Keith David movies

Early life David was born Keith David Williams in Harlem, New York City and first knew he was going to become an actor after playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz and went on to study at Manhattans School of the Performing Arts. Film and television acting In 1980?81, David honed his craft touring the country with John Housemans The Acting Company in productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream and Samuel Becketts Waiting For Godot. Less than two years later he went on to star as Childs, opposite Kurt Russell in John Carpenters The Thing, and his lengthy on-screen career had begun.

In the 80s run of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, he portrayed Keith the Southwood Carpenter in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segments. He also played Keith, the game coin collector in an episode where Rogers and a small child learn to play the arcade game Donkey Kong.He went on to appear in films such as They Live, Platoon, Road House, Men at Work and Stars and Bars. His role in They Live is most memorable for an interminably long alleyway brawl with Roddy Piper that lasts nearly seven minutes onscreen; they fight over whether Keith will wear a pair of sunglasses.He played the character of Kirby, the one legged war veteran, in the acclaimed 1995 Hughes Brothers film Dead Presidents and followed this up with roles in big films such as Volcano, Armageddon, Theres Something About Mary, Pitch Black, Barbershop, Agent Cody Banks, The Chronicles of Riddick, and most recently in the critically acclaimed Crash and the film ATL.At the same time he has appeared in numerous independent films including the critically-acclaimed Requiem for a Dream.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. Voice acting Although known for his roles in films and TV, he has also done extensive voice-acting work, and is noted for his deep, commanding voice. He is known most notably as the voice behind Goliath from Gargoyles and the title character in the Spawn animated series. In Princess Mononoke, David played the narrator and Okkoto.

Keith David Movies

All movies starring Keith David.

• Agent Cody Banks
• Always
• Armageddon
• Barbershop
• Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil
• Crash
• Dead Presidents
• Delta Farce
• Dirty
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Halo 2
• Hollywood Homicide
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Platoon
• Mononoke-hime
• Transformers
• Beautiful Loser
• They Live