Keith David Williams better known as Keith David, is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

, television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

, voice actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash

Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video...

, There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....

, Barbershop

Barbershop (film)

Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, and Anthony Anderson, the movie revolves around social life in a barbershop on the South Side of...

and Men at Work

Men at Work (film)

Men at Work is a 1990 American action comedy film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring Estevez and his real life brother Charlie Sheen.-Plot:...

. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter

John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born...

's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live

They Live

They Live is a 1988 science fiction/horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Frank Armitage ....

(as Armitage), the Riddick

Riddick

Richard B. Riddick , more commonly known simply as Riddick, is the antihero of three films in the Riddick series, namely Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, and the animated movie The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury; as well as the two video games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher...

 films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick, as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black, and details his meeting with Jack and Imam, his escape from the prison planet Crematoria, and...

(as the Imam), the General in Armageddon

Armageddon (film)

Armageddon is a 1998 American disaster film, directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth...

, King in Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...

's Platoon

Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth....

, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He attended Harvard University to study film theory and the American Film Institute to study both live-action and animation filmmaking...

's Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream (film)

Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Marlon Wayans and Jennifer Connelly. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Hubert Selby, Jr., with whom Aronofsky wrote the screenplay. Burstyn was nominated for an Academy...

. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs...

 films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath

Goliath (Gargoyles)

Goliath is a fictional character, and lead protagonist, in the animated television series Gargoyles, voiced by Keith David.-Overview:The Gargoyles concept began as a comedy series in the style of The Gummi Bears, although set in the modern day...

 on the Disney series Gargoyles

Gargoyles (TV series)

Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. Gargoyles is known for its dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama...

, Spawn/Al Simmons

Spawn (comics)

Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...

 on Todd McFarlane's "Spawn: The Animated Series

Todd McFarlane's Spawn

Todd McFarlane's Spawn was an animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. It was based on the Spawn comic series from Image Comics, and was nominated for and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program...

" which aired on HBO, the Arbiter

Arbiter (Halo)

Arbiter is a fictional ceremonial, religious, and political rank bestowed upon alien Covenant Elites in the Halo science fiction universe. In the 2004 video game Halo 2, the rank is given to a disgraced commander as a way to atone for his failures...

 in Halo 2

Halo 2

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...

and Halo 3

Halo 3

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...

, David Anderson in the Mass Effect series

Mass Effect

Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...

, the Decepticon

Decepticon

The Decepticons are usually depicted as the antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers stoyline and related comics and cartoons, and the enemies of the Autobots and the University of California Davis Aggies...

 Barricade

Barricade (Transformers)

Barricade is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode being a Formula One racing car....

 in Transformers: The Game

Transformers: The Game

Transformers: The Game is the name of multiple versions of a video game based on the 2007 live action film Transformers, all of which were released in North America in June 2007. Home console and PC versions were developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and...

, Julius Little in Saints Row

Saints Row

Saints Row is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the first title in the Saints Row series and is succeeded by Saints Row 2. A PlayStation 3 port was cancelled after protracted development time...

and Saints Row 2

Saints Row 2

Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...

, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on...

, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

is a 2011 fighting game published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was developed by the company's 1st Production Department...

.

Early life

David was born in Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

, New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, the son of Delores (née

Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....

 Dickenson) and Lester Williams. He first knew he was going to become an actor after playing the Cowardly Lion

Cowardly Lion

The Cowardly Lion is the main character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. He is a Lion, but he talks and interacts with humans....

 in a school production of The Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of...

and went on to study at Manhattan's School of Performing Arts.

Film and television acting

In 1980–81, David honed his craft touring the country with John Houseman

John Houseman

John Houseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane...

's The Acting Company

The Acting Company

The Acting Company is a theatre company associated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1972 by John Houseman, then a professor of acting at the Juilliard School...

 in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

and Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...

's Waiting For Godot

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for someone named Godot to arrive. Godot's absence, as well as numerous other aspects of the play, have led to many different interpretations since the play's...

. Less than two years later he went on to star as Childs, opposite Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...

 in John Carpenter

John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born...

's The Thing, and his lengthy on-screen career had begun. In the '80s run of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, also known as Mister Rogers, is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages, 2-5, but has been stated by Public Broadcasting Service as "appropriate for all ages"...

, he portrayed Keith the Southwood Carpenter in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

Neighborhood of Make-Believe

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is the fictional kingdom inhabited by the hand puppet characters on the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, produced from 1968 to 2001...

 segments. He also played Keith, the game coin collector in an episode where Rogers and a small child learn to play the arcade game

Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong (video game)

is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Jumpman must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady, from a...

.

He went on to appear in films such as Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...

's Platoon

Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth....

, They Live

They Live

They Live is a 1988 science fiction/horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Frank Armitage ....

(reuniting with The Thing director, John Carpenter

John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born...

), Road House

Road House (1989 film)

Road House is a 1989 American action film partially based on the life of Norman "Storm" Cantwell, directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a newly-refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliot also plays a...

, Men at Work

Men at Work (film)

Men at Work is a 1990 American action comedy film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring Estevez and his real life brother Charlie Sheen.-Plot:...

, Marked for Death

Marked for Death

Marked for Death is a 1990 action film directed by Dwight H. Little. It stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former DEA troubleshooter. Upon moving back to his home town, Hatcher finds it taken over by a gang of vicious Jamaican drug dealers, led by Screwface.The film is widely considered by...

