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Keith David

1956–

United States

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Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his deep distinctive bass voice, distinctive face and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, voice work 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).

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