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Movies starring John Witherspoon have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 54%.
Bird - released in 1988 - is John Witherspoon's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 99 reviews.
The lowest rated film from John Witherspoon is Reality Queen! - released in 2020 - with a score of 26% based on 5 reviews.
John Witherspoon was an African-American comedian and actor who has roles in over 20 movies and television shows. Acting for over three decades, Witherspoon starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), and the Friday film series. He also made appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones (1973), The Wayans Brothers (1994-99), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), and Boondocks (2005). He has also taken his success in acting into screenwriting a movie called From the Old School where he takes the role as an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a strip club. Witherspoon released The John Witherspoon Collection, a line of comical greeting cards known as Spoon Cards.
John Witherspoon has acted in films with Tommy Lister Jr., Robert Townsend, Reynaldo Rey and Eddie Murphy.
John Witherspoon has worked with these film directors: Robert Townsend, Reginald Hudlin, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Steve Carr.
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