John Witherspoon
Actor · 26 credits · 15 in highly-rated films
Best known for Friday (1995)
Frequent collaborators: Tommy Lister Jr., David Alan Grier, Marlon Wayans, Ice Cube, Bobby Mardis
Best John Witherspoon movies by genre
Movies (26 total, ranked by score)
1Friday
1995 · ★ 7.1 (2,060 votes)
Comedy, Drama
2Bulworth
1998 · ★ 6.3 (267 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Crime
3Next Friday
2000 · ★ 6.5 (657 votes)
Comedy
4Friday After Next
2002 · ★ 6.4 (463 votes)
Comedy, Drama
5Little Man
2006 · ★ 5.9 (1,945 votes)
Comedy, Crime
6House Party
1990 · ★ 6.4 (266 votes)
Comedy
7Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
Comedy
8The Hustle
2008 · ★ 6.3 (14 votes)
Comedy
9Sunday in Paris
1991
10Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
2010 · ★ 6.1 (10 votes)
Comedy
11Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Animation
12Fakin' Da Funk
1997 · ★ 5.7 (11 votes)
Comedy, Drama
13High Freakquency
1998
Comedy
14Sprung
1997 · ★ 5.4 (21 votes)
Comedy, Romance
15Fatal Instinct
1993 · ★ 5.5 (167 votes)
Comedy, Crime
16The Ladies Man
2000 · ★ 5.4 (153 votes)
Comedy
17I Got the Hook-Up
1998 · ★ 5.5 (41 votes)
Action, Comedy
18Boosters LA
2022
Comedy
19Reality Queen!
2020 · ★ 4.1 (8 votes)
Comedy
20You Got to Coordinate
2008 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)
21Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
1991 · ★ 4.9 (50 votes)
Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror
22Vampire in Brooklyn
1995 · ★ 5.1 (629 votes)
Comedy, Horror, Romance
23Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
Comedy
24Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
Comedy
25Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie
26Laffapalooza! #2
2004
Comedy, Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.