Keith David Filmography

First Sunday

Actors: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach

Synopsis: Gospel-minded playwright David E. Talbert produces, writes, and directs this urban crime comedy concerning a pair of criminals who take a group of church parishioners hostage while attempting to rob the holy house, only to find their captives slowly convincing them to repent and give up their Read More

My Mom's New Boyfriend

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair, Keith David

Synopsis: When an uptight federal agent's sexually liberated mother enters into an affair with a man suspected of being involved in an international art-theft ring, it's up to the fresh-faced agent to keep an observant eye on the couple in question in writer/director George Gallo's lighthearted romantic Read More

Delta Farce

Actors: Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, D.J. Qualls, Danny Trejo, Marisol Nichols

Synopsis: When a hard-luck blue-collar worker and his two best friends are mistaken for Army Reservists by a tough-talking Army sergeant, the plane set to fly them to the front lines of Iraq mistakenly drops them in the middle of Mexico to disastrous results in a freewheeling military comedy starring Larry the Cable Guy Read More

Ken Burns' The War [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Glenn Frazier, Sam Hynes, Quentin Aanenson, Jim Sherman, Earl Burke

Synopsis: Ken Burns continues his exploration of massive, sweeping subjects with his 15-hour documentary The War; in this case, the conflict in question is World War II. Yet within the scope of that gargantuan subject, Burns and co-director Lynn Novick narrow their scale of emphasis, honing in on four Read More

The Last Sentinel

Actors: Katee Sackhoff, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Bokeem Woodbine, Keith David, Steven Bauer

Synopsis: When the population of planet Earth is threatened by the very same force once created to protect them, a fearless rebel fighter will learn to think and fight like a machine in order to ensure the survival of the human race. At first the Drone Police were the perfect soldiers; that is until the Read More

The Oh in Ohio

Actors: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, Mischa Barton, Miranda Bailey

Synopsis: A woman gets a belated introduction to the joy of sex in this comedy. Priscilla (Parker Posey) is a thirtysomething public-relations agent with the unenviable job of trying to lure new businesses to Cleveland, OH. Priscilla is married to Jack (Paul Rudd), a high-school teacher who is reaching the Read More

ATL

Actors: Tip "T.I." Harris, Lauren London, Lonette McKee, Antwan Andre Patton

Synopsis: A tightly knit group of working-class Atlanta teens spend their time bonding over hip-hop and roller skating while pondering life after high school in director Chris Robinson's coming-of-age comedy drama that draws inspirations from the real-life childhoods of Dallas Austin and Tionne Watkins. For Read More

Dirty

Actors: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Clifton Collins, Jr., Cole Hauser, Wyclef Jean, Keith David

Synopsis: Cuba Gooding Jr. and Clifton Collins Jr. portray a pair of former gang members who trade in their colors for badges, only to discover that life on the other side of the law isn't much different than life on the streets, in Nightstalker director Chris Fisher's tale of crime and corruption in the Read More

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

Actors: Peter Coyote, Keith David, Bruce McGill, Nicholas Gonzalez

Synopsis: North Korea is threatening to flex its nuclear muscle, and it's up to a team of US Navy SEALs to prevent a catastrophe in this action-packed sequel to Behind Enemy Lines starring Bruce McGill, Keith David, and Peter Coyote. Everything was going as planned, but when the mission is aborted after the Read More

Walking the Bible [TV Documentary Series]

Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life

Transporter 2

Actors: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine

Synopsis: Driver and muscle for hire Frank Martin returns in this sequel to the 2002 box-office hit. Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a former special-forces officer who will transport anything anywhere for a price, and his latest assignment is acting as chauffeur for Jack Billings (Hunter Clary), the young Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Actors: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington

Synopsis: Many married couples have secrets, but one pair of lovebirds discover they've both been living dangerous secret lives in this action thriller laced with comedy. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and play Jane Smith and John Smith, a suburban couple whose marriage has started to go a bit stale after Read More

Crash

Actors: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Shaun Toub, Brendan Fraser

Synopsis: Issues of race and gender cause a group of strangers in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally collide in this drama from director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. Graham (Don Cheadle) is a police detective whose brother is a street criminal, and it hurts him to know his mother cares more about Read More

