John Witherspoon

One of 11 siblings. Elder brother, William, became a songwriter in for Motown. Has a passion for music and plays the trumpet and French horn. Began his stand-up comedy career in the 1960s and 1970s, where he met friends Robin Williams, Jay Leno, and David Letterman. Has appeared in a number of music videos, including Jay-Z's "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)". David Letterman is the godfather to his two sons.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Reality Queen!	Joe The Plumber	—	2020
No Score Yet	I Got the Hook-Up 2	Mr. Mimm	—	2019
0%	A Thousand Words	Blind Man	$18.5M	2012
No Score Yet	Chick Magnet	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	John Witherspoon: You Got to Coordinate	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	After Sex	Gene	—	2007
12%	Little Man	Pops	$58.3M	2006
No Score Yet	Da Station	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	God's Gift	Actor	—	2006
18%	Soul Plane	Blind Man	$14M	2004
26%	Friday After Next	Mr. Jones	$33M	2002
42%	Dr. Dolittle 2	Zoo Bear #2	$111.5M	2001
22%	Little Nicky	Street Vendor	$38.6M	2000
11%	The Ladies Man	Scrap Iron	$13.4M	2000
22%	Next Friday	Mr. Jones	—	2000
17%	I Got The Hook-Up	Mr. Mimm	—	1998
76%	Bulworth	Reverend Morris	—	1998
No Score Yet	Ride	Roscoe	—	1998
No Score Yet	High Freakquency	Wes	—	1998
22%	Sprung	Detective	—	1997
No Score Yet	Fakin' Da Funk	Bill	—	1997
10%	Vampire in Brooklyn	Silas	—	1995
78%	Friday	Jones	—	1995
18%	Fatal Instinct	Arch	—	1993
29%	The Meteor Man	Clarence James Carter III	—	1993
30%	Bebe's Kids	1st Card Player	—	1992
44%	Boomerang	Mr. Jackson	—	1992
No Score Yet	Killer Tomatoes Strike Back	Evan Rood	—	1991
35%	The Five Heartbeats	Wild Rudy	—	1991
No Score Yet	Talkin' Dirty After Dark	Dukie	—	1991
93%	House Party	Mr. Strickland	—	1990
No Score Yet	Jock Jokes	Actor	—	1989
80%	Bird	Sid	—	1988
64%	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	Reverend	—	1988
No Score Yet	Kidnapped	Pimp	—	1987
25%	Ratboy	Heavy	—	1986
88%	Hollywood Shuffle	Mr. Jones	—	1982
19%	The Jazz Singer	M.C. Cinderella Club	—	1980

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	Black Jesus 2014	Lloyd Hamilton	2019 2015 2014
91%	black-ish 2014	James Brown	2016 2015
54%	The Boondocks 2005-2014	Voice Robert "Grandad" Freeman	2014 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2013 2012
40%	The Tracy Morgan Show 2003-2004	Spoon	2004 2003
No Score Yet	Last Comic Standing 2003-2015	Judge	2003
No Score Yet	The Proud Family 2001-2005	Voice	2003
No Score Yet	The Wayans Bros. 1995-1999	Pops/James John `Pops' Williams	1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
No Score Yet	Living Single 1993-1998	Smoke Eye	1997
No Score Yet	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990-1996	Augusteus Adams	1994
No Score Yet	Martin 1992-1997	Uncle Junior	1993
No Score Yet	Good Times 1974-1979	Officer Lawson	1979
No Score Yet	WKRP in Cincinnati 1978-1982	Umpire	1979 1978
No Score Yet	The Incredible Hulk 1978-1982	Tom	1978
60%	The Richard Pryor Show 1977
60%	Townsend Television 1993	Performer

Mr. Jones: Everytime I come in the kitchen, you in the kitchen. In the goddamn refrigerator. Eatin' up all the food. All the chitlin... All the pig feet... All the collard greens... All the hog maws. I wanna eat some of them chitlins, I love pig feet!