Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as
Keith David, is an American
film,
television and
voice actor and
singer. He is best known for his roles as the director of the CIA in
Agent Cody Banks and Dr. Facilier in
The Princess and the Frog. He has acted in many mainstream films, such as
Crash,
There's Something About Mary,
Barbershop and
Men at Work. He has 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 last starred as Elroy Patashnik in
the sixth season of the comedy series,
Community. He guest starred in episodes 4 and 5 of Season 2 of
Rick and Morty.