Forest Whitaker
Acting
🎂 1961-07-15
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.
Cast credits(170)
Self
2005
Self
1996
Sam Cooper
2005
Self
1997
Turlington (voice)
2005
1988
Saw Gerrera (voice)
2014
Self
2002
Self
2002
Saw Gerrera
2022
Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
2019
1992
2003
Self
2003
Jon Kavanaugh
2002
Self - Host
2002
Jerry
1985
Self
2015
Auggie Bolo
2023
Curtis Ames
1994
Eddie Barker
2015
Self - Host
1975
Lawrence Beaumont
2025
Self
1999
Self - Presenter
1953
Cuffey
1985
Self
2022
1981
Sam Cooper
2011
Self
1952
Self
2021
Fiddler
2016
Oliver Garland
2024
The Employer
2001
Zuri
2018
Night Manager
1982
Colonel Weber
2016
Self
1999
Inspector Frank Dotzler
2014
Big Harold
1986
Titus 'Tick' Wills
2015
Saw Gerrera
2016
Saw Gerrera (voice)
2016
Peter (voice)
2025
Agent John Bannister
2013
Rawlins
1988
Self
1994
Dan Smithson, Empath
1995
Self - Guest
2022
Burnham
2002
Doc Broadus
2023
Nate Pope
1996
Captain Jack Wander
2008
Narrator (voice)
2004
Captain Ramey
2003
Charles Jefferson
1982
Ira (voice)
2009
First Equisapien / Demarius
2018
Tom
2018
C. L. Franklin
2021
Cyrus Cole
1995
Idi Amin
2006
Cecil Gaines
2013
Officer Battle
1993
Ghost Dog
1999
Ker
2000
Howard Lewis
2008
Jake
2010
Himself
2020
The Narrator (voice)
2015
Barris
2010
Edward Garlick
1987
Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
1995
Jody
1992
Anthony Franklin
1994
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007
Ronny
2011
Charlie
2009
Amos
1986
Jack Jackson
2018
Lonnie Brewster (voice)
2006
1978
Chief Wesley Barnes
2013
Dennis Larue
2012
Steven Beck
1999
Dr. Sid Handleman
1992
Jeronicus Jangle
2020
David Duttonville
1992
Col. MacKenzie Casey
1994
Det. Jack Pismo
1987
Major Collins
1993
Cy Bianco
1994
Dr. Steven Fisher
1989
Happiness
2007
Balldozer
1985
Narrator
2024
Agent Jules Bernard
2001
Francisco Francis
2012
Charlie Archenault
2009
Ali Sokhela
2013
Clyde Snow
2007
Howard Lambert
2019
Will
2013
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988
Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Brad Boyd
2010
Self
2020
Reverend Cornell Cobbs
2013
Marcus Clay
2005
Al Collins
2009
Dennis Curren
1990
Self (archive footage)
2022
Desmond Tutu
2018
Mr. Ellington
2000
Abe Holt
2005
Forest Whitaker
2005
William Garnett
2014
Reverend Kennedy
2018
Carter
2005
Angel
2014
Joey
2010
(archive footage)
2010
Crane
1998
Mr. Rucker
1996
Officer Dante Jackson
1999
Gowdy's Bodyguard
1982
Addie
2001
Jackson
1991
Narrator
2009
Maddog
1994
Lion
2010
Jessie Williams
1990
2001
Geoffrey Hunt
2006
Ted Younger
2005
Philip
2007
Fred Whitmore
1993
Daguerreotypist Picard
2001
Self
2000
Narrator
2013
Self
2017
Dekker
1991
The Employer
2001
Self
2001
Self
2020
Self
2011
2020
Self (archive footage)
2008
Sergeant Delaney
1987
Buddy Chester
1993
Narrator (voice)
2018
Narrator
2013
Self
1994
2014
Self
2004
Self
2004
Man
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
George
2010
Narrator
2022
Self
2013
Self
2017
Narrator (voice)
2011
2005
Ghost Dog (archive footage)
2023
Narrator (voice)
2024
Self
2003
Narrator
2000
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator (voice)
Production (31)
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2011
Executive Producer
2004
Producer
2018
Executive Producer
2020
Producer
2015
Producer
2013
Producer
2021
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
2009
Co-Executive Producer
2002
Producer
2003
Producer
2017
Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2005
Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2001
Co-Producer
1991
Executive Producer
2025
Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2007
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2013
Producer
2019
Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2011
Producer
2022
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