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Keith David

Born: 1956-06-04

From: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

About: Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Armageddon
General Kimsey
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The Thing
Childs
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There's Something About Mary
Charlie Jensen
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Men at Work
Louis Fedders
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Marked for Death
Max
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Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
MCPO Scott Boytano
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The Princess and the Frog
Dr. Facilier (voice)
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Crash
Lt. Dixon
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
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Platoon
King
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Africa's Lost Eden
Narrator (voice)
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Dirty
Captain Spain
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Barbershop
Lester Wallace
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Volcano
Lt. Ed Fox
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The Chronicles of Riddick
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
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Pitch Black
Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
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Agent Cody Banks
CIA Director
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Final Analysis
Detective Huggins
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The Last Outlaw
Lovecraft
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Clockers
André the Giant
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Blue in the Face
Jackie Robinson
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Always
Powerhouse
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Novocaine
Detective Lunt
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Sneaks
O.G. (voice)
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Dead Presidents
Kirby
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They Live
Frank Armitage
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Superhero Movie
The Chief of Police
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Bird
Buster Franklin
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All About Steve
Corbitt
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
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The Quick and the Dead
Sgt. Clay Cantrell
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Article 99
Luther Jermoe
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The Puppet Masters
Alex Holland
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No Bad Days
Terrence
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Head of State
Bernard Cooper
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Transporter 2
Stappleton
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Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Terry
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Braddock: Missing in Action III
Embassy Gate Captain
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Death at a Funeral
Reverend Davis
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The Sensei
Minister
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Don McKay
Otis Kent
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The Fifth Commandment
Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
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ATL
John Garnett
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Justice League: The New Frontier
The Centre (voice)
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First Sunday
Judge B. Bennet Galloway
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Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
Commander Scott Boytano
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Lottery Ticket
Sweet Tee
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Hot Pursuit
Alphonso
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Ladykillers
Abe
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The Last Sentinel
Colonel Norton
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Coraline
The Cat (voice)
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Against the Dark
Lt. Waters
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Something Like A Business
Sebastian
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Chain Letter
Det. Jim Crenshaw
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Don King: Only in America
Herbert Muhammad
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The Inheritance
Uncle Melvin
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Pastor Brown
Pastor Brown
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The Making of 'They Live'
Self
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Off Limits
Maurice
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Highway
Mustafa
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Stalking Leopards
Narrator (voice)
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Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
Jerry
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Beef II
Narrator (voice)
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If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Dad
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
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Brothers in Arms
Self
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The Prank
Principal Henderson
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Cloud Atlas
Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
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S.I.S.
Joseph Armstrong
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Nails
Noah Owens
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Meet Monica Velour
Claude
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29 Palms
The Sheriff
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Blue
Terry Venable
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Betty & Blue
Willie 'Blue' Watson
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Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
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Pretty When You Cry
Detective Charles Desett
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Hopelessly in June
Dalbert Myers
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Flipping
Leo Richards, Gang Leader
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Stars & Bars
Eugene Teagarden
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Mark Twain
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Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
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Executive Target
Lamar
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Unplugging
Gil
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Smiley
Diamond
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Christmas in Compton
Big Earl
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Nope
Otis Haywood Sr.
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The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
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Assault on Wall Street
Freddy
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Heist 88
Buddha Ray
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Shelby Oaks
Morton Jacobson
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Samuel Bleak
Ned Coffman
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American Fiction
Willy the Wonker
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From the Shadows
Dr. Leonard Bertram
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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Algric Bartles
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Don't Pass Me By
David Knox
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Larger Than Life
Hurst
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Eye for an Eye
Martin
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The Butcher
Larry Cobb
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Charlie Valentine
Sal
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DC League of Super-Pets
Dog-El (voice)
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The Grizzlies of Siberia
Narrator (voice)
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Home Invaders
Matador
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The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates and Police
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Sons of Liberty
Nathan Reynolds
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The Oh in Ohio
Coach Popovitch
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The Last Fall
Sydney Bishop
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The Nice Guys
Older Guy
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A Miracle Before Christmas
David
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Entergalactic
Mr. Rager (voice)
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Council Member (voice)
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AniMen: The Galactic Battle
Sergeant Brass
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A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mr. Monroe
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Coriolanus
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
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Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
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Frog Kingdom
Frog King (voice)
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The Proud Family Movie
Bebe Clone (voice)
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Hollywood Homicide
Leon
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Union Furnace
Pin Stripe
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No Saints for Sinners
