Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
46
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 27, 1942 ( 77 years old )
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Friday
1995-04-26Next Friday
2000-01-12Boomerang
1992-06-30Vampire in Brooklyn
1995-10-26Little Man
2006-08-31Soul Plane
2004-05-28Hollywood Shuffle
1987-03-20Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006-12-21Sprung
1997-05-14You Got to Coordinate
2008-03-28