Keith David

Name	Keith David
Image
Caption	David in 2025
Birth Name	Keith David Williams
Birth Date	1956-6-4
Birth Place	New York City, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years Active	1977–present
Children	3

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 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), Nope (2022), and American Fiction (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) and as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020).

His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, he has voiced 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–), King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–). 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), Captain 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 Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape (2024), which he assumed after the death of Lance Reddick in March 2023. He was part of the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas live concert in October 2025, where he voiced Oogie Boogie, taking over the role from its long-time original voice actor Ken Page following his death in September 2024.

In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026.

Early life and education

David was born June 4, 1956, in Harlem and raised in Corona, Queens, New York City. His mother, Dolores (née Dickenson), was a manager at New York Telephone, and his father, Lester Williams, worked as a director of payroll operations.

He initially intended to become an actor after playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz and went on to study at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (1975–1979, Group 8) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1979.

Career

Film and television

In 1980–81, David toured the country with John Houseman's The Acting Company in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Less than two years later, he went on to star as Childs, opposite Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's The Thing, starting his lengthy on-screen career. In the 1980s 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 Platoon, They Live, Men at Work, Marked for Death, and Stars and Bars. He played Kirby in the 1995 film Dead Presidents, and he appeared in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers. Roles in other films followed, in Volcano, There's Something About Mary, Requiem for a Dream, Pitch Black, Barbershop, Agent Cody Banks, Head of State, Hollywood Homicide, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, The Chronicles of Riddick, Crash, ATL, Delta Farce and First Sunday.

He portrayed "Father" in the romantic comedy action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. 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 television productions since the 1980s and as a regular character Lieutenant Williams on the short-lived television series The Job. He was a regular on another shoot, The Big House, made for ABC in 2004. David portrayed Detective Jim Crenshaw in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter.

In 2010, David was cast as Max Malini for the NBC television series The Cape. On April 18, 2011, Keith appeared in the 21st episode of season one of Hawaii Five-0 as criminal tycoon Jimmy Cannon. In 2012, he appeared in the horror film Smiley and the science-fiction drama Cloud Atlas. In 2013, David appeared in the controversial drama Boiling Pot which is based on true events of racism. In 2014, David portrayed Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody in the Fox comedy series Enlisted. Later in 2014, David was cast as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the sitcom Community.

In 2015, David was cast in the leading role alongside Lynn Whitfield in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf.

Voice acting

David also works extensively as a voice actor. He was the voice of the Flame King in Adventure Time, King Andrias from Amphibia, Goliath from Gargoyles, the title character in the Spawn animated series, and Lemuel Kane in Archer. In the English dub of Princess Mononoke, David played the narrator and Okkoto. He played the role of Mama in the English dub of 3×3 Eyes. He provided the voice for the character Decker in the role-playing video game Fallout and the voice for the character Vhailor in Planescape: Torment. He provided the voice of the Arbiter for the video game Halo 2, released in 2004; later, he reprised that role in the Xbox 360 follow-up Halo 3. He portrayed the character again in Halo: The Master Chief Collection and also in Halo 5: Guardians, released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. He played the role of Captain David Anderson in BioWare's Mass Effect series.

David did voice work in the video game Saints Row and its sequel Saints Row II, playing gang leader of the 3rd Street Saints Julius Little, as well as voicing himself in Saints Row IV.

He is also heard on the intro of several Ice Cube projects, including Westside Connection's 2003 release Terrorist Threats, Cube's 2008 solo album Raw Footage, Cube's 2010 solo album I Am the West, and he narrated the documentary Beef II, which also featured Ice Cube.

He provides the voice for the UPS "What Can Brown Do for You" commercials. He did the voice of Despero in the two part episode "Hearts and Minds" of Justice League. He has done voice work for early Adult Swim commercials for Inuyasha.

He has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns numerous times, narrating Burns' Jazz, Mark Twain, The War, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Leonardo da Vinci. David won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work in The War and Unforgivable Blackness. He performs the narration duties in the BBC documentary, World War II: Behind Closed Doors.

