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.
Movie | Cocaine Bear | Bob | 2023-02-22 |
Movie | I Care a Lot | Judge Lomax | 2021-02-19 |
Movie | Lying and Stealing | Lyman | 2019-07-12 |
Movie | Run with the Hunted | Lester | 2019-10-03 |
Movie | Corporate Animals | Derek | 2019-09-20 |
Series | FBI | Richard Talmage | 2018-09-25 |
Movie | BlacKkKlansman | Mr. Turrentine | 2018-08-09 |
Movie | The Old Man & the Gun | Detective Gene Dentler | 2018-09-27 |
Movie | Cars 3 | River Scott (voice) | 2017-06-15 |
Movie | CHiPS | Peterson | 2017-03-23 |
Series | The Mist | Gus Bradley | 2017-06-22 |
Movie | Person to Person | Buster | 2017-07-28 |
Series | She's Gotta Have It | Dog #10 | 2017-11-23 |
Series | Lucifer | Carmen | 2016-01-25 |
Movie | Pete's Dragon | Sheriff Gene Dentler | 2016-08-10 |
Series | The Carmichael Show | Reverend Carlson | 2015-08-26 |
Movie | Chi-Raq | Bacchos | 2015-12-04 |
Movie | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Yates | 2014-05-23 |
Series | BoJack Horseman | C.E.O. (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
Series | Gotham | Gerry Lang | 2014-09-22 |
Movie | 23 Blast | Dr. Connelly | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | Thanks for Sharing | Charles | 2013-09-19 |
Movie | Europa Report | Dr. Pamuk | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | Newlyweeds | Philly | 2013-09-18 |
Series | The Blacklist | Danny | 2013-09-23 |
Series | Lucky 7 | Bob Harris | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | Home | Samuel | 2013-11-22 |
Movie | Jerome's Bouquet | Jack | 2013-10-02 |
Series | Veep | George Maddox | 2012-04-22 |
Series | Smash | Ronald Strickland | 2012-02-06 |
Movie | Red Hook Summer | Detective Flood | 2012-08-10 |
Series | Elementary | Jack Brunelle | 2012-09-27 |
Movie | Not Fade Away | Landers | 2012-12-21 |
Movie | Why Stop Now? | Black | 2012-08-17 |
Movie | Cedar Rapids | Ronald Wilkes | 2011-02-11 |
Movie | Detachment | Mr. Mathias | 2011-04-24 |
Movie | Twelve | Detective Dumont | 2010-07-30 |
Movie | Brooklyn's Finest | Investigator #3 (as Isiah Whitlock) | 2010-03-04 |
Movie | Main Street | Mayor | 2010-10-21 |
Series | The Unusuals | Unknown | 2009-04-08 |
Series | The Good Wife | Ira Protopapas | 2009-09-22 |
Movie | Choke | Detective Palmer | 2008-09-26 |
Series | New Amsterdam | Joe Williams | 2008-03-04 |
Movie | Cadillac Records | Mississippi DJ | 2008-12-05 |
Movie | 1408 | Hotel Engineer | 2007-06-22 |
Movie | Enchanted | Ethan Banks | 2007-11-20 |
Movie | The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007-12-20 |
Movie | Kettle of Fish | Freddie | 2006-10-15 |
Movie | Beautiful Ohio | Mr. Lebreaux | 2006-11-10 |
Movie | Duane Hopwood | William | 2005-11-11 |
Series | The Jury | Unknown | 2004-06-08 |
Movie | She Hate Me | Amos Flood | 2004-07-30 |
Movie | Pieces of April | Eugene | 2003-10-17 |
Movie | 25th Hour | Agent Flood | 2002-12-19 |
Series | The Wire | Clay Davis | 2002-06-02 |
Movie | WW3 | 2001-07-12 | |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | (credit only) | 2001-09-30 |
Movie | Jump Tomorrow | George's Uncle | 2001-11-09 |
Series | Madigan Men | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Ed | Tim Unger | 2000-10-08 |
Movie | A Fish in the Bathtub | Rudy | 1999-03-01 |
Movie | Harlem Aria | Manny | 1999-03-05 |
Series | Liberty! | Luke - Slave | 1997-11-23 |
Movie | The Spanish Prisoner | Trooper | 1997-12-03 |
Movie | Eddie | Rick | 1996-05-31 |
Movie | Everyone Says I Love You | Cop | 1996-12-06 |
Series | NYPD Blue | Anton Emery | 1993-09-21 |
Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Fireman | 1990-06-15 |
Series | Law & Order | Captain Navarro | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | GoodFellas | Doctor | 1990-09-12 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Second Charitable Gentleman / Party Guest | 1981-12-21 |
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