Whoopi Goldberg
Acting
Born: November 13, 1955 (age 70) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
The Lion King
1994
Toy Story 3
2010
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Ghost
1990
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Sister Act
1992
The Lion King 1½
2004
BoJack Horseman
2014
Luck
2022
The Color Purple
1985
Rat Race
2001
Photos (4)
Movies (138)
Toy Story 3
Stretch (voice)
The Lion King
Shenzi (voice)
The Lion King 1½
Shenzi (voice)
In & Out
Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
Ghost
Oda Mae Brown
Girl, Interrupted
Valerie
The Little Rascals
Buckwheat's Mom
Snow Buddies
Miss Mittens (voice)
Luck
Captain (voice)
Boys on the Side
Jane Deluca
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bernadette Thompson
Rat Race
Vera Baker
Nobody's Fool
Lola
Descendants 2
Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
Star Trek: Nemesis
Guinan (uncredited)
Babes
Dawn's Breasts
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Deloris Van Cartier
The Rugrats Movie
Ranger Margaret (voice)
The Color Purple
Celie
The Deep End of the Ocean
Candy
Bordello of Blood
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Muppets
Whoopi Goldberg
Sister Act
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
The Color Purple
Midwife (uncredited)
Star Trek: Generations
Guinan (uncredited)
Till
Alma
My Father's Dragon
Cat (voice)
The Pagemaster
Fantasy (voice)
Burglar
Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Ezra
Jayne
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Narrator (voice)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Daniel's 'Boss'
The Player
Detective Avery
Racing Stripes
Franny (voice)
Everyone's Hero
Darlin' (voice)
Monkeybone
Death
Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
Ghosts of Mississippi
Myrlie Evers
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina Washington
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Terry Dolittle
Eddie
Eddie Franklin
House Party 2
Professor (uncredited)
Cinderella
Queen Constantina
Alegría
Baby Clown
The Associate
Laurel Ayres
Made in America
Sarah Mathews
The Little Engine That Could
The Tower (voice)
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Whoopi Goldberg
For Colored Girls
Alice / White
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Billy York (uncredited)
Top Five
Whoopi Goldberg
The Long Walk Home
Odessa Cotter
Soapdish
Rose Schwartz
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Judge Cameo (uncredited)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Stormella (voice)
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Whoopi Goldberg
Homie Spumoni
Thelma
The Hollywood Sign
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Liberation
Narrator (voice)
The Sunshine Boys
Nurse (uncredited)
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Yari (voice)
Theodore Rex
Katie Coltrane
A Little Bit of Heaven
God
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Pinocchio 3000
Cyberina (voice)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Bogus
Harriet Franklin
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
9/11
Metzie
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Delilah Abraham
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Taxi Driver
A Christmas Carol
Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Whoopi Goldberg
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Whoopi Goldberg
Farce of the Penguins
Helen (voice)
Leopardi & Co
Mildred
Moonlight and Valentino
Sylvie Morrow
Call Me Claus
Lucy Cullins
Blizzard
Blizzard (voice)
Wisecracks
1992
Doogal
Ermintrude (voice)
More Dogs Than Bones
Cléo
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Guinan
Fatal Beauty
Rita Rizzoli
Jackie's Back!
Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
Sarafina!
Mary Masembuko
Naked in New York
Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
Black Dog, Red Dog
Calliope
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Guinan (archive footage)
A Knight in Camelot
Dr. Vivien Morgan
Clara's Heart
Clara Mayfield
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Narrator (voice)
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
Kiss Shot
Sarah Collins
Our Friend, Martin
Mrs. Peck (voice)
King of the Dancehall
Loretta Brixton
Kambakkht Ishq
Whoopi Goldberg
See You in September
Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
Defenders of Dynatron City
Ms. Megawatt (voice)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Viola
A Very Sordid Wedding
Abernatha Coleman
What Makes a Family
Terry Harrison
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Whoopi Goldberg
Big Stone Gap
Fleeta Mullins
A Cool Like That Christmas
Mom / Irwin (voice)
Kingdom Come
Raynelle Slocumb
Destination Anywhere
Cabbie
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Homer and Eddie
Eddie Cervi
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Mom
Good Fences
Mabel Spader
Comic Relief III
1989
In the Gloaming
Nurse Myrna
Python Legs!
