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Forest Whitaker
Born · July 15, 1961 (63 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Longview, Texas, USA
Bio
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), The Great Debaters (2007), The Butler (2013), Arrival (2016), and Respect (2021). He has also appeared in blockbusters, such as Panic Room (2002), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Saw Gerrera, and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. For his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the British historical drama film The Last King of Scotland (2006), Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004). Apart from his film career, Whitaker is also known for his humanitarian work and activism. In 2011, he was inducted as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, later receiving a promotion to Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, and serves as the CEO of Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), a non-profit outreach program. Description above from the Wikipedia article Forest Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The King of Kings
Peter (voice)
0.0
2025
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
7.4
2022
Respect
C. L. Franklin
6.8
2021
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Jeronicus Jangle
6.6
2020
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Self
10.0
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
8.1
2020
Burden
Reverend Kennedy
6.1
2020
Finding Steve McQueen
Howard Lambert
6.1
2019
City of Lies
Jack Jackson
6.4
2018
How It Ends
Tom
5.3
2018
Sorry to Bother You
First Equisapien / Demarius
6.8
2018
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Narrator (voice)
4.0
2018
The Forgiven
Desmond Tutu
6.2
2018
Black Panther
Zuri
7.4
2018
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Self
5.6
2017
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Self
7.0
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Saw Gerrera
7.5
2016
I Am You
Narrator (voice)
3.5
2016
Food Chains
7.0
2014
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Self
6.5
2013
Rising from Ashes
Narrator
6.5
2013
A Man's Story
Self
6.9
2011
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
6.6
2010
Ripple Effect
Philip
5.7
2007
Before the Music Dies
Self - Narrator (voice)
7.0
2006
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Forest Whitaker
4.5
2005
First Daughter
Narrator (voice)
6.1
2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
5.0
2004
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
0.0
2001
The Follow
The Employer
6.8
2001
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
8.5
2001
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
7.1
2000
The Paperboy
Narrator
8.0
2000
Mr. Holland's Opus
Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)
7.0
1995
Bank Robber
Officer Battle
4.7
1993
Stakeout
Det. Jack Pismo
6.5
1987
Sewing Hope
Narrator (voice)
0.0
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
7.4
1994
Hands of a Stranger
Sergeant Delaney
5.6
1987
Platoon
Big Harold
7.7
1986
Vision Quest
Balldozer
6.4
1985
Tag: The Assassination Game
Gowdy's Bodyguard
5.5
1982
Havoc
0.0
Seaweed Stories
Narrator
0.0
2024
My Generation
Narrator · (1 episode)
0.0
2024
Emperor of Ocean Park
Oliver Garland · (10 episodes)
6.8
2024
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Ghost Dog (archive footage)
0.0
2023
Big George Foreman
Doc Broadus
7.5
2023
Extrapolations
Auggie Bolo · (1 episode)
6.1
2023
Prophets of Change
Narrator
0.0
2022
Star Wars: Andor
Saw Gerrera · (2 episodes)
8.2
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.9
2022
Cannes Festival
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
0.0
2022
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self · (9 episodes)
7.0
2021
A Fall from Grace
0.0
2020
Godfather of Harlem
Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson · (30 episodes)
8.1
2019
Arrival
Colonel Weber
7.6
2016
Star Wars: Go Rogue
Saw Gerrera (voice) · (4 episodes)
6.7
2016
Roots
Fiddler · (4 episodes)
6.9
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
Dope
The Narrator (voice)
7.1
2015
Southpaw
Titus 'Tick' Wills
7.4
2015
Empire
Eddie Barker · (1 episode)
7.2
2015
Taken 3
Inspector Frank Dotzler
6.3
2014
Star Wars Rebels
Saw Gerrera (voice) · (4 episodes)
