Keith David will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 10, a recognition landing while he is still working at a pace that has not slowed after 47 years in entertainment. The honor puts a formal stamp on a career that began on stage and moved through film, television and voice acting without ever settling into one lane.

That is why people are searching his name now: the date is set, and the tribute is coming for an actor whose work still reaches across generations. David said he got his equity card in 1979 while understudying Raúl Juliá in Othello at the Delacorte Theater in New York City, then made his first film appearance in John Carpenter’s The Thing in 1982 and returned for They Live in 1988.

From there, his screen work spread across films including Dead Presidents, Armageddon, Platoon, Requiem for a Dream, There’s Something About Mary and Cloud Atlas, along with television appearances in Community, Grey’s Anatomy, Enlisted, ER, 7th Heaven and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He also became a familiar voice in Gargoyles, Spawn, Adventure Time and multiple Marvel animated series, voicing characters such as Nick Fury and T’challa.

David’s own view of the craft helps explain why the honor feels earned now and not as a capstone. He said he was taught that the rehearsal room is a sacred space and that once an actor steps through that threshold, the work comes first. He also said John Carpenter gave him his first movie and would always be a hero of his, a nod to the director who helped launch his film career.

The recognition arrives with one open question still hanging over June 10: the ceremony details have not been spelled out here, including the exact location and presenters. What is clear is simpler and more durable than the missing pieces — Hollywood is honoring Keith David at a moment when he is already deep into the body of work that made the star inevitable.