Keith David

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Keith David is a voice actor instantly recognizable by his deep, growling voice. Much like James Earl Jones, his voice brought life to a lot of different characters, ranging from heroic to villainous. His voice is well-known by people who watched Gargoyles. David was the voice of Goliath, the main character and leader of the titular gargoyles.

Here's me with him in Missoula. Seriously, what are the odds he would come to Missoula of all places? I could hardly say a word to him. Thankfully, my brother was there to help me out. Doesn't he just emanate "cool?"

Keith David as Goliath, narrating the intro to Gargoyles.


David also voiced Goliath for Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles. He also voiced the antihero character of Spawn in the characters animated series Todd McFarlane's Spawn. In the Mass Effect video games, David voiced Captain (Later Admiral) David Anderson, the mentor to the series' main character, Commander Shepard. He voiced the talking cat in the stop-motion movie Coraline. Very recently, he voiced Nick Fury in the video game Marvel Heroes. Some minor roles of his include the sun god Apollo in Hercules (both the movie and the cartoon series), Minos from the Aladdin TV series, and one of the council members from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

David has certainly had his share of villainous roles, too. In Teen Titans, he played the evil, egotistical robot Atlas. In The Princess and the Frog he voiced Dr. Facilier. He voiced the main villain, Chaos, from the Dissidia Final Fantasy games. He also voiced the not-so-nice Arbiter from the Halo series.

When you're not hearing him play these great characters, you're hearing Keith David narrate commercials urging people to answer the call of duty by joining the United States Navy.

Keith David has always been unbelievably good at what he does. He is instantly recognizable, and can flawlessly pull off any kind of role ranging from a no-nonsense high-ranking officer to a ruthless megalomaniac. He should definitely keep doing what he's doing in terms of voice over work. Any character with his voice is one worth remembering. It would be really interesting to see another animated series where he plays the main character. To my knowledge, there haven't been very many series or even one-shot pieces of entertainment that have had him as the MAIN main character since Gargoyles, and that was almost twenty years ago!