Whoopi Goldberg
Acteur, Producer, Schrijver, Regisseur
13 november 1955 (70 years)
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man (Patrick Swayze) find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act and Sister Act 2, The Lion King, Made in America, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted and Rat Race. She is also acclaimed for her roles as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Terry Dolittle in Jumpin' Jack Flash. Her latest role is the voice of Stretch in Toy Story 3. Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was co-producer of the popular game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004. She has been the moderator of the daytime talk show The View since 2007. Goldberg has a Grammy, two Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Tony, and an Oscar. In addition, Goldberg has a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
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| 2028 | Captain Zero: The Movie · as (voice) |
| 2027 | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin · as Aqua (voice) |
| 2026 | Kevin · as Cupcake (voice) |
| 2025 | Leopardi&Co. · as Mildred |
| 2024 | Babes · as Dawn's Breasts |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse · as Stagecoach Mary |
| 2023 | Atrabilious · as Dr. Andrea HartOp Plex |
| 2023 | Ezra · as Jayne |
| 2023 | The Color Purple · as Midwife (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Three Trees · as (narration) |
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon · as Cat (voice) |
| 2022 | Till · as Alma |
| 2022 | King on Screen · as Mother Abagail Freemantle |
| 2022 | Luck · as Captain (voice) |
| 2021 | Harlem · as Dr. Elise Pruitt |
| 2021 | Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. · as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice) |
| 2020 | The Stand (2020) · as Abagail "mother Abagail" Freemantle |
| 2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine · as Whoopi Goldberg (voice) |
| 2020 | Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Staged · as Mary |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Picard · as Guinan |
| 2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU · as (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Godfather of Harlem · as Miss Willa |
| 2019 | The Most Magnificent Thing · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? · as Whoopi Goldberg (voice) |
| 2019 | Amphibia · as Mother Olm (voice) |
| 2019 | Tuca & Bertie · as Narrator |
| 2019 | Master of Dark Shadows · as CastOp Plex |
| 2018 | Nobody's Fool · as Lola |
| 2018 | The Conners · as Ms. GlenOp Plex |
| 2018 | Random Acts of Flyness · as Police Officer |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island · as Barb (voice) |
| 2018 | Instinct (2018) · as Joan Ross |
| 2018 | Furlough · as Moms |
| 2018 | Lucy in the Sky · as Mrs. Lewis |
| 2017 | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic · as Host |
| 2017 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows · as Yari (voice) |
| 2017 | 9/11 · as MetzieOp Plex |
| 2017 | Descendants 2 · as Ursula (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2017 | A Very Sordid Wedding · as Abernatha ColemanOp Plex |
| 2017 | When We Rise · as Pat Norman |
| 2016 | King of the Dancehall · as Loretta Brixton |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Elena of Avalor · as Lama |
| 2016 | Animals. (2016) · as Dorothy |
| 2015 | Hero Quest · as Mama Zho ZiOp Plex |
| 2015 | Black Dog, Red Dog · as Calliope |
| 2015 | Mission Force One · as The Gamemaster |
| 2015 | The Stinky & Dirty Show · as Meg (voice) |
| 2014 | Big Stone Gap · as Fleeta Mullins |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman · as Mikhaela (voice) |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · as Bernadette Thompson |
| 2014 | The 7D · as Magic Mirror (voice) |
| 2014 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short · as Viola |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland · as Mrs. Rabbit (voice) |
| 2013 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds · as Guinan (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Everything is Terrible! Holiday Special · as Cast |
| 2012 | 666 Park Avenue · as Maris Elder |
| 2012 | Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! · as Cast |
| 2012 | The Contradictions of Fair Hope · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Suburgatory · as Yakult (voice) |
| 2011 | The Little Engine That Could · as The Tower (voice) |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven · as GodOp Plex |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls · as Alice / White |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods · as Regina Thomas |
| 2010 | 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift · as (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 · as Stretch (voice) |
| 2010 | See You in September · as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) |
| 2009 | The Middle · as Jane Marsh |
| 2009 | Glee · as Carmen Tibideaux |
| 2008 | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa · as Taxi Driver |
| 2008 | Life on Mars (US) · as Brother Lovebutter |
| 2008 | The Cleaner · as Paulina Kmec |
| 2008 | Snow Buddies · as Miss Mittens (voice) |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | If I Had Known I Was a Genius · as Mom |
| 2006 | Farce of the Penguins · as Helen (voz) |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Everyone's Hero · as Darlin' (voice) |
| 2006 | Bubble Guppies · as Pirate Myra (voice) |
| 2006 | Homie Spumoni · as Thelma |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse · as The Iceberg |
| 2006 | So NoTORIous · as Mama Belle |
| 2006 | Doogal · as Ermintrude (voice) |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris · as Louise Clarkson |
| 2005 | The Pacifier · as Oda Mae Brown |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken · as Celie Johnson |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes · as Franny (voice) |
| 2004 | The Lion King 1½ · as Shenzi (voice) |
| 2003 | Pinocchio 3000 · as Cyberina (voice)Op Plex |
| 2003 | Blizzard · as Blizzard (voice) |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us · as Harriet Tubman |
| 2003 | Whoopi · as Mavis Rae |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Good Fences · as Mabel SpaderOp Plex |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis · as Guinan (uncredited) |
| 2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie · as Daniel's 'boss' |
| 2002 | Madeline: My Fair Madeline · as Miss Clavel (voice) |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids · as Robert Shirtliff (voice) |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus · as Lucy Cullins |
