Keith David

**Keith David Williams** (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his co-starring role as King in _Platoon_ and as Childs alongside Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's _The Thing_. He also starred in _Crash_, _There's Something About Mary_, _Barbershop,_ and _Men at Work_.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class = "unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1979|_Disco Godfather_|Club Patron|Uncredited||
|1982|_The Thing_|Childs|||
|1986|_Platoon_|King|||
|1986|_The Whoopee Boys_|Washington Square Peddler|||
|1987|_Hot Pursuit_|Alphonso|||
|1988|_Braddock: Missing in Action III_|Embassy Gate Captain|||
|1988|_Off Limits_|Maurice|||
|1988|_Stars and Bars_|Eugene Teagarden|||
|1988|_Bird_|Buster Franklin|||
|1988|_They Live_|Frank|||
|1989|_Road House_|Ernie Bass|||
|1989|_Always_|Powerhouse|||
|1990|_Men at Work_|Louis Fedders|||
|1990|_Marked for Death_|Max|||
|1992|_Final Analysis_|Detective Huggins|||
|1992|_Nails_|Noah Owens|||
|1992|_Article 99_|Luther Jermoe|||
|1994|_Reality Bites_|Roger|||
|1994|_The Puppet Masters_|Alex Holland|||
|1995|_Clockers_|André the Giant|||
|1995|_Dead Presidents_|Kirby|||
|1995|_The Quick and the Dead_|Sgt. Cantrell|||
|1995|_Blue in the Face_|Jackie Robinson|||
|1996|_Loose Women_|Stylist|||
|1996|_The Grave_|The Priest|||
|1996|_The Hunchback of Notre Dame_|Frollo's Soldiers (voice)|||
|1996|_Eye for an Eye_|Martin|||
|1996|_Larger than Life_|Hurst|||
|1996|_Never Met Picasso_|Larry|||
|1996|_Johns_|Homeless John|||
|1997|_Volcano_|Police Lieutenant Ed Fox|||
|1997|_Hercules_|Apollo the Sun God (voice)|||
|1997|_Executive Target_|Lamar|||
|1997|_Princess Mononoke_|Okkoto, Narrator (voices)|English dub||
|1997|_Flipping_|Leo Richards|||
|1998|_Armageddon_|General Kimsey|||
|1998|_There's Something About Mary_|Mary's Dad|||
|2000|_Dark Summer_|Detective Davis|||
|2000|_Pitch Black_|Abu "Imam" al-Walid|||
|2000|_Requiem for a Dream_|Big Tim|||
|2000|_Where the Heart Is_|Moses Whitecotten|||
|2000|_The Replacements_|Lindell|||
|2001|_Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within_|Council Member #1 (voice)|||
|2001|_Novocaine_|Detective Lunt|||
|2001|_Pretty When You Cry_|Detective Charles Desett|||
|2002|_29 Palms_|The Sheriff|||
|2002|_Barbershop_|Lester Wallace|||
|2003|_Kaena: The Prophecy_|Voxem (voice)|English dub||
|2003|_Agent Cody Banks_|CIA Director|||
|2003|_Head of State_|Bernard Cooper|||
|2003|_Hollywood Homicide_|Leon|||
|2003|_The Hard Road_|Narrator|Documentary||
|2004|_Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London_|CIA Director|||
|2004|_The Chronicles of Riddick_|Imam|||
|2004|_The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury_|Imam Abu al-Walid (voice)|Direct-to-video||
|2004|_Crash_|Lt. Dixon|||
|2004|_Beef II_|Narrator|Documentary Direct-to-video||
|2005|_Mr. & Mrs. Smith_|Father|||
|2005|_Transporter 2_|Stappleton|||
|2005|_Dirty_|Captain Spain|||
|2006|_The Oh in Ohio_|Coach Popovitch|||
|2006|_Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil_|MCPO Scott Boytano|Direct-to-video||
|2006|_ATL_|John Garnett|||
|2007|_If I Had Known I Was a Genius_|Dad|||
|2007|_Delta Farce_|Sgt. Kilgore|||
|2007|_The Last Sentinel_|Col. Norton / Gun Voice 2|||
|2008|_Beautiful Loser_|Morgan - Adult|||
