Whoopi Goldberg
Known for: Acting
Born: November 13, 1955
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
294 movies · 128 TV shows, newest first
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Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
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Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2027
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Tribeca 25
2026
5.4
Kevin
2026
7.6
Leopardi & Co
20258.0
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025
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Flower of the Dawn
2025
9.0
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
2025
3.9
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
6.8
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
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Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024
7.7
Like Tears in Rain
2024
8.1
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
1.0
Atrabilious
2024
7.8
Group Therapy
2024
6.9
Ezra
2024
5.9
Babes
2024
8.3
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
4.7
Outlaw Posse
2024
10.0
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
3.3
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
7.0
The Color Purple
2023
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Three Trees
2023
7.6
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
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Commitment to Life
2023
10.0
Our Barbara
2023
7.2
A New Orleans Noel
2022
7.0
My Father's Dragon
2022
4.3
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
7.3
Till
2022
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Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022
6.1
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
3.9
Cuomo
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
7.8
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
7.8
Luck
2022
10.0
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
8.3
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
6.7
Caught in His Web
2022
8.5
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
6.0
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
7.5
JANET JACKSON.
2022
7.1
Harlem
2021
6.9
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
2021
7.0
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
7.7
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
7.4
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
6.7
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
7.5
Hacks
2021
5.7
The Story of Late Night
2021
6.5
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
7.4
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
6.8
The Stand
2020
5.4
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
10.0
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
6.0
The Con
2020
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
5.8
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
6.3
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
7.1
My Darling Vivian
2020
7.9
Staged
2020
5.8
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
8.0
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
5.9
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
10.0
Find Your Groove
2020
7.2
Star Trek: Picard
2020
9.7
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
9.3
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
8.1
Godfather of Harlem
2019
8.3
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019
7.4
Cracked Up
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
8.0
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
8.6
Amphibia
2019
4.6
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
5.1
Desus & Mero
2019
6.6
Lorena
2019
8.0
Olympia
2018
6.0
Nobody's Fool
2018
6.7
Trump @War
2018
7.3
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
5.3
The Shop
2018
4.2
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
7.7
Summer Camp Island
2018
6.8
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
6.1
The Gospel According to André
2018
5.7
Furlough
2018
7.8
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
8.7
Citizen Rose
2018
7.6
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
4.8
The Problem with Apu
2017
6.9
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
3.6
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
5.1
9/11
2017
7.4
Descendants 2
2017
6.9
The Nineties
2017
6.8
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
6.7
Gilbert
2017
5.3
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
6.3
When We Rise
2017
7.6
King of the Dancehall
20171.0
Rio
2017
6.7
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time
2016
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Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
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Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
2016
3.0
Strut
2016
7.5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
5.4
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016
7.0
The Tick
2016
6.2
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
7.0
Ask the Storybots
2016
7.4
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
7.5
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015NR
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
2.0
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015
6.7
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
6.1
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
6.1
Top Five
2014
5.9
Big Stone Gap
2014
8.5
BoJack Horseman
2014
5.9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
6.2
The 7D
2014
6.5
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.1
Broad City
2014
6.7
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
6.8
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
7.9
Blackfish
2013
7.6
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
6.7
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
7.2
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
20138.5
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
5.0
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
6.9
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
6.3
Radioman
2012
7.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.1
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
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Python Legs!
2012
6.7
The Muppets
2011
7.2
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
6.7
Suburgatory
2011
6.2
The Little Engine That Could
2011
6.3
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
7.5
Bubble Guppies
2011
6.7
For Colored Girls
2010
7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
7.0
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
6.1
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
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New York Street Games
2010
7.8
Toy Story 3
20104.8
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
6.0
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
4.6
See You in September
2010NR
Head Games
2009
7.6
The Middle
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
10.0
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
7.0
Journey to the Stars
2009
4.3
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
6.8
Glee
2009
6.4
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
20096.5
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
6.5
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009NR
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009NR
Stream
2009
5.9
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
4.0
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
7.0
Descendants
2008
6.6
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008
6.1
Snow Buddies
2008
6.0
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008NR
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2007
6.8
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
7.7
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007NR
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007NR
The Word According to Whoopi
2007
7.3
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
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Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
6.5
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
4.1
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
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More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
4.2
Farce of the Penguins
2006
7.0
Comic Relief 2006
2006
7.5
30 Rock
2006
5.1
Rachael Ray
2006
5.0
Homie Spumoni
2006
4.4
The One Show
2006
6.1
Everyone's Hero
2006
4.5
Just for Kicks
2006
7.8
So NoTORIous
2006
4.9
Doogal
2006
7.2
The N Word
20064.8
The Reichen Show
2005
8.1
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
5.3
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
5.9
The Aristocrats
2005
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005
4.4
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
6.3
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005
5.9
Racing Stripes
2005
6.6
The Lion King 1½
20046.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
2.9
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
7.4
Entourage
2004
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The World of Nat King Cole
2004
4.4
Pinocchio 3000
2004
10.0
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
10.0
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
7.8
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
10.0
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003
8.8
Whoopi
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
5.8
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003
7.7
Declaration of Independence
2003
6.0
Blizzard
2003
4.4
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.9
Good Fences
2003
6.3
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
6.0
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
6.1
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
4.6
The Hollywood Sign
2002
7.7
Liberty's Kids
2002
7.3
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
6.4
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
3.9
Showboy
2002
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Making Rat Race
2002
6.3
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001
5.7
Call Me Claus
2001
5.8
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
6.3
Rat Race
2001
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Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
6.5
Rescued from the Closet
2001
6.0
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
6.6
Kingdom Come
2001
5.3
Monkeybone
2001
6.7
Golden Dreams
2001
6.3
What Makes a Family
2001
7.1
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
8.2
The Weber Show
2000
7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
4.9
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
4.3
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
9.0
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000
7.6
Girl, Interrupted
1999
7.0
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
9.0
The Foxbusters
1999
6.9
Jackie's Back!