, and Stars and Bars

Stars and Bars (film)

Stars and Bars is an American comedy film released in 1988, directed by Pat O'Connor and based on a book by William Boyd. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Henderson Dores.-Plot:...

. He played the character of Kirby, the one legged war veteran, in the acclaimed 1995

1995 in film

-Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation....

 Hughes Brothers

Hughes Brothers

Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes , known together professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors, producers and screenwriters...

 film Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film written by Michael Henry Brown and also written, produced and directed by the Hughes brothers , starring Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez, N'Bushe Wright and Bokeem Woodbine...

, and he appeared in the 1995 Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

's film Clockers, and followed this up with roles in big films such as Volcano, Armageddon, There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....

, Pitch Black, Barbershop

Barbershop (film)

Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, and Anthony Anderson, the movie revolves around social life in a barbershop on the South Side of...

, Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks is an American action comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. Its story follows the adventures of the 15-year-old title character, played by Frankie Muniz, who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA as a James Bond type...

, The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick, as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black, and details his meeting with Jack and Imam, his escape from the prison planet Crematoria, and...

, Crash

Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video...

, ATL

ATL (film)

ATL is a 2006 American drama film, and the feature film directorial debut of music video director Chris Robinson. The screenplay was written by Tina Gordon Chism from an original story by Antwone Fisher, and is loosely based on the experiences of the film's producers Dallas Austin and Tionne...

, Delta Farce

Delta Farce

Delta Farce is a 2007 comedy released by Lions Gate Entertainment on May 11, 2007. It is directed by C. B. Harding and stars Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, DJ Qualls and Danny Trejo...

, and First Sunday.
He also portrayed "Father" in the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 American romantic comedy action film directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The original music score was composed by John Powell...

.
At the same time he has appeared in numerous independent films including the critically acclaimed Requiem for a Dream, playing the role of Big Tim. He has also appeared extensively in TV productions since the 1980s and as a regular character Lieutenant Williams on the short-lived TV series The Job

The Job (TV series)

The Job was a single-camera television comedy drama about a New York City police officer named Mike McNeil -- who indulges in adultery, alcohol, cigarettes and prescription drug abuse—and his fellow 'bumbling detective' pals...

. He was a regular on another shoot made for ABC entitled The Big House in 2004. David played the male lead role in Deon Taylor

Deon Taylor

Deon Taylor is an American film director and screenwriter for horror films.-Early life:Deon Taylor was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Gary, Indiana...

's slasher flick Chain Letter

Chain Letter (2010 film)

Chain Letter is a 2010 horror film directed by Deon Taylor. It was written by Diana Erwin, Michael J. Pagin, and Deon Taylor. The film is about six friends who are stalked by a murderer that uses chains to kill them if they do not pass on the chain letter....

.

Recently, he played Max Malini on the NBC TV Show The Cape. On April 18, 2011, Keith appeared in the 21st episode of season one of Hawaii Five-0 as criminal tycoon Jimmy Cannon.

Voice acting

Although recognized for his roles in film and television, he remains in great demand for vocal work because of his deep, resonant voice. He is known most notably as the voice behind Goliath

Goliath (Gargoyles)

Goliath is a fictional character, and lead protagonist, in the animated television series Gargoyles, voiced by Keith David.-Overview:The Gargoyles concept began as a comedy series in the style of The Gummi Bears, although set in the modern day...

 from Gargoyles

Gargoyles (TV series)

Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. Gargoyles is known for its dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama...

and the title character in the Spawn animated series. In the English dub of Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

is a 1997 epic Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster...

, David played the narrator and Okkoto. He also played the small roll of Mama in the English dub of 3x3 Eyes. Additionally, he provided the voice for the character Decker in the computer role-playing game Fallout

Fallout (computer game)

Fallout is a computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain, developed and published by Interplay in 1997. The game has a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic setting in the mid-22nd century, featuring an alternate history which deviates some time after World War II, where technology, politics...

and the voice for the character Vhailor in Planescape: Torment

Planescape: Torment

Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game developed for Windows by Black Isle Studios and released on December 12, 1999 by Interplay Entertainment. It takes place in Planescape, an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy campaign setting...

. David provided the voice of the Arbiter

Arbiter (Halo)

Arbiter is a fictional ceremonial, religious, and political rank bestowed upon alien Covenant Elites in the Halo science fiction universe. In the 2004 video game Halo 2, the rank is given to a disgraced commander as a way to atone for his failures...

 for the video game Halo 2

Halo 2

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...

, released in 2004; later, he reprised that role in the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 follow-up, Halo 3

Halo 3

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...

. He played the role of Captain David Anderson in BioWare

BioWare

BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts...

's Mass Effect

Mass Effect

Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...

. David also did voice work in the Xbox 360 title Saint's Row playing gang leader Julius, who also appeared at the end of Saints Row 2

Saints Row 2

Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...

. David can be heard on the intro of several Ice Cube

Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...

 projects, including Westside Connection

Westside Connection

Westside Connection was an American gangsta rap group consisting of Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10. The group's debut album, Bow Down, reached the number 2 position on the Billboard 200 in 1996, going platinum that year.-Biography:...

's 2003 release, Terrorist Threats

Terrorist Threats

Terrorist Threats is the second and final album by West Coast rap group Westside Connection, released in 2003 through member Mack 10's label Hoo-Bangin' Records. The album became popular with its single "Gangsta Nation" and was certified Gold....

