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Keith David
2 FOLLOWERS • 133 CREDITS • JUN 4, 1956 • 68
Biography
Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.
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Known For
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American Dad!
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7th Heaven
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Psych
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ER
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E! True Hollywood Story
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Family Guy
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Hawaii Five-0
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Abbott Elementary
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MacGyver
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The Flash
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Touch
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DuckTales
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Justice League
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Young Justice
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Rick and Morty
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BoJack Horseman
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Summer Camp Island
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Extant
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Leverage: Redemption
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The Equalizer
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Adventure Time
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NCIS: New Orleans
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Craig of the Creek
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DC's Stargirl
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Star vs. the Forces of Evil
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Mr. Robot
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
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We Bare Bears
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Nature
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black-ish
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Fresh Off the Boat
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Arliss
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter
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Amphibia
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True Lies
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Woke
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Invincible Fight Girl
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Archer
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Future Man
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
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Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
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Aladdin
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Central Park
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Teen Titans
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Everwood
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Close Enough
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Scorpion
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The Oldest Rookie
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Firebuds
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Grey's Anatomy
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
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Fantastic Four
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The Outer Limits
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Krapopolis
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Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
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Marvel's Hit-Monkey
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The Good Lord Bird
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Justified: City Primeval
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Requiem for a Dream
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Gamer
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DC League of Super-Pets
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American Fiction
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Hercules
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The Whoopee Boys
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Reality Bites
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Road House
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Crash
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Justice League: The New Frontier
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Armageddon
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Death at a Funeral
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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
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Cloud Atlas
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Community
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Mufasa: The Lion King
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Night School
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Eye for an Eye
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There's Something About Mary
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ATL
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Hot Pursuit
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The Replacements
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Superhero Movie
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The Quick and the Dead
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Barbershop
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Transporter 2
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The Chronicles of Riddick
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Nope
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From Scratch
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The Nice Guys
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Volcano
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Pitch Black
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21 Bridges
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Law & Order
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The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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Love Life
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Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
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Catwoman: Hunted
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Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
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Savage Dog
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The Princess and the Frog
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Coraline
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Assault on Wall Street
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
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Hazbin Hotel
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Agent Cody Banks
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The Last Kids on Earth
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Black as Night
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Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
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The Last Sentinel
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Marked for Death
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Horizon Line
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Heist 88
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Masters of the Universe: Revolution
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Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
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Duster
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The Cape
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What Lives Inside
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The Thing
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Greenleaf
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The Sensitive Kind
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The War
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Egypt's Golden Empire
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Egypt's Golden Empire
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Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
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Betty & Blue
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
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Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
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Spawn
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