"If you knew him you loved him, Liebman wrote in an Instagram post. A brilliant actor and even better person. May his memory forever be a blessing. Our hearts are so broken. He will be very, very missed."
"With more than 125 credits to his name including two upcoming films Whitlock was a versatile actor capable of adapting to many different roles. His most frequent collaborator was Spike Lee, who Whitlock worked with on 25th Hour, She Hate Me, Chi-Raq, BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods. On the small screen, he was most famous as corrupt state senator Clay Davis on HBO's The Wire. Whitlock appeared sporadically in the first four seasons before joining the main cast for the final season. The show introduced many to Whitlock's trademark, the drawn out expletive sheeeeeit, uttered by his characters in apparent disbelief. Whitlock said he picked up the tic from an uncle, then brought it to his first two films with Lee. By the time he made it to The Wire, producers and writers wrote it into the script for him, leading to a number of memorable moments and dozens of on-the-street fan interactions."
"Whitlock returned to HBO in 2014 on Veep as defense secretary George Maddox, who unsuccessfully competes for a presidential nomination against Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character. His final role came as Metropolitan Police Chief Larry Dokes in the Netflix miniseries The Residence, following a recurring role as the mayor of New Orleans in Showtime's Your Honor. His voice will be heard in the Disney Pixar animated sci-fi film Hoppers, due out in March."
Isiah Whitlock Jr. died in New York at age 71 after a short illness. He accumulated more than 125 credits across film, television and voice work, including two upcoming films. He collaborated frequently with Spike Lee on projects such as 25th Hour, She Hate Me, Chi-Raq, BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods. He became widely known on television as corrupt state senator Clay Davis on HBO's The Wire, where his drawn-out expletive "sheeeeeit" became a signature. He later appeared on Veep as defense secretary George Maddox and had roles in Your Honor and Netflix's The Residence. His voice appears in the Pixar film Hoppers, due out in March.
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