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Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Actor 1954 - 2025

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

South Bend, Indiana, USA

Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (September 13, 1954 – December 30, 2025) was 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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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33 titles
Hoppers

Hoppers

Daniel Chong 2026 1h 44m 6.0

Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

Cocaine Bear

Cocaine Bear

Elizabeth Banks 2023 1h 35m 5.3

Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

Lightyear

Lightyear

Angus MacLane 2022 1h 45m 5.0

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

I Care A Lot

I Care A Lot

J Blakeson 2020 1h 59m 5.0

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods

Spike Lee 2020 2h 35m 7.0

Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

Run with the Hunted

Run with the Hunted

John Swab 2019 1h 33m

Oscar, a young boy, defends his best friend, Loux, and kills her abusive father in the process, forcing him to run away from his rural hometown. His innocence slips away as he is introduced to love, crime and corruption.

The Old Man & the Gun

The Old Man & the Gun

David Lowery 2018 1h 34m 6.7

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee 2018 2h 16m 7.3

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

Cars 3

Cars 3

Brian Fee 2017 1h 42m 6.5

Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.

CHIPS

CHIPS

Dax Shepard 2017 1h 41m 6.0

The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

David Lowery 2016 1h 43m 6.7

Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, forest ranger Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Phil Alden Robinson 2014 1h 24m 7.0

After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.

Europa Report

Europa Report

Sebastián Cordero 2013 1h 30m 6.5

A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.

Why Stop Now?

Why Stop Now?

Ron Nyswaner, Phil Dorling 2012 1h 28m 5.0

When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing

Stuart Blumberg 2012 1h 52m 7.0

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.

Detachment

Detachment

Tony Kaye 2011 1h 38m 7.4

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students as seen through the eyes of a substitute teacher.

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

Miguel Arteta 2011 1h 27m 6.3

A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

Twelve

Twelve

Joel Schumacher 2010 1h 33m 5.0

A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.

Main Street

Main Street

John Doyle 2010 1h 32m

From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their quiet town.

I Hate Valentine's Day

I Hate Valentine's Day

Nia Vardalos 2009 1h 38m 4.0

A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.

Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest

Antoine Fuqua 2009 2h 12m 6.8

Brooklyn's Finest takes place within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects in the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three policemen struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

Choke

Choke

Clark Gregg 2008 1h 32m 7.3

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

Darnell Martin 2008 1h 49m 7.2

In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Enchanted

Enchanted

Kevin Lima 2007 1h 47m 7.0

Giselle is forced from her 2D-animated world of Andalasia into real-life New York City by an evil witch.

1408

1408

Mikael Håfström 2007 1h 44m 6.8

Based on Stephen King's short story, "1408" stars John Cusack as a debunker of paranormal occurrences who encounters real terror when he checks into the notorious Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel.

She Hate Me

She Hate Me

Spike Lee 2004 2h 19m 3.0

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Pieces of April

Pieces of April

Peter Hedges 2003 1h 21m 6.5

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving.

The Wire

The Wire

2002 59m 9.5

Serie televisiva. Il potere sociale ed economico del commercio di stupefacenti negli Stati Uniti contemporanei.

25th Hour

25th Hour

Spike Lee 2002 2h 15m 8.1

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

The Spanish Prisoner

The Spanish Prisoner

David Mamet 1997 1h 50m 7.2

A corporate engineer develops a lucrative secret process for a company but doesn't know who to trust when the higher-ups seemingly want to steal it from him.

Everyone Says I Love You

Everyone Says I Love You

Woody Allen 1996 1h 41m 7.3

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Joe Dante 1990 1h 46m 7.2

Gremlins 2 is the sequel to the extremely successful horror comedy from 1984 about small furry monsters who cheerfully cause terror and fear to humans.

Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Martin Scorsese 1990 2h 25m 8.7

Goodfellas is a mafia drama from Martin Scorsese about a gang of Irish-Americans who become fearless Mafia leaders.

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