Keith David on his incredible career: āI want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beingsā
The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isnāt slowing down any time
The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isnāt slowing down any time soon Keith Davidās voice precedes him. Deep and resonant, with mellifluous notes that hark back to his boysā choir days, it has spent decades inhabiting warriors, gods, rogues, fathers and a welter of cartoon oddballs.
Before David appears in a Zoom window from his Los Angeles home office, his voice reverberates through my tinny laptop speakers like a foghorn. āCan you see me now?ā he booms once our connection is established after fits and starts. āOK. Outside of technology, you know Iām ā¦ OK.ā He fizzes about the project he just wrapped: a dark buddy comedy called My Friend Jim, in which he stars opposite Rob Lowe.
Itās the latest entry in a seemingly unstinting slew of productions that have kept him booked and busy since the late 1970s, from The Thing
to Platoon to Thereās Something About Mary to Nope. Continue reading...
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