The Wire’s Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies at 71

Isiah Whitlock Jr. was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1954. After college, he trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He began his film and television career in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing in small roles in films like Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Goodfellas, and on the television show As the World Turns. Like many actors in New York, he played various characters across several shows in the Law & Order franchise.