, Cube's 2008 solo album Raw Footage

Raw Footage

Raw Footage is the eighth studio album by rapper Ice Cube, released on August 19, 2008. The first single, "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It", was released with a music video appearing on his MySpace page on January 3, 2008. The second single is "Do Ya Thang" was released with a music video on his website...

, Cube's 2010 solo album I Am The West, and he narrated the documentary Beef II

Beef II

Beef II is a sequel to the 2003 documentary Beef, which continued to document the history of rivalries in hip-hop and rap music...

, which also featured Ice Cube. The two have worked together in live action films like Barbershop

Barbershop (film)

Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, and Anthony Anderson, the movie revolves around social life in a barbershop on the South Side of...

and First Sunday

First Sunday

First Sunday is a 2008 American comedy film from Screen Gems, written, produced and directed by David E. Talbert, and is his first feature film.-Synopsis:...

.

Keith David also provides the voice for the UPS "What Can Brown Do for You" commercials. His voice can be heard in the Justice League cartoons. He has also done voice work for early "Adult Swim

Adult Swim

Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...

" commercials for "Inuyasha

InuYasha

, also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...

".

He has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs...

 several times, narrating Burns's Jazz

Jazz (documentary)

Jazz was a 2000 documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. Jazz was the last in a trilogy by Burns, following The Civil War and Baseball...

, Mark Twain

Mark Twain (documentary)

Mark Twain is a documentary film on the life of Mark Twain produced by Ken Burns in 2001. Burns captures both the public and private persona of Mark Twain from his birth to his death. The film was narrated by Keith David and the voice of Mark Twain was provided by Kevin Conway....

, The War

The War (documentary)

The War is a 2007 American seven-part documentary television mini-series about World War II from the perspective of the United States that premiered on September 23, 2007...

, and Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward ....

. David won the Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is a creative arts Emmy Award given out by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. It is awarded to a performer for an outstanding "continuing or single voice-over performance in a series or a special." Prior to 1992, voice-actors...

 for his work in the latter two films. He performs the narration duties in the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 documentary, World War II: Behind Closed Doors. The 2005 History Channel documentary Crusades: Crescent & the Cross focusing on the medieval Crusades

Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...

 was also narrated by him.

David is popular in advertising, particularly in United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 recruitment commercials. He has done voice-over work for many other documentaries including several for National Geographic and the documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked

Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked

Comic Book Superheros Unmasked is a special on The History Channel about the history of the comic book industry from its origins in the 1930's to the present day, and how comic books have mirrored and affected the society around them...

for the History Channel. He replaced Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Paul Edward Winfield was an American television, film, and stage actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr....

 as narrator for the popular A&E

A&E Network

The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...

 show City Confidential

City Confidential

City Confidential is an American documentary television show, transmitted on the A&E Network, which singled out a community during each episode and investigated a crime that had occurred there. Rather than being a straighforward procedural, the installments began by focusing on the history and...

. taking over after Winfield's death in 2004. He voiced the trailer for the movie Primeval

Primeval

Primeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...

, which was released in the U.S. on January 12, 2007.

Additionally, David provided the voice of police detective Alex Cross

Alex Cross

Alex Cross is a fictional character, the protagonist in a series of books by novelist James Patterson.-Character overview:Cross is a Black detective and psychologist living and working in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C...

 for the audiobook versions of three novels by James Patterson

James Patterson

James B. Patterson is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross...

: Cat and Mouse (1997), Pop Goes the Weasel

Pop Goes the Weasel (novel)

Pop Goes the Weasel is the fifth novel in the Alex Cross series written by James Patterson.-Plot:The book begins by introducing the villain, Geoffrey Shafer. He is a well-dressed and wealthy man who lives in Kalorama, Washington, D.C. and drives a Jaguar XJ12...

(1999), and Roses are Red

Roses are Red (novel)

Roses Are Red is the sixth book featuring the Washington DC homicide detective and forensic psychiatrist Alex Cross written by James Patterson.-Plot summary:...

(2000).

Other voice roles include Bebe Proud Clone from The Proud Family Movie

The Proud Family Movie

The Proud Family Movie is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on August 19, 2005. It also marked the end of The Proud Family animated Disney series.-Plot:...

, Atlas from the Teen Titans

Teen Titans (TV series)

Teen Titans is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics characters of the same name. The show was created by Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered on Cartoon Network on July 19, 2003, and the final episode "Things Change"...

animated series, the lone renegade male gorilla "Tublat" in The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan is an animated television series created by The Walt Disney Company in 2001, based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs....

, and the Decepticon

Decepticon

The Decepticons are usually depicted as the antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers stoyline and related comics and cartoons, and the enemies of the Autobots and the University of California Davis Aggies...

 Barricade

Barricade (Transformers)

Barricade is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode being a Formula One racing car....

 in Transformers: The Game

Transformers: The Game

Transformers: The Game is the name of multiple versions of a video game based on the 2007 live action film Transformers, all of which were released in North America in June 2007. Home console and PC versions were developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and...

,

He recorded a public service announcement for Deejay Ra's "Hip-Hop Literacy" campaign. David has done voiceovers for promos on the Versus Network

Versus (TV channel)

Versus is a sports-oriented cable television channel in the United States. It was previously known as Outdoor Life Network and was launched on July 1, 1995, focusing on fishing, hunting, and other outdoor sports...

