Known for Acting
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 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 made appearances on Chappelle's Show and played various characters on Law & Order and its' spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. He also appeared in promotional spots for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! portraying the character Doc Louis.
Born
September 13, 1954
Died
December 30, 2025 (age 71)
Birthplace
South Bend, Indiana, USA
Filmography
62 films, 35 shows


Hoppers
2026 · 1h 44m
country: United States
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
2023 · 1h 35m
country: United States
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
2022 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.


Triggered
2022 · 18m
country: United States
A US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.


I Care a Lot
2021 · 1h 59m
country: United Kingdom
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
2020 · 2h 35m
country: United States
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.


Sloan Hearts Neckface
2020 · 15m
country: United States
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
2020 · 1h 49m
country: United States
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.


Seneca
2019 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A little story about making it big, natural disasters, and being a dad.


Run with the Hunted
2019 · 1h 33m
country: United States
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 nearest city, where he is inducted into a gang of child street thieves. His innocence slips away as he is introduced to love, murder, and corruption. 15 years later, he has forgotten his past and become the leader of this band of lost children. When Loux moves to the city in search of work, she takes a job with a struggling private investigator. Stumbling upon Oscar's missing child report, she takes it upon herself to find the boy who saved her life.


Corporate Animals
2019 · 1h 26m
country: United States
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. Trapped underground, this mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together to survive.


Lying and Stealing
2019 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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 himself free.


Lost Holiday
2019 · 1h 18m
country: United States
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 reunion. The wild bunch she grew up with have settled into respectable family life. Adding insult to injury, her former boyfriend is engaged to the most bourgeois blonde on the East Coast. Margaret reacts by diving into a drinking and drugs marathon. With two remaining fellow souls, she roams the suburban no man’s land and ends up in an incomparable adventure with kidnapping, extortion, misunderstandings and clumsy violence as basic ingredients.


All Square
2018 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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 he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.


The Old Man & the Gun
2018 · 1h 34m
country: United States
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 authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.


BlacKkKlansman
2018 · 2h 16m
country: United States
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.


Person to Person
2017 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.


Cars 3
2017 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed to the brink—and suddenly, the champion who once ruled the track is fighting just to stay in the race. With his career hanging in the balance, McQueen must turn to an ambitious young race technician with a plan of her own, draw strength from the legacy of the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and risk everything on one last shot at glory.


CHiPs
2017 · 1h 41m
country: United States
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.


Pete's Dragon
2016 · 1h 43m
country: United States
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 Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, 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. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.


Chi-Raq
2015 · 2h 7m
country: United States
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.


23 Blast
2014 · 1h 38m
country: United States
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.


The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · 1h 24m
country: United States
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.


Home
2013 · 1h 52m
country: United States
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.


Jerome's Bouquet
2013 · 16m
country: United States
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
2013 · 1h 52m
country: United States
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.


Newlyweeds
2013 · 1h 27m
country: United States
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
2013 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.


Not Fade Away
2012 · 1h 52m
country: United States
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?
2012 · 1h 28m
country: United States
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
2012 · 2h 5m
country: United States
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 have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.


Gun Hill Road
2011 · 1h 26m
country: United States
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 that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.


Detachment
2011 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.


Cedar Rapids
2011 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.


Main Street
2010 · 1h 32m
country: United States
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.


Twelve
2010 · 1h 33m
country: France
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.


Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · 2h 12m
country: United States
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-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.


I Hate Valentine's Day
2009 · 1h 38m
country: United States
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.


Under New Management
2009 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
Sparks and bullets fly when a Wall Street yuppie must steer a Brooklyn mob crew legit before a beautiful FBI agent can build RICO indictments against them.


Cadillac Records
2008 · 1h 49m
country: United States
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, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.


Choke
2008 · 1h 32m
country: United States
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
2007 · 29m
country: United States
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.


Enchanted
2007 · 1h 47m
country: United States
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 streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?


1408
2007 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.


Beautiful Ohio
2006 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers — Clive and William — growing up in the unconventional household of progressive parents in the 1970s.


Kettle of Fish
2006 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy are on hand to provide perspective.


Duane Hopwood
2005 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.


Stealing Martin Lane
2005 · 1h 50m
country: Unknown
A teacher, a scientist and a glam rock drummer befriend a homeless man in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Together they attempt to mend their broken souls through sex, drugs, rock and roll...and friendship.


She Hate Me
2004 · 2h 19m
country: France
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.


A Jersey Tale
2004 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
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 immigrant pawnbroker makes his weekly payments.


Pieces of April
2003 · 1h 21m
country: United States
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. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.


25th Hour
2002 · 2h 15m
country: United States
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.


Jump Tomorrow
2001 · 1h 37m
country: United Kingdom
When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard, a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour.


WW3
2001 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
Terrorists release a deadly biological-warfare virus in the United States.


Harlem Aria
1999 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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 two newfound friends the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. Anton (Gabriel Casseus) lives in Harlem with his aunt. He dreams of moving to Italy and becoming a famous opera singer, and though he's been blessed with a magnificent singing voice, his passion has made him an outsider in his neighborhood. Running away from home, Anton meets passionate street pianist Matthew (Christian Carmago) and together the two begin drawing large, appreciate crowds on the street. Working the crowd as they do their thing is Wes (Damon Wayans), whose natural charm always gets the cash flowing. And while life on the streets is never easy, Anton, Matthew, and Wes soon discover that by following their dreams, they may find a means of transforming their lives forever.


A Fish in the Bathtub
1999 · 1h 36m
country: United States
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
1997 · 1h 50m
country: United States
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
1996 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.


Eddie
1996 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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 record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima


GoodFellas
1990 · 2h 25m
country: United States
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 of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.


Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · 1h 46m
country: United States
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 series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
1981 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Televised stage performance based on Charles Dickens' novella.