Keith David

He made his first television appearance on Roots: The Next Generation. He made is stage debut in Coriolanus. He made his Broadway debut in The Lady From Dubuque. He made his feature film debut in The Thing.

He has been nominated twice for the Daytime Emmy Awards:
-In 1996 he was nominated for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program. He was nominated for Gargoyles.
-In 1999 he was nominated for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special. He was nominated for The Tiger Woods Story.

He works for the cable network TNT providing the voice over for the station's bumpers. He began doing it in 1998.

He took over as narrator on City Confidential following the death of Paul Winfield.

He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman voicing video games and animated series'. Among them are Aladdin, The Fantastic Four, Justice League, and Halo 2.

He won an Emmy award in 2005 for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. He won for Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson.

He is 6'2" (1.88 m).

Keith's name often causes confusion with actor David Keith.

He has lent his voice talent to the following video games:
-Transformers: The Game
-Saints Row
-Lords of Everquest
-Planescape: Torment
-Disney's Hades Challenge
-Fallout

Keith is a fan of Nat King Cole.

In his spare time, Keith David enjoys singing.

As a child David sung in the All Borough Chorus.

Keith was the understudy in Othello for Raul Julia.

Charlie Sheen credits Keith for saving his life while filming Platoon. While shooting one day the door was opened on helicopter and it banked too hard, Sheen was thrown towards the open door, Keith grabbed his clothing and pulled him back in.

Keith has appeared in the following plays:
-Jelly's Last Jam
-Threepenny Opera
-Seven Guitars
-Hot Feet
-Hedda Gabler
-The Lady from Dubuque
-The Winter's Tale

Keith married Margit Edwards Williams on September 22, 1990. The two later divorced.

Keith has appeared in commercials for UPS, AT&T, X-Box, and BMW.

Keith is both an actor and singer.

In 1992 Keith David received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance in Jelly's Last Jam.

Keith David had a slugfest with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in the movie They Live that lasted for almost 7 minutes. They were fighting over wearing a pair of sunglasses.

He narrated Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked on A&E.

He did guest voices for Princess Mononoke.

Keith plays the Arbiter in Halo 2 and reprises his role in Halo 3.