, particularly for college football. He also recorded the narration for the opening of the World Wrestling Federation's (now Entertainment) WrestleMania 2000

WrestleMania 2000

WrestleMania 2000 was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It took place on April 2, 2000 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California...

 pay-per-view.

Recently, David did the voices of the Black Cat in Coraline

Coraline (film)

Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...

, Sgt. Foley in Modern Warfare 2, and Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog.
David voiced Tombstone

Tombstone (comics)

Tombstone is a supervillain in the fictional Marvel universe. The character was created by Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk and first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #36 .-Fictional character biography:...

 from only one episode from The Spectacular Spider-Man, "Survival of the Fittest".

On Sunday, May 25, 2008, David narrated Kansas City's Celebration at the Station, a Memorial Day service held annually at the World War I Memorial across from Union Station. During the ceremony, he announced the attendance of Frank W. Buckles, the last living veteran of World War I.

He was also the voice of Frederick Douglass in the third episode of the PBS documentary "God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America" in 2010.

Stage acting

In 1992, David received a Tony Award

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

 nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance in Jelly's Last Jam

Jelly's Last Jam

Jelly's Last Jam is a musical with a book by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson...

. David received raves for his Shakespeare work on stage in Central Park, New York City.

In 1995, David played the lead as Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton in August Wilson's Seven Guitars on Broadway.

In May 2006, he appeared in the musical Hot Feet

Hot Feet

Hot Feet is a jukebox musical featuring the music of Earth, Wind & Fire, a book by Heru Ptah and was conceived, directed, and choreographed by Maurice Hines. The musical opened on Broadway at the Foxwoods Theatre on April 30, 2006 and closed on July 23, 2006.Hot Feet is about a beautiful young...

on Broadway in New York.

Films

• Disco Godfather
  Disco Godfather
  Disco Godfather is a 1979 Action film starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed. Commonly considered a blaxploitation film, the plot centers on Moore's character, a retired cop, who owns and operates a Disco and tries to shut down the local angel dust dealer after his nephew gets "whacked out" on...
  
  (1979) (uncredited)
• The Thing (1982)
• Terror in the Aisles
  Terror in the Aisles
  Terror in the Aisles is a 1984 documentary film about horror films featuring clips from Friday the 13th I and/or II, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween I and II, Jaws 1 and 2, Alien, John Carpenter's The Thing, The Shining and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and The Birds. The film is hosted by...
  
  (1984)
• Platoon
  Platoon (film)
  Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth....
  
  (1986)
• Hot Pursuit
  Hot Pursuit (film)
  Hot Pursuit is a 1987 comedy film starring John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller and Keith David. The plot centers around a student named Dan Bartlett who is planning to go on a vacation in the Caribbean with his rich girlfriend's family, when there is a sudden change of plans.The...
  
  (1987)
• Braddock: Missing in Action III
  Braddock: Missing in Action III
  Braddock: Missing in Action III is a 1988 action/adventure film, and a sequel to Missing in Action, following the second film, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, which was a prequel. It is the third and final film in the Missing in Action Trilogy. The film stars Chuck Norris, who co-wrote the...
  
  (1988)
• Off Limits (1988)
• Stars and Bars
  Stars and Bars (film)
  Stars and Bars is an American comedy film released in 1988, directed by Pat O'Connor and based on a book by William Boyd. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Henderson Dores.-Plot:...
  
  (1988)
• Bird (1988)
• They Live
  They Live
  They Live is a 1988 science fiction/horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Frank Armitage ....
  
  (1988)
• Road House
  Road House (1989 film)
  Road House is a 1989 American action film partially based on the life of Norman "Storm" Cantwell, directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a newly-refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliot also plays a...
  
  (1989)
• Always (1989)
• Men at Work
  Men at Work (film)
  Men at Work is a 1990 American action comedy film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring Estevez and his real life brother Charlie Sheen.-Plot:...
  
  (1990)
• Marked for Death
  Marked for Death
  Marked for Death is a 1990 action film directed by Dwight H. Little. It stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former DEA troubleshooter. Upon moving back to his home town, Hatcher finds it taken over by a gang of vicious Jamaican drug dealers, led by Screwface.The film is widely considered by...
  
  (1990)
• Final Analysis
  Final Analysis
  Final Analysis is an American neo-noir drama directed by Phil Joanou and written by Wesley Strick. It stars Richard Gere, Kim Basinger and Uma Thurman...
  
  (1992)
• Article 99
  Article 99
  Article 99 is a 1992 American dramatic film written by Ron Cutler and directed by Howard Deutch. It was produced by Orion Pictures and starred Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley, Rutanya Alda and Lea Thompson...
  
  (1992)
• Nails (1992)
• The Last Outlaw (1993)
• There Are No Children Here (1993)
• Reality Bites
  Reality Bites
  Reality Bites is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller, with major supporting roles played by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film was shot on location in Austin...
  
  (1994)
• The Puppet Masters
  The Puppet Masters (film)
  The Puppet Masters is a 1994 science fiction film, adapted by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and David S. Goyer from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1951 novel of the same title, in which a trio of American government agents attempts to thwart a covert invasion of Earth by mind-controlling alien parasites...
  
  (1994)
• Clockers (1995)
• Dead Presidents
  Dead Presidents
  Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film written by Michael Henry Brown and also written, produced and directed by the Hughes brothers , starring Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez, N'Bushe Wright and Bokeem Woodbine...
  