The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross

Grey's Anatomy: Winning a Battle, Losing the War

Synopsis: It's the annual Dead Baby Bike Day, in which the bicycle messengers of Seattle participate in a city-wide race. Unfortunately, there's been a spectacular accident, and the ER is filled to overflowing with injured cyclists and pedestrians. Among the casualties is a biker named Viper (Callum Blue) Read More

The Chronicles of Riddick

Actors: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos

Synopsis: Vin Diesel returns as the nocturnally gifted antihero Riddick in this sequel to the 2000 cult item Pitch Black. Riddick, on the run from the law and evading mercenaries eager to claim the price on his head, seeks refuge on the planet of Helion, only to discover he's walked into a world in chaos. Read More

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Actors: Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck

Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old CIA operative Cody Banks (played by Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz) is back in action in this comedy adventure, which sends the youthful secret agent to Old Blighty. Banks returns to Kamp Woody, the CIA training center disguised as a summer camp, where he's given a new Read More

Beef II

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Peter Spirer directed this follow-up to his film Beef. Just like the first movie, Beef II studies the many feuds that both fuel and plague the world of hip-hop music. Featuring narration by actor Keith David (Platoon, Clockers), the film features interview with such rap stars Read More

NOVA: Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land - Unearthing a Rebel Hideout

Synopsis: This documentary takes a look at a number of 2000 year old artifacts found in a cave near the Dead Sea and the story they might tell. Could these ancient coins have been left behind by Bar-Kokhba, the Jewish upriser whled a rebellion against the Romans so many years ago? ~ Cammila Albertson, All Read More

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Synopsis: Experience legendary boxer Jack Johnson's remarkable struggle both in and out of the ring in documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' two-part look at the career of one of the sports world's most remarkable athletes. From his childhood in Galveston, TX, as the son of former slaves to his triumph as the Read More

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury

Actors: Nick Chinlund, Keith David, Rhiana Griffith, Vin Diesel

Synopsis: The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury picks up where the original Pitch Black left off as Riddick is pitted against a ruthless bounty hunter in this animated prequel to the big-event summer movie The Chronicles of Riddick. Vin Diesel returns as the voice of the mysterious hero, with Keith David and Rhiana Griffith Read More

The Big House [TV Series]

Actors: Kevin Hart, Faizon Love, Keith David, Arnetia Walker, Yvette Nicole Brown

Hollywood Homicide

Actors: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich

Synopsis: Further cementing 2003 as the year of Ron Shelton cop movies, the director continued his vacation from the sports genre with Hollywood Homicide, a police comedy that comes right on the heels of Shelton's Dark Blue, a decidedly grittier cop thriller. The film stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett Read More

Kaena: The Prophecy

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston

Synopsis: Billed as the first European 3-D CGI feature-length film, Kaena: The Prophecy revolves around a mammoth tree that rises 100 miles from the planet's surface and provides shelter and sustenance for a variety of different races and species. Referred to as Axis, the tree has been losing its sap at a Read More

Head of State

Actors: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Nick Searcy, Lynn Whitfield

Synopsis: Can a high-attitude African-American politician who says what he thinks stand a chance in a presidential campaign? Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) is a straight-talking alderman representing a inner-city neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In the midst of a hard-fought race for the White House, the Read More

Agent Cody Banks

Actors: Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson

Synopsis: A teen learns that all the gadgets in the world can't help him overcome his awkwardness around the opposite sex in this big-budget family entertainment. In Agent Cody Banks, Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz plays a young man plucked from suburban obscurity to be trained as a CIA Read More

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The Gift of the Jews

Actors: Keith David

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The End of Days

Actors: Keith David

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The Book and the Sword

Actors: Keith David

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Actors: Tom Hanks, Keith David

Synopsis: This Ken Burns documentary is a vivid celebration of pioneering "automobilist" Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson. In 1903, Jackson accepted a 50-dollar bet to drive from San Francisco to New York City in his 20-horsepower Winton touring car, the Vermont. With only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire Read More