19997.0
The Mao Game
1999
6.6
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
6.2
Alice in Wonderland
1999
7.1
Our Friend, Martin
1999
6.6
Alegría
1999
6.5
Get Bruce!
1999
7.4
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
6.3
The Rugrats Movie
1998
5.5
A Knight in Camelot
1998
6.1
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
5.5
Junket Whore
1998
7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
5.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
7.9
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
6.3
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
7.0
Titey
1998
7.5
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
3.9
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
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Creating Ragtime
1998
6.5
A Christmas Carol
1997
6.6
Cinderella
1997
7.6
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997
6.2
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
6.4
In & Out
1997
6.5
Pitch
1997
4.3
The View
1997
6.9
Destination Anywhere
1997
6.0
In the Gloaming
1997
7.7
Classic Albums
1997
9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
19977.3
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
4.6
The Chris Rock Show
1997
6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
6.2
The Associate
1996
NR
Pulp Comics
1996
5.8
Bogus
1996
6.0
Bordello of Blood
1996
5.0
The Sunshine Boys
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
5.5
Eddie
1996
10.0
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
7.2
The Celluloid Closet
1996
7.4
Muppets Tonight
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
3.6
Theodore Rex
1995
8.6
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
NR
Comic Relief VII
1995
7.1
MADtv
1995
5.6
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
7.3
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
1995
7.9
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995NR
Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About
1995
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
6.4
Boys on the Side
1995
4.7
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994
6.4
The Pagemaster
1994
6.5
Star Trek: Generations
1994
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994
6.7
Corrina, Corrina
1994
6.8
The Little Rascals
1994
8.3
The Lion King
19948.5
But... Seriously
1994
NR
Comic Relief VI
1994
7.9
Liberation
1994
7.3
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
8.0
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993
6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
4.8
Naked in New York
1993
8.1
The Nanny
1993
7.0
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
8.3
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
6.1
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
5.5
Made in America
1993
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
6.1
Sarafina!
1992
7.8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
8.3
Wisecracks
1992
6.8
Sister Act
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
7.2
The Player
1992
7.0
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992
5.5
House Party 2
1991
5.9
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
NR
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991
10.0
Chez Whoopi
1991
6.3
Soapdish
1991
7.6
The Long Walk Home
1990
NR
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
7.2
Ghost
19906.5
Comic Relief '90
1990
7.2
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
5.6
Bagdad Cafe
1990
8.5
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
5.0
Beverly Hills Brats
19897.7
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
5.6
Homer and Eddie
1989
9.1
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
5.8
Kiss Shot
1989
8.0
Comic Relief III
1989NR
The Debbie Allen Special
1989
7.2
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
8.8
Free to Be... a Family
1988
5.5
Clara's Heart
1988
5.2
This Morning
19887.8
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988
6.5
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
4.4
The Telephone
1988
10.0
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
5.6
Fatal Beauty
1987
8.0
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
10.0
Dolly
1987
7.1
A Different World
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
198710.0
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987
5.2
Burglar
19878.8
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
19877.0
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
6.0
Citizen Steve
1987NR
Repairs
1987NR
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
6.1
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
6.9
The Making of Captain EO
1986
7.0
American Masters
1986
7.7
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986
10.0
Comic Relief
1986
6.3
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
7.7
The Color Purple
1985
6.2
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
7.5
Moonlighting
1985
7.9
Muppet Babies
1984
5.5
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983
5.3
Wogan
1982
10.0
Citizen
1982
9.0
De TV Show
1981
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
NR
Tony Awards
1956
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
—NR
Sisters in Italy
—
NR
Sister Act 3
—NR
Women Like Us
—
NR
Anansi Boys
—
10.0
Saturday TV Funhouse
—NR
More Than a Medal
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