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 (2)
Movies (138)
The Lion King
Shenzi (voice)
Toy Story 3
Stretch (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bernadette Thompson
Luck
Captain (voice)
Ghost
Oda Mae Brown
The Lion King 1½
Shenzi (voice)
The Little Rascals
Buckwheat's Mom
Sister Act
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Deloris Van Cartier
Girl, Interrupted
Valerie
Descendants 2
Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
The Muppets
Whoopi Goldberg
Racing Stripes
Franny (voice)
Star Trek: Nemesis
Guinan (uncredited)
The Color Purple
Celie
The Player
Detective Avery
Rat Race
Vera Baker
Till
Alma
The Deep End of the Ocean
Candy Bliss
The Color Purple
Midwife (uncredited)
The Rugrats Movie
Ranger Margaret (voice)
Star Trek: Generations
Guinan (uncredited)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Billy York (uncredited)
The Pagemaster
Fantasy (voice)
Babes
Dawn's Breasts
Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
Bordello of Blood
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Nobody's Fool
Lola
Everyone's Hero
Darlin' (voice)
In & Out
Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
Eddie
Eddie Franklin
Monkeybone
Death
Ezra
Jayne
Boys on the Side
Jane Deluca
Snow Buddies
Miss Mittens (voice)
Jackie's Back!
Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Daniel's 'Boss'
The Associate
Laurel Ayres
Made in America
Sarah Mathews
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Terry Dolittle
Pinocchio 3000
Cyberina (voice)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Whoopi Goldberg
Burglar
Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Top Five
Whoopi Goldberg
Ghosts of Mississippi
Myrlie Evers
My Father's Dragon
Cat (voice)
Bogus
Harriet Franklin
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina Washington
House Party 2
Professor (uncredited)
A Little Bit of Heaven
God
Soapdish
Rose Schwartz
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Stormella (voice)
The Long Walk Home
Odessa Cotter
Theodore Rex
Katie Coltrane
Kingdom Come
Raynelle Slocumb
9/11
Metzie
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Delilah Abraham
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Judge Cameo (uncredited)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Taxi Driver
Sarafina!
Mary Masembuko
Cinderella
Queen Constantina
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Whoopi Goldberg
For Colored Girls
Alice / White
Kambakkht Ishq
Whoopi Goldberg
Our Friend, Martin
Mrs. Peck (voice)
Blizzard
Blizzard (voice)
The Little Engine That Could
The Tower (voice)
Call Me Claus
Lucy Cullins
Fatal Beauty
Rita Rizzoli
Naked in New York
Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Whoopi Goldberg
Moonlight and Valentino
Sylvie Morrow
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Whoopi Goldberg
Leopardi & Co
Mildred
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
Big Stone Gap
Fleeta Mullins
Farce of the Penguins
Helen (voice)
In the Gloaming
Nurse Myrna
Alegría
Baby Clown
Doogal
Ermintrude (voice)
Homer and Eddie
Eddie Cervi
Liberation
Narrator
Black Dog, Red Dog
Calliope
Python Legs!
2012
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Guinan (archive footage)
A Knight in Camelot
Dr. Vivien Morgan
A Very Sordid Wedding
Abernatha Coleman
The Hollywood Sign
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Narrator (voice)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Clara's Heart
Clara Mayfield
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Yari (voice)
Outlaw Posse
Stagecoach Mary
See You in September
Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Whoopi Goldberg
What Makes a Family
Terry Harrison
A Christmas Carol
Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Atrabilious
Dr. Andrea Hart
The Telephone
Vashti Blue
King of the Dancehall
Loretta Brixton
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Defenders of Dynatron City
Ms. Megawatt (voice)
Wisecracks
1992
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Narrator (voice)
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
Miss Clavel (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Mom
The Sunshine Boys
Nurse (uncredited)
Homie Spumoni
Thelma
Destination Anywhere
Cabbie
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Viola
Good Fences
Mabel Spader
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
Host
The Most Magnificent Thing
Narrator (voice)
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
More Dogs Than Bones
Cléo
Kiss Shot
Sarah Collins
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Furlough
Moms
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Titey
The Iceberg (voice)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
A Cool Like That Christmas
Mom / Irwin (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Guinan
Flower of the Dawn
Storyteller (voice)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Golden Dreams
Califia, the Queen of California
Descendants
Red Flower (voice)
Comic Relief III
1989
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
Narrator
Creating Ragtime
Host
Citizen
1982
Three Trees
(Narration)
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
Narrator (voice)
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
Narrator
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
Voice
Journey to the Stars
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (60)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janette Grayson · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Good Witch · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Chesley Watkins · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Regina Thomas · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Iceberg (voice) · 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Guinan · 28 eps
The Nanny
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
The Nanny
Edna · 1 eps
The Middle
Jane Marsh · 1 eps
Entourage
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
Glee
Carmen Tibideaux · 6 eps
BoJack Horseman
Mikhaela (voice) · 1 eps
30 Rock
Whoopi Goldberg · 2 eps
Strong Medicine
Dr. Lydia Emerson · 4 eps
Hacks
Whoopi Goldberg · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
Moonlighting
Camille Brand · 1 eps
Star Trek: Picard
Guinan · 2 eps
Summer Camp Island
Barb (voice) · 16 eps
A Different World
Dr. Jordan · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Peligre · 1 eps
Godfather of Harlem
Miss Willa · 5 eps
Amphibia
Mother Olm (voice) · 3 eps
Everybody Hates Chris
Louise Clarkson · 2 eps
Bubble Guppies
Pirate Myra (voice) · 1 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gaia (voice) · 65 eps
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Whoopi (voice) · 1 eps
Suburgatory
Yakult (voice) · 1 eps
The 7D
Magic Mirror (voice) · 6 eps
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Whoopi Goldberg (voice) · 1 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
TFI Friday
1 eps
Bear in the Big Blue House
Edwina Badger (voice) · 1 eps
The Tick
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
Kevin
Cupcake (voice) · 8 eps
Muppet Babies
1 eps
Harlem
Dr. Elise Pruitt · 9 eps
The Stand
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle · 9 eps
Rachael Ray
1 eps