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Random Acts of Violence

Synopsis: Things get personal for the CSI's Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) when he heads to his old neighborhood to investigate a particularly tragic drive-by shooting. The victim, who was sleeping in her own bedroom, was the nine-year-old daughter of Warrick's old friend and mentor, Matt Phelps (Keith Read More

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Keith David, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, René Auberjonois, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: Originally intended as a four-part miniseries, Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites made its U.S. debut as a two-part PBS special on May 14 and 21, 2003. Narrated by Keith David, with character voices provided by an impressive lineup of prominent actors, the program is dedicated to the Read More

Justice League: Hearts and Minds, Part 1

Actors: Dennis Haysbert, Keith David, Kim Mai Guest

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, John Stewart, aka The Green Lantern, must come to the rescue of his fellow "Lanterns," several of whom have pitted their lives against the alien minions of the evil Despero. John is alerted to this peril by another "Lantern" named Kilowog, who has escaped Read More

Justice League: Hearts and Minds, Part 2

Actors: Dennis Haysbert, Keith David, Kim Mai Guest

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, League member John Stewart, aka The Green Lantern, continues in his efforts to save his fellow "Lanterns" -- and by extension, all mankind -- from the mass-brainwashing scheme fomented by the evil Despero. Happily, it turns out that Stewart's former Read More

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - By the Rivers of Babylon

Actors: Keith David

In the Footsteps of Jesus [TV Documentary Series]

Synopsis: This ambitious cable TV documentary miniseries used the Bible and other written historical sources as a starting-off point for a brand-new exploration of the life and times of Jesus Christ. A team of archaeologists sought out verification of the words of the Scripture by excavating the area in and Read More

Barbershop

Actors: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Calvin (Ice Cube) never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Disgusted with the shop's crime-ridden neighborhood, and caught up in his moneymaking schemes, one morning Calvin decides to sell the shop to the shady Lester (Keith David). Chastised by his Read More

The Job: Season 02

Actors: Denis Leary, Bill Nunn, Lenny Clarke

Egypt's Golden Empire, Episode 2: Pharaohs of the Sun

Egypt's Golden Empire, Episode 1: The Warrior Pharoahs

Inside Islam

Synopsis: Inside Islam traces the roots of this often misunderstood faith back to its origins within the Hebrew Bible, as well as providing information concerning how the religion's central tenets helped spread Islam throughout the world. This video provides information on what the Qu'Ran says about topics Read More

29 Palms

Actors: Jeremy Davies, Rachael Leigh Cook, Chris O'Donnell

Synopsis: Leonardo Ricagni, director of the 1998 Uruguayan comedy El Chevrolé, helmed this straight-to-video ensemble crime thriller, in which the main character is a bag of money. Initially belonging to a casino on an Indian reservation, The Chief (Russell Means) hires The Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) to track Read More

Egypt's Golden Empire, Episode 3: The Last Great Pharoah

Novocaine

Actors: Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Scott Caan

Synopsis: In this darkly comic film noir from writer/director David Atkins, Steve Martin revisits dentistry -- an occupation he'd explored 15 years prior, in the camp musical Little Shop of Horrors. Novocaine casts Martin as a much more mild-mannered D.D.S., Dr. Frank Sangster. Engaged to a prim and Read More

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Actors: Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods

Synopsis: The first feature-length motion picture to use computer-generated imagery to create not only effects, props, and environments but also the human cast members themselves, this lavish science-fiction adventure follows closely on the heels of another video game-based film, Tomb Raider (2001). Ming-Na Read More

Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 2

Synopsis: The newest project from the master of documentaries deals with the life of author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), one of America's most beloved writers and historical characters from the 19th century. Ken Burns worked for nearly three years and drew from 100 hours of filmed material and hundreds of Read More

Ken Burns' Mark Twain [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Kevin Conway, Keith David

Synopsis: In the tradition of his previous "living histories" The Civil War and Baseball, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns assembled this fascinating two-part miniseries devoted to the life and career of legendary American humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known as Mark Twain. The first Read More

Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 1

Actors: Kevin Conway

Synopsis: The newest project from the master of documentaries deals with the life of author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), one of America's most beloved writers and historical characters from the 19th century. Ken Burns worked for nearly three years and drew from 100 hours of filmed material and hundreds of Read More

