Whoopi Goldberg

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The Lion King1994
Toy Story 32010
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2014
Ghost1990

About Whoopi Goldberg

Known for: Acting
Born: November 13, 1955 (age 70)
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

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…

Also credited as

Caryn Elaine Johnson, Whoopie Goldberg

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Filmography

Captain Zero: The Movie2028as (voice)

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk2027as (voice)
Tribeca 252026as Self
Leopardi & Co2025as Mildred
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators2025as Galbanum (voice)
Flower of the Dawn2025as Storyteller (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025as Self
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams2024as Self
Like Tears in Rain2024as Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story2024as Self
Atrabilious2024as Dr. Andrea Hart
Group Therapy2024as Self (archive footage)
Ezra2024as Jayne
Babes2024as Dawn's Breasts
Butterfly in the Sky2024as Self
Outlaw Posse2024as Stagecoach Mary
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story2024as Self (archive footage)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey2023as Self
The Color Purple2023as Midwife (uncredited)
Three Trees2023as (Narration)
Barry Humphries at the BBC2023as Self (archive material)
Commitment to Life2023as Self (archive footage)
Our Barbara2023as Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda2022as Self
My Father's Dragon2022as Cat (voice)
Till2022as Alma
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo2022as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?2022as Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/202022as Self
Luck2022as Captain (voice)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not2022as Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free2022as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act2022as Self (archive footage)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising2022as Self
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World2021as Self - Host
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It2021as Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days2021as Self - Guest
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...2020as Self
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine2020as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip2020as Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020as Whoopi Goldberg
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion2020as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King2020as Self - Co-host, "The View"
My Darling Vivian2020as Self (archive footage)
Feeding America Comedy Festival2020as Self
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show2020as Self
Find Your Groove2020as Self
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU2020as (archive footage)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration2019as Self
The Most Magnificent Thing2019as Narrator (voice)
Cracked Up2019as Self
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me2019as Self
Olympia2018as Self
Nobody's Fool2018as Lola
Trump @War2018as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood2018as Self (archive footage)
The Gospel According to André2018as Self
Furlough2018as Moms
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like2018as Self
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic2017as Host
The Problem with Apu2017as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me2017as Self
Yamasong: March of the Hollows2017as Yari (voice)
9/112017as Metzie
Descendants 22017as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
The Truth Is in the Stars2017as Self
Gilbert2017as Self
A Very Sordid Wedding2017as Abernatha Coleman
King of the Dancehall2017as Loretta Brixton
Rio2017as Gayle Morgenstern
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time2016as Self
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)2016as Self (archive footage)
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley2016as Self
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years2016as Self
50 Years of Star Trek2016as Self
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life2016as Herself
Black Dog, Red Dog2015as Calliope
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank2015as Self
Misery Loves Comedy2015as Self
Top Five2014as Whoopi Goldberg
Big Stone Gap2014as Fleeta Mullins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2014as Bernadette Thompson
A Day Late and a Dollar Short2014as Viola
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale2013as Self
Blackfish2013as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley2013as Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women2013as Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa2013as Self
The Contradictions of Fair Hope2013as Narrator
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief2012as Self
Radioman2012as Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me2012as Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies2012as Self
Python Legs!2012
The Muppets2011as Whoopi Goldberg
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey2011as Narrator (voice)
The Little Engine That Could2011as The Tower (voice)
A Little Bit of Heaven2011as God
For Colored Girls2010as Alice / White
Teenage Paparazzo2010as Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift2010as (archive footage)
New York Street Games2010as Self
Toy Story 32010as Stretch (voice)
The Black List: Volume Three2010as Self
See You in September2010as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009as Self (archive footage)
Journey to the Stars2009as Narrator (voice)
Kambakkht Ishq2009as Whoopi Goldberg
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit2009as Self
Madea Goes to Jail2009as Self
Stream2009as Jodi Quinn
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa2008as Taxi Driver
Descendants2008as Red Flower (voice)
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins2008as Self - Narrator (voice)
Snow Buddies2008as Miss Mittens (voice)
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut2007as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens2007as Self
The Sophisticated Misfit2007as Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic2007as Self
If I Had Known I Was a Genius2007as Mom
Farce of the Penguins2006as Helen (voice)
Comic Relief 20062006
Homie Spumoni2006as Thelma
Everyone's Hero2006as Darlin' (voice)
Doogal2006as Ermintrude (voice)
The N Word2006as Self
