Acting credits
70
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
John Witherspoon
Acting
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
1.3
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 47Series: 23
TMDB ID: 56902
IMDb ID: nm0936762
Known for: Acting
Born: January 27, 1942
Died: October 29, 2019
Age: 77
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2022
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q1702204
Biography
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.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Witherspoon.
Boosters LA
as Luther
2022 Movie
4.0
Reality Queen!
as Joe The Plumber
2020 Movie
5.6
I Got the Hook Up 2
as Mr. Mimm
2019 Movie
6.1
A Thousand Words
as Blind Man
2012 Movie
3.8
Chick Magnet
as John (uncredited)
2011 Movie
6.1
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
as John
2010 Movie
6.3
The Hustle
as Mr. Wikes
2008 Movie
4.5
You Got to Coordinate
as Self
2008 Movie
5.5
After Sex
as Gene
2007 Movie
8.0
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
as Real Santa/Christmas Singer on a Radio (voice)
2006 Movie
5.9
Little Man
as Pops
2006 Movie
5.4
Soul Plane
as Blind Man
2004 Movie
Laffapalooza! #2
as Self
2004 Movie
6.4
Friday After Next
as Mr. Jones
2002 Movie
5.3
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Zoo Bear #2 (voice)
2001 Movie
5.9
Little Nicky
as Street Vendor
2000 Movie
5.3
The Ladies Man
as Scrap Iron
2000 Movie
6.5
Next Friday
as Mr. Jones
2000 Movie
High Freakquency
as Wes Thomas
1998 Movie
5.3
I Got the Hook-Up
as Mr. Mimm
1998 Movie
6.3
Bulworth
as Reverend Morris
1998 Movie
5.6
Ride
as Roscoe
1998 Movie
5.7
Fakin' Da Funk
as Bill
1997 Movie
5.3
Sprung
as Detective
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Witherspoon.
4.4
White Famous
as Limo Driver • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.1
black-ish
as James Brown • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.5
BoJack Horseman
as Franco Aplenty (voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.7
Black Jesus
as Lloyd • 31 eps
2014 Series
5.5
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
2012 Series
9.0
The First Family
as Grandpa Alvin • 28 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
as S. Ward Smith (voice) • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.2
Anger Management
as Will • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.2
The Boondocks
as Robert Freeman (voice) • 55 eps
2005 Series
The Tracy Morgan Show
as Spoon • 16 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Kim Possible
as Wayne (voice) • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Scofflaw (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
The Wayans Bros.
as John 'Pops' Williams • 101 eps
1995 Series
7.6
Martin
as Uncle Junior • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Augustus Adams • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Mark Steadman • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.7
227
1 eps
1985 Series
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
1981 Series
7.5
WKRP in Cincinnati
1 eps
1978 Series
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
as Tom • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.3
The Richard Pryor Show
5 eps
1977 Series
7.4
What's Happening!!
1 eps
1976 Series
8.0
Good Times
1 eps
1974 Series