The 2004 PBS documentary Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land and the 2005 History Channel documentary Crusades: Crescent & the Cross focusing on the medieval Crusades were both narrated by him, as well as the 2003 National Geographic documentary Inside Mecca. He later parodied his documentary work by narrating the 2012 episode of Community, "Pillows and Blankets", a mockumentary revolving around a pillow fight between rival blanket forts.

David has done voice-over work for many other documentaries including several for National Geographic and the documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked for the History Channel. He replaced Paul Winfield as narrator for the A&E show City Confidential, taking over after Winfield's death in 2004. He voiced the trailer for the film Primeval, which was released in the United States on January 12, 2007.

David provided the voice of police detective Alex Cross for the audiobook versions of three novels by James Patterson: Cat and Mouse (1997), Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), and Roses are Red (2000). Other voice roles include Bebe Proud Clone from The Proud Family Movie, Atlas from Teen Titans, the lone renegade male gorilla Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan, and the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game.

He voiced Apollo the Sun God in Hercules, Council Member in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the Black Cat in Coraline, Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Big Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man episode "Survival of the Fittest".

On May 25, 2008, he narrated Kansas City's Celebration at the Station, a Memorial Day service held annually at the World War I Memorial. During the ceremony, he announced the attendance of Frank W. Buckles, the last living veteran of World War I. He was the voice of Frederick Douglass in the third episode of the PBS documentary God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America in 2010.

David returned to the Saints Row series in Saints Row IV, voicing a fictionalized version of himself as well as reprising Julius Little. He is the narrator of the History Channel series The Bible which premiered on March 3, 2013.

David voiced the superhero gorilla Solovar in the two-part Gorilla City episode of The Flash. Keith David also has a recurring role as the President of the United States in the adult animated series Rick and Morty.

David was the narrator of the MLB Network special Mr. Padre, the video biography of San Diego Padres Hall-of-Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn.

David has also narrated several WWE documentaries including The True Story of Wrestlemania and the 20 episodes of The Monday Night War, documenting the battle between WWE Raw and WCW Nitro.

David later recurred in Stargirl as the voice of Mister Bones.

David began voicing Commander Zavala in the Destiny franchise beginning in Destiny 2: The Final Shape, replacing Lance Reddick following his death.

David also voiced the character Brian Robertson in the revival series of King of the Hill.

Stage

In the 1980s, David worked with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and toured Italy and Greece with productions of Jerusulem and Mythos Oedipus.

In 1992, David received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance in Jelly's Last Jam. David received raves for his Shakespeare work on stage in Central Park, New York City. In 1995, he played the lead as Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton in August Wilson's Seven Guitars on Broadway. In 1995, David acted alongside Whitney Houston, Cedric the Entertainer, and Samuel E. Wright in the 1995 Apollo revival of The Wiz. In May 2006, he appeared in the musical Hot Feet on Broadway in New York. David appeared in the 2013 revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone at the Mark Taper Theater in Los Angeles. Directed by Phylicia Rashad, he played the part of innkeeper Seth Holly.

His performance in Ebony Repertory Theatre's 2014 Paul Robeson by Phillip Hayes Dean was scheduled for March 12, 2014, but was postponed due to a knee injury and opened on Friday, March 21, 2014.

From April 21, 2015, to May 10, 2015, Keith David starred as Dolomite in the off-Broadway play ToasT. The play (produced by Lemon Andersen and co-starred Hill Harper) was set in the Attica Prison around the time of its 1971 prison riot and told of the lives of its prisoners, using poetic prose.

Personal life

He has been married twice and has a son from his first marriage and two daughters from his second marriage.

When asked in an interview on his narration work of The Bible if he was a religious man, he said: "I'm not a religious man. I'm a man of spirit. Religion can get political. I believe in God and spirit. I believe in church. I've been baptized. I've gone to Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal and Church of God in Christ." In the same interview, he credited his success to God's grace and said his favorite scripture is Psalm 116.

During a live Twitter Q&A in 2017, David listed Dr. Facilier, Spawn, and Goliath as his three favorite voice roles.

