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Keith David in Nope (2022)

Keith David in Nope

Keith David (1956 -)

Film Deaths[]

  • The Thing (1982) [Childs]: Presumably freezes to death after the end of the movie. The film ends with David and Kurt Russell waiting in the snow and Kurt's last line implicates that their fate is ambiguous. (note: about 20 years after the film, John Carpenter was planning a sequel with both Keith's and Kurt's characters alive, but the film never moved forward).
  • They Live (1988) [Frank Armitage]: Shot in the head by Meg Foster in a stairwell; the scene cuts away just as she fires.
  • Off Limits (1988) [Maurice]: Killed by the Sappers after they threw a grenade into his hotel room and machine gunned at him.
  • The Puppet Masters (1994) [Alex Holland]: Shot to death by Sam Anderson (after being taken over by one of the puppet masters parasites).
  • The Quick and the Dead (1995) [Sergeant Clay Cantrell]: Shot in the head by Gene Hackman during a gun duel.
  • Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1997; anime) [Okkoto]: Killed by the forest spirit after being transformed into a demon. (See also Hisaya Morishige in the Japanese version.)
  • The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) [Imam]: Killed by the Necromongers.
  • Justice League: The New Frontier (2008; animated, video) [The Centre]: Explodes into outer space after being brought into space by David Boreanaz.
  • The Fifth Commandment (2008) [Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton]: Shot to death by police after he willingly surrenders so that Rick Yune and Dania Ramirez can get away.
  • The Princess and the Frog (2009; animated) [Dr. Facilier]: Dragged into the netherworld by voodoo spirits after Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) shatters Keith's charm.
  • The Hitman Chronicles: Charlie Valentine (2009) [Sal]: Shot in the head while talking to Raymond J. Barry.
  • Free Birds (2013; animated) [Cheif Broadbeak]: Crushed/burned alive while propping a fallen tree branch in order for Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler to escape from the burning tree with the baby turkeys.
  • The Nice Guys (2016) [Older Guy]: Shot several times in the chest and head by Ryan Gosling as he is holding Ryan and his daughter Angourie Rice hostage on a roof. He then falls off the roof, hitting the ground below.
  • Horizon Line (2020) [Wyman]: Dies of a heart complications as Alexander Dreymon and Allison Williams try to save him. His body is later seen when Dreymon and Williams crash land into the ocean after running out of fuel (with the plane presumably sinking to sea floor).
  • Black as Night (2021) [Babineaux]: Drained of blood by a vampire prior to the events of the film; his death is depicted during an animated flashback. He appears as a vampire during the events of the film and dies again after being stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake by Asjha Cooper.
  • The Seventh Day (2021) [Father Louis]: Shot in the neck with a small cross while doing an exorcism.
  • Nope (2022) [Otis Haywood Sr.]: Killed offscreen by aliens when a nickel falls at a fast speed into his brain through his eye. He dies on the way to the hospital in the truck driven by his son (Daniel Kaluuya) who sees his body at an autopsy.
  • American Fiction (2023) [Willy "The Wonker"]: Playing a fictional character in a scene imagined by Jeffrey Wright, he is shot to death by his "son" (Okieriete Onaodowan).

Television Deaths[]

Video Games Deaths[]

  • Fallout (1997) [Decker]: Can be killed by the player character, and survives the game, otherwise.
  • Transformers: The Game (2007) [Barricade]: In the Autobot campaign, Keith is beaten to death by Bumblebee.
  • Transformers: Autobots (2007) [Barricade]: He is killed in battle by Peter Cullen, but dies revealing to Prime that he was merely a distraction in order to facilitate Frank Welker's escape from his icy prison.
  • Transformers: Decepticons (2007) [Barricade]: Tries to apprehend Daniel Ross, but is killed by the latter.
  • Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008) [Chaos]: After being defeated in combat by the player, his body is engulfed in flames as he vanishes from the realm. His death is also repeated in the game's prequel, Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy.
  • Saints Row 2 (2008) [Julius]: Shot in the head by the player character.
  • Mass Effect 3 (2012) [Admiral David Anderson]: Shot in the stomach by Mark Meer/Jennifer Hale while the player is being mind controlled by Martin Sheen. Depending on the player's decisions, Keith either dies after speaking to Mark/Jennifer or is shot in the back by Martin.

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