Home Invaders

Law & Order: Bronx Cheer

Synopsis: The strangled body of a woman is found in the Bronx. The victim had an abundant supply of Ecstasy in her handbag, a clue which leads the detectives to a drug dealer named Paz (Peter Greene). As the investigation proceeds, a past murder case is reopened -- whereupon the D.A.'s office comes to the Read More

The Job: Season 01

Actors: Denis Leary, Bill Nunn, Lenny Clarke

Going to California [TV Series]

Actors: Sam Trammell, Brad Henke, John Mallory Asher, Audrey Marie Anderson, Oliver Macready

Requiem for a Dream

Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., this gritty drama concerns four people trapped by their addictions. Harry (Jared Leto), and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY, while Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) is a fellow Read More

The Replacements

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau, Brooke Langton

Synopsis: The 1987 National Football League players' strike inspired this sports-themed comedy. The Washington Sentinels are one of the strongest teams in pro football, and coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) and quarterback Eddie Martel (Brett Cullen) look like they're on the road to the Super Bowl -- until Read More

Where the Heart Is

Actors: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Sally Field

Synopsis: Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) runs away from her Tennessee home toward the bright lights of California, accompanied by her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickins (Dylan Bruno). But Willy gets cold feet and abandons her at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, OK. Novalee's life savings amount to Read More

Pitch Black

Actors: Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Synopsis: In this science fiction thriller, a spaceship is transporting a disparate group of people to a far-away galactic outpost called New Mecca. Mechanical failures cause the craft to crash-land on an abandoned planet that has three suns and no night. The only member of the crew to survive is junior Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 3: Our Language, 1924-1928

Actors: Wynton Marsalis

Synopsis: Episode three of Ken Burns' comprehensive series -- which covers 1924 to 1929 -- shows how jazz reflected the atmosphere of the country just before the Depression. We meet Bessie Smith, the first influential female vocalist who helped forge new roads for black record labels by performing the Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 4: The True Welcome, 1929-1935

Actors: Wynton Marsalis

Synopsis: Episode four of Ken Burns's acclaimed series -- covering 1929 to 1934 -- finds jazz musicians facing the collapse of the American economy during the Great Depression. While a quarter of the nation's workforce is without work, jazz musicians thrive. The advent of a new dance called the Lindy Hop Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 5: Swing - Pure Pleasure, 1935-1937

Actors: Wynton Marsalis

Synopsis: Episode five of Ken Burns' series deals with jazz during the increasingly bleak Great Depression from 1935 to 1937. Swing music is now the most popular music of the time. Young fans flock to dance halls to swing their troubles away. Bandleaders such as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 2: The Gift, 1917-1924

Actors: Wynton Marsalis

Synopsis: Episode two of Ken Burns's exhaustive series explores the haughtiness of the "Jazz Age" -- 1917 to 1924. During this time when jazz flourished, unparalleled prosperity across the country created an atmosphere ripe for flappers, gangsters, speakeasies, and all-around good times. Burns introduces Read More

3x3 Eyes: Yakumo

3x3 Eyes: Transmigration

Synopsis: This Japanese anime series tells the story of Pai, the sole survivor of a race of immortal three-eyed beings known as the Sanjiyan Unkara who temporarily assumes the form of a human girl in a quest to recover an ancient artifact which will make her human attributes permanent. She eventually Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 1: Gumbo, Beginnings to 1917

Actors: Wynton Marsalis

Synopsis: In a similar fashion to his other documentaries, The Civil War and Baseball, Ken Burns uses historical fact and personal accounts to illuminate the story of jazz and how it coincided with the maturation of America. Jazz roots itself in New Orleans for its first installment, Gumbo. One of the 19th Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 9: The Adventure, 1956-1961

Actors: Wynton Marsalis

Synopsis: Episode nine of Ken Burns' series -- covering 1956 to 1960 -- deals with a period of immense popularity and transition for jazz music. The same year that Elvis Presley tops the pop charts, Duke Ellington records a live album at the Newport Jazz Festival that outsells all his others. Other aging Read More

Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 10: A Masterpiece by Midnight, 1961-Present