Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Born: 1954-09-13

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (born September 13, 1954) is 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 has made appearances on Chappelle's Show and has played various characters on Law & Order and its' spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. He also appears in promotional spots for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! portraying the character Doc Louis.


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as Doctor
Released: 1990-09-12

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by...

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Cars 3

as River Scott (voice)
Released: 2017-06-15

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is...

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Cocaine Bear

as Bob
Released: 2023-02-22

Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a...

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as Commander Burnside (voice)
Released: 2022-06-15

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of...

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Enchanted

as Ethan Banks
Released: 2007-11-20

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated...

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CHiPS

as Peterson
Released: 2017-03-23

The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on...

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Detachment

as Mr. Mathias
Released: 2011-04-24

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and...

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25th Hour

as Agent Flood
Released: 2002-12-19

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug...

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I Care a Lot

as Judge Lomax
Released: 2021-02-19

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But...

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as Fireman
Released: 1990-06-15

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and...

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Chi-Raq

as Bacchos
Released: 2015-12-04

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the...

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as Mr. Turrentine
Released: 2018-08-09

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip...

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as Hotel Engineer
Released: 2007-06-22

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in...

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Pete's Dragon

as Sheriff Gene Dentler
Released: 2016-08-10

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce...

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Europa Report

as Dr. Pamuk
Released: 2013-06-27

A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.

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Da 5 Bloods

as Melvin
Released: 2020-06-12

Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of...

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Cadillac Records

as Mississippi DJ
Released: 2008-12-05

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but...

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Lying and Stealing

as Lyman
Released: 2019-07-12

Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy...

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Brooklyn's Finest

as Investigator #3 (as Isiah Whitlock)
Released: 2010-03-04

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially...

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Cedar Rapids

as Ronald Wilkes
Released: 2011-02-11

A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save...

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Eddie

as Rick
Released: 1996-05-31

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional...

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The Old Man & the Gun

as Detective Gene Dentler
Released: 2018-09-27

The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to...

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Corporate Animals

as Derek
Released: 2019-09-20

Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering...

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Choke

as Detective Palmer
Released: 2008-09-26

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of...

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Twelve

as Detective Dumont
Released: 2010-07-30

A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's...

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Everyone Says I Love You

as Cop
Released: 1996-12-06

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half...

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The Spanish Prisoner

as Trooper
Released: 1997-12-03

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the...

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She Hate Me

as Amos Flood
Released: 2004-07-30

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

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Main Street

as Mayor
Released: 2010-10-21

From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five...

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Thanks for Sharing

as Charles
Released: 2013-09-19

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a...

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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

as Yates
Released: 2014-05-23

After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy...

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Pieces of April

as Eugene
Released: 2003-10-17

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment...

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23 Blast

as Dr. Connelly
Released: 2014-10-24

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must...

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Not Fade Away

as Landers
Released: 2012-12-21

Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

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The Lost Husband

as Russ McAllen
Released: 2020-04-10

Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move...

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Duane Hopwood

as William
Released: 2005-11-11

A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before...

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Red Hook Summer

as Detective Flood
Released: 2012-08-10

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with...

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Why Stop Now?

as Black
Released: 2012-08-17

When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her...

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Home

as Samuel
Released: 2013-11-22

The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.

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Beautiful Ohio

as Mr. Lebreaux
Released: 2006-11-10

An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.

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Lost Holiday

as Officer Matthews
Released: 2019-05-03

Margaret Rockland is as depressed as the ubiquitous Christmas carols are cheerful when she...

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WW 3

as uncredited
Released: 2001-07-12

Terrorists release a deadly biological-warfare virus in the United States.

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Jump Tomorrow

as George's Uncle
Released: 2001-11-09

When shy, straitlaced George (Tunde Adebimpe) meets vivacious, adorable Alicia (Natalia...

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All Square

as Scotty
Released: 2018-10-12

A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets...

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Person to Person

as Buster
Released: 2017-07-28

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected...

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Run with the Hunted

as Lester
Released: 2019-10-03

Oscar, a young boy, commits a noble murder and is forced to runaway from his rural hometown,...

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A Fish in the Bathtub

as Rudy
Released: 1999-03-01

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to...

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The Wire Odyssey

as Himself
Released: 2007-12-20

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

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Kettle of Fish

as Freddie
Released: 2006-10-15

A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching...

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Gun Hill Road

as Officer Thompson
Released: 2011-08-05

An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged...

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Newlyweeds

as Philly
Released: 2013-09-18

A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which...

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Harlem Aria

as Manny
Released: 1999-03-05

An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted...

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Triggered

as Ohio
Released: 2022-04-03

A US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.

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A Jersey Tale

as Mr. Stubbs
Released: 2004-06-25

Jersey City teen Ray Ray Morales is wasting time in a low paying job until a local loan shark...

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Sloan Hearts Neckface

as Lester
Released: 2020-04-15

A love story told in letters that are exchanged by an anonymous public artist and an admirer who...

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Jerome's Bouquet

as Jack
Released: 2013-10-02

82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can't stop arranging — only now it's not...

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Law & Order

as Gordon Samuels
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Antony White
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Simon Brooks
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Fred Oakes
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Captain Navarro
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as NTCC Representative
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Robbery Division Captain
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Todd Smythe
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Captain Reece
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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FBI

as Richard Talmage
First aired: 2018-09-25

The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Detective
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Crime Scene Detective
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as (credit only)
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Gotham

as Gerry Lang
First aired: 2014-09-22

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man...

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Lucifer

as Carmen
First aired: 2016-01-25

Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to...

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NYPD Blue

as Anton Emery
First aired: 1993-09-21

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the...

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BoJack Horseman

as C.E.O. (voice)
First aired: 2014-08-22

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of...

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The Blacklist

as Danny
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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The Wire

as State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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The Wire

as Clay Davis
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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Elementary

as Jack Brunelle
First aired: 2012-09-27

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases....

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Veep

as George Maddox
First aired: 2012-04-22

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice...

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Your Honor

as Charlie Figaro
First aired: 2020-12-06

New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son...

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Third Watch

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-23

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...

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Apple & Onion

as Mayor Naise (voice)
First aired: 2018-02-23

In a world of talking food, best mates Apple and Onion fumble through city life, tackling...

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The Mist

as Gus Bradley
First aired: 2017-06-22

A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist...

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The Carmichael Show

as Reverend Carlson
First aired: 2015-08-26

From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom...

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Smash

as Ronald Strickland
First aired: 2012-02-06

A songwriting duo tries to create a hit with a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe.

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She's Gotta Have It

as Dog #10
First aired: 2017-11-23

Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three...

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Ed

as Tim Unger
First aired: 2000-10-08

After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm,...

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The Good Cop

as Burl Loomis
First aired: 2018-09-21

Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr.,...

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The Jury

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-06-08

Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators...

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New Amsterdam

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-03-04

John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious,...

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Lucky 7

as Bob Harris
First aired: 2013-09-24

What would you do if you won the lottery? How would it change your life? Follow a group of seven...

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The Unusuals

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-04-08

The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from April 8 to June 17, 2009...

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Oceano

as The Moose
First aired: 1989-08-20

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Liberty!

as Luke - Slave
First aired: 1997-11-23

Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely...

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History of Swear Words

as Self
First aired: 2021-01-05

This proudly profane series explores the history and impact of some of the most notorious bad...

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Madigan Men

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-10-06

Madigan Men is an American television comedy that premiered on ABC in the U.S. on October 6,...

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