John Witherspoon

Known for ActingBorn 1942-01-27Died 2019-10-29Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Tracy Morgan Show

The First Family

BoJack Horseman

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

The Boondocks

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

High Freakquency

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Good Times

Kim Possible

Martin

Hill Street Blues

WKRP in Cincinnati

black-ish

The Five Heartbeats

The Wayans Bros.

What's Happening!!

Friday

Boondocks Pilot

The Incredible Hulk

L.A. Law

Bird

227

Next Friday

Friday After Next

The Hustle

Hollywood Shuffle

Late Show with David Letterman

Anger Management

House Party

Bulworth

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

A Thousand Words

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

The Richard Pryor Show

Little Man

Bebe's Kids

Fakin' Da Funk

Sunday in Paris

Murder Was the Case

Little Nicky

Black Jesus

Ride

I Got the Hook Up 2

The Meteor Man

The Jazz Singer

Gotham Comedy Live