  (1995)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• Blue in the Face
  Blue in the Face
  Blue in the Face is a 1995 comedy directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster. It stars Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Giancarlo Esposito, Roseanne Barr, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, Mira Sorvino, Lou Reed, Mel Gorham, Jim Jarmusch,and Malik Yoba....
  
  (1995)
• Loose Women
  Loose Women (film)
  Loose Women is a 1996 romance/drama film directed by Paul F. Bernard. Sherry Ham-Bernard wrote and starred in the production. Charlie Sheen, Renee Estevez, Keith David, Giancarlo Esposito and Stephan Lang made cameo appearances.- Cast :...
  
  (1996) (cameo
  Cameo appearance
  A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
  
  )
• The Grave
  The Grave (film)
  The Grave is a 1996 thriller starring Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar and Josh Charles. In the movie, two convicts escape from prison to find a buried treasure....
  
  (1996)
• Eye for an Eye (1996)
• Larger Than Life
  Larger Than Life (film)
  -Plot:Jack Corcoran is a motivational speaker for the masses in mini-malls and rented halls across the country. Jack's advice is, "if life isn't all that you expected, put aside all those wouldas, couldas and shouldas and Get over it!" Jack's dad was a circus clown and just passed on, leaving his...
  
  (1996)
• Never Met Picasso (1996)
• Johns
  Johns (film)
  Johns is a 1996 American drama film starring David Arquette and Lukas Haas, who portray hustlers who work Santa Monica Boulevard. The title refers both to the slang term for a sex client and to several characters in the film named John .Johns was one of several films dealing with this subject...
  
  (1996)
• Vanishing Point
  Vanishing Point (1997 film)
  Vanishing Point is a 1997 television remake of the 1971 cult film.The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Jason Priestley, Peta Wilson, Christine Elise and Keith David and the same model 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T as in the original, and was directed by Charles Robert Carner.The remake originally aired on...
  
  (1997)
• Flipping (1997)
• Volcano (1997)
• Executive Target (1997)
• Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
• Don King: Only in America
  Don King: Only in America
  Don King: Only in America is a 1997 television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem...
  
  (1997)
• The Tiger Woods Story (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• There's Something About Mary
  There's Something About Mary
  There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....
  
  (1998)
• A.T.F.
  A.T.F.
  A.T.F. is a television movie produced for ABC in 1999 in which ATF agents work to infiltrate an armed militia, a group akin to the Branch Davidian group who held off ATF agents and were later set siege to by the FBI in Waco, Texas in 1993....
  
  (1999)
• Dark Summer (a.k.a. Innocents) (2000)
• Pitch Black (2000)
• Requiem for a Dream (2000)
• Where the Heart Is
  Where the Heart Is (2000 film)
  Where the Heart Is is a 2000 drama/romance film directed by Matt Williams and produced by Susan Cartsonis, David McFadzean, Patricia Whitcher and Matt Williams. Filmed in Austin, Texas, and Waco, Texas at Baylor University. The movie stars Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd...
  
  (2000)
• The Replacements
  The Replacements (film)
  The Replacements is a 2000 American film directed by Howard Deutch. It stars Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton and Orlando Jones.-Plot:...
  
  (2000)
• Semper Fi (2001)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 Japanese-American computer animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the first photorealistic computer animated feature film and also holds the record for the most...
  
  (2001)
• Novocaine
  Novocaine (film)
  Novocaine is a 2001 film written and directed by David Atkins and starring Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Lynne Thigpen and Elias Koteas. The film was shot in the Chicago, Illinois area, during a limited 32-day schedule. The film received extra publicity during production and as...
  
  (2001)
• Seduced: Pretty When You Cry (2001)
• 29 Palms
  29 Palms (film)
  29 Palms is a 2002 direct-to-video film directed by Leonardo Ricagni about a bag of money that affects the characters who possess it, and its varied contents, as it passes from one to another. It stars Jeremy Davies, Michael Lerner, Litefoot, Russell Means, Chris O'Donnell, Keith David, and Jon...
  
  (2002)
• Barbershop
  Barbershop (film)
  Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, and Anthony Anderson, the movie revolves around social life in a barbershop on the South Side of...
  
  (2002)
• Agent Cody Banks
  Agent Cody Banks
  Agent Cody Banks is an American action comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. Its story follows the adventures of the 15-year-old title character, played by Frankie Muniz, who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA as a James Bond type...
  
  (2003)
• Head of State
  Head of State (film)
  Head of State is a 2003 comedy film directed, written by, and starring Chris Rock and also co-starring Bernie Mac. The film's title refers to that function of the President of the United States, the other two functions being head of government and commander in chief.-Plot:Mays Gilliam is an...
  
  (2003)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
  
  (2003)
• Hollywood Homicide
  Hollywood Homicide
  Hollywood Homicide is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett.The film also features Lena Olin, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Dwight Yoakam and Master P in supporting roles, with Eric Idle making a cameo...
  
  (2003)
• Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
  Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
  Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London is an English-American action comedy film and the sequel to the 2003 film Agent Cody Banks, and was released in the United States on March 12, 2004. Frankie Muniz was the only major returning star, with Hannah Spearritt now playing the love interest and...
  
  (2004)
• The Chronicles of Riddick
  The Chronicles of Riddick
  The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick, as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black, and details his meeting with Jack and Imam, his escape from the prison planet Crematoria, and...
  
