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LOS ANGELES – JUN 10: Whitlock, Jr. arrives for the “Cars 3” Hollywood Premiere on June 10, 2017 in Anaheim, CA, DFree /Bigstock.com
Date of Birth: September 13, 1954
Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Date of Death: December 30, 2025
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity: African-American
Isiah Whitlock, Jr. was an American actor. Particularly known for starring on the show The Wire , his roles also included the films 25th Hour , She Hate Me , Beautiful Ohio , 1408 , Choke , Cedar Rapids , Detachment , Red Hook Summer , Why Stop Now , Not Fade Away , Europa Report , The Angriest Man in Brooklyn , Chi-Raq , Pete’s Dragon (2016), Person to Person , CHiPs (2017), Cars 3 , All Square , BlacKkKlansman , The Old Man & the Gun , Corporate Animals , Lost Holiday , Lying and Stealing , Run with the Hunted , The Lost Husband , Da 5 Bloods , I Care a Lot , Lightyear , Cocaine Bear , and Hoppers ; and the shows Law & Order , Liberty! The American Revolution , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Rubicon , Onion SportsDome , Lucky 7 , Veep , Survivor’s Remorse , The Mist , The Good Cop , Your Honor , and The Residence .