Isiah Whitlock Jr., finest identified for his position in HBO’s “The Wire” and frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee in movies corresponding to “BlacKkKlansman” and “Da 5 Bloods,” has died. He was 71.
Whitlock’s supervisor, Brian Liebman, shared information of his consumer’s demise in an Instagram publish on Tuesday.
“It’s with large disappointment that I share the passing of my pricey buddy and consumer Isiah Whitlock Jr,” wrote Liebman within the caption alongside a photograph of the 2. “If you happen to knew him, you liked him. A superb actor and even higher particular person. Might his reminiscence ceaselessly be a blessing. Our hearts are so damaged. He will probably be very, very missed.”
Liebman advised Deadline that Whitlock died peacefully after a brief sickness.
Born in South Bend, Ind., Whitlock pursued performing after dealing with a sequence of soccer accidents at Southwest Minnesota State College. After graduating in 1976, he joined the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
At the beginning of his profession, Whitlock picked up numerous roles in procedurals and dramas together with numerous iterations of the “Legislation & Order” franchise, notably “Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit” and “Legislation & Order: Prison Intent.”
The actor most famously left his mark on HBO’s “The Wire” because the corrupt Maryland State Sen. Clay Davis, whose iconic swearing, significantly his elongation of the phrase s—, is a memorable component of the 60-episode crime drama.
On the large display, Whitlock appeared in a number of Lee movies, together with “She Hate Me” (2004), “Chi-Raq” (2015), “BlacKkKlansman” (2018) and “Da 5 Bloods” (2020).