  (2004)
• Crash
  Crash (2004 film)
  Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video...
  
  (2004)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
  Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 American romantic comedy action film directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The original music score was composed by John Powell...
  
  (2005)
• Transporter 2
  Transporter 2
  Transporter 2 is a 2005 action film directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson. It is the sequel to The Transporter . It is itself followed by Transporter 3 ....
  
  (2005)
• Dirty
  Dirty (film)
  Dirty is a 2005 crime–drama film, directed by Chris Fisher. It stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Clifton Collins, Jr.. The film had a limited release in 2005.-Plot:...
  
  (2005)
• The Oh in Ohio
  The OH in Ohio
  The Oh in Ohio is a 2006 comedy film directed byBilly Kent. It was screened at several US film festivals from March to May 2006 and was released theatrically by Cyan Pictures on July 14, 2006...
  
  (2006)
• Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)
• ATL
  ATL (film)
  ATL is a 2006 American drama film, and the feature film directorial debut of music video director Chris Robinson. The screenplay was written by Tina Gordon Chism from an original story by Antwone Fisher, and is loosely based on the experiences of the film's producers Dallas Austin and Tionne...
  
  (2006)
• If I Had Known I Was a Genius
  If I Had Known I Was a Genius
  If I Had Known I Was a Genius is a film directed by Dominique Wirtschafter and written by Markus Redmond . The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.- Plot :...
  
  (2007)
• Delta Farce
  Delta Farce
  Delta Farce is a 2007 comedy released by Lions Gate Entertainment on May 11, 2007. It is directed by C. B. Harding and stars Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, DJ Qualls and Danny Trejo...
  
  (2007)
• The Last Sentinel (2007)
• Beautiful Loser
  Beautiful Loser (film)
  Beautiful Loser is a 2008 film.The film concerns a group of high school buddies before moving the action forward to reveal the characters two decades later. Reggie is the wild card of this group of friends. Perpetually single and lacking ambition, he is prone to making inappropriate comments to...
  
  (2008)
• First Sunday
  First Sunday
  First Sunday is a 2008 American comedy film from Screen Gems, written, produced and directed by David E. Talbert, and is his first feature film.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2008)
• Superhero Movie
  Superhero Movie
  Superhero Movie is a 2008 American spoof film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, and Leslie Nielsen...
  
  (2008)
• Chasing 3000
  Chasing 3000
  Chasing 3000 is a 2008 American independent film chronicling the cross-country travel of two boys to see the 3,000th base hit of Major League Baseball legend Roberto Clemente. It stars Trevor Morgan, Rory Culkin, Ray Liotta, and Lauren Holly.-Cast:...
  
  (2008)
• My Mom's New Boyfriend
  My Mom's New Boyfriend
  My Mom's New Boyfriend is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Colin Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Selma Blair, and Meg Ryan. The film received a limited theatrical release worldwide however it was released straight-to-DVD in the United States on June 17, 2008...
  
  (2008)
• The Fifth Commandment (2008)
• No Bad Days (2008)
• The Sensei
  The Sensei
  The Sensei is an independent feature film, written, produced and directed by Diana Lee Inosanto .-Synopsis:...
  
  (2008)
• Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia
  Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia
  Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia is a 2009 war film directed by Tim Matheson and starring Joe Manganiello and former WWE and current TNA wrestler Ken Anderson. It is the third installment in the series, as well as the sequel to Behind Enemy Lines, and Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil...
  
  (2009)
• Against the Dark
  Against the Dark
  Against the Dark is a 2009 American action and horror film starring Steven Seagal and directed by Richard Crudo.In a post-apocalyptic world, destroyed by a disease, which may or may not turn people into some kind of vampires or zombies, Seagal plays Tao, the leader of a squad of ex-military...
  
  (2009)
• Charlie Valentine
  Charlie Valentine
  Charlie Valentine, also released as The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine, is a 2009 Crime drama starring Raymond J. Barry in the titular role. The film co-stars Michael Weatherly, James Russo, and Tom Berenger, and was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California...
  
  (2009)
• Don McKay
  Don McKay (film)
  Don McKay is a 2009 independent drama thriller film written and directed by Jake Goldberger and starring Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue...
  
  (2009)
• Coraline
  Coraline (film)
  Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...
  
  (2009)
• The Butcher
  The Butcher (2009 film)
  The Butcher is a 2009 Action film directed by Jesse Johnson and starring Eric Roberts.-Plot:Merle Hench, nicknamed "The Butcher" is a henchman for gangster Murdoch , until Hench takes the fall for his boss...
  
  (2009)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• Gamer (2009)
• All About Steve
  All About Steve (film)
  All About Steve is a 2009 American comedy film, directed by Phil Traill, which stars Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church and Bradley Cooper. It is distributed by 20th Century Fox...
  
  (2009)
• Pastor Brown
  Pastor Brown
  Pastor Brown is an upcoming feature film, set for release in 2010. It was written by Rhonda Baraka and directed by Rockmond Dunbar. The film was shot in Atlanta, Georgia. Pastor Brown stars Salli Richardson, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Beach, Monica, and Keith David...
  
  (2010)
• Death at a Funeral
  Death at a Funeral (2010 film)
  Death at a Funeral is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring an ensemble cast. The film is a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)
• Lottery Ticket
  Lottery Ticket (film)
  For the common Lottery, see Lottery. For other uses, see Lottery .Lottery Ticket is a comedy film starring Bow Wow, Brandon T...
  
