Keith David

Career timeline

1. 1956 · Born

   Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1974 · Screen debut

   NOVA (TV)

3. 2005 · Breakthrough

   Grey's Anatomy (TV)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1970s

10 1980s

21 1990s

22 2000s

26 2010s

19 2020s

• Drama43
• Comedy36
• Animation23
• Action22
• Crime20
• Action & Adventure15

Highest-rated title Hazbin Hotel 2024 8.5 Most popular title The Flash 2014 7.7

Frequent collaborators

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

Peter Markle

4 titles together

Paul McCrane

3 titles together

Terrence Howard

3 titles together

Bobcat Goldthwait

3 titles together

Forest Whitaker

3 titles together

Thandiwe Newton

3 titles together

Danny Trejo

3 titles together

Michael Dinner

3 titles together

Eric Roberts

3 titles together

John C. McGinley

3 titles together

1. 2027 Sunset P.I. Upcoming as Garner Taggert TV
2. 2026 Spider-Man: Brand New Day as Narrator of Spider Video (voice) 8.5 Movie
3. 2026 The Hawk as Old Henry 5.7 TV
4. 2025 The Lowdown as Marty 7.0 TV
5. 2025 Duster as Ezra Saxton 6.5 TV
6. 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King as Masego (voice) 7.3 Movie
7. 2024 Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Darkseid (voice) 6.7 TV
8. 2024 Hazbin Hotel as Husk (voice) 8.5 TV
9. 2023 Heist 88 as Buddha Ray 6.6 Movie
10. 2023 Krapopolis as Asskill (voice) 7.2 TV
11. 2022 From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler 7.5 TV
12. 2022 Entergalactic as Mr. Rager (voice) 7.7 Movie
13. 2022 Firebuds as Manny Kablamee TV
14. 2022 Nope as Otis Haywood Sr. 6.8 Movie
15. 2022 The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice) 7.6 Movie
16. 2021 Pups Alone as The Wise Bartender 5.8 Movie
17. 2021 Marvel's Hit-Monkey as The Devil 7.8 TV
18. 2020 Close Enough as World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice) 7.9 TV
19. 2020 Central Park as Ward Wittlinger (voice) 6.4 TV
20. 2020 DC's Stargirl as Mister Bones (voice) 7.7 TV
21. 2019 21 Bridges as Deputy Chief Spencer 6.8 Movie
22. 2019 The Wedding Year as Preston 5.9 Movie
23. 2019 Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self 6.7 Movie
24. 2018 Champaign Ill as Lafonso TV
25. 2018 Summer Camp Island as Lithophone (voice) 7.7 TV
26. 2018 Craig of the Creek as Narrator (voice) 8.1 TV
27. 2017 Future Man as Dr. Elias Kronish 7.1 TV
28. 2017 DuckTales as Manny (voice) 7.9 TV
29. 2016 Greenleaf as Bishop James Greenleaf 7.1 TV
30. 2016 The Nice Guys as Older Guy 7.1 Movie
31. 2015 Boiling Pot as Agent Long Movie
32. 2015 Fresh Off the Boat as Clyde Roses 7.2 TV
33. 2014 The Flash as Solovar (voice) 7.7 TV
34. 2014 NCIS: New Orleans as Gene Holloway 7.3 TV
35. 2014 Scorpion as Warden 8.2 TV
36. 2014 H4 as Worcester Movie
37. 2014 Enlisted as Sgt. Major Donald Cody 6.2 TV
38. 2013 Uncle Grandpa as Santa Claus (voice) 4.8 TV
39. 2013 The Bible as Narrator 7.4 TV
40. 2012 Cloud Atlas as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient 6.9 Movie
41. 2012 Smiley as Diamond 4.3 Movie
42. 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sal Commander (voice) 8.3 TV
43. 2011 Person of Interest as Terence Beale 8.1 TV
44. 2011 The Cape as Max Malini 5.0 TV
45. 2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Jimmy Cannon 7.7 TV
46. 2010 Chasing 3000 as Officer L. 6.2 Movie
47. 2009 The Princess and the Frog as Dr. Facilier (voice) 7.2 Movie
48. 2009 Archer as Lemuel Kane (voice) 7.9 TV
49. 2009 Community as Elroy Patashnik 8.0 TV
50. 2009 Gamer as Agent Keith 5.7 Movie
51. 2009 Coraline as The Cat (voice) 8.0 Movie
52. 2008 The Fifth Commandment as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton 5.6 Movie
53. 2008 Superhero Movie as The Chief of Police 5.3 Movie
54. 2007 Delta Farce as Sgt. Kilgore 4.6 Movie
55. 2005 Transporter 2 as Stappleton 6.3 Movie
56. 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Father 6.7 Movie
57. 2005 Crash as Lt. Dixon 7.2 Movie
58. 2005 Grey's Anatomy as Lloyd Mackie 8.2 TV
59. 2005 Numb3rs as Jeremiah Miller 7.0 TV
60. 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 6.6 Movie
61. 2003 Teen Titans as Atlas (voice) 8.4 TV
62. 2002 Everwood as Brian 7.6 TV
63. 2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Frank (They Live) (archive footage) 5.0 Movie
64. 2001 The Job 6.8 TV
65. 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Matt Phelps 7.6 TV
66. 2000 Requiem for a Dream as Big Tim 8.0 Movie
67. 2000 The Replacements as Lindell 6.7 Movie
68. 2000 Pitch Black as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid 6.9 Movie
69. 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as King Oliver 5.9 Movie
70. 1999 ATF as FBI Director Richard Long Movie
71. 1998 Hercules as Apollo (voice) 6.9 TV
72. 1998 There's Something About Mary as Charlie Jensen 6.6 Movie
73. 1998 Armageddon as General Kimsey 6.8 Movie
74. 1997 Executive Target as Lamar 4.8 Movie
75. 1997 Hercules as Apollo the Sun God (voice) 7.5 Movie
76. 1997 Spawn as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) 8.0 TV
77. 1997 Volcano as Lt. Ed Fox 6.0 Movie
78. 1996 Johns as Homeless John 5.3 Movie
79. 1995 Clockers as André the Giant 6.7 Movie
80. 1995 The Outer Limits as Captain Ira Merit 7.7 TV
81. 1995 The Quick and the Dead as Sergeant Cantrell 6.6 Movie
82. 1994 Gargoyles as Goliath (voice) 8.1 TV
83. 1994 ER as Pastor Watkins 7.8 TV
84. 1994 Reality Bites as Roger 6.5 Movie
85. 1992 Article 99 as Luther Jermoe 6.1 Movie
86. 1992 Final Analysis as Detective Huggins 5.8 Movie
87. 1990 Marked for Death as Max 6.1 Movie
88. 1990 Law & Order as Bronx D.A. John Robertson 7.3 TV
89. 1990 Men at Work as Louis Fedders 5.7 Movie
90. 1989 Always as Powerhouse 6.2 Movie
91. 1988 They Live as Frank Armitage 7.3 Movie
92. 1988 American Experience as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices 6.5 TV
93. 1988 Bird as Buster Franklin 6.9 Movie
94. 1988 Off Limits as Maurice 5.6 Movie
95. 1988 Braddock: Missing in Action III as Embassy Gate Captain 5.7 Movie
96. 1986 Platoon as King 7.7 Movie
97. 1982 Nature as Narrator 8.0 TV
98. 1982 The Thing as Childs 8.1 Movie
99. 1982 American Playhouse as 'Big' Willie Thorton TV
100. 1974 NOVA as Narrator 7.1 TV

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