John Witherspoon profile
Actor profile

John Witherspoon

27th January 1942 Detroit, Michigan, USA Acting

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.

48 Movies 24 TV Shows 72 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Boondocks Pilot poster
Boondocks Pilot 17th February 2004 as Robert Jebediah 'Granddad' Freeman (voice)
Ride poster
Ride 27th March 1998 as Roscoe
Sprung poster
Sprung 14th May 1997 as Detective
Friday poster
Friday 26th April 1995 as Mr. Jones
Cosmic Slop poster
Cosmic Slop 8th November 1994 as Homeless Man #1 (segment 'The First Commandment')
Bird poster
Bird 1st June 1988 as Sid
Ratboy poster
Ratboy 17th October 1986 as Heavy
Martin poster
Martin 27th August 1992 as Uncle Junior
L.A. Law poster
L.A. Law 15th September 1986 as Mark Steadman
227 poster
227 14th September 1985