Gender
Male
Birthday, Age
1961 July 15 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Longview, Texas, USA

Forest Whitaker

Biography
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 wi

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Full Filmography

Blown Away
as Anthony Franklin
Movie • 1994-07-01
Johnny Handsome
as Dr. Steven Fisher
Movie • 1989-09-12
Street Kings
as Captain Jack Wander
Movie • 2008-04-10
Smoke
as Cyrus Cole
Movie • 1995-06-09
The Last King of Scotland
as Idi Amin
Movie • 2006-01-12
Good Morning, Vietnam
as Edward Garlick
Movie • 1987-12-23
Phone Booth
as Captain Ramey
Movie • 2003-04-04
Prêt-à-Porter
as Cy Bianco
Movie • 1994-12-23
Panic Room
as Burnham
Movie • 2002-03-29
Body Snatchers
as Major Collins
Movie • 1993-06-09
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Ghost Dog
Movie • 1999-10-06
Battlefield Earth
as Ker
Movie • 2000-05-12
Jason's Lyric
as Maddog
Movie • 1994-09-28
The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt
Movie • 2006-05-18
Body Count
as Crane
Movie • 1998-04-28
The Crying Game
as Jody
Movie • 1992-09-02
Bloodsport
as Rawlins
Movie • 1988-02-26
Vantage Point
as Howard Lewis
Movie • 2008-02-01
Repo Men
as Jake
Movie • 2010-03-18
Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Movie • 1988-06-01
The Color of Money
as Amos
Movie • 1986-10-17
Hurricane Season
as Al Collins
Movie • 2009-12-08
Article 99
as Dr. Sid Handleman
Movie • 1992-03-13
Phenomenon
as Nate Pope
Movie • 1996-07-05
Species
as Dan Smithson, Empath
Movie • 1995-07-07
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Charles Jefferson
Movie • 1982-08-13
Our Family Wedding
as Brad Boyd
Movie • 2010-03-12
The Air I Breathe
as Happiness
Movie • 2007-02-07
Green Dragon
as Addie
Movie • 2001-05-17
The Great Debaters
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Movie • 2007-12-25
A Rage in Harlem
as Jackson
Movie • 1991-05-03
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Mr. Rucker
Movie • 1996-11-23
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt
Movie • 2005-12-26
Downtown
as Dennis Curren
Movie • 1990-01-12
The Experiment
as Barris
Movie • 2010-07-15
American Gun
as Carter
Movie • 2005-09-15
My Own Love Song
as Joey
Movie • 2010-04-07
Consenting Adults
as David Duttonville
Movie • 1992-10-16
Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault
Movie • 2009-07-08
Where the Wild Things Are
as Ira (voice)
Movie • 2009-10-16
Mary
as Ted Younger
Movie • 2005-11-18
Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay
Movie • 2005-04-05
Lullaby for Pi
as George
Movie • 2010-10-11
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator
Movie • 2009-08-14
Powder Blue
as Charlie
Movie • 2009-05-08
Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson
Movie • 1999-11-04
Even Money
as Clyde Snow
Movie • 2007-03-13
Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker
Movie • 1991-11-20
Repentance
as Angel
Movie • 2014-02-28
Last Light
as Fred Whitmore
Movie • 1993-08-22
Lush Life
as Buddy Chester
Movie • 1993-10-01
Feast of All Saints
as Daguerreotypist Picard
Movie • 2001-11-11
Catch.44
as Ronny
Movie • 2011-12-08
The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard
Movie • 2001-08-15
The Last Stand
as Agent John Bannister
Movie • 2013-01-12
The Enemy Within
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
Movie • 1994-08-24
Witness Protection
as Steven Beck
Movie • 1999-12-11
Serving Life
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2011-07-28
Freelancers
as Dennis Larue
Movie • 2012-08-10
The Butler
as Cecil Gaines
Movie • 2013-08-16
A Dark Truth
as Francisco Francis
Movie • 2012-11-29
Out of the Furnace
as Chief Wesley Barnes
Movie • 2013-11-12
Pawn
as Will
Movie • 2013-04-23
Zulu
as Ali Sokhela
Movie • 2013-12-04
Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Movie • 2013-11-27
Two Men in Town
as William Garnett
Movie • 2014-05-07
Criminal Justice
as Jessie Williams
Movie • 1990-09-08
Taken 3
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
Movie • 2014-12-16
Big George Foreman
as Doc Broadus
Movie • 2023-04-27
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
Movie • 2023-11-26
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie • 2022-09-08
Southpaw
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
Movie • 2015-03-24
Making of Phone Booth
as Self
Movie • 2003-03-25
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
Movie • 2022-10-12
Mon Clown
as Self (archive footage)
Movie • 2008-03-14
Everyone's Hero
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
Movie • 2006-08-04
Arrival
as Colonel Weber
Movie • 2016-11-10