In April 2023, David endorsed author Marianne Williamson in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	class = "unsortable"	Notes
1979	Disco Godfather	Club Patron	Uncredited
1982	The Thing	Childs
1986	Platoon	King
1986	The Whoopee Boys	Washington Square Peddler
1987	Hot Pursuit	Alphonso
1988	Braddock: Missing in Action III	Embassy Gate Captain
	Off Limits	Maurice
	Stars and Bars	Eugene Teagarden
	Bird	Buster Smith
	They Live	Frank
1989	Road House	Ernie Bass
1989	Always	"Powerhouse"
1990	Men at Work	Louis Fedders
1990	Marked for Death	Max Keller
1992	Final Analysis	Detective Huggins
	Nails	Noah Owens
	Article 99	Luther Jermoe
1994	Reality Bites	Roger
1994	The Puppet Masters	Alex Holland
1995	Clockers	Trence "The Giant" Ashley
	Dead Presidents	Kirby
	The Quick and the Dead	Sergeant Cantrell
	Blue in the Face	Jackie Robinson
1996	Loose Women	Stylist
	The Grave	The Priest
	Eye for an Eye	Martin
	Larger than Life	Hurst
	Never Met Picasso	Larry
	Johns	Homeless John
1997	Volcano	Police Lieutenant Ed Fox
	Hercules	Apollo (voice)
	Executive Target	Lamar
	Flipping	Leo Richards
1998	Armageddon	General Kimsey
1998	There's Something About Mary	Charlie
1999	Princess Mononoke	Okkoto (voice)	English dub
2000	Dark Summer	Detective Davis
	Pitch Black	Abu "Imam" Al-Walid
	Requiem for a Dream	Big Tim
	Where the Heart Is	Moses Whitecotten
	The Replacements	Lindell
2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Council Member #1 (voice)
	Novocaine	Detective Lunt
	Pretty When You Cry	Detective Charles Desett
2002	29 Palms	The Sheriff
2002	Barbershop	Lester Wallace
2003	Kaena: The Prophecy	Voxem (voice)	English dub
	Agent Cody Banks	CIA Director
	Head of State	Bernard Cooper
	Hollywood Homicide	Captain Leon
	The Hard Road	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	CIA Director
	The Chronicles of Riddick	Imam Abu Al-Walid
	The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	Imam Abu Al-Walid	Voice, direct-to-video
	Crash	Lieutenant Dixon
	Beef II	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Father
	Transporter 2	FBI Agent Stappleton
	Dirty	Captain Spain
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Coach Popovitch
	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	MCPO Scott Boytano	Direct-to-video
	ATL	John Garnett
2007	If I Had Known I Was a Genius	Dad
	Delta Farce	Sergeant Kilgore
	The Last Sentinel	Colonel Norton, Gun Voice 2	Voice
2008	Beautiful Loser	Morgan - Adult
	First Sunday	Judge B. Bennet Galloway
	Justice League: The New Frontier	The Centre	Voice, direct-to-video
	Superhero Movie	The Chief of Police
	My Mom's New Boyfriend	FBI Chief Conrad
	The Fifth Commandment	Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton
	No Bad Days	Terrence
	The Sensei	The Minister
2009	Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia	Commander Scott Boytano	Direct-to-video