  (2010)
• Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
  Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
  Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming, the sequel to 2007's Stomp the Yard, is a 2010 direct-to-video drama film directed by Rob Hardy. The film is produced by Rainforest Films and released through Sony Pictures' Screen Gems division on October 12, 2010. The original release date was October 12, but the...
  
  (2010)
• Chain Letter
  Chain Letter (2010 film)
  Chain Letter is a 2010 horror film directed by Deon Taylor. It was written by Diana Erwin, Michael J. Pagin, and Deon Taylor. The film is about six friends who are stalked by a murderer that uses chains to kill them if they do not pass on the chain letter....
  
  (2010)
• The Cape (2010)
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
• Meet Monica Velour (2010)
• Spork (film)
  Spork (film)
  Spork is a quirky comedy directed by J.B. Ghuman Jr. and stars Savannah Stehlin, Sydney Park, Rachel G. Fox, Michael William Arnold, Oana Gregory, Beth Grant, Elaine Hendrix, Yeardley Smith, Rodney Eastman, Keith David and Richard Riehle. The screenwriter was J.B...
  
  (2010)
• The Book of Matthew (2011)
• The Inheritance (2011)

Voice work

• Christmas in Tattertown
  Christmas in Tattertown
  Christmas in Tattertown is a 1988 television special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi about a place where everything discarded in the world came alive. It aired on the cable television network Nickelodeon.- History :...
  
  (1988) - Saxophone / Additional Voices
• 3* 3 Eyes (1991)
• Aladdin
  Aladdin (TV series)
  Aladdin is an animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1995, based on the original 1992 feature. Coming on the heels of the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, the series picked up where that installment left off, with Aladdin now living in the...
  
  (1994) Minos (ep. Seems Like Old Crimes)
• Fantastic Four
  Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)
  Fantastic Four is the third animated television series based on Marvel's comic book series of the same name. Airing began on September 24, 1994, until ending on February 24, 1996...
  
  (1995) - Black Panther
  Black Panther (comics)
  The Black Panther is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller-co-plotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Fantastic Four #52...
  
  
• Gargoyles
  Gargoyles (TV series)
  Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. Gargoyles is known for its dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama...
  
  (1994–1997) - Goliath
  Goliath (Gargoyles)
  Goliath is a fictional character, and lead protagonist, in the animated television series Gargoyles, voiced by Keith David.-Overview:The Gargoyles concept began as a comedy series in the style of The Gummi Bears, although set in the modern day...
  
  , Thailog, Officer Morgan
• Hercules
  Hercules (1997 film)
  Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker...
  
  (1997) - Apollo
  Apollo
  Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
  
  
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn
  Todd McFarlane's Spawn
  Todd McFarlane's Spawn was an animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. It was based on the Spawn comic series from Image Comics, and was nominated for and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program...
  
  (1997) - Spawn
  Spawn (comics)
  Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
  
  /Al Simmons
• Fallout (1997) - Decker
• Hercules: The Animated Series (1998) - Apollo
• Planescape: Torment
  Planescape: Torment
  Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game developed for Windows by Black Isle Studios and released on December 12, 1999 by Interplay Entertainment. It takes place in Planescape, an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy campaign setting...
  
  (1999) - Vhailor
• Princess Mononoke
  Princess Mononoke
  is a 1997 epic Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster...
  
  (1999) - Okkoto/Okkotonushi
• WrestleMania 2000
  WrestleMania 2000
  WrestleMania 2000 was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It took place on April 2, 2000 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California...
  
  (2000) - Opening Video Voiceover
• The Legend of Tarzan
  The Legend of Tarzan
  The Legend of Tarzan is an animated television series created by The Walt Disney Company in 2001, based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs....
  
  (2001) - Tublat
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 Japanese-American computer animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the first photorealistic computer animated feature film and also holds the record for the most...
  
  (2001) - Council Member #1
• Jazz (2001) - Narrator
• House of Mouse (2001–2002) - Mufasa
• Lords of EverQuest
  Lords of EverQuest
  Lords of EverQuest is a 3D fantasy Real-Time Strategy game released in December 2003. It was developed by the short-lived startup company Rapid Eye Entertainment and published by Sony Online Entertainment...
  
  (2003) - Lord Vekk
• Justice League
  Justice League (TV series)
  Justice League is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics...
  
  (2003) - Despero
  Despero
  Despero is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Justice League of America #1 Despero is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Justice League of America #1 Despero...
  
  
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
  Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
  Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003...
  
  (2003) - Agent Mosely
• Kaena: The Prophecy
  Kaena: The Prophecy
  Kaena: The Prophecy is a 2003 French-Canadian computer-generated fantasy movie. The United States release of the film is distributed by Sony Pictures and features the voices of Kirsten Dunst, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston, Keith David and Ciara Janson.The idea originally started out as a...
  
  (2003) - Voxem
• Westside Connection
  Westside Connection
  Westside Connection was an American gangsta rap group consisting of Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10. The group's debut album, Bow Down, reached the number 2 position on the Billboard 200 in 1996, going platinum that year.-Biography:...
  
  :Terrorist Threats
  Terrorist Threats
  Terrorist Threats is the second and final album by West Coast rap group Westside Connection, released in 2003 through member Mack 10's label Hoo-Bangin' Records. The album became popular with its single "Gangsta Nation" and was certified Gold....
  