Making a Scene
as Man
Movie • 2013-11-25
The Misbehavers
as Self
Movie • 2004-12-04
Dope
as The Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2015-06-19
Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator
Movie • 2013-11-01
Odyssey in Rome
Movie • 2005-09-30
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera
Movie • 2016-12-14
Stakeout
as Det. Jack Pismo
Movie • 1987-08-05
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
Movie • 2000-09-27
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Movie • 2022-11-13
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Forest Whitaker
Movie • 2005-05-08
The Follow
as The Employer
Movie • 2001-05-24
Sewing Hope
as Narrator (voice)
Movie •
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice)
Movie • 2025-04-07
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
Movie • 2010-08-03
Hands of a Stranger
as Sergeant Delaney
Movie • 1987-05-10
I Am You
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2016-12-12
Black Panther
as Zuri
Movie • 2018-02-13
Bank Robber
as Officer Battle
Movie • 1993-12-03
Burden
as Reverend Kennedy
Movie • 2018-08-05
City of Lies
as Jack Jackson
Movie • 2018-09-06
Finding Steve McQueen
as Howard Lambert
Movie • 2019-03-15
Ripple Effect
as Philip
Movie • 2007-06-21
Tag: The Assassination Game
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
Movie • 1982-04-20
The Forgiven
as Desmond Tutu
Movie • 2018-03-09
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2018-03-23
A Man's Story
as Self
Movie • 2011-10-08
Platoon
as Big Harold
Movie • 1986-12-19
How It Ends
as Tom
Movie • 2018-07-13
Sorry to Bother You
as First Equisapien / Demarius
Movie • 2018-07-06
The Paperboy
as Narrator
Movie • 2000-01-01
Vision Quest
as Balldozer
Movie • 1985-02-15
First Daughter
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2004-09-24
Respect
as C. L. Franklin
Movie • 2021-08-12
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Jeronicus Jangle
Movie • 2020-11-06
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
as Self
Movie • 2013-11-25
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
Movie • 2004-03-30
Before the Music Dies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2006-11-02
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Movie • 1995-12-29
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
Movie • 2020-08-30
Rising from Ashes
as Narrator
Movie • 2013-08-02
Food Chains
Movie • 2014-04-26
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
Movie • 1994-12-11
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont
Movie • 2025-04-25
A Fall from Grace
Movie • 2020-01-17
Seaweed Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2024-10-05
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Mr. Ellington
Movie • 2000-06-06
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Tv • 1994-08-14
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Tv • 2003-09-08
The Shield
as Jon Kavanaugh
Tv • 2002-03-12
American Dad!
as Turlington (voice)
Tv • 2005-02-06
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tv • 2003-01-26
Today
as Self
Tv • 1952-01-14
Diff'rent Strokes
Tv • 1978-11-03
The View
as Self
Tv • 1997-08-11
Hill Street Blues
Tv • 1981-01-15
American Idol
as Self
Tv • 2002-06-11
Criminal Minds
as Sam Cooper
Tv • 2005-09-22
The Early Show
as Self
Tv • 1999-11-01
Cagney & Lacey
as Night Manager
Tv • 1982-03-25
Star Wars: Go Rogue
as Saw Gerrera (voice)
Tv • 2016-08-30
ER
as Curtis Ames
Tv • 1994-09-19
Where Are They Now?
as Self
Tv • 1999-06-07
The Twilight Zone
as Self - Host
Tv • 2002-09-18
Extrapolations
as Auggie Bolo
Tv • 2023-03-16
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Sam Cooper
Tv • 2011-02-16
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Tv • 1975-10-11
North and South
as Cuffey
Tv • 1985-11-03
E! Live from the Red Carpet
as Self
Tv • 2002-01-13
The Daily Show
as Self
Tv • 1996-07-22
Amazing Stories
as Jerry
Tv • 1985-09-29
Roots
as Fiddler
Tv • 2016-05-30
The Hire
as The Employer
Tv • 2001-04-26
Cannes Festival
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2022-05-17
Empire
as Eddie Barker
Tv • 2015-01-07
Star Wars Rebels
as Saw Gerrera (voice)
Tv • 2014-10-13
Godfather of Harlem
as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
Tv • 2019-09-29
Emperor of Ocean Park
as Oliver Garland
Tv • 2024-07-14
Andor
as Saw Gerrera
Tv • 2022-09-21
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1953-03-19
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
Tv • 2021-09-09
My Generation
as Narrator
Tv • 2024-10-05
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Tv • 2022-09-12