	Coraline	The Cat	Voice
	Against the Dark	Lieutenant Waters	Direct-to-video
	Charlie Valentine	Sal
	Don McKay	Otis Kent
	The Butcher	Larry Cobb
	The Princess and the Frog	Dr. Facilier	Voice
	Gamer	Agent Keith
	All About Steve	Corbitt
	Pastor Brown	Pastor Brown
2010	Death at a Funeral	Reverend Davis
	Lottery Ticket	"Sweet Tee"
	Chasing 3000	Officer L.
	Stomp the Yard: Homecoming	Terry Harris
	Something Like a Business	Sebastian
	Chain Letter	Detective Jim Crenshaw
	Meet Monica Velour	Claude
2011	The Inheritance	Uncle Melvin	Also executive producer
	No Saints for Sinners	Victor
	Spork	Coach Jenkins
	The Greening of Whitney Brown	Clerk
	Snowflake, the White Gorilla	Anvil	Voice, direct-to-video
	Hopelessly In June	Dalbert Myers
2012	Cloud Atlas	Kupaka, Joe Napier, An-kor Apis, Prescient
	Smiley	Diamond
	Highway	Mustafa
	Don't Pass Me By	David Knox
	The Last Fall	Sydney Bishop
	The Undershepherd	Brother Wilks
	Christmas in Compton	Earl "Big Earl"
2013	Assault on Wall Street	Freddy
	Free Birds	Chief Broadbeak	Voice
	The Frog Kingdom	Frog King	Voice
	Sons of Liberty	Nathan Reynolds
	H4	Worcester
2014	Field of Lost Shoes	Old Judge
	Secrets of the Magic City	Mr. Daniels
	Birds of Paradise	Old Buzzard	Voice, direct-to-video
2015	Kids vs Monsters	Barry
	Boiling Pot	Agent Long
	Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Don Alfonso	Voice, English dub
	Union Furnace	Pin Stripe
2016	Range 15	Colonel Holloway
	The Nice Guys	Older Guy
	Nina	Clifton's Father
	Dirty Lies	Doc
2017	Savage Dog	Valentine
2018	American Dresser	Charlie Wild
	Tales from the Hood 2	Portifoy Simms	Direct-to-video
	Night School	Gerald Walker
	You Might Be the Killer	Sheriff James	Voice
	Love Jacked	Ed
	Sharon 1.2.3.	Tyrone
2019	Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror	Himself	Documentary
	The Wedding Year	Preston
	In Search of Darkness	Himself	Documentary
	21 Bridges	Deputy Chief Spencer
2020	Horizon Line	Wyman
	In Search of Darkness: Part II	Himself	Documentary
	Most Guys Are Losers	Al
2021	The Seventh Day	Father Louis
	The Gateway	Terry
	Black as Night	Babineaux
	Pups Alone	The Wise Bartender
2022	Catwoman: Hunted	Tobias Whale	Voice, direct-to-video
	The Prank	Principal Henderson
	Unplugging	T-Bone
	Nope	Otis Haywood Sr.
	DC League of Super-Pets	Dog-El	Voice
	Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story	Ink Williams
2023	A Snowy Day in Oakland	Mr. Monroe
	American Fiction	Willy the Wonker	Nominated – Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	Heist 88	Buddha Ray
2024	Tim Travers & The Time Traveler's Paradox	The Simulator
	Shelby Oaks	Morton Jacobson
	Mufasa: The Lion King	Masego	Voice
2025	Sneaks	O.G.	Voice
	Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice	TBA	Post-production
	Dreams of the Moon	TBA	Post-production
	My New Friend Jim		Filming

