Keith David
Keith David (born June 4, 1956 in Harlem , New York City ) is an American actor . His filmography so far includes over 250 film and television productions.
Life
Keith David is the son of phone manager Dolores (née Dickenson) and Lester Williams, a payroll director. He grew up in Corona and Queens . Ever since he was allowed to play the lion from The Wizard of Oz in a school play, he was certain that he would later become an actor. David studied at the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan and attended the Juilliard School from 1975 to 1979 , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts .
Career
Keith David became known as Childs alongside Kurt Russell in The Thing From Another World . He has appeared in numerous well-known films, including Platoon , You Live , Missing in Action 3 , Men at Work , Armageddon - The Last Judgment , Transporter - The Mission , Transformers or Free Birds - Eat Us Another Day . In addition, his filmography includes various guest appearances in television series, including Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme .
Furthermore, David also works as a voice actor for computer games (including Halo 3 and Mass Effect ) and animated films.
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1979: Heroes of the Night (Disco Godfather)
- 1982: The Thing (The Thing)
- 1986: Platoon
- 1988: Saigon - Death Knows No Law (Off Limits)
- 1988: Bird
- 1988: They Live (They Live)
- 1988: Missing in Action 3 (Braddock: Missing in Action III)
- 1989: Road House
- 1990: Men at Work
- 1990: To Kill released (Marked for Death)
- 1992: Ice Cold Passion (Final Analysis)
- 1994: Reality Bites - Full of Life (Reality Bites)
- 1994: Puppet Masters (The Puppet Masters)
- 1994: Gargoyles - The Movie
- 1994: The Last Outlaw
- 1995: Clockers
- 1995: Quick and the Dead (The Quick and the Dead)
- 1995: Dead Presidents
- 1996: Eye for an Eye (Eye for an Eye)
- 1997: Executive Target
- 1997: Volcano
- 1998: Armageddon - The Last Judgment (Armageddon)
- 1998: There's Something About Mary (There's Something About Mary)
- 2000: Pitch Black - Planet of Darkness (Pitch Black)
- 2000: Heroes from the second row (The Replacements)
- 2000: Blond and Unscrupulous (Dark Summer)
- 2000: Requiem for a Dream
- 2001–2002: Der Job ( The Job , TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2002: Barbershop
- 2003: Head of State
- 2003: Agent Cody Banks
- 2004: Agent Cody Banks 2: Mission London (Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London)
- 2004: Riddick: The Chronicles of Riddick
- 2004: LA Crash (Crash)
- 2005: Dirty
- 2005: Transporter - The Mission (Le Transporteur II)
- 2006: The OH in Ohio
- 2006–2007: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2007: If I Had Known I Was a Genius
- 2007: Transformers
- 2008: First Sunday
- 2008: Eavesdropping - My Mom's New Boyfriend
- 2008: The 5th Commandment - You Shall Not Kill (The Fifth Commandment)
- 2009: All About Steve (All About Steve)
- 2009: The Butcher - The New Scarface
- 2009: Numbers - The Logic of Crime ( NUMB3RS , TV series, episode 6x05 The Clone )
- 2010: Death at a Funeral (Death at a Funeral)
- 2010: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 1x21 tungsten steel )
- 2012: Cloud Atlas
- 2012: Smiley - The horror has a smile (Smiley)
- 2012, 2015: Community (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2013: Assault on Wall Street
- 2013: Free Birds - Eat Us Another Day (Free Birds)
- 2014: Enlisted (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2016: The Nice Guys
- since 2016: Greenleaf (TV series)
- 2018: Love Jacked
- 2019: 21 bridges
- 2020: Navy CIS: New Orleans
As a voice actor
Computer games
- 1997: Fallout (Decker)
- 1999: Planescape: Torment (Vhailor)
- 2004: Halo 2 (Arbiter)
- 2006: Saints Row (Julius Little)
- 2007: Halo 3 (Arbiter)
- 2007: Mass Effect (David Anderson)
- 2008: Saints Row 2 (Julius Little)
- 2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Sergeant Foley)
- 2010: Mass Effect 2 (David Anderson)
- 2012: Mass Effect 3 (David Anderson)
- 2013: Saints Row IV (Julius Little, himself)
Movies
- 1999: Princess Mononoke (Okkoto / Okkotonushi)
- 2001: Final Fantasy: The Powers Within You (Councilor)
- 2003: The Justice League (Despero)
- 2009: Coraline (cat)
- 2009: Kiss the Frog (The Princess and the Frog, voice actor for Dr. Facilier)
Honor
- 2017: Induction into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ^ Keith Williams Weds Margit Edwards . In: New York Times , March 18, 2018.
- ↑ Adult Swim Inuyasha First Promo: Retro . YouTube. March 18, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ Science fiction awards database - Keith David . Retrieved November 24, 2017.
Web links
- Keith David in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | David, Keith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harlem , New York City |