Keith David - "Friends on the Other Side"
Some days you need to play both sides of the fence, and walking that tightrope can feel like a perilous balance. However, when you can see both sides clearly, and that truth lies in the grey areas beyond the binary. So when you think you know the whole story remember that your perspective alone will never be wide enough to see every angle.
Don’t play both sides, but do try to get them to understand each other. That’s the only way balance can be found.
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor and producer. He is known for his work as King in Platoon and Childs in The Thing. He has acted in mainstream films, such as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop, and Men at Work.
David has had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including Frank in They Live, Abu "Imam" al-Walid in Pitch Black and its sequel The Chronicles of Riddick, General Kimsey in Armageddon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community. In 2016, he began starring as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf.
His Emmy-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as The War. Characters that he has voiced include the Arbiter in the Halo series, Goliath on Gargoyles, Al Simmons / Spawn on Todd McFarlane's Spawn, a role he reprised in the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, David Anderson in the Mass Effect series, Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series, Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy and 012, the Flame King in Adventure Time, Solovar in The Flash, the Cat in Coraline, and the President and reverse giraffe in Rick and Morty.
So, today, with a little shadow in my magic, I choose Keith David’s version of “Friends on the Other Side” as my, sprinkle of stardust, touch of toadstool, pinch of pixie powder, song for a, twinkling eyes, shining smiles, glowing hearts, Wednesday.