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Keith David

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his deep 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 work as the narrator of 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), Andre Curtis / The President in ''Rick and Morty'' (2015–), 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), Admiral 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 took over the role of Commander Zavala in ''Destiny 2: The Final Shape'' after the passing of Lance Reddick.

In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026. Provided by Wikipedia