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Keith David: Biography

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Birth Name: Keith David Williams
Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/04/1956, Gemini
Profession: Actor

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Keith David Fast Facts:

Played the Cowardly Lion in his grammar school's production of The Wizard of Oz.
Soon after graduating from Juilliard, he became Raul Julia's understudy for a Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello.
Won the 1989 Actors' Equity Association's St. Clair Bayfield Award for his performance in Coriolanus.
Won the 1996 NAACP Theatre Award for Best Actor for his work in the Broadway play Seven Guitars.
Has his own cabaret act, which features renditions of pop and jazz standards, and has starred in a musical tribute to Nat King Cole.

Keith David Relationships:
Mae Lee - Daughter
Margit Edwards - Ex-wife
Delores Williams - Mother
Dionne - Wife
Lester Williams - Father
Keith David Awards:
2001 Emmy: Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational) - Nominee
2005 Emmy: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - Winner
1992 Tony: Actor (Featured Role--Musical) - Nominee
2008 Emmy: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - Winner
College:
Juilliard School of Music and Drama, New York, NY (BFA, 1979)

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The Cape, Keith David Frank Ockenfels 3/NBC

7th Heaven, Stephen Collins, Keith David Bruce Birmelin/The CW

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