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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- A Matter of Iodine
- Around Scotland in 80 Treasures
- Hands Across Time
- Chicago Moon
- Sjoerd Knibbeler
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1947-01-08
- Active to
- 2016-01-10
Discography
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Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956), better known as Keith David, 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) <a href="https:/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,066x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,379x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,962x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,912x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 57,996x
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Key facts
- Born
- Keith David Williams , ( 1956-06-04 ) June 4, 1956 (age 69) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Spouses
- Margit Edwards ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1999 ) Dionne Lea Williams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
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- Keith David 3rd Annual ICON MANN POWER 50 event - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg
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- Keith David
- date of birth
- 1956-06-04
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- name in native language
- Keith David
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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, voice work 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).