Jun 21 2011
That Guy Actor of the Week: Keith David
I just find it odd that there’s also a David Keith out there. Though these two are very different. Keith David is a black guy whereas David Keith is very very white. Anyway, let’s focus on Keith David for a second.
It was in the movie Men at Work where I really took to liking David. He played a wacky Vietnam veteran dispatch manager working for the city’s sanitation department. In other words he was the boss of Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. His character was absolutely hilarious and it was from that point on that I would seek him out.
Turns out it really wasn’t that hard and David had been around in movies well before Men at Work. You might remember him in the movie Platoon where he played “King.”
Keith has 190 titles to his name so it’s tough to single out many performances but believe me you’ve seen him and chance are you liked him. But just in case, he was Frank Armitage in They Live, so that’s awesome.
Here’s a great scene from Men at Work after the jump…..
Don’t mess with another man’s fries.
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He rocked in Requiem for a Dream!
“I know it’s pretty baby, but I didn’t take it out for air”
Don’t forget he was in The Thing, There’s something about Mary…crapload of films.
Pitch black and chronicles of riddick.
One of my favorite things he’s done is he’s the voic of Captain/Admiral/Counsilor Anderson in Mass Effect. He’s got such a cool voice.
Hes the voice of the Arbiter in ‘lo
He was the voice of Sgt. Foley in CoD: MW2 as well
Seriously, nobody mentioned that this man voiced GOLIATH in the amazing disney animated series GARGOYLES?!
Come on, guys this is probably the most badass non-transforming surrogate father figure of a generation we’re talking about.
Hell, that voice is the only reason I gave The Cape half a chance, but even Goliath and River Tam couldn’t save that trainwreck.
Not to mention this pivotal early role:
http://videosift.com/video/Mr-Rogers-Talks-About-Games
Seriously, that dude has been in everything.
“The commie gets no food!”
*GONG*
My friend met this dude at some spiritual retreat or something in San Diego once. Said he was a super chill dude.
i loved him in basketball diaries..
Don’t make me have to open a can of whoop-ass.