The Aristocrats2005as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood2005as Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway2005as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
Racing Stripes2005as Franny (voice)
The Lion King 1½2004as Shenzi (voice)
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 22004as Whoopi Goldberg
Pinocchio 30002004as Cyberina (voice)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class2004as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!2003as Self
Declaration of Independence2003as Self
Blizzard2003as Blizzard (voice)
Pauly Shore Is Dead2003as Whoopi Goldberg
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003as Narrator (voice)
Good Fences2003as Mabel Spader
Star Trek: Nemesis2002as Guinan (uncredited)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie2002as Daniel's 'Boss'
Madeline: My Fair Madeline2002as Miss Clavel (voice)
The Hollywood Sign2002as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Searching for Debra Winger2002as Self
Showboy2002as Herself
Making Rat Race2002as Herself
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'2001as Self - Hostess
Call Me Claus2001as Lucy Cullins
Rat Race2001as Vera Baker
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel2001as Self - Host
Rescued from the Closet2001as Self
Ghost: Remembering the Magic2001as Self
Kingdom Come2001as Raynelle Slocumb
Monkeybone2001as Death
Golden Dreams2001as Califia, the Queen of California
What Makes a Family2001as Terry Harrison
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film2000as Self - Host / Narrator
More Dogs Than Bones2000as Cléo
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle2000as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years2000as Self - Host
Girl, Interrupted1999as Valerie
Jackie's Back!1999as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
The Deep End of the Ocean1999as Candy
Alice in Wonderland1999as Cheshire Cat
Our Friend, Martin1999as Mrs. Peck (voice)
Alegría1999as Baby Clown
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years1999
Get Bruce!1999as Self
The Rugrats Movie1998as Ranger Margaret (voice)
A Knight in Camelot1998as Dr. Vivien Morgan
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie1998as Stormella (voice)
Junket Whore1998as Self
How Stella Got Her Groove Back1998as Delilah Abraham
Jackie Chan: My Story1998as Self (uncredited)
Titey1998as The Iceberg (voice)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn1998as Whoopi Goldberg
Creating Ragtime1998as Host
A Christmas Carol1997as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Cinderella1997as Queen Constantina
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special1997as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
In & Out1997as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
Pitch1997as Self
Destination Anywhere1997as Cabbie
In the Gloaming1997as Nurse Myrna
Sports on the Silver Screen1997as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life1997as Self
Ghosts of Mississippi1996as Myrlie Evers
The Associate1996as Laurel Ayres
Bogus1996as Harriet Franklin
Bordello of Blood1996as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys1996as Nurse (uncredited)
Eddie1996as Eddie Franklin
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful1996as Self (archive footage)
The Celluloid Closet1996as Self
Theodore Rex1995as Katie Coltrane
Comic Relief VII1995as Self - Host
Moonlight and Valentino1995as Sylvie Morrow
Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About1995as Self
Boys on the Side1995as Jane Deluca
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'1994as Self (archive footage)
The Pagemaster1994as Fantasy (voice)
Star Trek: Generations1994as Guinan (uncredited)
Corrina, Corrina1994as Corrina Washington
The Little Rascals1994as Buckwheat's Mom
The Lion King1994as Shenzi (voice)
But... Seriously1994as Self (archive footage)
Comic Relief VI1994as Self - Hostess
Liberation1994as Narrator (voice)
A Cool Like That Christmas1993as Mom / Irwin (voice)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1993as Deloris Van Cartier
Naked in New York1993as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration1993as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Aretha Franklin: Duets1993as Self
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 11993as Billy York (uncredited)
Made in America1993as Sarah Mathews
The Magical World of Chuck Jones1992as Self
Sarafina!1992as Mary Masembuko
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica1992as Self
Wisecracks1992
Sister Act1992as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
The Player1992as Detective Avery
Defenders of Dynatron City1992as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
House Party 21991as Professor (uncredited)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special1991as Self
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts1991as Narrator (voice)
Chez Whoopi1991as Self - Host
Soapdish1991as Rose Schwartz
The Long Walk Home1990as Odessa Cotter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter1990as Self (uncredited)
Ghost1990as Oda Mae Brown
Comic Relief '901990as Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years1990as Self
Celebrity Guide to Wine1990as Self
Beverly Hills Brats1989as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly1989as Herself
Homer and Eddie1989as Eddie Cervi
Hanna-Barbera's 50th1989as Self
Kiss Shot1989as Sarah Collins
Comic Relief III1989
The Debbie Allen Special1989as Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special1988as Self
Free to Be... a Family1988as Self
Clara's Heart1988as Clara Mayfield
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute1988as Self
The Telephone1988as Vashti Blue
Fatal Beauty1987as Rita Rizzoli
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville1987as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987as Self
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later1987as Self - Host
Burglar1987as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin1987as Self
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite1987as Self
Citizen Steve1987as Self - Actress
Repairs1987as The Voice (voice)
Jumpin' Jack Flash1986as Terry Dolittle
The Making of Captain EO1986as Self
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show1986as Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce1986as Self
The Color Purple1985as Celie
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway1985as Self
Night of 100 Stars II1985as Self
Citizen1982
Naya: Legend of the Golden DolphinYear unavailableas Aqua (voice)
Sister Act 3Year unavailableas Deloris
Sisters in ItalyYear unavailable
Women Like UsYear unavailable