2012
Outlaw Posse
Stagecoach Mary
The Telephone
Vashti Blue
Atrabilious
Dr. Andrea Hart
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
Narrator
Titey
The Iceberg (voice)
Descendants
Red Flower (voice)
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
Host
The Most Magnificent Thing
Narrator (voice)
Furlough
Moms
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
Miss Clavel (voice)
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
Narrator (voice)
Flower of the Dawn
Storyteller (voice)
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
Voice
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Journey to the Stars
Narrator (voice)
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
Narrator
Golden Dreams
Califia, the Queen of California
Three Trees
(Narration)
Creating Ragtime
Host
Citizen
1982
TV Shows (61)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janette Grayson · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Good Witch · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Iceberg (voice) · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Regina Thomas · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Chesley Watkins · 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Guinan · 28 eps
The Middle
Jane Marsh · 1 eps
The Nanny
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
The Nanny
Edna · 1 eps
Glee
Carmen Tibideaux · 6 eps
BoJack Horseman
Mikhaela (voice) · 1 eps
30 Rock
Whoopi Goldberg · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
Entourage
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
Hacks
Whoopi Goldberg · 2 eps
Godfather of Harlem
Miss Willa · 5 eps
Strong Medicine
Dr. Lydia Emerson · 4 eps
Summer Camp Island
Barb (voice) · 16 eps
Everybody Hates Chris
Louise Clarkson · 2 eps
Moonlighting
Camille Brand · 1 eps
Amphibia
Mother Olm (voice) · 3 eps
A Different World
Dr. Jordan · 1 eps
Star Trek: Picard
Guinan · 2 eps
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Whoopi Goldberg (voice) · 1 eps
Suburgatory
Yakult (voice) · 1 eps
Bubble Guppies
Pirate Myra (voice) · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Peligre · 1 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gaia (voice) · 65 eps
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Whoopi (voice) · 1 eps
The 7D
Magic Mirror (voice) · 6 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
Bear in the Big Blue House
Edwina Badger (voice) · 1 eps
The Stand
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle · 9 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Zenobia (voice) · 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mother Gooseberg (voice) · 1 eps
Muppet Babies
1 eps
Rachael Ray
1 eps
Celebrity Deathmatch
1 eps
The Tick
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
The Stinky & Dirty Show
Meg (voice) · 2 eps
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice) · 1 eps
Harlem
Dr. Elise Pruitt · 9 eps
666 Park Avenue
Maris Elder · 1 eps
Liberty's Kids
Robert Shirtliff (voice) · 40 eps
Staged
Mary · 3 eps
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Grand Banshee · 2 eps
Ask the Storybots
1 eps
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Mrs. Rabbit (voice) · 1 eps
Whoopi
Mavis Rae · 22 eps
When We Rise
Pat Norman · 4 eps
Kevin
Cupcake (voice) · 8 eps
Random Acts of Flyness
Police Officer · 1 eps
So NoTORIous
MaMa Belle · 1 eps
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Mariah Johnston · 1 eps
The Naked Brothers Band
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
The Foxbusters
Ransome (voice) · 26 eps
The Weber Show
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
Bagdad Cafe
Brenda · 15 eps
Pulp Comics
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
3 eps
Whoopi's Littleburg
3 eps
Self / Appearances (191)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 9 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 4 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self - Moderator · 836 eps
The View
Self - Co-Host · 1657 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · 425 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 2 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest · 1 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Great Performances
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron · 2 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Broad City
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 7 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
American Masters
Self · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Desus & Mero
Self · 1 eps
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self · 2 eps
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self · 1 eps
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Classic Albums
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Shop
Self · 1 eps
Muppets Tonight
Self · 1 eps
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
The Chris Rock Show
Self · 1 eps
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self · 2 eps
Cuomo
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Blackfish
Self
De TV Show
Self · 1 eps
The Nineties
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Self
Dolly
Self · 1 eps
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self · 1 eps
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
JANET JACKSON.
Self · 3 eps
The Story of Late Night
Self · 6 eps
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Self - Host
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time
Self
Madea Goes to Jail
Self
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Self
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Get Bruce!
Self
Teenage Paparazzo
Self
The Aristocrats
Self
MADtv
Self · 1 eps
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Self
Comic Relief
Self - Host · 8 eps
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Self (archive footage)
Lorena
Herself · 1 eps
The Con
Self - Narrator (voice) · 15 eps
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Junket Whore
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
Self
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Find Your Groove
Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Tribeca 25
Self
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
Olympia
Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Self
Citizen Rose
Self · 1 eps
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Self
The Gospel According to André
Self
Citizen Steve
Self - Actress
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
Self - Guest
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self - Co-host, "The View"
Radioman
Self
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
Showboy
Herself
New York Street Games
Self
Butterfly in the Sky
Self
The N Word
Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Self
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self (uncredited)
Like Tears in Rain
Self
The Celluloid Closet
Self
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self · 1 eps
Barry Humphries at the BBC
Self (archive material)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self
Declaration of Independence
Self
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Problem with Apu
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Beverly Hills Brats
Self
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Self
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
Self (archive footage)
Free to Be... a Family
Self
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Self (archive footage)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Self (archive footage)
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
Self
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
Self - Host
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
Self
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
Self - Hostess
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (uncredited)
Gilbert
Self
The Truth Is in the Stars
Self
Our Barbara
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self - Host / Narrator
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
Herself
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Self
Trump @War
Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Self
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
Self
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Self
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Self
Making Rat Race
Herself
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self (uncredited)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self - Host
Comic Relief VI
Self - Hostess
The Making of Captain EO
Self
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
Self - Host
Chez Whoopi
Self - Host
Group Therapy
Self (archive footage)
Cracked Up
Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Self
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Self
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
Self
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
Self
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Self - Hostess
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Self
Pitch
Self
Comic Relief VII
Self - Host
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Self - Narrator (voice)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
Upcoming (8)
Saturday TV Funhouse
Iceberg (voice) · TV
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
(voice) · Film
Anansi Boys
Bird Woman · TV
Captain Zero: The Movie
(voice) · Film
Captain Zero: The Movie
Executive Producer · Film
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Aqua (voice) · Film
Sister Act 3
Deloris · Film
Sister Act 3
Producer · Film
Directing (1)
Writing (2)
Producing (18)
Hollywood Squares
Executive Producer
Strong Medicine
Producer
Number One on the Call Sheet
Executive Producer
Till
Producer
Whoopi
Producer
Just for Kicks
Producer
Leopardi & Co
Executive Producer
Call Me Claus
Executive Producer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Executive Producer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Producer
Caught in His Web
Executive Producer
Butterfly in the Sky
Executive Producer
A New Orleans Noel
Executive Producer
What Makes a Family
Executive Producer
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Executive Producer
The Piano Man's Daughter
Executive Producer
Good Fences
Producer
Chez Whoopi
Executive Producer
