As a child Keith lived with his grandparents, Frank and Lois Johnson in Blythewood, South Carolina, where he attended The Bethel School until his grandfather died when Keith was thirteen years old. At the age of fourteen years old moved to Washington, DC. There he attended Taft Jr. High and Roosevelt Senior High. After high School he attended Federal City College aka University of the District of Columbia. He studied at The Theatre School, which is now known as The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, and graduated from Washinton International College with BA in Performing Arts. He is married to Mischelle Fonville the daughter of the legendary Jazz Bass player Benny Fonville. He has two adult sons. Amoung his proudest work is the 2002 World Premier of Zora Neale Hurston's "Polk County" at Arena Stage in Washington, DC in which he played Do Dirty. His work has received rave reviews in the Washington Post and New York times.