego (voice)
فندق "هازبن"
as Husk (voice)
قدرات استثنائية
as Captain Pacheco
Central Park
as Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Amphibia
as King Andrias (voice)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Glossaryck (voice)
السيد روبوت
as Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
BoJack Horseman
as Lion Musician (voice)
فلاش
as Solovar (voice)
تين تايتنز غو!
as Narrator (voice)
ريك ومورتي
as President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice)
سلاحف النينجا
as Sal Commander (voice)
شخص محل إهتمام
as Terence Beale
Hawaii Five-0
as Jimmy Cannon
شباب العدالة
as Mongul (voice)
وقت المغامرة
as Balthus (voice)
الأميرة والضفدع
as Dr. Facilier (voice)
المجموعة
as Elroy Patashnik
كورالين
as The Cat (voice)
Psych
as Mr. Guster
American Dad!
as Fire Captain (voice)
Numb3rs
as Jeremiah Miller
تشريح غراي
as Lloyd Mackie
تين تايتنز
as Atlas (voice)
Everwood
as Brian
Justice League
as Despero (voice)
سي اس آي: التحقيق في مسرح الجريمة
as Matt Phelps
مرثية حلم
as Big Tim
رجل العائلة
as Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)
سبونج بوب سكوير بانتس
as Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
Armageddon
as General Kimsey
King of the Hill
as Brian Robertson (voice)
ER
as Pastor Watkins
القانون والنظام
as Bronx D.A. John Robertson
American Experience
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
American Playhouse
as 'Big' Willie Thorton
Nature
as Narrator
الشيء
as Childs
نوڤا
as Narrator