FrameThrower · Actors · Keith David
Keith David
13 films · 1,016 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1982–2022
Born 4 June 1956 · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Keith David Williams is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 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), Nope (2022), and American Fiction (2023).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,016 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Keith takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 13 films we hold, 59% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work Keith takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Chain Letter
2010 · Det. Jim Crenshaw
The Thing
1982 · Childs
Nope
2022 · Otis Haywood Sr.
21 Bridges
2019 · Deputy Chief Spencer
The Nice Guys
2016 · Older Guy
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Coraline
2009 · The Cat (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009 · Dr. Facilier (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Clockers
1995 · André the Giant
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Bird
1988 · Buster Franklin
Platoon
1986 · King
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,016 frames from Keith David's 13 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.