  (intro) (2003) - feat. in "A Threat to the World", "Potential Victims", "Gangsta Nation"
• Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
  Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
  Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites is a 2003 historical documentary that was produced for PBS. The documentary features original music by Erik Friedlander, and is narrated by an all-star voice-cast which includes F...
  
  (2003)
• Beef II
  Beef II
  Beef II is a sequel to the 2003 documentary Beef, which continued to document the history of rivalries in hip-hop and rap music...
  
  (2004) - Narrator
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
  The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
  The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury is a 2004 made-for-DVD animated movie. It was directed by the Korean-American animator Peter Chung, and features Vin Diesel reprising his role of Richard B. Riddick.-Plot:...
  
  (2004) - Imam
• Teen Titans
  Teen Titans (TV series)
  Teen Titans is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics characters of the same name. The show was created by Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered on Cartoon Network on July 19, 2003, and the final episode "Things Change"...
  
  (2004) - Atlas (ep. "Only Human")
• Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  (2004) - the Arbiter
  Arbiter (Halo)
  Arbiter is a fictional ceremonial, religious, and political rank bestowed upon alien Covenant Elites in the Halo science fiction universe. In the 2004 video game Halo 2, the rank is given to a disgraced commander as a way to atone for his failures...
  
  
• City Confidential
  City Confidential
  City Confidential is an American documentary television show, transmitted on the A&E Network, which singled out a community during each episode and investigated a crime that had occurred there. Rather than being a straighforward procedural, the installments began by focusing on the history and...
  
  (2004) - Narrator
• The Proud Family Movie
  The Proud Family Movie
  The Proud Family Movie is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on August 19, 2005. It also marked the end of The Proud Family animated Disney series.-Plot:...
  
  (2005) - Bebe Proud Clone
• Saints Row
  Saints Row
  Saints Row is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the first title in the Saints Row series and is succeeded by Saints Row 2. A PlayStation 3 port was cancelled after protracted development time...
  
  (2006) - Julius
• Transformers: The Game
  Transformers: The Game
  Transformers: The Game is the name of multiple versions of a video game based on the 2007 live action film Transformers, all of which were released in North America in June 2007. Home console and PC versions were developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and...
  
  (2007) - Barricade
  Barricade (Transformers)
  Barricade is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode being a Formula One racing car....
  
  
• Halo 3
  Halo 3
  Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...
  
  (2007) - the Arbiter
• Mass Effect
  Mass Effect
  Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  (2007) - David Anderson
• The War
  The War (documentary)
  The War is a 2007 American seven-part documentary television mini-series about World War II from the perspective of the United States that premiered on September 23, 2007...
  
  (2007) - Narrator
• Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) - The Centre
  Dinosaur Island
  Dinosaur Island is an island that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. The island is not the same "Dinosaur Island" that appeared in Batman #35...
  
  
• The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008) - Tombstone
  Tombstone (comics)
  Tombstone is a supervillain in the fictional Marvel universe. The character was created by Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk and first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #36 .-Fictional character biography:...
  
   (1st Time)
• Ice Cube
  Ice Cube
  O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
  
  : Raw Footage
  Raw Footage
  Raw Footage is the eighth studio album by rapper Ice Cube, released on August 19, 2008. The first single, "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It", was released with a music video appearing on his MySpace page on January 3, 2008. The second single is "Do Ya Thang" was released with a music video on his website...
  
  (intro) (2008) - feat. in "What Is a Pyroclastic Flow?", "Hood Mentality", "Jack N the Box", "Get Use to It", "Take Me Away"
• Saints Row 2
  Saints Row 2
  Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...
  
  (2008) - Julius
• Coraline
  Coraline (film)
  Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...
  
  (2009) - The cat
• World War II: Behind Closed Doors (2009) - Narrator
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) - Dr. Facilier
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on...
  
  (2009) - Sergeant Foley
• Dissidia Final Fantasy (2009) - Chaos
• Mass Effect 2
  Mass Effect 2
  Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on January 26, 2010 and for PlayStation 3 on January 18, 2011...
  
  (2010) - David Anderson
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
  The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
  The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted on Disney XD in Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series. A second season has been...
  
  (2010)
• Ken Burns' Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) - Narrator
• Ice Cube: I Am the West (2010) - feat. in "Too West Coast"
• Episode 3 (2010) - Frederick Douglass
• Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
  Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
  is a 2011 fighting game published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was developed by the company's 1st Production Department...
  
  (2011) - Chaos
• WWE
  World Wrestling Entertainment
  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
  
   The True Story of WrestleMania
  WrestleMania
  WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced annually in late March or early April by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut...
  
  (2011) - Narrator
• Allen Gregory
  Allen Gregory
  Allen Gregory is an American animated television series created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel, and Jarrad Paul that airs on FOX. The series premiered on October 30, 2011.-Synopsis:...
  
   (2011) - Carl Trent //edited by Tony M.. ^_^
• Mass Effect 3
  Mass Effect 3
  Mass Effect 3 is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3...
  
  (2012) - David Anderson
• Asura's Wrath
  Asura's Wrath
  is an upcoming action video game collaboration between CyberConnect2 and Capcom that was first announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 2010. It is currently in development to be released in Japan and North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3...
  
  (2012) - Lord Deus

Further reading

• Voisin, Scott. Character Kings: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting. BearManor Media, 2009. ISBN 9-781593-933425

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