Television

BoJack Horseman	Lion Musician	Voice, episode: "Hooray	Todd Episode"
DuckTales	Manny the Headless Man-Horse	Voice, episode: "The Last Adventure	"
Year	Title	Role	class = "unsortable"	Notes
1983–1985	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	Himself, The Handyman	9 episodes
1988	The Equalizer	Cristo	Episode: "Sea of Fire"
	Ladykillers	Abe	Television film
	Christmas in Tattertown	Saxophone, additional characters	Voice, television film
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Jesse	Episode: "Vendetta"
1990	Murder in Black and White	Martin	Television film
1990	Against the Law	Otis Turnbull	Episode: "Requiem in B Flat"
1991	3×3 Eyes	Mama, additional characters	English dub
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	King Oliver	Episode: "Mystery of the Blues"
	TriBeCa	The Reader	Episode: "Honor"
	The Last Outlaw	Lovecraft	Television film
	American Playhouse	Big Willie	Episode: "Hallelujah"
	There Are No Children Here	John Paul Rivers	Television film
1994–1995	Aladdin	Minos, King Zahbar	Voice, 3 episodes
1994–1997	Gargoyles	Goliath, Thailog, Officer Morgan	Voice, 78 episodes
1995	Fantastic Four	Black Panther	Voice, episode: "Prey of the Black Panther"
1996	New York Undercover	Reverend Harris	2 episodes
1996	Timon & Pumbaa	Mr. Pig	Voice, episode: "Animal Barn"
1997	Vanishing Point	Warren Taft	Television film
	Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest	Algric Bartles
	Don King: Only in America	Jabir Herbert Muhammad
1997–1999	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	Lieutenant Colonel Al Simmons / Spawn	Voice, 18 episodes
1998	Hercules	Apollo	Voice, 2 episodes
1998	The Tiger Woods Story	Earl Woods	Television film
1999	A.T.F.	F.B.I. Director Richard Long	Television film
2000	The Outer Limits	Captain Ira Merit	Episode: "Abaddon"
2000	The Race for the Poles	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2001	Law & Order	John Robertson	Episode: "Bronx Cheer"
	Semper Fi	Gunnery Sergeant Brinkloff	Television film
	Going to California	Paradise	Episode: "I Know Why the Caged Rhino Sings"
	Jazz	Narrator	Voice, 10 episodes
	The Legend of Tarzan	Tublat	Voice, 3 episodes
	House of Mouse	Card Soldier	Voice, episode: "The Stolen Cartoons"
2001–2002	The Job	Lieutenant Williams	9 episodes
2002	Arliss	Cecil Pickett	Episode: "Standards and Practices"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Matt Phelps	Episode: "Random Acts of Violence"
	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	Agent Mosely	Voice, 2 episodes
	Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	Justice League	Despero	Voice, episode: "Hearts and Minds"
	Inside Mecca	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2004	The Big House	Clarence Cleveland	5 episodes
	Teen Titans	Atlas	Voice, episode: "Only Human"
	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2004–2005	City Confidential	Narrator	Voice
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Lloyd Mackie	2 episodes
	Everwood	Brian	Episode: "Pro Choice"
	The Proud Family Movie	BeBe Clone	Voice, television film
	The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2006–2007	ER	Pastor Watkins	5 episodes
2006–2007	7th Heaven	Stanley Sunday	4 episodes
2007	The War	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2007	After Hours with Daniel Boulud	Self	Episode: "Ford's Filling Station"
2008	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Big Man	Voice, episode: "Survival of the Fittest"
	Canterbury's Law	Miles Grant	2 episodes
	World War II Behind Closed Doors	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	SIS	Joseph Armstrong	Television film
	Psych	Mr. Guster	Episode: "Christmas Joy"
2009	Numbers	Jeremiah Miller	Episode: "Hydra"
2010	Funny or Die Presents	Sleeping Celebrity	Episode: "Episode Six"
2010	Ken Burns' Baseball: The Tenth Inning	Narrator	Voice; 2 episodes
2011	The Cape	Max Malini	10 episodes
	Hawaii Five-0	Jimmy Cannon	Episode: "Ho'opa'i"
	Allen Gregory	Carl Trent D'Avis "Cole Train"	Voice, 5 episodes
	WWE The True Story of WrestleMania	Narrator	Voice, special
2012	Robot Chicken	Various characters	Voice, episode: "Hemlock Gin and Juice"
2012	WWE WrestleMania XXVIII	Narrator	Voice, special
2012–2015	Community	Narrator, Elroy Patashnik	Voice, 13 episodes
2012–2017	Adventure Time	Flame King, Balthus	Voice, 8 episodes
2013	Belle's	William "Big Bill" Cooper	6 episodes
	Young Justice	Mongul	Voice, episode: "War"
	Touch	Dutch	Episode: "Ghosts"
	The Bible	Narrator	Voice, 10 episodes
	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat	Voice, episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole"
2014	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Dean	2 episodes
	Enlisted	Sergeant Major Donald Cody	13 episodes