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Mrs. Rabbit (voice) · 1 eps
Staged
Mary · 3 eps
Celebrity Deathmatch
1 eps
The Stinky & Dirty Show
Meg (voice) · 2 eps
Liberty's Kids
Robert Shirtliff (voice) · 40 eps
Ask the Storybots
1 eps
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice) · 1 eps
So NoTORIous
MaMa Belle · 1 eps
The Weber Show
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
The Foxbusters
Ransome (voice) · 26 eps
The Naked Brothers Band
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Mariah Johnston · 1 eps
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Grand Banshee · 2 eps
When We Rise
Pat Norman · 4 eps
Whoopi
Mavis Rae · 22 eps
Random Acts of Flyness
Police Officer · 1 eps
Pulp Comics
Whoopi Goldberg · 1 eps
Bagdad Cafe
Brenda · 15 eps
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
3 eps
Whoopi's Littleburg
3 eps
Self / Appearances (190)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 9 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 8 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 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
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · 425 eps
The View
Self - Moderator · 836 eps
The View
Self - Co-Host · 1628 eps
Desus & Mero
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 2 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · 2 eps
American Masters
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 7 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Broad City
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self · 1 eps
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · 1 eps
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self · 2 eps
Muppets Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Classic Albums
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Chris Rock Show
Self · 1 eps
The Shop
Self · 1 eps
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self · 2 eps
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self · 1 eps
Cuomo
Self - Guest · 1 eps
De TV Show
Self · 1 eps
JANET JACKSON.
Self · 3 eps
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time
Self
The Nineties
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Dolly
Self · 1 eps
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self · 1 eps
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
The Con
Self - Narrator (voice) · 15 eps
The Aristocrats
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
Blackfish
Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
Teenage Paparazzo
Self
Madea Goes to Jail
Self
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
The Story of Late Night
Self · 6 eps
Radioman
Self
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self (uncredited)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Self
Citizen Rose
Self · 1 eps
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
Junket Whore
Self
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
Lorena
Herself · 1 eps
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Self
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Get Bruce!
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Citizen Steve
Self - Actress
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Celluloid Closet
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Self (archive footage)
MADtv
Self · 1 eps
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Self
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
Comic Relief
Self - Host · 8 eps
Gilbert
Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
Beverly Hills Brats
Self
New York Street Games
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (uncredited)
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Self - Host
Group Therapy
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self - Co-host, "The View"
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Chez Whoopi
Self - Host
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Self (archive footage)
The Truth Is in the Stars
Self
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self · 1 eps
Butterfly in the Sky
Self
Declaration of Independence
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Olympia
Self
The N Word
Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
Self - Guest
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Self
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
Making Rat Race
Herself
Find Your Groove
Self
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self (uncredited)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
The Problem with Apu
Self
Like Tears in Rain
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self - Host / Narrator
Free to Be... a Family
Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Self
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Self
The Making of Captain EO
Self
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self - Host
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Self
Comic Relief VII
Self - Host
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
Self
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
Self - Host
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Self
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
Self
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Self
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Self
Trump @War
Self (archive footage)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
Cracked Up
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Self
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
Herself
Showboy
Herself
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
Self - Hostess
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
Pitch
Self
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Self - Narrator (voice)
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
Self
Our Barbara
Self
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
Self - Host
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
Self
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
Self
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Self - Hostess
The Gospel According to André
Self
Barry Humphries at the BBC
Self (archive material)
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
Self
Comic Relief VI
Self - Hostess
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Self
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Self
Upcoming (9)
Tribeca 25
Self · Film
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
(voice) · Film
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Aqua (voice) · Film
Anansi Boys
Bird Woman · TV
Captain Zero: The Movie
(voice) · Film
Captain Zero: The Movie
Executive Producer · Film
Saturday TV Funhouse
Iceberg (voice) · TV
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
Caught in His Web
Executive Producer
Just for Kicks
Producer
Call Me Claus
Executive Producer
Leopardi & Co
Executive Producer
What Makes a Family
Executive Producer
Chez Whoopi
Executive Producer
Butterfly in the Sky
Executive Producer
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Executive Producer
Good Fences
Producer
The Piano Man's Daughter
Executive Producer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Executive Producer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Producer
A New Orleans Noel
Executive Producer
