Keith David's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Cape Max Malini Gargoyles Goliath Enlisted Sgt. Major … Spawn Spawn City Confidential Narrator Spawn: The Animation Al Simmons … The War Narrator The Big House Clarence

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Death at a Funeral 2010 - Lottery Ticket 2010 - Chain Letter 2010 - Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming 2009 - Coraline 2009 - All About Steve 2009 - Gamer 2009 - The Princess and the Frog 2009 - Don McKay 2009 - Charlie Valentine 2009 - The Butcher 2008 - The Fifth Commandment 2008 - The Sensei 2008 - First Sunday 2008 - Superhero Movie 2008 - My Mom's New Boyfriend 2008 - No Bad Days 2007 - Delta Farce 2007 - The Last Sentinel 2006 - The Oh in Ohio 2006 - ATL 2005 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005 - Transporter 2 2005 - Dirty 2004 - The Chronicles of Riddick 2004 - Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London 2004 - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 - Crash 2003 - Head of State 2003 - Agent Cody Banks 2003 - Hollywood Homicide 2002 - Barbershop 2001 - Novocaine 2001 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2000 - The Replacements 2000 - Where The Heart Is 2000 - Requiem for a Dream 2000 - Pitch Black 2000 - Dark Summer 1998 - Armageddon 1998 - There's Something About Mary 1997 - Hercules 1997 - Volcano 1996 - Eye For An Eye 1996 - Larger Than Life 1996 - The Grave 1995 - The Quick and the Dead 1995 - Dead Presidents 1995 - Blue in the Face 1995 - Clockers 1994 - Reality Bites 1994 - The Puppet Masters 1992 - Final Analysis 1992 - Article 99 1990 - Men at Work 1990 - Marked for Death 1989 - Always 1989 - Road House 1988 - They Live 1988 - Bird 1988 - Braddock: Missing in Action III 1987 - Hot Pursuit 1986 - Platoon 1984 - Terror in the Aisles 1982 - The Thing

BIOGRAPHY:

Keith David was born in New York City's Harlem district and raised in East Elmhurst, in the Queens section of the city. As a child, he realized he wanted to act after playing the cowardly lion in his school's production of "The Wizard of Oz." He later enrolled in New York's High School of the Performing Arts and continued his studies at Juilliard. After graduation, he was hired as an understudy for Tullus Aufidius in William Shakespeare (I)'s "Coriolanus." In 1992, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his role in the Broadway play "Jelly's Last Jam."


TRIVIA:

• Frequent voice collaborator with fellow voice-actor 'Ron Perlman' (qv). Computer games: _Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997) (VG)_ (qv), _Lords of Everquest (2003) (VG)_ (qv), _Halo 2 (2004) (VG)_ (qv), _Halo 3 (2007) (VG)_ (qv). Animated series: _"Aladdin" (1994)_ (qv), _"Fantastic Four" (1994)_ (qv), _"Justice League" (2001)_ (qv), _"Teen Titans" (2003)_ (qv). And they have both had a guest appearance on the TV series _"The Outer Limits" (1995)_ (qv).
• His ex-wife attended Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) with 'Lisa Nicole Carson' (qv) where they both she appeared (and worked backstage) in theater department productions.
• Very popular voice-over actor.
• Following the 1986 film _Platoon (1986)_ (qv), 'Charlie Sheen (I)' (qv) -- who starred in the films -- did a TV interview and credits 'Keith David (I)' (qv) with saving his life. While shooting dailies in an open-doored Huey gunship, the helicopter banked too hard, and Sheen was thrown towards -- and would have gone through -- the open door. David grabbed Sheen by the back and pulled him back in.
• Nominated for Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Jelly's Last Jam."
• Took over as narrator for the show _"City Confidential" (1998)_ (qv) after the death of 'Paul Winfield (I)' (qv).