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Keith David (born May 8, 1954 ) is an American film, television, and voice actor.

Early life

David was born in Harlem, New York City and first knew he was going to become an actor after playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz and went on to study at New York's High School of the Performing Arts.

Film and television acting

In 1980-81 David honed his craft touring the country with John Houseman's The Acting Company in productions of A Midsummer's 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
and his lengthy on-screen career had begun.

He went on to appear in films such as They Live
, Platoon, Road House
, and Stars and Bars. His role in They Live is most memorable for an alleyway brawl with Roddy Piper that is the longest fight sequence in cinema history, lasting nearly seven minutes onscreen, and all over wearing a pair of sunglasses. In the early 1990s he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.

He played the character of Kirby the one legged war veteran in the acclaimed 1995 Hughes Brothers film Dead Presidents
and followed this up with roles in big films such as Volcano, Armageddon, There's Something About Mary
, Pitch Black
, Barbershop, Agent Cody Banks
, The Chronicles of Riddick
, and most recently in the critically acclaimed Crash
.

At the same time he has appeared in numerous independent films including the critically-acclaimed Requiem for a Dream
.

He has also appeared extensively in TV productions since the 1980s and as a regular character Lieutenant Williams on the short-lived TV series The Job.

Voice acting

Although known for his roles in films and TV, he has also done extensive voice-acting work, and is noted for his deep, commanding voice. He is known most notably as the voice behind Goliath from Gargoyles and the title character in the Spawn animated series. He provided the voice for the character of Vhailor in the video game Planescape: Torment. David also provided the voice of The Arbiter for the video game Halo 2, released in 2004. He narrated the 2001 documentary series Jazz
by Ken Burns and is also popular in advertising, particularly in navy recruitment commercials. He has done voice-over work for countless other documentaries.

David received raves for his Shakespeare work on stage in Central Park, New York City. He succeeds the late Paul Winfield as narrator of the long-running A&E programme, City Confidential.

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