Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (born September 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is most famous for his role on the HBO television series, The Wire as corrupt state senator Clay Davis. In 2011, Whitlock played an insurance agent named Ronald Wilkes in the film Cedar Rapids. Wilkes is a self-described fan of The Wire and does an impersonation of character Omar Little. Whitlock has said that the references to the series were written in before he became involved in Cedar Rapids. He is also notable for appearing in Spike Lee films She Hate Me and 25th Hour as Agent Amos Flood. In all three projects, Whitlock established a catchphrase from his characters' distinct pronunciation of the word "shit" ("sheee-it"). He appeared as Eugine, a supporting role, in the 2003 film Pieces of April. He had a bit part in Goodfellas as a doctor who gives Henry Hill a Valium while attending to his brother. In 2007, he played Ethan Banks in Enchanted. Whitlock has made appearances on Chappelle's Show and has played various characters on Law & Order and its' spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. He also appears in promotional spots for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! portraying the character Doc Louis.

Known For

Homepage http://www.isiahwhitlockjr.com/
Birth Location South Bend, Indiana, USA
Born 1954-09-13

Movies

Cocaine Bear as Bob
2023
Lightyear as Commander Burnside (voice)
2022
Triggered as Ohio
2022
I Care a Lot as Judge Lomax
2021
Seneca as Michael
2020
Da 5 Bloods as Melvin
2020
2020
The Lost Husband as Russ McAllen
2020
2019
2019
2019
Lost Holiday as Officer Matthews
2019
All Square as Scotty
2018
The Old Man & the Gun as Detective Gene Dentler
2018
BlacKkKlansman as Mr. Turrentine
2018
Person to Person as Buster
2017
Cars 3 as River Scott (voice)
2017
CHiPS as Peterson
2017
Pete's Dragon as Sheriff Gene Dentler
2016
Chi-Raq as Bacchos
2015
23 Blast as Dr. Connelly
2014
Home as Samuel
2013
2013
Thanks for Sharing as Charles
2013
Newlyweeds as Philly
2013
Europa Report as Dr. Pamuk
2013
Not Fade Away as Landers
2012
Why Stop Now? as Black
2012
Red Hook Summer as Detective Flood
2012
Gun Hill Road as Officer Thompson
2011
Detachment as Mr. Mathias
2011
Cedar Rapids as Ronald Wilkes
2011
Main Street as Mayor
2010
Twelve as Detective Dumont
2010
Brooklyn's Finest as Investigator #3 (as Isiah Whitlock)
2010
Cadillac Records as Mississippi DJ
2008
Choke as Detective Palmer
2008
The Wire Odyssey as Himself
2007
Enchanted as Ethan Banks
2007
1408 as Hotel Engineer
2007
Beautiful Ohio as Mr. Lebreaux
2006
Kettle of Fish as Freddie
2006
Duane Hopwood as William
2005
She Hate Me as Amos Flood
2004
A Jersey Tale as Mr. Stubbs
2004
Pieces of April as Eugene
2003
25th Hour as Agent Flood
2002
Jump Tomorrow as George's Uncle
2001
2001
Harlem Aria as Manny
1999
1999
1997
Eddie as Rick
1996
GoodFellas as Doctor
1990
1990
A Christmas Carol as Second Charitable Gentleman / Party Guest
1981
Isiah Whitlock Jr. hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows