Portrait of Keith David

Acting

Keith David

Career

Active from 1982 to 2028, busiest in 2009 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
112
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 257 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Keith David Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.8, average 5.5
  • Romance
    3.3, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 15
  • Character-Driven 13
  • Fast-Paced 7
  • Character Study 7
  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Crime Thriller 6
  • Fast-Paced Action 6
  • Coming-of-Age 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Dark Comedy 5
  • Cringe Humor 5
  • Psychological Horror 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

355
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

7 titles
Bob's Best Friends
Bob's Best Friends

as Cuddles (voice)

The Price for Freedom
The Price for Freedom

as Reverend J.W. Bruno

Sunset P.I.
Sunset P.I.

TV show · as Garner Taggert

Trailer Madness
Trailer Madness

as Narrator #6

Coraline e o Mundo Secreto
Coraline e o Mundo Secreto

as The Cat (voice)

ATL 2: The Homecoming
ATL 2: The Homecoming

as John Garnett

My New Friend Jim
My New Friend Jim

as Jim Dandy

2020s

77 titles · average score 65
President Curtis
President Curtis (2026)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as President Andre Curtis (voice)

Strip Law
Strip Law (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Steve Nichols (voice)

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sosa

The Lowdown
The Lowdown (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Marty

Portal to Hell
Portal to Hell (2025)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mr. Bobshank

E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Old Sheep (voice)

Hazbin Hotel
Hazbin Hotel (2024)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Husk (voice)

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (2024)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Nope
Nope (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

as Otis Haywood Sr.

Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (2021)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Horizon Line
Horizon Line (2020)
GoodWatch score 37

as Freddy Wyman

Love Life
Love Life (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

2010s

101 titles · average score 60
21 Bridges
21 Bridges (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as Deputy Chief Spencer

Champaign Ill
Champaign Ill (2018)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Lafonso

Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Malcom Kane (voice)

Greenleaf
Greenleaf (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Bishop James Greenleaf

The Nice Guys
The Nice Guys (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

as Older Guy

Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Lord Marmoo (voice)

The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Bible
The Bible (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Narrator

Free Birds
Free Birds (2013)
GoodWatch score 40

as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)

The Cape
The Cape (2011)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Max Malini

The Inheritance
The Inheritance (2011)
GoodWatch score 36

as Uncle Melvin

Chain Letter
Chain Letter (2010)
GoodWatch score 38

as Det. Jim Crenshaw

2000s

89 titles · average score 57
Coraline
Coraline (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

as The Cat (voice)

The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
GoodWatch score 76

as Dr. Facilier (voice)

Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as Commander Scott Boytano

The Fifth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

as Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton

The War
The War (2007)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

as Father

Transporter 2
Transporter 2 (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

as Stappleton

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Jack Johnson (voice)

Dirty
Dirty (2005)
GoodWatch score 39

as Captain Spain

Mark Twain
Mark Twain (2002)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Jazz
Jazz (2001)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Pitch Black
Pitch Black (2000)
GoodWatch score 62

as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid

1990s

57 titles · average score 63
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Frederick Douglass (voice)

Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Commander Bensinger (voice) / Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice)

Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 (1998)
GoodWatch score 80

as Spawn

Spawn
Spawn (1997)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)

Volcano
Volcano (1997)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lt. Ed Fox

Executive Target
Executive Target (1997)
GoodWatch score 36

as Lamar

Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

as Kirby

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

as Goliath (voice)

Clockers
Clockers (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

as André the Giant

Gargoyles
Gargoyles (1994)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Goliath (voice)

Marked for Death
Marked for Death (1990)
GoodWatch score 48

as Max

Men at Work
Men at Work (1990)
GoodWatch score 43

as Louis Fedders

1980s

21 titles · average score 64
Always
Always (1989)
GoodWatch score 61

as Powerhouse

They Live
They Live (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

as Frank Armitage

Braddock: Missing in Action III
Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
GoodWatch score 49

as Embassy Gate Captain

Off Limits
Off Limits (1988)
GoodWatch score 49

as Maurice

Bird
Bird (1988)
GoodWatch score 76

as Buster Franklin

Christmas in Tattertown
Christmas in Tattertown (1988)

as Saxophone (voice)

Stars & Bars
Stars & Bars (1988)
GoodWatch score 45

as Eugene Teagarden

American Experience
American Experience (1988)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices

Platoon
Platoon (1986)
GoodWatch score 86

as King

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Cristo

The Thing
The Thing (1982)
GoodWatch score 78

as Childs

Nature
Nature (1982)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Narrator

1970s

2 titles · average score 79
Coriolanus
Coriolanus (1979)

as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

NOVA
NOVA (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Narrator

1950s

1 title
The Oscars
The Oscars (1953)

TV show · as The Cat (voice)