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Requiem for a Dream
Big Tim
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Shut Up and Ride
Narrator (voice)
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Last Stand of the Great Bear
Narrator (voice)
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Boiling Pot
Agent Long
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Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
Narrator (voice)
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My Mom's New Boyfriend
FBI Chief Conrad
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Secrets of the Magic City
Mr. Daniels
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Mufasa: The Lion King
Masego (voice)
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Delta Farce
Sgt. Kilgore
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Field of Lost Shoes
Old Judge
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The Grave
The Priest
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Dirty Lies
Doc
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Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
The Simulator
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Double or Nothing
Homeless Dude
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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
CIA Director
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The Whoopee Boys
Washington Square Peddler
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Hercules
Apollo the Sun God (voice)
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Range 15
Colonel Holloway
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ATF
FBI Director Richard Long
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New York Street Games
Self
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Service to Man
Dean Holmes
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Where the Heart Is
Moses Whitecotten
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The Greening of Whitney Brown
Clerk
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Road House
Ernie Bass
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Free Birds
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
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Semper Fi
Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
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Kids vs Monsters
Barry
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Savage Dog
Valentine
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Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Narrator
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Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Narrator (voice)
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Gamer
Agent Keith
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Johns
Homeless John
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Reality Bites
Roger
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Black Asylum
Agent Davis
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Egypt's Golden Empire
Narrator
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Ray Meets Helen
Harve
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Chasing 3000
Officer L.
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Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
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The Candlelight Murders
Pastor Bob
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Not a War Story
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self - Host
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Inside Mecca
Narrator (voice)
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Night School
Gerald
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Never Met Picasso
Larry
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Christmas in Tattertown
Saxophone (voice)
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If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Detective Harris
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
King Oliver
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The Wedding Year
Preston
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Tales from the Hood 2
Portifoy Simms
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Love Jacked
Ed
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Nina
Clifton's Father
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Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Narrator (voice)
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American Dresser
Charlie
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F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Self
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Innocents
Detective Davis
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The Replacements
Lindell
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Hallelujah Anyhow
Will
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In Search of Darkness
Self
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The North Star
Frederick Douglass
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21 Bridges
Deputy Chief Spencer
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There Are No Children Here
John Paul Rivers
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In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
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Horizon Line
Freddy Wyman
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The Gettysburg Address
Frederick Douglass (voice)
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Beautiful Loser
Morgan - Adult
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
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Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goliath (voice)
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The 420 Movie
Chief Ironweed
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Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
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The '91 Falcons
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The Shakespeare Sessions
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The Gateway
Terry
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School of Rickey
Self - Narrator (voice)
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The Tiger Woods Story
Earl Woods
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Blue: The American Dream
Terry Venable
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The Color Purple: The Color of Success
Narrator (voice)
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In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
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Most Guys Are Losers
Al
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Pups Alone
The Wise Bartender
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Black as Night
Babineaux
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Forbidden Fruits
Rev. Walters
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The Seventh Day
Father Louis
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Hallelujah
Big Willie
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Insight
Captain Duke
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Cuba's Cancer Hope
Narrator (voice)
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Murder in Black and White
Martin
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The Undershepherd
Brother Wilks
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Dutch Book
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You Might Be the Killer
Sheriff James
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Catwoman: Hunted
Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
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Good
Gregory Devereaux
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Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Ink Williams
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Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Narrator (voice)
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Finding Faith
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Sosa
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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
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The Thing Expanded
Self
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Portal to Hell
Mr. Bobshank
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Lions Of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
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Sharon 1.2.3.
Tyrone
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Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
Narrator
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ATL 2: The Homecoming
John Garnett
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The Last Punch
Don King
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Omniscient
Alistair
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Captain Zero: The Movie
The Depression Demon (voice)
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The Price for Freedom
Reverend J.W. Bruno
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Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Husk (voice)
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Spawn
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Amphibia: The Hardest Thing
King Adrias
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Dreams of the Moon
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My New Friend Jim
Jim Dandy
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Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
Spawn
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Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
(voice) (uncredited)
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Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
Self - Narrator
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Coraline In Remastered 3D
Gato
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