| 2001 | The Hollywood Sign · as Woman At Funeral (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent · as Chesley Watkins |
| 2001 | Rat Race · as Vera Baker |
| 2001 | Kingdom Come · as Raynelle Slocumb |
| 2001 | Monkeybone · as Death |
| 2001 | What Makes a Family · as Terry Harrison |
| 2000 | Stand and Be Counted · as Cast |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine · as Dr. Lydia Emerson |
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones · as Cléo |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle · as Judge Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Girl, Interrupted · as Valerie |
| 1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns · as The Grand BansheeOp Plex |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Janette Grayson |
| 1999 | The Foxbusters · as Ransome (voice) |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! · as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (jackie's Sister) |
| 1999 | Alegría · as Baby Clown |
| 1999 | The Deep End of the Ocean · as Candy Bliss |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland · as Cheshire CatOp Plex |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin · as Mrs. Peck (voice) |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie · as Ranger Margaret (voice) |
| 1998 | A Knight in Camelot · as Dr. Vivien Morgan |
| 1998 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie · as Stormella (voice) |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back · as Delilah Abraham |
| 1998 | Bob Hope: The Road to the Top · as Narrator |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | A Christmas Carol · as Spirit Of Christmas Present (voice) |
| 1997 | Cinderella · as Queen Constantina |
| 1997 | Bear in the Big Blue House · as Edwina Badger (voice) |
| 1997 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special · as Mother Gooseberg (voice) |
| 1997 | Destination Anywhere · as Cabbie |
| 1997 | In the Gloaming · as Nurse Myrna |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi · as Myrlie Evers |
| 1996 | The Associate · as Laurel Ayres |
| 1996 | Bogus · as Harriet Franklin |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood · as Hospital Patient (uncredited) |
| 1996 | The Sunshine Boys · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Eddie · as Eddie Franklin |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... · as God |
| 1995 | Theodore Rex · as Katie Coltrane |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino · as Sylvie Morrow |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist · as Whoopi (voice) |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · as Zenobia (voice) |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side · as Jane DelucaOp Plex |
| 1994 | The Pagemaster · as Fantasy (voice) |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Generations · as Guinan (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Corrina, Corrina · as Corrina Washington |
| 1994 | The Little Rascals · as Buckwheat's Mom |
| 1994 | The Lion King · as Shenzi (voice) |
| 1994 | Liberation · as Narrator |
| 1993 | A Cool Like That Christmas · as Mom / Irwin (voice) |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit · as Deloris Van Cartier |
| 1993 | Naked in New York · as Tragedy Mask On Theater Wall |
| 1993 | The Nanny · as Edna |
| 1993 | In the Wild · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Made in America · as Sarah Mathews |
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 · as Billy York (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous · as Goldie |
| 1992 | Sarafina! · as Mary Masembuko |
| 1992 | Sister Act · as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Player · as Detective Avery |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | House Party 2 · as Professor (uncredited) |
| 1991 | Soapdish · as Rose Schwartz |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home · as Odessa CotterOp Plex |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers · as Gaia (voice) |
| 1990 | Ghost · as Oda Mae Brown |
| 1990 | Das Buch meines Lebens · as Brenda |
| 1989 | Homer and Eddie · as Eddie Cervi |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Peligre |
| 1989 | Kiss Shot · as Sarah Collins |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Clara's Heart · as Clara Mayfield |
| 1988 | Whoopi Goldberg: Fontaine... Why Am I Straight · as Fontaine |
| 1988 | The Telephone · as Vashti BlueOp Plex |
| 1987 | Fatal Beauty · as Rita Rizzoli |
| 1987 | Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville · as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation · as Guinan |
| 1987 | A Different World (1987) · as Dr. Jordan |
| 1987 | Burglar · as Bernice 'bernie' Rhodenbarr |
| 1986 | Jumpin' Jack Flash · as Terry Dolittle |
| 1985 | The Color Purple · as Celie |
| 1985 | Television Parts · as Cast |
| 1985 | Moonlighting · as Camille Brand |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special · as Mariah JohnstonOp Plex |
| 1982 | |
| 2028 | Captain Zero: The Movie · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Leopardi&Co. · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Butterfly in the Sky · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | A New Orleans Noel · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Caught in His Web · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Waldo on Weed · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Strut · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | According to Alex · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Nine for IX Shorts · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Wow, I Never Knew That! · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Whoopi: Back to Broadway - The 20th Anniversary · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Piano Man's Daughter · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Good FencesOp Plex |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood · as Executive ProducerOp Plex |
| 2001 | What Makes a Family · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | The Mao Game · as Co-Producer |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | |
| 1991 | Chez Whoopi · as Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | Whoopi Goldberg: Fontaine... Why Am I Straight · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | The 62nd Annual Tony Awards · as Special Material By |
| 2006 | Just For Kicks · as Developed By |
| 2003 | Whoopi · as Developer |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Written By |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine · as Created By |
| 1999 | The 71st Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 1994 | The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 1986 | Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce · as Written By |