John Witherspoon
Birthday: 1942-01-27
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Movies
Friday
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoki...
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Next Friday
A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle...
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Boomerang
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company...
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Vampire in Brooklyn
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene —...
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Little Man
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal a...
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Soul Plane
Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit ag...
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Hollywood Shuffle
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditi...
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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to find ...
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Sprung
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde...
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You Got to Coordinate
You know John Witherspoon as Ice Cube's outrageously funny, dog-catching dad in the smash urban tril...
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Fakin' Da Funk
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchan...
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The Ladies Man
Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his swe...
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The Hustle
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob mo...
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The Five Heartbeats
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group cal...
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Boosters LA
James and his best friend Lisa struggle to stay one step ahead of the law while heading their boosti...
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Ride
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with proble...
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Laffapalooza! #2
Live from Atlanta, Jamie Foxx hosts this hilarious series of comedy specials. Catch some the newest,...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a...
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Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
Police assitant Boyle along with tomatologist Kennedi Johnson look into investigations about Killer ...
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Cosmic Slop
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
From comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) comes this collection of comedy sket...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a...
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After Sex
Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day rel...
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Friday After Next
Craig and his cousin Day-Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own crib...
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Dr. Dolittle 2
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the ...
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Kidnapped
A woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A policeman ...
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The Jazz Singer
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects...
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A Thousand Words
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set ...
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Ratboy
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money....
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. J...
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Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
When '80s B-movie icon Tim Thomerson wakes up one day to realize the acting roles are not coming his...
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Little Nicky
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two mos...
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Talkin' Dirty After Dark
Terry is an up and coming comedian, but believes politics will get him the big breaks and more time ...
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Sunday in Paris
A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lo...
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I Got the Hook-Up
Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling th...
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I Got the Hook Up 2
After best friends Black and Blue's restaurant is shut down, Black needs to find some cash -- fast. ...
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Reality Queen!
A comedy asking the question: is heiress/socialite London Logo a marketing genius, or simply the acc...
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Bebe's Kids
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's chi...
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House Party
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's...
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Chick Magnet
When freeloader Phil is tossed out by the love of his life, Jen, he stays with two old friends who c...
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Fatal Instinct
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He cr...
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Bird
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his rema...
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The Meteor Man
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he...
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Bulworth
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportuni...
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Murder Was the Case
Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg gets shot and makes a deal with the devil to survive....
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