David Keith

Career timeline

1. 1954 · Born

   Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

2. 1974 · Screen debut

   Happy Days (TV)

3. 1987 · Directing debut

   The Curse (Movie)

4. 1999 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV)

5. 2024 · Latest release

   Dead Money (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1970s

14 1980s

24 1990s

27 2000s

10 2010s

3 2020s

• Drama39
• Thriller25
• Comedy20
• Horror16
• Action14
• Crime11

Highest-rated title Regular Show 2010 8.6 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside David Keith in our catalogue.

Brian Thompson

2 titles together

Royce D. Applegate

2 titles together

Scott Simpson

2 titles together

Dan Shor

2 titles together

M. Emmet Walsh

2 titles together

Frederic Forrest

2 titles together

John Corbett

2 titles together

Daniel Sackheim

2 titles together

Charles Bernstein

2 titles together

Richard Belzer

2 titles together

1. 2024 Dead Money as Jack Movie
2. 2023 Walden as Judge Boyle 6.0 Movie
3. 2023 I’ll Be Watching as Sheriff 5.0 Movie
4. 2019 Wedding at Graceland as Major 6.6 Movie
5. 2017 All Saints as Boyd 6.2 Movie
6. 2016 Heritage Falls as Coach Charlie Fitzpatrick Movie
7. 2015 Awaken as Walsh 3.8 Movie
8. 2014 Christian Mingle as Bill Wood 5.6 Movie
9. 2014 Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs as Gary Engels 6.0 Movie
10. 2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Wade Gutches 7.7 TV
11. 2010 Lone Star as John Allen TV
12. 2010 Nikita as Richard Ellison 7.3 TV
13. 2010 Regular Show as Streaming (voice) 8.6 TV
14. 2007 Succubus: Hell-Bent as Wallace 4.3 Movie
15. 2006 The Class as Yonk Allen 6.8 TV
16. 2006 Bottoms Up as Uncle Earl 3.2 Movie
17. 2006 In Her Line of Fire as Vice President Walker 4.3 Movie
18. 2005 Locusts: The 8th Plague as Gary 4.9 Movie
19. 2005 Path of Destruction as Roy Stark Movie
20. 2005 All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos as Sheriff Blanco 4.6 Movie
21. 2004 Raise Your Voice as Simon Fletcher 6.6 Movie
22. 2003 Epoch: Evolution as Mason Rand Movie
23. 2003 NCIS as Mike Watson 7.6 TV
24. 2003 Deep Shock as Andrew Raines 5.2 Movie
25. 2003 Hangman's Curse as Nate Springfield 5.3 Movie
26. 2003 Still Life as Ben TV
27. 2003 Daredevil as Jack Murdock 5.3 Movie
28. 2002 Sabretooth as Bob Thatcher 4.6 Movie
29. 2002 Carrie as Det. John Mulchaey 6.1 Movie
30. 2002 CSI: Miami as Evan Caldwell 7.7 TV
31. 2002 World Traveler as Richard 4.2 Movie
32. 2002 Clover Bend as McGary Movie
33. 2002 The Stickup as Ray DeCarlo 6.3 Movie
34. 2001 Behind Enemy Lines as Master Chief Tom O'Malley 6.5 Movie
35. 2001 Epoch as Mason Rand 4.8 Movie
36. 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mark Virgini 7.6 TV
37. 2001 Burning Down the House as Carolina Movie
38. 2001 Anthrax as Adam Stewart Movie
39. 2000 Men of Honor as Captain Hartigan 7.5 Movie
40. 2000 U-571 as Maj. Matthew Coonen 6.6 Movie
41. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as John 'Hawk' Hawkins 8.0 TV
42. 1998 Martial Law as Cliff Eagleton 7.1 TV
43. 1998 Poodle Springs as Larry Victor 5.4 Movie
44. 1998 Perfect Prey as Dwayne Alan Clay Movie
45. 1998 Ambushed as Deputy Lawrence 5.0 Movie
46. 1997 Hot Blooded as Mr. Colbert Movie
47. 1996 Arli$$ as Archie Michaels TV
48. 1996 Strangers as Richard TV
49. 1996 A Family Thing as Sonny 6.6 Movie
50. 1996 Local Heroes TV
51. 1996 High Incident as Jim Marsh TV
52. 1995 Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain as Ray Karnisak 6.2 Movie
53. 1995 Deadly Sins as Jack Gales Movie
54. 1995 The Indian in the Cupboard as Boone 6.5 Movie
55. 1995 Texas as Jim Bowie Movie
56. 1995 The Outer Limits as Major Mercer 7.7 TV
57. 1994 Raw Justice as Mace 5.3 Movie
58. 1994 Ernest Goes to School as Squint Westwood 4.1 Movie
59. 1994 Major League II as Jack Parkman 5.7 Movie
60. 1992 Liar's Edge as Gary Kirkpatrick Movie
61. 1991 Flesh 'n' Blood as Arlo Weed TV
62. 1991 Caged Fear as Tommy Lane Movie
63. 1991 Off and Running as Jack Cornett Movie
64. 1990 The Two Jakes as Det. Lt. Loach 6.0 Movie
65. 1988 Heartbreak Hotel as Elvis Presley 5.1 Movie
66. 1988 The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck as Buck Malone 4.5 Movie
67. 1987 White of the Eye as Paul White 5.8 Movie
68. 1986 If Tomorrow Comes as Daniel Cooper 7.3 TV
69. 1985 Gulag as Mickey Almon Movie
70. 1984 Firestarter as Andrew McGee 6.3 Movie
71. 1983 The Lords of Discipline as Will McLean 6.6 Movie
72. 1983 Independence Day as Jack Parker Movie
73. 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman as Sid Worley 7.0 Movie
74. 1981 Take This Job and Shove It as Harry Meade 5.4 Movie
75. 1981 Back Roads as Mason 5.4 Movie
76. 1980 Friendly Fire as Leroy Hamilton Movie
77. 1980 Brubaker as Larry Lee Bullen 7.1 Movie
78. 1979 The Rose as Mal 6.7 Movie
79. 1979 The Great Santini as Red Petus 6.7 Movie
80. 1979 Co-Ed Fever as Tuck TV
81. 1978 Are You in the House Alone? as Student (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
82. 1974 Happy Days 7.7 TV

1. 1988 The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck 4.5 Movie
2. 1987 The Curse 5.0 Movie

1. 2023 I’ll Be Watching 5.0 Movie

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