Editing Keith David (section)

===Film and television ===
In 1980–81, David toured the country with [[John Houseman]]'s [[The Acting Company]] in productions of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''. Less than two years later, he went on to star as Childs, opposite [[Kurt Russell]] in [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'', starting his lengthy on-screen career. In the 1980s run of ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', he portrayed Keith the Southwood Carpenter in the [[Neighborhood of Make-Believe]] segments. He also played Keith, the game coin collector in an episode where Rogers and a small child learn to play the [[arcade game]] ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]''.

He went on to appear in films such as ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'', ''[[They Live]]'', ''[[Men at Work (1990 film)|Men at Work]]'', ''[[Marked for Death]]'', and ''[[Stars and Bars (1988 film)|Stars and Bars]]''. He played Kirby in the 1995 film ''[[Dead Presidents]]'', and he appeared in the 1995 [[Spike Lee]] film ''[[Clockers (film)|Clockers]]''. Roles in other films followed, in ''[[Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano]]'', ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'', ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'', ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]'', ''[[Barbershop (film)|Barbershop]]'', ''[[Agent Cody Banks]]'', ''[[Head of State (2003 film)|Head of State]]'', ''[[Hollywood Homicide]]'', ''[[Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London]]'',  ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'', ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'', ''[[ATL (film)|ATL]]'', ''[[Delta Farce]]'' and ''[[First Sunday (film)|First Sunday]]''.

He portrayed "Father" in the romantic comedy action film ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]''. At the same time, he has appeared in numerous independent films including the critically acclaimed ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'', playing the role of Big Tim. He has also appeared extensively in television productions since the 1980s and as a regular character Lieutenant Williams on the short-lived television series ''[[The Job (2001 TV series)|The Job]]''. He was a regular on another shoot, ''The Big House'', made for ABC in 2004. David portrayed Detective Jim Crenshaw in the 2010 horror film ''[[Chain Letter (2010 film)|Chain Letter]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37495/at-last-a-poster-deon-taylors-chain-letter|title=At Last a Poster for Deon Taylor's Chain Letter|publisher= | website= dreadcentral.com |date=August 6, 2010|access-date=January 22, 2011}}</ref>

In 2010, David was cast as Max Malini for the NBC television series ''[[The Cape (2011 TV series)|The Cape]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Keith David Stars In NBC's New One-Hour Drama 'The Cape'|url=http://www.vibe.com/2011/01/keith-david-stars-nbcs-new-one-hour-drama-cape/kd3logosponsor|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=March 29, 2012|access-date=February 14, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114239/http://www.vibe.com/2011/01/keith-david-stars-nbcs-new-one-hour-drama-cape/kd3logosponsor/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On April 18, 2011, Keith appeared in the 21st episode of [[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series, season 1)|season one]] of ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'' as criminal tycoon Jimmy Cannon. In 2012, he appeared in the horror film ''[[Smiley (2012 film)|Smiley]]'' and the science-fiction drama ''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]''. In 2013, David appeared in the controversial drama ''Boiling Pot'' which is based on true events of racism. In 2014, David portrayed Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody in the Fox comedy series ''[[Enlisted (TV series)|Enlisted]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keith David Cast In Fox Pilot 'Enlisted', Jack McGee Joins CBS Comedy 'McCarthys'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/keith-david-cast-in-fox-pilot-enlisted-jack-mcgee-joins-cbs-comedy-mccarthys-423995/| website= [[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]].com |last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 6, 2013|access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> Later in 2014, David was cast as Elroy Patashnik in [[Community season 6|the sixth season]] of the sitcom ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]''.<ref name="hollywoodreporter1"/>

In 2015, David was cast in the leading role alongside [[Lynn Whitfield]] in the [[Oprah Winfrey Network]] drama series ''[[Greenleaf (TV series)|Greenleaf]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/keith-david-cast-greenleaf-own-drama-series-1201513678|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904113023/http://deadline.com/2015/09/keith-david-cast-greenleaf-own-drama-series-1201513678/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2015|title=Keith David To Star In OWN Drama Series 'Greenleaf'| first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=September 3, 2015|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref>