Keith David
Born June 04, 1956 (Age: 69)
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Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, 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). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) and as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020). His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes narrating Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, he has voiced Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), President Andre Curtis in Rick and Morty (2015–) and its upcoming spin-off President Curtis, King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Captain Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape (2024), which he assumed after the death of Lance Reddick in March 2023. He was part of the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas live concert in October 2025, where he voiced Oogie Boogie, taking over the role from his longtime original voice actor, Ken Page, following his death in September 2024. In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, 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). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) and as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020).
His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes narrating Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, he has voiced Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), President Andre Curtis in Rick and Morty (2015–) and its upcoming spin-off President Curtis, King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Captain Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape (2024), which he assumed after the death of Lance Reddick in March 2023. He was part of the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas live concert in October 2025, where he voiced Oogie Boogie, taking over the role from his longtime original voice actor, Ken Page, following his death in September 2024.
In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith David, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
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as The Depression Demon (voice)
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Age: 72
Shelby Oaks
2025
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as Morton Jacobson
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Age: 69
Sneaks
2025
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as O.G. (voice)
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Age: 68
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
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as Masego (voice)
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Age: 68
American Fiction
2023
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as Willy the Wonker
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Age: 67
Shut Up and Ride
2022
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
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as Dog-El (voice)
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Age: 66
Nope
2022
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as Otis Haywood Sr.
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Age: 66
Horizon Line
2020
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as Freddy Wyman
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Age: 64
21 Bridges
2019
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as Deputy Chief Spencer
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Age: 63
The Wedding Year
2019
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as Preston
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Age: 63
Night School
2018
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as Gerald
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Age: 62
American Dresser
2018
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as Charlie
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Age: 62
The Nice Guys
2016
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as Older Guy
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Age: 59
No Image
The Last Punch
2016
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as Don King
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Age: 59
Dutch Book
2015
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as
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Age: 59
Frog Kingdom
2013
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as Frog King (voice)
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Age: 57
Free Birds
2013
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as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
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Age: 57
Cloud Atlas
2012
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as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
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Age: 56
Chain Letter
2010
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as Det. Jim Crenshaw
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Age: 54
Lottery Ticket
2010
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as Sweet Tee
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Age: 54
Meet Monica Velour
2010
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as Claude
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Age: 54
Death at a Funeral
2010
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as Reverend Davis
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Age: 53
Africa's Lost Eden
2010
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 53
The Princess and the Frog
2009
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as Dr. Facilier (voice)
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Age: 53
Gamer
2009
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as Agent Keith
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Age: 53
All About Steve
2009
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as Corbitt
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Age: 53
Blue
2009
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as Terry Venable
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Age: 52
Coraline
2009
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as The Cat (voice)
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Age: 52
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
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as FBI Chief Conrad
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Age: 51
Superhero Movie
2008
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as The Chief of Police
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Age: 51
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
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as The Centre (voice)
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Age: 51
First Sunday
2008
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as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
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Age: 51
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
2007
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 50
ATL
2006
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as John Garnett
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Age: 49
The Oh in Ohio
2006
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as Coach Popovitch
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Age: 49
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
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as Self
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Age: 49
Transporter 2
2005
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as Stappleton
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Age: 49
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
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as Father
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Age: 49
Crash
2005
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as Lt. Dixon
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Age: 48
Last Stand of the Great Bear
2004
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 48
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
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as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
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Age: 48
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 47
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
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as CIA Director
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Age: 47
Hollywood Homicide
2003
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as Leon
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Age: 47
Head of State
2003
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as Bernard Cooper
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Age: 46
Agent Cody Banks
2003
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as CIA Director
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Age: 46
29 Palms
2002
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as The Sheriff
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Age: 46
Stalking Leopards
2002
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 46
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
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as Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
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Age: 45
Barbershop
2002
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as Lester Wallace
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Age: 45
Mark Twain
2002
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 45
Novocaine
2001
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as Detective Lunt
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Age: 45
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
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as Council Member (voice)
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Age: 45
Requiem for a Dream
2000
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as Big Tim
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Age: 44
The Replacements
2000
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as Lindell
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Age: 44
Where the Heart Is
2000
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as Moses Whitecotten
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Age: 43
Pitch Black
2000
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as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
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Age: 43
Innocents
2000
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as Detective Davis
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Age: 43
The Grizzlies of Siberia
1999
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 42
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998
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as Spawn
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Age: 42
There's Something About Mary
1998
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as Charlie Jensen
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Age: 42
Armageddon
1998
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as General Kimsey
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Age: 42
The Tiger Woods Story
1998
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as Earl Woods
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Age: 41
Never Met Picasso
1997
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as Larry
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Age: 41
Don King: Only in America
1997
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as Herbert Muhammad
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Age: 41
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
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as Algric Bartles
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Age: 41
Executive Target
1997
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as Lamar
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Age: 41
Hercules
1997
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as Apollo the Sun God (voice)
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Age: 41
Volcano
1997
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as Lt. Ed Fox
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Age: 40
Flipping
1997
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as Leo Richards, Gang Leader
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Age: 40
Johns
1996
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as Homeless John
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Age: 40
Larger Than Life
1996
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as Hurst
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Age: 40
The Grave
1996
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as The Priest
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Age: 39
Eye for an Eye
1996
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as Martin
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Age: 39
Dead Presidents
1995
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as Kirby
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Age: 39
Clockers
1995
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as André the Giant
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Age: 39
Blue in the Face
1995
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as Jackie Robinson
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Age: 39
The Quick and the Dead
1995
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as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
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Age: 38
The Puppet Masters
1994
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as Alex Holland
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Age: 38
Notes in a Minor Key
1994
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as Kansas
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Age: 38
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
1994
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 37
Reality Bites
1994
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as Roger
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Age: 37
No Image
Hallelujah
1993
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as Big Willie
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Age: 37
There Are No Children Here
1993
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as John Paul Rivers
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Age: 37
The Last Outlaw
1993
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as Lovecraft
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Age: 37
Lions Of Darkness
1993
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 36
Nails
1992
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as Noah Owens
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Age: 36
Article 99
1992
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as Luther Jermoe
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Age: 35
Final Analysis
1992
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as Detective Huggins
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Age: 35
Hallelujah Anyhow
1991
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as Will
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Age: 34
Marked for Death
1990
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as Max
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Age: 34
Men at Work
1990
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as Louis Fedders
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Age: 34
Murder in Black and White
1990
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as Martin
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Age: 33
Always
1989
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as Powerhouse
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Age: 33
Road House
1989
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as Ernie Bass
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Age: 32
Christmas in Tattertown
1988
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as Saxophone (voice)
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Age: 32
Ladykillers
1988
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as Abe
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Age: 32
They Live
1988
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as Frank Armitage
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Age: 32
Bird
1988
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as Buster Franklin
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Age: 31
Stars & Bars
1988
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as Eugene Teagarden
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Age: 31
Off Limits
1988
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as Maurice
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Age: 31
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
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as Embassy Gate Captain
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Age: 31
No Image
The Making of 'They Live'
1988
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as Self
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Age: 31
Hot Pursuit
1987
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as Alphonso
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Age: 30
Platoon
1986
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as King
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Age: 30
The Whoopee Boys
1986
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as Washington Square Peddler
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Age: 30
The Thing
1982
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as Childs
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Age: 26
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
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as Pirates and Police
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Age: 23
Coriolanus
1979
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as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
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Age: 22