|2008|_First Sunday_|Judge B. Bennet Galloway|||
|2008|_Justice League: The New Frontier_|The Centre (voice)|Direct-to-video||
|2008|_Superhero Movie_|The Chief of Police|||
|2008|_My Mom's New Boyfriend_|FBI Chief Conrad|||
|2008|_The Fifth Commandment_|Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton|||
|2008|_No Bad Days_|Terrence|||
|2008|_The Sensei_|The Minister|||
|2009|_Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia_|Cmdr. Scott Boytano|Direct-to-video||
|2009|_Coraline_|The Cat (voice)|||
|2009|_Against the Dark_|Lt. Waters|Direct-to-video||
|2009|_Charlie Valentine_|Sal|||
|2009|_Don McKay_|Otis Kent|||
|2009|_The Butcher_|Larry Cobb|||
|2009|_The Princess and the Frog_|Dr. Facilier (voice)|||
|2009|_Gamer_|Agent Keith|||
|2009|_All About Steve_|Corbitt|||
|2009|_Pastor Brown_|Pastor Brown|||
|2010|_Death at a Funeral_|Reverend Davis|||
|2010|_Lottery Ticket_|Sweet Tee|||
|2010|_Chasing 3000_|Officer L.|||
|2010|_Stomp the Yard: Homecoming_|Terry Harris|||
|2010|_Something Like a Business_|Sebastian|||
|2010|_Chain Letter_|Detective Jim Crenshaw|||
|2010|_Meet Monica Velour_|Claude|||
|2010|_Spork_|Coach Jenkins|||
|2011|_The Inheritance_|Uncle Melvin|||
|2011|_No Saints for Sinners_|Victor|||
|2011|_The Greening of Whitney Brown_|Clerk|||
|2011|_Snowflake, the White Gorilla_|Anvil (voice)|Direct-to-video||
|2011|_Hopelessly In June_|Dalbert Myers|||
|2012|_Cloud Atlas_|Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient|||
|2012|_Smiley_|Diamond|||
|2012|_Hillbilly Highway_|Mustafa|||
|2012|_Don't Pass Me By_|David Knox|||
|2012|_The Last Fall_|Sydney Bishop|||
|2012|_The Undershepherd_|Brother Wilks|||
|2012|_Christmas in Compton_|Big Earl|||
|2013|_Assault on Wall Street_|Freddy|||
|2013|_Free Birds_|Chief Broadbeak (voice)|||
|2013|_The Frog Kingdom_|Frog King (voice)|||
|2013|_Sons of Liberty_|Nathan Reynolds|||
|2013|_H4_|Worcester|||
|2014|_Field of Lost Shoes_|Old Judge|||
|2014|_Secrets of the Magic City_|Mr. Daniels|||
|2014|_Birds of Paradise_|Old Buzzard (voice)|Direct-to-video||
|2015|_Kids vs Monsters_|Barry|||
|2015|_Boiling Pot_|Agent Long|||
|2015|_Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure_|Don Alfonso (voice)|English dub||
|2015|_Union Furnace_|Pin Stripe|||
|2016|_Range 15_|Colonel Holloway|||
|2016|_The Nice Guys_|Older Guy|||
|2016|_Nina_|Clifton's Father|||
|2016|_Dirty Lies_|Doc|||
|2017|_Savage Dog_|Valentine|||
|2017|_American Dresser_|Charlie Wild|||
|2018|_Tales from the Hood 2_|Portifoy Simms|Direct-to-video||
|2018|_Night School_|Gerald Walker|||
|2018|_You Might Be the Killer_|Sheriff James (voice)|||
|2018|_Love Jacked_|Ed|||
|2019|_The Gettysburg Address_|Frederick Douglass (voice)|Documentary||
|2019|_In Search of Darkness_|Himself|Documentary||
|2019|_The Wedding Year_|Preston|||
|2019|_21 Bridges_||||
|2020|_Mortal Kombat 11_|Al Simmons / Spawn|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Keith David
- **image**: Keith David 3rd Annual ICON MANN POWER 50 event - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: David in February 2015
- **birth name**: Keith David Williams
- **birth place**: Harlem, New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **education**: Juilliard School (BFA 1979)
- **years active**: 1979–present
- **children**: 3