Keith David
Keith David David in June 2010 Born Keith David Williams (1956-06-04) June 4, 1956 (age 58) Harlem, New York, U.S. Education Juilliard School (BFA 1979) Occupation Actor, singer, voice artist, comedian Years active 1979–present Spouse(s) Dionne Lea Williams (actress/singer) Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as Keith David, is an American film, television, voice actor, and singer. He has acted in many mainstream films, such as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Little John in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David was featured in the 2014 FOX comedy series Enlisted, and is currently starring as a main cast member in the sixth season of the television comedy series Community. David is also well known for his voice-over career, primarily his Emmy Award winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films such as The War. Characters that he has voiced include the Arbiter in Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 5, Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, Spawn/Al Simmons on Todd McFarlane's Spawn which aired on HBO, Admiral David Anderson in the Mass Effect series, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Himself in Saints Row IV, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, the Flame King in Adventure Time, and Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. He is also known for his voice-overs on United States Navy commercials and replaced Paul Winfield as the narrator of the City Confidential documentary television crime series.