David Lemuel Keith was born May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and director.

Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film Brubaker (1980). He appeared in alongside Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), in The Lords of Discipline (1983) and White of the Eye (1987) and in U-571 (2000) opposite Matthew McConaughey.

Other roles include Daredevil and television shows such as Navy NCIS, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and High Incident.

His last credits include Expiration Date (2006), Boys of Summerville (2008) and TV series "The Class" (2006-2007).

Filmography

• Clown Hunt (2008)
• Boys of Summerville (2008)
• Succubus: Hell Bent (2007)
• "The Class"
• Bottoms Up (2006)
• Expiration Date (2006)
• In Her Line of Fire (2006)
• Miracle Dogs Too (2006) (V)
• Judy (2005)
• Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005) (TV)
• "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
• Path of Destruction (2005) (TV)
• Come Away Home (2005)
• All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
• Raise Your Voice (2004)
• "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2004)
• "Still Life" (2004)
• The Kings of Brooklyn (2004)
• Epoch: Evolution (2003) (TV)
• Deep Shock (2003)
• Hangman's Curse (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Waterville (2003)
• Sabretooth (2002) (V)
• Carrie (2002) (TV)
• Mother Ghost (2002)
• In the Echo (2002) (TV)
• Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2001)
• Anthrax (2001)
• World Traveler (2001)
• Constant Payne (2001) (TV)
• Love and Treason (2001) (TV)
• Burning Down the House (2001)
• Cahoots (2001)
• Clover Bend (2001)
• Last Dance (2001) (TV)
• The Stickup (2001)
• Men of Honor (2000)
• "Arli$$" (1 episode, 2000)
• U-571 (2000)
• "Martial Law" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1 episode, 2000)
• Epoch (2000) (TV)
• If... Dog... Rabbit... (1999)
• Secret of the Andes (1999)
• Question of Privilege (1999)
• A Memory in My Heart (1999) (TV)
• Poodle Springs (1998) (TV)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1998)
• Ambushed (1998)
• Perfect Prey (1998) (TV)
• Red-Blooded American Girl II (1997)
• Invasion of Privacy (1996)
• "High Incident" (1 episode, 1996-1997)
• A Family Thing (1996)
• "Local Heroes" (1996) TV series
• If Looks Could Kill (1996) (TV)
• "Strangers" Richard (1 episode, 1996)
• Judge and Jury (1996)
• Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
• The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
• Deadly Sins (1995)
• Raw Justice (1994)
• XXX's & OOO's (1994) (TV)
• Major League II (1994)
• Ernest Goes to School (1994)
• Texas (1994) (TV)
• Temptation (1994)
• Till the End of the Night (1994)
• Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica (1993) (TV)
• Distant Cousins (1993)
• Caged Fear (1992)
• Liar's Edge (1992) (TV)
• "Flesh 'n' Blood" (12 episodes, 1991-1992)
• Running Wild (1992)
• Off and Running (1991)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989) (TV)
• Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
• The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988)
• White of the Eye (1987)
• The Whoopee Boys (1986)
• "If Tomorrow Comes" (1986) (mini) TV mini-series
• Gulag (1985) (TV)
• Firestarter (1984)
• The Lords of Discipline (1983)
• Independence Day (1983)
• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
• Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
• Back Roads (1981)
• Brubaker (1980)
• The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980) (TV)
• The Rose (1979)
• The Great Santini (1979)
• "The Runaways" (1 episode, 1979)
• Friendly Fire (1979) (TV)
• "Co-ed Fever" (1979) TV series
• "Happy Days" (1 episode, 1978)

Awards

• Emmy Best voice-over performance "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" 2005
• NAACP Theater Award Best Actor in a Play "Seven Guitars" 1996