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.
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- 2025 · The Residence as Larry Dokes
- 2023 · Cocaine Bear as Bob
- 2022 · Lightyear as Commander Burnside (voice)
- 2022 · Triggered as Ohio
- 2021 · I Care a Lot as Judge Lomax
- 2021 · History of Swear Words as Self
- 2020 · Your Honor as Charlie Figaro
- 2020 · Woke as Mr. Jackson
- 2020 · Seneca as Michael
- 2020 · Da 5 Bloods as Melvin
- 2020 · Sloan Hearts Neckface as Lester
- 2020 · The Lost Husband as Russ McAllen
- 2019 · Lost Holiday as Officer Matthews
- 2019 · Run with the Hunted as Lester
- 2019 · Corporate Animals as Derek
- 2019 · Lying and Stealing as Lyman
- 2018 · All Square as Scotty
- 2018 · The Old Man & the Gun as Detective Gene Dentler
- 2018 · FBI as Richard Talmage
- 2018 · The Good Cop as Burl Loomis
- 2018 · BlacKkKlansman as Mr. Turrentine
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as Mayor Naise (voice)
- 2017 · She's Gotta Have It as Dog #10
- 2017 · Person to Person as Buster
- 2017 · The Mist as Gus Bradley
- 2017 · Cars 3 as River Scott (voice)
- 2017 · CHiPS as Peterson
- 2016 · Pete's Dragon as Sheriff Gene Dentler
- 2016 · Lucifer as Carmen
- 2015 · Chi-Raq as Bacchos
- 2015 · The Carmichael Show as Reverend Carlson
- 2014 · 23 Blast as Dr. Connelly
- 2014 · Gotham as Gerry Lang
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as C.E.O. (voice)
- 2014 · The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Yates
- 2013 · Home as Samuel
- 2013 · Jerome's Bouquet as Jack
- 2013 · Lucky 7 as Bob Harris
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Danny
- 2013 · Thanks for Sharing as Charles
- 2013 · Newlyweeds as Philly
- 2013 · Europa Report as Dr. Pamuk
- 2012 · Not Fade Away as Landers
- 2012 · Elementary as Jack Brunelle
- 2012 · Why Stop Now? as Black
- 2012 · Red Hook Summer as Detective Flood
- 2012 · Veep as George Maddox
- 2012 · Smash as Ronald Strickland
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Officer Thompson
- 2011 · Detachment as Mr. Mathias
- 2011 · Cedar Rapids as Ronald Wilkes
- 2010 · Main Street as Mayor
- 2010 · Twelve as Detective Dumont
- 2010 · Brooklyn's Finest as Investigator #3 (as Isiah Whitlock)
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Ira Protopapas
- 2009 · The Unusuals as
- 2008 · Cadillac Records as Mississippi DJ
- 2008 · Choke as Detective Palmer
- 2008 · New Amsterdam as Joe Williams
- 2007 · The Wire Odyssey as Self
- 2007 · Enchanted as Ethan Banks
- 2007 · 1408 as Hotel Engineer
- 2006 · Beautiful Ohio as Mr. Lebreaux
- 2006 · Kettle of Fish as Freddie
- 2005 · Duane Hopwood as William
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Amos Flood
- 2004 · A Jersey Tale as Mr. Stubbs
- 2004 · The Jury as
- 2003 · Pieces of April as Eugene
- 2002 · 25th Hour as Agent Flood
- 2002 · The Wire as State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis
- 2002 · The Wire as Clay Davis
- 2001 · Jump Tomorrow as George's Uncle
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Crime Scene Detective
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Detective
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as (credit only)
- 2001 · WW3 as
- 2000 · Ed as Tim Unger
- 2000 · Madigan Men as
- 2000 · Wonderland as Reviewer (uncredited)
- 1999 · Third Watch as Reggie Simmons
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Robbery Division Captain
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Todd Smythe
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Captain Reece
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as NTCC Representative
- 1999 · Harlem Aria as Manny
- 1999 · A Fish in the Bathtub as Rudy
- 1997 · The Spanish Prisoner as Trooper
- 1997 · Liberty! as Luke - Slave
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Cop
- 1996 · Eddie as Rick
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Anton Emery
- 1990 · Law & Order as Gordon Samuels
- 1990 · Law & Order as Antony White
- 1990 · Law & Order as Simon Brooks
- 1990 · Law & Order as Fred Oakes
- 1990 · Law & Order as Captain Navarro
- 1990 · GoodFellas as Doctor
- 1990 · Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Fireman
- 1989 · Oceano as The Moose
- 1981 · A Christmas Carol as Second Charitable Gentleman / Party Guest