Bio

  • The fifth of 11 children.
  • Attended Southwest Minnesota State University on a football scholarship; tried out for The Crucible after injuries sidelined him.
  • Studied at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco after college.
  • Made his Broadway debut in the play Mastergate in 1989.
  • Received the 2002 Lucille Lortelle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for the off-Broadway play Four.
  • Supports a scholarship for SMSU, the Isiah Whitlock Jr. Fine Arts Theatre Endowment.
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Isiah Whitlock Jr.
September 13, 1954 - December 30, 2025 (aged 71)
South Bend, Indiana, USA

Bio

  • The fifth of 11 children.
  • Attended Southwest Minnesota State University on a football scholarship; tried out for The Crucible after injuries sidelined him.
  • Studied at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco after college.
  • Made his Broadway debut in the play Mastergate in 1989.
  • Received the 2002 Lucille Lortelle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for the off-Broadway play Four.
  • Supports a scholarship for SMSU, the Isiah Whitlock Jr. Fine Arts Theatre Endowment.
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