John Witherspoon
- Schauspiel
- 27. Januar 1942 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 29. Oktober 2019
Biografie
John Witherspoon was an African-American comedian and actor who has roles in over 20 movies and television shows. Acting for over three decades, Witherspoon starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), and the Friday film series. He also made appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones (1973), The Wayans Brothers (1994-99), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), and Boondocks (2005). He has also taken his success in acting into screenwriting a movie called From the Old School where he takes the role as an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a strip club. Witherspoon released The John Witherspoon Collection, a line of comical greeting cards known as Spoon Cards.
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Filmografie
- Boosters LA · Luther
- Reality Queen! · Joe The Plumber
- I Got the Hook Up 2 · Mr. Mimm
- White Famous · Limo Driver
- black-ish · James Brown
- BoJack Horseman · Franco Aplenty (Stimme)
- Black Jesus · Lloyd
- Gotham Comedy Live · Selbst
- The First Family · Grandpa Alvin
- Randy Cunningham - Der Ninja aus der 9. Klasse · S. Ward Smith (Stimme)
- Anger Management · Will
- Noch tausend Worte · Blind Man
- Der Frauenmagnet · John (uncredited)
- Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen · John
- The Hustle · Mr. Wikes
- You Got to Coordinate · Selbst
- Sexgeflüster · Gene
- Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street · Real Santa/Christmas Singer on a Radio (Stimme)
- Little Man · Pops
- The Boondocks · Robert Freeman (Stimme)
- Soul Plane · Blind Man
- Laffapalooza! #2 · Selbst
- The Tracy Morgan Show · Spoon
- Friday After Next · Mr. Jones
- Kim Possible · Wayne (Stimme)
- Dr. Dolittle 2 · Zoo Bear #2 (Stimme)
- Little Nicky - Satan Junior · Street Vendor
- The Ladies Man · Scrap Iron
- Next Friday · Mr. Jones
- High Freakquency · Wes Thomas
- I Got the Hook-Up · Mr. Mimm
- Bulworth · Reverend Morris
- Ride · Roscoe
- Fakin' Da Funk · Bill
- Sprung - Jetzt oder nie · Detective
- Vampire in Brooklyn · Silas Green
- Friday · Mr. Jones
- 13 auf einen Streich · Scofflaw (Stimme)
- Murder Was the Case · Drunk #1
- The Wayans Bros. · John 'Pops' Williams
- Cosmic Slop · Homeless Man #1 (segment 'The First Commandment')
- Crazy Instinct · Arch
- Late Show with David Letterman · Selbst
- Meteor Man · Clarence James Carter III
- Martin · Uncle Junior
- Bebe's Kids · Card Player #1 (Stimme)
- Boomerang · Mr. Jackson
- Die Killertomaten schlagen zurück · Evan Rood
- Talkin' Dirty After Dark · Dukie
- Sunday in Paris · Fredic Dickson
- The Five Heartbeats · Wild Rudy
- Der Prinz von Bel-Air · Augustus Adams
- House Party · Mr. Strickland
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
- Ghettobusters · Reverend
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
- Entführt! · Pimp
- Bird · Sid
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
- Hollywood Shuffle · Mr. Jones
- Ratboy · Heavy
- L.A. Law – Staranwälte, Tricks, Prozesse · Mark Steadman
- 227
- Polizeirevier Hill Street
- Der Jazz-Sänger · M.C. Cinderella Club
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Der unglaubliche Hulk · Tom
- The Richard Pryor Show
- What's Happening!! · DJ
- Good Times