Whoopi Goldberg
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.
404 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 404
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Blue Bloods
2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
The Middle
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Nanny
1993
Glee
2009
30 Rock
2006
The View
1997
BoJack Horseman
2014
Entourage
2004
The One Show
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hacks
2021
Strong Medicine
2000
Great Performances
1971
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Hollywood Squares
1998
Sherri
2022
Tony Awards
1956
Wogan
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Summer Camp Island
2018
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Moonlighting
1985
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Lion King
1994
Amphibia
2019
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Godfather of Harlem
2019
American Masters
1986
Tamron Hall
2019
A Different World
1987
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
Toy Story 3
2010
The Oscars
1953
The Tony Danza Show
2004
People's Choice Awards
1975
Bubble Guppies
2011
The Reichen Show
2005
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Broad City
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Reading Rainbow
1983
Suburgatory
2011
The 7D
2014
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
The Stand
2020
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Classic Albums
1997
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
Ghost
1990
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997
Luck
2022
The Tick
2016
The Shop
2018
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
Muppet Babies
1984
Staged
2020
Harlem
2021
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Rachael Ray
2006
Desus & Mero
2019
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
Girl, Interrupted
1999
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Lion King 1½
2004
Whoopi
2003
Muppets Tonight
1996
The Nineties
2017
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
The Little Rascals
1994
Ask the Storybots
2016
The Color Purple
1985
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
Kevin
2026
Liberty's Kids
2002
Sister Act
1992
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016
Dolly
1987
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
Descendants 2
2017
When We Rise
2017
The Player
1992
Rat Race
2001
Hollywood Black
2024
The Muppets
2011
The Color Purple
2023
The Weber Show
2000
Racing Stripes
2005
Bordello of Blood
1996
The Rugrats Movie
1998
So NoTORIous
2006
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Cuomo
2022
JANET JACKSON.
2022
Star Trek: Generations
1994
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
2021
Monkeybone
2001
Babes
2024
The Foxbusters
1999
De TV Show
1981
In & Out
1997
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
The Pagemaster
1994
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Till
2022
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
Ezra
2024
Bagdad Cafe
1990
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
Everyone's Hero
2006
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
MADtv
1995
Citizen Rose
2018
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
Snow Buddies
2008
Boys on the Side
1995
Nobody's Fool
2018
The Story of Late Night
2021
This Morning
1988
Soapdish
1991
Saturday TV Funhouse
—
The Associate
1996
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Corrina, Corrina
1994
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
Blackfish
2013
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Eddie
1996
Lorena
2019
My Father's Dragon
2022
Radioman
2012
Sarafina!
1992
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
—
For Colored Girls
2010
Pulp Comics
1996
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
The Aristocrats
2005
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
Theodore Rex
1995
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
9/11
2017
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Cinderella
1997
Pinocchio 3000
2004
Made in America
1993
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
Burglar
1987
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Doogal
2006
The Long Walk Home
1990
Bogus
1996
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Farce of the Penguins
2006
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
Anansi Boys
—
Top Five
2014
The Con
2020
Fatal Beauty
1987
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
Sisters in Italy
—
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
What Makes a Family
2001
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Gilbert
2017
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2026
Furlough
2018
Kingdom Come
2001
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
A Knight in Camelot
1998
House Party 2
1991
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Our Friend, Martin
1999
The Celluloid Closet
1996
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Call Me Claus
2001
Blizzard
2003
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
My Darling Vivian
2020
Junket Whore
1998
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
Naked in New York
1993
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Outlaw Posse
2024
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
The N Word
2006
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
Comic Relief
1986
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
The Little Engine That Could
2011
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
Find Your Groove
2020
The Sunshine Boys
1996
Atrabilious
2024
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
Commitment to Life
2023
The Word According to Whoopi
2007
Declaration of Independence
2003
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Get Bruce!
1999
Clara's Heart
1988
A Christmas Carol
1997
Homer and Eddie
1989
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
The Gospel According to André
2018
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
See You in September
2010
Our Barbara
2023
Jackie's Back!
1999
Pitch
1997
Big Stone Gap
2014
Good Fences
2003
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
Flower of the Dawn
2025
The Making of Captain EO
1986
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015
Destination Anywhere
1997
The Telephone
1988
Alegría
1999
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
Citizen Steve
1987
Like Tears in Rain
2024
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
Trump @War
2018
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
The Hollywood Sign
2002
Olympia
2018
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025
Titey
1998
The Problem with Apu
2017
King of the Dancehall
2017
Free to Be... a Family
1988
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
Making Rat Race
2002
In the Gloaming
1997
Group Therapy
2024
Homie Spumoni
2006
Leopardi & Co
2025
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
New York Street Games
2010
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
Liberation
1994
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
Cracked Up
2019
Comic Relief III
1989
Rio
2017
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Showboy
2002
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
1995
Descendants
2008
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024
Kiss Shot
1989
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2007
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
Help Save Planet Earth
1990
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
Stream
2009
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
Sister Act 3
—
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
Python Legs!
2012
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
Comic Relief '90
1990
Wisecracks
1992
Citizen
1982
But... Seriously
1994
Golden Dreams
2001
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Repairs
1987
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008
Comic Relief VII
1995
Three Trees
2023
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003
Journey to the Stars
2009
Creating Ragtime
1998
Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
1995
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987
Chez Whoopi
1991
The Debbie Allen Special
1989