Isiah Whitlock Jr.
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.
Pieces of April
(Eugene)
Kettle of Fish
(Freddie)
Gun Hill Road
(Officer Thompson)
Cedar Rapids
(Ronald Wilkes)
Detachment
(Mr. Mathias)
Lightyear
(Commander Burnside (voice))
Harlem Aria
(Manny)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
(Yates)
Thanks for Sharing
(Charles)
Jump Tomorrow
(George's Uncle)
Why Stop Now?
(Black)
Triggered
(Ohio)
Newlyweeds
(Philly)
WW3
The Wire Odyssey
(Self)
Home
(Samuel)
Cocaine Bear
(Bob)
Eddie
(Rick)
Seneca
(Michael)
25th Hour
(Agent Flood)
Lost Holiday
(Officer Matthews)
A Jersey Tale
(Mr. Stubbs)
Main Street
(Mayor)
Pete's Dragon
(Sheriff Gene Dentler)
Europa Report
(Dr. Pamuk)
GoodFellas
(Doctor)
Cadillac Records
(Mississippi DJ)
Chi-Raq
(Bacchos)
Red Hook Summer
(Detective Flood)
Person to Person
(Buster)
Everyone Says I Love You
(Cop)
Duane Hopwood
(William)
Twelve
(Detective Dumont)
Beautiful Ohio
(Mr. Lebreaux)
1408
(Hotel Engineer)
The Old Man & the Gun
(Detective Gene Dentler)
Not Fade Away
(Landers)
23 Blast
(Dr. Connelly)
Choke
(Detective Palmer)
CHiPS
(Peterson)
All Square
(Scotty)
BlacKkKlansman
(Mr. Turrentine)
She Hate Me
(Amos Flood)
The Spanish Prisoner
(Trooper)
Corporate Animals
(Derek)
A Christmas Carol
(Second Charitable Gentleman / Party Guest)
Da 5 Bloods
(Melvin)
I Care a Lot
(Judge Lomax)
Lying and Stealing
(Lyman)
Cars 3
(River Scott (voice))
The Lost Husband
(Russ McAllen)
Brooklyn's Finest
(Investigator #3 (as Isiah Whitlock))
Enchanted
(Ethan Banks)
A Fish in the Bathtub
(Rudy)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(Fireman)
Jerome's Bouquet
(Jack)
Sloan Hearts Neckface
(Lester)
Run with the Hunted
(Lester)
Third Watch
(Reggie Simmons)
Law & Order
(Gordon Samuels)
The Wire
(State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis)
The Wire
(Clay Davis)
New Amsterdam
(Joe Williams)
Ed
(Tim Unger)
NYPD Blue
(Anton Emery)
Your Honor
(Charlie Figaro)
Madigan Men
The Jury
The Unusuals
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Robbery Division Captain)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Todd Smythe)
The Blacklist
(Danny)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(Crime Scene Detective)
Lucky 7
(Bob Harris)
Lucifer
(Carmen)
Elementary
(Jack Brunelle)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Captain Reece)
The Mist
(Gus Bradley)
Gotham
(Gerry Lang)
Oceano
(The Moose)
The Carmichael Show
(Reverend Carlson)
Law & Order
(Antony White)
Law & Order
(Simon Brooks)
The Residence
(Larry Dokes)
History of Swear Words
(Self)
Law & Order
(Fred Oakes)
The Good Cop
(Burl Loomis)
Law & Order
(Captain Navarro)
Apple & Onion
(Mayor Naise (voice))
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(Detective)
FBI
(Richard Talmage)
Liberty!
(Luke - Slave)
Veep
(George Maddox)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
((credit only))
Smash
(Ronald Strickland)
She's Gotta Have It
(Dog #10)
Woke
(Mr. Jackson)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(NTCC Representative)
Wonderland
(Reviewer (uncredited))
BoJack Horseman
(C.E.O. (voice))
The Good Wife
(Ira Protopapas)