
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Known for: Acting
Born: September 13, 1954
Died: December 30, 2025
Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (September 13, 1954 – December 30, 2025) was 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…
Known for
The Body Is Water

Stealing Martin Lane
2005

Sloan Hearts Neckface
2020

Kettle of Fish
2006

Cedar Rapids
2011

Why Stop Now?
2012

Triggered
2022

Newlyweeds
2013

All Square
2018

Cocaine Bear
2023

Da 5 Bloods
2020

Jerome's Bouquet
2013

WW3
2001

Home
2013

Corporate Animals
2019

I Care a Lot
2021

The Lost Husband
2020

Run with the Hunted
2019

25th Hour
2002

Pete's Dragon
2016

Person to Person
2017

Duane Hopwood
2005

1408
2007

Lost Holiday
2019

Not Fade Away
2012

Pieces of April
2003

Gun Hill Road
2011

Lightyear
2022

Main Street
2010

Europa Report
2013

Harlem Aria
1999

Thanks for Sharing
2013

BlacKkKlansman
2018

Seneca
2019

Beautiful Ohio
2006

Hoppers
2026

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014

Red Hook Summer
2012

23 Blast
2014

Detachment
2011

Jump Tomorrow
2001

Under New Management
2009

A Jersey Tale
2004

Cars 3
2017

Eddie
1996

Choke
2008

The Old Man & the Gun
2018

She Hate Me
2004

I Hate Valentine's Day
2009

Twelve
2010

Everyone Says I Love You
1996

Enchanted
2007

The Spanish Prisoner
1997

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990

A Fish in the Bathtub
1999

Lying and Stealing
2019
A Christmas Carol
1981

Brooklyn's Finest
2010

CHiPs
2017

The Wire Odyssey
2007

Chi-Raq
2015

Cadillac Records
2008

Third Watch
1999

Law & Order
1990

The Wire
2002

New Amsterdam
2008

Ed
2000

NYPD Blue
1993

Your Honor
2020

Madigan Men
2000

The Jury
2004

The Unusuals
2009

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Blacklist
2013

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Lucky 7
2013

Lucifer
2016

Elementary
2012

The Mist
2017

Gotham
2014

Oceano
1989

The Carmichael Show
2015

The Residence
2025

History of Swear Words
2021

The Good Cop
2018

Apple & Onion
2018

FBI
2018

Liberty!
1997

Veep
2012

Smash
2012

She's Gotta Have It
2017

Woke
2020

BoJack Horseman
2014

The Good Wife
2009

Wonderland
2000

Atlanta
2016

Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013

GoodFellas
1990