Editing Keith David (section)

{{short description|American actor (born 1956)}}
{{distinguish|David Keith (actor)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Keith David
| image        = Keith David 3rd Annual ICON MANN POWER 50 event - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg
| alt          = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption      = David in 2015
| birth_name   = Keith David Williams
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1956|6|4}}
| birth_place  = [[New York City]], U.S.
| education    = [[Juilliard School]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1977–present
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Margit Edwards|1990|1999|reason=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Dionne Lea Williams|2001}}
}}
| children     = 3
}}
'''Keith David Williams''' (born June 4, 1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewashingtoncitytimes.com/2021/06/05/keith-david-fans-celebrate-the-iconic-actor-on-his-65th-birthday/|title=Keith David fans celebrate the iconic actor on his 65th birthday|publisher=The Washington City Times|accessdate=February 2, 2022|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203091101/https://thewashingtoncitytimes.com/2021/06/05/keith-david-fans-celebrate-the-iconic-actor-on-his-65th-birthday/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence<ref>{{Cite web|title=Keith David Celebrates Decades of Voice Acting on TikTok|url=https://nerdist.com/article/keith-david-voice-acting-montage-gargoyles-spawn-princess-and-the-frog/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Nerdist|language=en-US}}</ref> in over 300 roles in film, stage, television, and interactive media.

He has starred in such films as ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' (1982), ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' (1986), ''[[They Live (film)|They Live]]'' (1988), ''[[Men at Work (1990 film)|Men at Work]]'' (1990), ''[[Final Analysis]]'' (1992), ''[[Larger than Life (film)|Larger than Life]]'' (1996), ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' (1998), ''[[Where the Heart Is (2000 film)|Where the Heart Is]]'' (2000), and ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]'' (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the [[Community season 6|sixth season]] of the [[NBC]] series ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'' (2015)<ref name="hollywoodreporter1">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/community-adds-paget-brewster-keith-747827|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Community' Adds Paget Brewster, Keith David to Season 6 Cast|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref> and starred as Bishop James Greenleaf in the [[Oprah Winfrey Network]] drama ''[[Greenleaf (TV series)|Greenleaf]]'' (2016–2020).

His [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of [[Ken Burns]] films such as ''[[Jazz (miniseries)|Jazz]]'' (2001), ''[[The War (2007 film)|The War]]'' (2007), and ''[[Muhammad Ali (film)|Muhammad Ali]]'' (2021). In film, characters that he has voiced include Dr. Facilier in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' (2009) and the Cat in ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'' (2009). On television, he portrayed  Goliath in ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' (1994–1997), [[Spawn (comics)|Al Simmons / Spawn]] in ''[[Todd McFarlane's Spawn]]'' (1997–1999), The Flame King in ''[[Adventure Time]]'' (2012–2017), [[The President (Rick and Morty)|Andre Curtis / The President]] in ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' (2015–present), King Andrias in ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'' (2020–2022), Grimlock in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' (2022-present), [[Dr. Tenma]] in ''[[Pluto (anime)|Pluto]]'' (2023), [[List of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss characters#Husk|Husk]] in ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' (2024–present), and [[Mephisto (Marvel Comics)|Mephisto]] in ''[[Hit-Monkey (TV series)|Hit-Monkey]]'' (2024–present). Video game roles include [[Arbiter (Halo)|the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee]] in the ''[[Halo (franchise)|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 Commander Zavala in ''[[Destiny 2: The Final Shape]].''