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Forest Whitaker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

15/07/1961

Age

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... Read More

Known For

The King of Kings

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

Big George Foreman

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Prophets of Change

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Finding Steve McQueen

City of Lies

Burden

Black Panther

Filmography

Cast

2025

The King of Kings

as Peter (voice)

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendo...

as Ghost Dog (archive footage)

2023

Big George Foreman

as Doc Broadus

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Prophets of Change

as Narrator

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredite...

2019

Finding Steve McQueen

as Howard Lambert

2018

City of Lies

as Jack Jackson

2018

Burden

as Reverend Kennedy

2018

Black Panther

as Zuri

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Saw Gerrera

2016

I Am You

as Narrator (voice)

2016

Arrival

as Colonel Weber

2015

Dope

as The Narrator (voice)

2015

Southpaw

as Titus 'Tick' Wills

2014

Taken 3

as Inspector Frank Dotzler

2014

Two Men in Town

as William Garnett

2013

Making a Scene

as Man

2013

Mysteries of the Unseen World

as Narrator

2010

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

as (archive footage)

2008

Mon Clown

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Everyone's Hero

as Lonnie Brewster (voice)

2005

Odyssey in Rome

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Forest Whitaker

2004

The Misbehavers

as Self

2003

Making of Phone Booth

as Self

2001

The Follow

as The Employer

2000

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

as Self

1993

Bank Robber

as Officer Battle

1990

Criminal Justice

as Jessie Williams

1987

Stakeout

as Det. Jack Pismo

2025

Havoc

as Lawrence Beaumont

2024

Seaweed Stories

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Respect

as C. L. Franklin

2020

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

as Jeronicus Jangle

2020

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urg...

as Self

2020

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self

2020

A Fall from Grace

2018

How It Ends

as Tom

2018

Sorry to Bother You

as First Equisapien / Demarius

2018

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Walla...

as Narrator (voice)

2018

The Forgiven

as Desmond Tutu

2017

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A...

as Self

2017

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

as Self

2014

Food Chains

2014

Repentance

as Angel

2013

Zulu

as Ali Sokhela

2013

Black Nativity

as Reverend Cornell Cobbs

2013

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

as Self

2013

Out of the Furnace

as Chief Wesley Barnes

2013

The Butler

as Cecil Gaines

2013

Rising from Ashes

as Narrator

2013

Pawn

as Will

2013

The Last Stand

as Agent John Bannister

2012

A Dark Truth

as Francisco Francis

2012

Freelancers

as Dennis Larue

2011

Catch.44

as Ronny

2011

A Man's Story

as Self

2011

Serving Life

as Narrator (voice)

2010

Lullaby for Pi

as George

2010

The Experiment

as Barris

2010

My Own Love Song

as Joey

2010

Repo Men

as Jake

2010

Our Family Wedding

as Brad Boyd

2010

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be ...

as Lion

2009

Hurricane Season

as Al Collins

2009

Where the Wild Things Are

as Ira (voice)

2009

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

as Narrator

2009

Winged Creatures

as Charlie Archenault

2009

Powder Blue

as Charlie

2008

Street Kings

as Captain Jack Wander

2008

Vantage Point

as Howard Lewis

2007

The Great Debaters

as Dr. James Farmer Sr.

2007

Ripple Effect

as Philip

2007

Even Money

as Clyde Snow

2007

The Air I Breathe

as Happiness

2006

Before the Music Dies

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2006

The Marsh

as Geoffrey Hunt

2006

The Last King of Scotland

as Idi Amin

2005

A Little Trip to Heaven

as Abe Holt

2005

Mary

as Ted Younger

2005

American Gun

as Carter

2005

Deacons for Defense

as Marcus Clay

2004

First Daughter

as Narrator (voice)

2004

Shooting 'Panic Room'

as Self

2003

Phone Booth

as Captain Ramey

2002

Panic Room

as Burnham

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Daguerreotypist Picard

2001

The Fourth Angel

as Agent Jules Bernard

2001

Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into...

2001

Green Dragon

as Addie

2001

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Plato...

as Self

2000

Four Dogs Playing Poker

as Mr. Ellington

2000

Battlefield Earth

as Ker

2000

The Paperboy

as Narrator

1999

Witness Protection

as Steven Beck

1999

Light It Up

as Officer Dante Jackson

1999

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

as Ghost Dog

1998

Body Count

as Crane

1996

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' M...

as Mr. Rucker

1996

Phenomenon

as Nate Pope

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)

1995

Species

as Dan Smithson, Empath

1995

Smoke

as Cyrus Cole

1994

Prêt-à-Porter

as Cy Bianco

1994

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

as Self

1994

Jason's Lyric

as Maddog

1994

The Enemy Within

as Col. MacKenzie Casey

1994

Blown Away

as Anthony Franklin

1993

Lush Life

as Buddy Chester

1993

Last Light

as Fred Whitmore

1993

Body Snatchers

as Major Collins

1992

Consenting Adults

as David Duttonville

1992

The Crying Game

as Jody

1992

Article 99

as Dr. Sid Handleman

1991

Diary of a Hitman

as Dekker

1991

A Rage in Harlem

as Jackson

1990

Downtown

as Dennis Curren

1989

Johnny Handsome

as Dr. Steven Fisher

1988

Bird

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

1988

Bloodsport

as Rawlins

1987

Good Morning, Vietnam

as Edward Garlick

1987

Hands of a Stranger

as Sergeant Delaney

1986

Platoon

as Big Harold

1986

The Color of Money

as Amos

1985

Vision Quest

as Balldozer

1982

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

as Charles Jefferson

1982

Tag: The Assassination Game

as Gowdy's Bodyguard

Crew

2025

To Live and Die and Live

as Producer

2025

Lucky Lu

as Executive Producer

2024

Transplant

as Producer

2024

Fancy Dance

as Executive Producer

2022

For the Sake of Peace

as Producer

2021

Passing

as Producer

2019

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

as Producer

2019

A Kid from Coney Island

as Executive Producer

2018

Sorry to Bother You

as Producer

2017

Roxanne Roxanne

as Producer

2015

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

as Producer

2015

Dope

as Producer

2013

Rising from Ashes

as Executive Producer

2013

Fruitvale Station

as Producer

2011

Serving Life

as Executive Producer

2011

Monte Carlo

as Executive Producer

2009

Kassim the Dream

as Producer

2009

Powder Blue

as Producer

2007

Ripple Effect

as Executive Producer

2005

American Gun

as Executive Producer

2004

First Daughter

as Director

2004

First Daughter

as Executive Producer

2003

Chasing Papi

as Producer

2002

Door to Door

as Co-Executive Producer

2001

Green Dragon

as Executive Producer

1998

Hope Floats

as Director

1998

Hope Floats

as Executive Music Producer

1995

Waiting to Exhale

as Director

1993

Strapped

as Director

1991

A Rage in Harlem

as Co-Producer

1986

A Little Off Mark

as Thanks