	Scorpion	Warden	Episode: "Father's Day"
2015	Archer	Lemuel Kane	Voice, episode: "The Kanes"
	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Agent Everett Malloy	6 episodes
	Community	Elroy Patashnik	12 episodes
	Mr. Robot	Qwerty	Voice, episode: "eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4"
	Extant	Nicholas Calderon	Episode: "Zugzwang"
	Black Jesus	Reverend Otis	3 episodes
	Uncle Grandpa	Santa Claus	Voice, episode: "Secret Santa"
2015–present	Rick and Morty	The President / Andre Curtis, Reverse Giraffe	Voice, 10 episodes
2015–2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Sal Commander	Voice, 3 episodes
2016	Person of Interest	Terence Beale	Episode: "Truth Be Told"
	Kulipari	Lord Marmoo	Voice, 13 episodes
	The 600: The History of NASCAR's Toughest Race	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2016–2020	Greenleaf	Bishop James Greenleaf	60 episodes
2017	Regular Show	Streaming	Voice, episode: "A Regular Epic Final Battle"
	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Crinkly Wrinkly	Voice, episode: "Legends of Mr. Gar"
	Ben 10	Yawk	Voice, episode: "Mayhem in Mascot"
	Future Man	Dr. Kronish	5 episodes
	We Bare Bears	Barry's Dad	Voice, episode: "Icy Nights II"
	Speechless	Colonel Clements	Episode: "B-r-i-- British I-n-v-- Invasion"
	Superior Donuts	John	Episode: "Homeless for the Holidays"
	2017–2020	The Flash	Solovar	Voice, 3 episodes
2017–2018	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Malcolm Kane	Voice, 20 episodes
2018–2021	Final Space	Bolo	Voice, 10 episodes
2018	SpongeBob SquarePants	Gary's Collar	Voice, episode: "Chatterbox Gary"
	New Warriors	Ernest Vigman / MODOK	Voice, pilot
	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Captain Quaid	Voice, 2 episodes (additional dialogue)
	Champaign ILL	Lafonso	10 episodes
2018–2019	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Glossaryck	Voice, 12 episodes
2019	Avengers Assemble	T'Chaka	Voice, episode: "Bashenga"
	Fresh Off the Boat	Clyde Roses	Episode: "Grandma's Boys"
	Craig of the Creek	Narrator	Voice, episode: "Craig and the Kid's Table"
2019–2020	The Last Kids on Earth	Thrull	Voice, 6 episodes
2020, 2025	Family Guy	Various	Voice, 2 episodes
2020	NCIS: New Orleans	Gene Holloway	2 episodes
	MacGyver	Agent Burke	Episode: "Father + Son + Father + Matriarch"
	Black-ish	Loose Craig	Episode: "Earl, Interrupted"
	JJ Villard's Fairy Tales	Lionel	Voice, episode: "Rumpelstiltskin"
	Woke	Bible	Voice, episode: "Prayers for Kubby"
	The Good Lord Bird	Herbert	Episode: "Meet the Lord"
2020–2022	Amphibia	King Andrias Leviathan	Voice, 15 episodes
2020–2021	Summer Camp Island	Lithophone, Tummy	Voice, 2 episodes
2021	Close Enough	Campbell's Mug	Voice, episode: "Time Hooch/World's Greatest Teacher"
	Creepshow	Mr. Murdoch	Episode: "Pesticide"
	Central Park	Ward Wittlinger	Voice, episode: "Of Course You Realize This Means Ward"
	Muhammad Ali	Narrator	Voice, documentary
	Love Life	Narrator	Voice, 10 episodes
	2021–2022	Stargirl	Mister Bones	Voice, 3 episodes
2022	The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse	Narrator	Voice, episode: "The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse"
	Entergalactic	Mr. Rager	Voice, television special
	From Scratch	Hershel Wheeler	8 episodes
	Leverage: Redemption	Billy Spencer	Episode: "The Fractured Job"
2022–2023	American Dad!	Fire Chief	Voice, 2 episodes
2022–2024	Firebuds	Manny Kablamee	Voice, 3 episodes
2023	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Clone BeBe	Voice, episode: "Us Again"
	True Lies	Albert "Al" Gibson Sr.	Episode: "Independent Dependents"
	Justified: City Primeval	Judge Alvin Guy	Episode: "City Primeval"
	Transformers: EarthSpark	Grimlock	Voice, 5 episodes
	My Dad the Bounty Hunter	B'Caala	Voice, 3 episodes
	Pluto	Dr. Tenma	English dub, 5 episodes
2023, 2025	Chibiverse	King Andrias Leviathan	Voice, 2 episodes
2023–present	Krapopolis	Asskill	Voice, 7 episodes
2024	Masters of the Universe: Revolution	Hordak	Voice, 3 episodes
	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!	Darkseid	Voice, 4 episodes
	Hit-Monkey	Mephisto	Voice, 5 episodes
	Invincible Fight Girl	Scouter	Voice, 5 episodes
2024–2025	Abbott Elementary	Frank	3 episodes
2024–present	Hazbin Hotel	Husk	Voice, 7 episodes
2025	High Potential	Captain Pacheco	Episode: "The Sauna at the End of the Stairs"
	Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai	Bass Reeves	Voice, 2 episodes
	Duster	Ezra Saxton	8 episodes
	Haunted Hotel	Mortoth	Voice, episode: "Welcome to the Undervale"
	The Lowdown	Marty	8 episodes
	I Love LA	Leon	Episode: "I Love NY"
2025–present	King of the Hill	Brian Robertson	Voice, 4 episodes
2026	The Gray House		Upcoming series
TBA	President Curtis	The President / Andre Curtis	Voice, upcoming series

