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| Born | Keith David Williams June 4, 1956 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouses | Margit Edwards
(m. 1990; div. 1999)Dionne Lea Williams (m. 2001) |
| Children | 3 |
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956)[1] is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence[2] in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media.
He has starred in such films as The Thing (1982), Platoon (1986), They Live (1988), Dead Presidents (1995), Armageddon (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Barbershop (2002), Crash (2004), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), and Nope (2022). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015)[3] and starred as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020).
His Emmy-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, characters that he has voiced include Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), Andre Curtis / The President in Rick and Morty (2015–present), King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–present). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Admiral Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Grimlock in Transformers: EarthSpark.
- ^ "Keith David fans celebrate the iconic actor on his 65th birthday". The Washington City Times. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Keith David Celebrates Decades of Voice Acting on TikTok". Nerdist. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "'Community' Adds Paget Brewster, Keith David to Season 6 Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. November 10, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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