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Isiah Whitlock Jr. Biography
Birth Place:
South Bend, Indiana, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- 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