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Fallout	Decker
1998	Disney's Hades Challenge	Apollo
1999	Planescape: Torment	Vhailor
2003	Lords of EverQuest	Lord Vekk
2004	Halo 2	Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee / Thel 'Vadam
2006	Saints Row	Julius Little	Also motion capture
2007	Transformers: The Game	Barricade
	Halo 3	Arbiter Thel 'Vadam
	Mass Effect	David Anderson
2008	Saints Row 2	Julius Little	Also motion capture
2008	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Chaos
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Sergeant Foley
	The Princess and the Frog	Dr. Facilier
	Coraline	Narrator, The Cat
2010	Mass Effect 2	David Anderson
	Megamind: Ultimate Showdown	Psycho Dellic
	Megamind: Mega Team Unite	Psycho Dellic
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Chaos
2012–2013	Mass Effect 3	David Anderson
2013	Marvel Heroes	Nick Fury
2013	Saints Row IV	Vice President Keith David / Julius Little
2015	Halo 5: Guardians	Arbiter Thel 'Vadam
2019	Darksiders: Genesis	Moloch
2020	Mortal Kombat 11	Al Simmons / Spawn
2022	Pocket Mortys	The President / Andre Curtis
2024	Destiny 2: The Final Shape	Commander Zavala	Replaced Lance Reddick
2025	Ark: Survival Ascended	Lost King / Darius Anthom	Present in Lost Colony

Theme parks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom	Dr. Facilier	Voice

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	class = "unsortable"	Notes
1979	The Haggadah	Performer	Original Off-Broadway Production
1980	The Lady from Dubuque	Oscar	Broadway
1982	Alec Wilder - Clues To A Life	Performer	Original Off-Off-Broadway Production
1986	The Tale of Madame Zora	Performer	Original Off-Off-Broadway Production
	Romeo and Juliet	Capulet	Broadway Revivals (performed in repertory)
	As You Like It	Jaques
	Macbeth	Macbeth (alternate)
1991	Jelly's Last Jam	Chimney Man	World Premiere
1992	Jelly's Last Jam	Chimney Man	Original Broadway Production
1994	Hedda Gabler	Judge Brack	Broadway Revival
1996	Seven Guitars	Floyd Barton	Broadway
2006	Hot Feet	Victor	Original Broadway Production
2013	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	Seth Holly	Los Angeles Revival
2014	Paul Robeson	Paul Robeson	Los Angeles
2015	ToasT	Dolomite	Off-Broadway
2025	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Oogie Boogie	Los Angeles