John Witherspoon
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.364 |
| Birthday | 1942-01-27 |
| Place of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Also Known As |
1995
Friday
7.159/1796
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
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Friday
2000
Next Friday
6.451/565
A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a...
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Next Friday
1992
Boomerang
5.67/562
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing...
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Boomerang
1995
Vampire in Brooklyn
5.1/578
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she me...
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Vampire in Brooklyn
2006
Little Man
5.908/1715
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobs...
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Little Man
2004
Soul Plane
5.398/425
Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar...
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Soul Plane
1987
Hollywood Shuffle
6.4/80
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploit...
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Hollywood Shuffle
2006
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
8/1
D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to find a way to bring the true meaning of Christmas home...
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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
1997
Sprung
5.5/17
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her in...
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Sprung
2008
You Got to Coordinate
4.5/2
You know John Witherspoon as Ice Cube's outrageously funny, dog-catching dad in the smash urban trilogy Friday, Next Friday, and Friday After Next. Yo...
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You Got to Coordinate
1997
Fakin' Da Funk
5.3/9
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black famil...
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Fakin' Da Funk
2000
The Ladies Man
5.3/130
Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chi...
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The Ladies Man
2008
The Hustle
6.3/11
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run...
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The Hustle
1991
The Five Heartbeats
7.32/65
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky...
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The Five Heartbeats
1998
High Freakquency
0/0
A day in the life of an urban radio station.
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High Freakquency
2022
Boosters LA
0/0
James and his best friend Lisa struggle to stay one step ahead of the law while heading their boosting operation through the clothing racks of LA.
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Boosters LA
1998
Ride
6/15
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience,...
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Ride
2004
Laffapalooza! #2
0/0
Live from Atlanta, Jamie Foxx hosts this hilarious series of comedy specials. Catch some the newest, hottest comic talent in action in this series tha...
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Laffapalooza! #2
1988
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
0/0
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This second riotous vol...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1991
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
4.949/39
Police assitant Boyle along with tomatologist Kennedi Johnson look into investigations about Killer Tomato attacks, and discover Gangrene plans to bra...
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Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
1994
Cosmic Slop
6/2
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative...
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Cosmic Slop
1987
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
0/0
From comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) comes this collection of comedy sketches starring some of the biggest names in show bu...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
0/0
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This third riotous volu...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
0/0
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This fourth and final v...
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
2007
After Sex
5.563/232
Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Th...
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After Sex
2002
Friday After Next
6.3/407
Craig and his cousin Day Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own crib, working nights at a local mall as security guard...
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Friday After Next
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
5.3/1652
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...
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Dr. Dolittle 2
1988
Kidnapped
4/4
A woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A policeman helps the woman rescue her teenage sister from the...
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Kidnapped
1980
The Jazz Singer
5.9/64
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
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The Jazz Singer
2012
A Thousand Words
6.1/1300
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own s...
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A Thousand Words
1986
Ratboy
3.4/9
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.
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Ratboy
1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
6.4/184
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimel...
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
2010
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
6.7/9
When '80s B-movie icon Tim Thomerson wakes up one day to realize the acting roles are not coming his way any more, he sets out on a quest to find his...
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Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
2000
Little Nicky
5.9/1795
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...
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Little Nicky
1991
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
3.9/10
Terry is an up and coming comedian, but believes politics will get him the big breaks and more time at the popular Dukie's Comedy Club. Just so happen...
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Talkin' Dirty After Dark
1991
Sunday in Paris
0/0
A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career a...
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Sunday in Paris
1998
I Got the Hook-Up
5.4/29
Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van. Trouble arises th...
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I Got the Hook-Up
2019
I Got the Hook Up 2
5.9/18
After best friends Black and Blue's restaurant is shut down, Black needs to find some cash -- fast. He thinks his luck has turned when Blue's son, Fat...
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I Got the Hook Up 2
2020
Reality Queen!
3.7/6
A comedy asking the question: is heiress/socialite London Logo a marketing genius, or simply the accidental beneficiary of an ignorant American public...
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Reality Queen!
1990
House Party
6.382/229
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out...
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House Party
1992
Bebe's Kids
5.7/65
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in...
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Bebe's Kids
2011
Chick Magnet
4.1/17
When freeloader Phil is tossed out by the love of his life, Jen, he stays with two old friends who come upon a magic shirt that guarantees them sex wi...
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Chick Magnet
1993
Fatal Instinct
5.4/139
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an ass...
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Fatal Instinct
1988
Bird
6.8/318
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict bu...
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Bird
1993
The Meteor Man
5.8/172
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the informatio...
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The Meteor Man
1998
Bulworth
6.3/246
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecti...
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Bulworth
2006
The Boondocks
0/0
Two young brothers (Huey and Riley) move away from their birth city to live with their irascible grandfather out in the suburbs. With one brother bein...
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