7.7
2014
Two Men in Town
William Garnett
5.5
2014
Repentance
Angel
4.8
2014
Zulu
Ali Sokhela
6.7
2013
Black Nativity
Reverend Cornell Cobbs
5.1
2013
Making a Scene
Man
5.4
2013
Out of the Furnace
Chief Wesley Barnes
6.6
2013
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Narrator
7.2
2013
The Butler
Cecil Gaines
7.3
2013
Pawn
Will
5.6
2013
The Last Stand
Agent John Bannister
6.1
2013
A Dark Truth
Francisco Francis
5.6
2012
Freelancers
Dennis Larue
5.1
2012
Catch.44
Ronny
5.1
2011
Serving Life
Narrator (voice)
5.3
2011
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Sam Cooper · (13 episodes)
7.1
2011
Lullaby for Pi
George
7.0
2010
The Experiment
Barris
6.4
2010
My Own Love Song
Joey
6.2
2010
Repo Men
Jake
6.3
2010
Our Family Wedding
Brad Boyd
5.7
2010
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Lion
6.6
2010
Hurricane Season
Al Collins
6.8
2009
Where the Wild Things Are
Ira (voice)
6.5
2009
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Narrator
6.6
2009
Winged Creatures
Charlie Archenault
5.9
2009
Powder Blue
Charlie
6.1
2009
Street Kings
Captain Jack Wander
6.6
2008
Dragon Hunters
Lian-Chu (voice)
6.5
2008
Mon Clown
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2008
Vantage Point
Howard Lewis
6.4
2008
The Great Debaters
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
7.3
2007
Even Money
Clyde Snow
5.5
2007
The Air I Breathe
Happiness
6.3
2007
Everyone's Hero
Lonnie Brewster (voice)
5.9
2006
The Marsh
Geoffrey Hunt
5.0
2006
The Last King of Scotland
Idi Amin
7.4
2006
A Little Trip to Heaven
Abe Holt
5.4
2005
Mary
Ted Younger
5.7
2005
Odyssey in Rome
0.0
2005
Criminal Minds
Sam Cooper · (1 episode)
8.3
2005
American Gun
Carter
5.6
2005
American Dad!
Turlington (voice) · (3 episodes)
7.0
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
The Misbehavers
Self
0.0
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Phone Booth
Captain Ramey
6.9
2003
Making of Phone Booth
Self
8.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
Deacons for Defense
Marcus Clay
6.1
2003
The Twilight Zone
Self - Host · (43 episodes)
7.2
2002
American Idol
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
2002
Panic Room
Burnham
6.8
2002
The Shield
Jon Kavanaugh · (13 episodes)
8.1
2002
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Self · (1 episode)
3.2
2002
Feast of All Saints
Daguerreotypist Picard
4.6
2001
The Fourth Angel
Agent Jules Bernard
5.1
2001
Green Dragon
Addie
6.1
2001
The Hire
The Employer · (1 episode)
7.6
2001
Battlefield Earth
Ker
3.3
2000
Witness Protection
Steven Beck
6.4
1999
Light It Up
Officer Dante Jackson
6.6
1999
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog
7.3
1999
Where Are They Now?
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1999
Body Count
Crane
5.4
1998
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Mr. Rucker
7.2
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Phenomenon
Nate Pope
6.4
1996
Species
Dan Smithson, Empath
6.0
1995
Smoke
Cyrus Cole
7.2
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Cy Bianco
5.2
1994
Jason's Lyric
Maddog
6.8
1994
ER
Curtis Ames · (4 episodes)
7.8
1994
The Enemy Within
Col. MacKenzie Casey
5.7
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Blown Away
Anthony Franklin
6.2
1994
Lush Life
Buddy Chester
7.0
1993
Last Light
Fred Whitmore
6.2
1993
Body Snatchers
Major Collins
6.1
1993
Consenting Adults
David Duttonville
5.4
1992
The Crying Game
Jody
6.8
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
5.4
1992
Article 99
Dr. Sid Handleman
6.1
1992
Diary of a Hitman
Dekker
5.1
1991
A Rage in Harlem
Jackson
5.5
1991
Criminal Justice
Jessie Williams
6.6
1990
Downtown
Dennis Curren
5.6
1990
Johnny Handsome
Dr. Steven Fisher
6.3
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
Bird
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
6.8
1988
Bloodsport
Rawlins
7.0
1988
Good Morning, Vietnam
Edward Garlick
7.3
1987
The Color of Money
Amos
6.9
1986
North and South
Cuffey · (8 episodes)
7.4
1985
Amazing Stories
Jerry · (1 episode)
7.5
1985
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Charles Jefferson
6.8
1982
Cagney & Lacey
(1 episode)
6.9
1982
Hill Street Blues
(1 episode)
7.6
1981
Diff'rent Strokes
(1 episode)
7.0
1978
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
7.0
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
1952