{"id":344524,"date":"2025-12-31T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344524\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:00:11","slug":"veteran-actor-isiah-whitlock-jr-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344524\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/veteran-actor-isiah-whitlock-jr-has-died.jpg\" data-caption=\"Netflix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/veteran-actor-isiah-whitlock-jr-has-died.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"veteran-actor-isiah-whitlock-jr-has-died\"\/><\/a>Netflix<\/p>\n<p>Veteran character actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died.  Whitlock Jr. passed away, age 71, on Tuesday in New York. His manager has indicated that Whitlock died peacefully after battling a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana-born actor was known for his memorable catchphrase \u201csheeeeee-it\u201d used by his character Senator Clay Davis in HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Wire\u201d along with notable major roles in shows like \u201cVeep,\u201d \u201cYour Honor,\u201d \u201cThe Good Cop,\u201d \u201cThe Mist,\u201d Lucky 7,\u201d \u201cRubicon\u201d and countless guest starring roles across dozens of shows including multiple \u201cLaw &amp; Order\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also famous for being a go-to talent for Spike Lee, starring in many of his films, including \u201c25th Hour,\u201d \u201cBlacKkKlansman,\u201d \u201cDa 5 Bloods,\u201d Red Hook Summer\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>His first film credit is as a fireman in \u201cGremlins 2: The New Batch\u201d and a doctor in \u201cGoodfellas\u201d before landing bigger roles in numerous films including \u201cPieces of April,\u201d \u201c1408,\u201d \u201cEnchanted,\u201d \u201cCadillac Records,\u201d \u201cEuropa Report,\u201d \u201cThe Angriest Man in Brooklyn,\u201d \u201cThe Old Man and the Gun,\u201d \u201cLightyear,\u201d \u201cCocaine Bear,\u201d and \u201cHoppers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also lent his voice to Rockstar Games\u2019 \u201cGrand Theft Auto V\u201d.   His last TV role was as the Chief of Police in Netflix\u2019s White House murder mystery \u201cThe Residence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/isiah-whitlock-jr-dead-the-wire-spike-lee-movies-1236658855\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix Veteran character actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died. Whitlock Jr. passed away, age 71, on Tuesday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[94966,6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-344524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bigslider","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}