Keith David
aka:
Keith David Williams
Moby ID: 10388
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Born in New York City's Harlem in 1954 and raised in Queens, Keith David soon discovered his talent for acting and pursued an education at the High School of Performing Arts and at Julliard. After graduating, he performed in major stage plays and Broadway musicals. In 1982, he stepped onto the big screen in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). David became known to a broad public with his role as ghetto draftee King in Oliver Stone's Vietnam movie Platoon (1986). Since then, he has amassed an impressive record as a supporting actor, with appearances in films as diverse as the action blockbuster Armageddon (1998), the comedy There's Something About Mary (1998) or the highly praised drug drama Requiem for a Dream (2000).
Beside his ongoing work as an actor in the movies as well as on stage, Keith David is a frequent guest to US TV audiences. David's voice appears in quite a few TV series, such as Disney's Aladdin and Hercules, as a narrator for National Geographic documentaries and various mini-series.
Voice acting brought Keith David in contact with computer games on multiple occasions, starting with Interplay who cast him for role-playing game voiceovers. In Fallout, David dubbed the Hub's gangster boss Decker (and worked alongside well-known actors such as Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, Stargate) and Ron Perlman. Two years later, David was the sinister suit of armor Vhailor in Planescape Torment. He went on to build an impressive resume in the game industry, with credits on over 30 games.
Credited on 33 games
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Campaign Remastered (2020, PlayStation 4) | Infinity Ward: Original Team |
Darksiders: Genesis (2019, Windows) | Moloch |
Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition (2017, Windows) | Cast |
Halo 5: Forge (2016, Windows Apps) | The Arbiter |
Halo 5: Guardians (2015, Xbox One) | The Arbiter |
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014, Xbox One) | Arbiter |
Saints Row IV (2013, Windows) | Keith David |
Marvel Heroes (2013, Windows) | Voice Actors |
Mass Effect 3: Citadel (2013, Windows) | Additional Voices |
Mass Effect (2012, PlayStation 3) | Captain David Anderson |
Mass Effect 3 (N7 Collector's Edition) (2012, PlayStation 3) | Admiral David Anderson |
Mass Effect 3 (2012, Windows) | Admiral David Anderson |
Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy (2011, PSP) | Voice Actors |
Mass Effect 2 (2011, PlayStation 3) | Cast |
Megamind: Mega Team Unite (2010, Wii) | Psycho Delic |
Mass Effect 2 (Collector's Edition) (2010, Windows) | Voices |
Mass Effect 2 (2010, Xbox 360) | Captain/Councillor David Anderson |
Disney The Princess and the Frog (2009, Wii) | Featuring the Voice Talents of |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009, Windows) | English Cast (in order of appearance) |
Coraline (2009, Wii) | Voice Talent |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 19 games with Fred Tatasciore
- 15 games with Yuri Lowenthal
- 14 games with Steven Jay Blum
- 14 games with Keith Szarabajka
- 12 games with Jennifer Hale
- 12 games with Brandon Keener
- 12 games with Ali Hillis
- 10 games with Kimberly D. Brooks
- 10 games with Chris Edgerly
- 10 games with Christopher Ryzebol
Companies
- 11 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 9 games with Valve Corporation
- 8 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 7 games with Havok
- 7 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 7 games with ak tronic Software & Services GmbH
- 6 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 6 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 5 games with BioWare Edmonton
- 5 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
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