John Witherspoon Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon

Acting

Biography

John Witherspoon was an African-American comedian and actor who has roles in over 20 movies and television shows. Acting for over three decades, Witherspoon starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), and the Friday film series. He also made appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones (1973), The Wayans Brothers (1994-99), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), and Boondocks (2005). He has also taken his success in acting into screenwriting a movie called From the Old School where he takes the role as an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a strip club. Witherspoon released The John Witherspoon Collection, a line of comical greeting cards known as Spoon Cards.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Friday movie poster
MOVIE

Friday

7.1(2.0K)
Friday
Mr. Jones
Next Friday movie poster
MOVIE

Next Friday

6.5(0.6K)
Next Friday
Mr. Jones
Boomerang movie poster
MOVIE

Boomerang

5.7(0.6K)
Boomerang
Mr. Jackson
Vampire in Brooklyn movie poster
MOVIE

Vampire in Brooklyn

5.1(0.6K)
Vampire in Brooklyn
Silas Green
Little Man movie poster
MOVIE

Little Man

5.9(1.9K)
Little Man
Pops
Soul Plane movie poster
MOVIE

Soul Plane

5.5(0.5K)
Soul Plane
Blind Man
Hollywood Shuffle movie poster
MOVIE

Hollywood Shuffle

6.5(0.1K)
Hollywood Shuffle
Mr. Jones
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street movie poster
MOVIE

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
Real Santa/Christmas Singer on a Radio (voice)
Sprung movie poster
MOVIE

Sprung

5.4(0.0K)
Sprung
Detective
You Got to Coordinate movie poster
MOVIE

You Got to Coordinate

4.5(0.0K)
You Got to Coordinate
Self

Gallery

John Witherspoon portrait
John Witherspoon portrait
John Witherspoon portrait
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