Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

1954-09-13 South Bend, Indiana, USA 58 Credits

Biography

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 appea...

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Cocaine Bear

Cocaine Bear

2023

as Bob

6.0
Acting

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 ...

Lightyear

Lightyear

2022

as Commander Burnside (voice)

6.9
Acting

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

Triggered

Triggered

2022

as Ohio

Acting

A US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.

I Care a Lot

I Care a Lot

2021

as Judge Lomax

6.6
Acting

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

Seneca

Seneca

2020

as Michael

Acting

A little story about making it big, natural disasters, and being a dad.

Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods

2020

as Melvin

6.5
Acting

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 tre...

Sloan Hearts Neckface

Sloan Hearts Neckface

2020

as Lester

Acting

A love story told in letters that are exchanged by an anonymous public artist and an admirer who wants to know the man behind the murals.

The Lost Husband

The Lost Husband

2020

as Russ McAllen

6.9
Acting

Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

Run with the Hunted

Run with the Hunted

2019

as Lester

4.8
Acting

Oscar, a young boy, commits a noble murder and is forced to runaway from his rural hometown, leaving behind his best friend, Loux. He escapes to the n...

Corporate Animals

Corporate Animals

2019

as Derek

4.8
Acting

Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering staff on a corporate team-building trip in New Mexico....

Lying and Stealing

Lying and Stealing

2019

as Lyman

5.8
Acting

Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy con woman to pull off the ultimate heist and set himsel...

Lost Holiday

Lost Holiday

2019

as Officer Matthews

4.4
Acting

Margaret Rockland is as depressed as the ubiquitous Christmas carols are cheerful when she returns to the Washington DC suburb of her childhood for a ...

All Square

All Square

2018

as Scotty

6.1
Acting

A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize h...

The Old Man & the Gun

The Old Man & the Gun

2018

as Detective Gene Dentler

6.4
Acting

The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded aut...

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

2018

as Mr. Turrentine

7.5
Acting

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operatio...

Person to Person

Person to Person

2017

as Buster

5.2
Acting

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

Cars 3

Cars 3

2017

as River Scott (voice)

6.9
Acting

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...

CHiPS

CHiPS

2017

as Peterson

6.1
Acting

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

2016

as Sheriff Gene Dentler

6.4
Acting

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific ...

Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq

2015

as Bacchos

5.7
Acting

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

23 Blast

23 Blast

2014

as Dr. Connelly

6.8
Acting

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bra...

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

2014

as Yates

5.7
Acting

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 am...

Home

Home

2013

as Samuel

6.6
Acting

The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.

Jerome's Bouquet

Jerome's Bouquet

2013

as Jack

Acting

82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can't stop arranging — only now it's not flowers she's arranging, but people's lives.

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing

2013

as Charles

5.9
Acting

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

Newlyweeds

Newlyweeds

2013

as Philly

4.0
Acting

A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most, Nina or Mary Jane.

Europa Report

Europa Report

2013

as Dr. Pamuk

6.3
Acting

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

Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away

2012

as Landers

5.4
Acting

Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

Why Stop Now?

Why Stop Now?

2012

as Black

5.4
Acting

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.

Red Hook Summer

Red Hook Summer

2012

as Detective Flood

5.5
Acting

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well ...

Gun Hill Road

Gun Hill Road

2011

as Officer Thompson

5.9
Acting

An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation th...

Detachment

Detachment

2011

as Mr. Mathias

7.6
Acting

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

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

2011

as Ronald Wilkes

5.9
Acting

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

Main Street

Main Street

2010

as Mayor

4.5
Acting

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 ...

Twelve

Twelve

2010

as Detective Dumont

5.7
Acting

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 cri...

Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest

2010

as Investigator #3 (as Isiah Whitlock)

6.3
Acting

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty...

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

2008

as Mississippi DJ

7.1
Acting

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, includ...

Choke

Choke

2008

as Detective Palmer

6.1
Acting

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.

The Wire Odyssey

The Wire Odyssey

2007

as Self

6.6
Acting

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

Enchanted

Enchanted

2007

as Ethan Banks

6.8
Acting

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the str...

1408

1408

2007

as Hotel Engineer

6.7
Acting

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts ...

Beautiful Ohio

Beautiful Ohio

2006

as Mr. Lebreaux

5.1
Acting

A quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers — Clive and William — growing up in the unconventional household of progressive parents i...

Kettle of Fish

Kettle of Fish

2006

as Freddie

4.8
Acting

A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy ar...

Duane Hopwood

Duane Hopwood

2005

as William

5.7
Acting

A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.

She Hate Me

She Hate Me

2004

as Amos Flood

5.2
Acting

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

A Jersey Tale

A Jersey Tale

2004

as Mr. Stubbs

Acting

Jersey City teen Ray Ray Morales is wasting time in a low paying job until a local loan shark offers him a job — making sure that Ray Ray's friend, an...

Pieces of April

Pieces of April

2003

as Eugene

6.5
Acting

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 w...

25th Hour

25th Hour

2002

as Agent Flood

7.3
Acting

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and hi...

Jump Tomorrow

Jump Tomorrow

2001

as George's Uncle

6.5
Acting

When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vow...

WW3

WW3

2001

5.3
Acting

Terrorists release a deadly biological-warfare virus in the United States.

Harlem Aria

Harlem Aria

1999

as Manny

7.4
Acting

An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice with the world, and teaches his t...

A Fish in the Bathtub

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999

as Rudy

6.6
Acting

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.

The Spanish Prisoner

The Spanish Prisoner

1997

as Trooper

6.8
Acting

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.

Everyone Says I Love You

Everyone Says I Love You

1996

as Cop

6.4
Acting

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

Eddie

Eddie

1996

as Rick

5.5
Acting

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre r...

GoodFellas

GoodFellas

1990

as Doctor

8.5
Acting

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

as Fireman

6.5
Acting

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But...

A Christmas Carol

1981

as Second Charitable Gentleman / Party Guest

Acting

Televised stage performance based on Charles Dickens' novella.