# John Witherspoon

> John Witherspoon was an American actor and comedian who performed in various television shows and films. He played Willie Jones in the Friday series, and starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), The Five Heartbeats (1991), and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). In addition, Witherspoon made appearances on television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994), The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), Barnaby Jones (1973), The Boondocks (2005–2014), and Black Jesus (2014–2019).

*American actor (1942–2019)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1942-01-27
- **Died:** 2019-10-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 15.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/john_pops_spoon (@john_pops_spoon)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywitherspoon/ (@johnnywitherspoon)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936762/ (@nm0936762)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/3283866)
- [جون ويذرسبون (ممثل)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84))
- [جان ویثرسپون](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86)
- [John Witherspoon (Schauspieler)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(Schauspieler))
- [John Witherspoon (actor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(actor))
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- [John Witherspoon (acteur)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(acteur))
- [John Witherspoon (aktè)](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(akt%C3%A8))
- [John Witherspoon (színművész)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(sz%C3%ADnm%C5%B1v%C3%A9sz))
- [John Witherspoon](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon)
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- [John Witherspoon (actor)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(actor))
- [John Witherspoon (skådespelare)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(sk%C3%A5despelare))
- [John Witherspoon (oyuncu)](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon_(oyuncu))
- [جان ویدرسپون (اداکار)](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/314057c3-1c21-41a7-8d02-f6dd4f828e0a)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702204)
- [John Witherspoon](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56902)

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