Whoopi Goldberg
Known for: Acting
Born: November 13, 1955
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man (Patrick Swayze) find his killer…
Known for
Sister Act
1992
Bogus
1996
Corrina, Corrina
1994
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
Eddie
1996
The Associate
1996
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
A Knight in Camelot
1998
Made in America
1993
Boys on the Side
1995
Fatal Beauty
1987
Theodore Rex
1995
The Rugrats Movie
1998
Burglar
1987
Call Me Claus
2001
Get Bruce!
1999
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000
Kiss Shot
1989
Clara's Heart
1988
The Telephone
1988
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
The Making of Captain EO
1986
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985
Journey to the Stars
2009
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
Chez Whoopi
1991
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992
Stream
2009
Three Trees
2023
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988
Flower of the Dawn
2025
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
Golden Dreams
2001
Showboy
2002
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Find Your Groove
2020
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991
Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
1995
Repairs
1987
Creating Ragtime
1998
Sister Act 3
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
The Color Purple
1985
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Sarafina!
1992
Descendants
2008
Good Fences
2003
A Christmas Carol
1997
Titey
1998
Homer and Eddie
1989
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
The Long Walk Home
1990
The Little Engine That Could
2011
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
Leopardi & Co
2025
Liberation
1994
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
Comic Relief III
1989
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015
Our Barbara
2023
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
9/11
2017
King of the Dancehall
2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
Wisecracks
1992
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2007
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
Comic Relief VII
1995
Comic Relief VI
1994
Ghost
1990
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
The Pagemaster
1994
What Makes a Family
2001
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
Homie Spumoni
2006
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
Citizen
1982
See You in September
2010
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Olympia
2018
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994
Comic Relief '90
1990
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
Like Tears in Rain
2024
Sisters in Italy
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025
The Debbie Allen Special
1989
The Player
1992
Doogal
2006
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
Luck
2022
Cinderella
1997
In the Gloaming
1997
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Pinocchio 3000
2004
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022
Big Stone Gap
2014
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
Blizzard
2003
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2027
Python Legs!
2012
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Jackie's Back!
1999
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
Free to Be... a Family
1988
Destination Anywhere
1997
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Atrabilious
2024
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
But... Seriously
1994
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
The Celluloid Closet
1996
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
The Hollywood Sign
2002
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
Furlough
2018
The Gospel According to André
2018
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
Nobody's Fool
2018
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
1995
Cracked Up
2019
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
Pitch
1997
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
Ezra
2024
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
Declaration of Independence
2003
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
The N Word
2006
Till
2022
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
The Lion King 1½
2004
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Soapdish
1991
Everyone's Hero
2006
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
Radioman
2012
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
Alegría
1999
Rat Race
2001
Help Save Planet Earth
1990
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024
Girl, Interrupted
1999
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
For Colored Girls
2010
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Kingdom Come
2001
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
New York Street Games
2010
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
My Darling Vivian
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Naked in New York
1993
Monkeybone
2001
The Lion King
1994
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Racing Stripes
2005
The Problem with Apu
2017
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Gilbert
2017
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Making Rat Race
2002
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
Snow Buddies
2008
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
Farce of the Penguins
2006
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Rio
2017
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
Outlaw Posse
2024
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Top Five
2014
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
The Little Rascals
1994
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
Trump @War
2018
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Group Therapy
2024
My Father's Dragon
2022
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Toy Story 3
2010
Citizen Steve
1987
Babes
2024
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
Junket Whore
1998
The Sunshine Boys
1996
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
Commitment to Life
2023
The Aristocrats
2005
Blackfish
2013
Bordello of Blood
1996
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
House Party 2
1991
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
The Color Purple
2023
The Muppets
2011
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
100 Years at the Movies
1994
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
Descendants 2
2017
In & Out
1997
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
This Morning
1988
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Muppet Babies
1984
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Whoopi
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The One Show
2006
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
The Nanny
1993
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The View
1997
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Staged
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
30 Rock
2006
Strong Medicine
2000
MADtv
1995
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
So NoTORIous
2006
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
Muppets Tonight
1996
Desus & Mero
2019
Liberty's Kids
2002
The Story of Late Night
2021
The Shop
2018
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
Bagdad Cafe
1990
The Oscars
1953
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Amphibia
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Godfather of Harlem
2019
Hollywood Squares
1998
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Middle
2009
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997
Ask the Storybots
2016
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Broad City
2014
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
2021
Star Trek: Picard
2020
The Tick
2016
The 7D
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Foxbusters
1999
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Anansi Boys
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
Wogan
1982
The Nineties
2017
A Different World
1987
Sherri
2022
Citizen Rose
2018
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Reichen Show
2005
Glee
2009
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Moonlighting
1985
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Lorena
2019
Summer Camp Island
2018
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
Comic Relief
1986
Cuomo
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
The Stand
2020
Rachael Ray
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Classic Albums
1997
BoJack Horseman
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Word According to Whoopi
2007
American Masters
1986
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
Saturday TV Funhouse
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
De TV Show
1981
The Weber Show
2000
Bubble Guppies
2011
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
Great Performances
1971
The Con
2020
Blue Bloods
2010
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016
Suburgatory
2011
Harlem
2021
Dolly
1987
JANET JACKSON.
2022
When We Rise
2017
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Hacks
2021
Pulp Comics
1996
Entourage
2004
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
Kevin
2026
People's Choice Awards
1975
Reading Rainbow
1983
Tony Awards
1956
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
Hollywood Black
2024
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962