ACTOR

Keith David

1956 - Today

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Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, 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), and Nope (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keith David has received more than 9,609,751 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Keith David is the 3,022nd most popular actor (up from 3,200th in 2019), the 4,606th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,984th in 2019) and the 1,369th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Keith Davids by language

Over the past year Keith David has had the most page views in the with 1,703,125 views, followed by German (61,199), and Spanish (49,122). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (317.46%), Afrikaans (92.78%), and Latvian (79.31%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Keith David ranks 3,022 out of 13,578. Before him are Ben Miller, John McCook, Kirill Lavrov, David Belle, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Viviane Romance. After him are Engin Akyürek, Olive Thomas, Bob Crane, Maude Adams, Gustav Knuth, and Flora Finch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Keith David ranks 184. Before him are Nathan Lane, Brett Cullen, David Card, Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Saadeddine Othmani, and Richard Curtis. After him are Marta Kauffman, Hanni Wenzel, Bernd Förster, Pierre Lévy, Blackie Lawless, and Martin Jol.

Others Born in 1956

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Keith David ranks 4,606 out of 20,380. Before him are Julia Grant (1826), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), Francis Lane (1874), Adam Lambert (1982), Beau Biden (1969), and Harry Frankfurt (1929). After him are Yusuf Estes (1944), Olive Thomas (1894), Bob Crane (1928), Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), and Maude Adams (1872).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Keith David ranks 1,369. Before him are Madeline Kahn (1942), Clifton James (1920), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), Murray Hamilton (1923), John McCook (1944), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961). After him are Olive Thomas (1894), Bob Crane (1928), Maude Adams (1872), Patti LuPone (1949), Shemar Moore (1970), and Kathleen Quinlan (1954).

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Television and Movie Roles

Coraline
Cat (voice)
A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a sinister secret.
Feb 5o 20097.9 / 10
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Father
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.
Jun 7o 20056.679 / 10
The Thing
Childs
A team of American scientists investigate the empty, destroyed base of their Norwegian counterparts in Antarctica, only to discover a terrifying life force that can take the form of its prey.
Jun 25o 19828.052 / 10