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(167)
Sam Cooper
2005
Turlington (voice)
2005
Self
1996
Self - Host
1975
Saw Gerrera
2022
Self
2022
Curtis Ames
1994
Jon Kavanaugh
2002
1981
Self
2005
Lawrence Beaumont
2025
Self
1997
Self
2002
Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
2019
Inspector Frank Dotzler
2014
Self
2015
Self
2003
1992
Eddie Barker
2015
Night Manager
1982
Colonel Weber
2016
Self
1988
Saw Gerrera (voice)
2014
Jerry
1985
Zuri
2018
Self - Host
2002
Self
2003
Cuffey
1985
Saw Gerrera
2016
Titus 'Tick' Wills
2015
Self - Presenter
1953
Big Harold
1986
Auggie Bolo
2023
Self
2002
Dan Smithson, Empath
1995
Rawlins
1988
Peter (voice)
2025
Agent John Bannister
2013
Burnham
2002
Self
1999
Cecil Gaines
2013
Fiddler
2016
Narrator (voice)
2004
Tom
2018
Captain Ramey
2003
Doc Broadus
2023
Idi Amin
2006
Captain Jack Wander
2008
First Equisapien / Demarius
2018
Oliver Garland
2024
Ira (voice)
2009
Charles Jefferson
1982
Nate Pope
1996
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007
Jack Jackson
2018
Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
1995
Jake
2010
Charlie
2009
Howard Lewis
2008
Anthony Franklin
1994
The Employer
2001
Chief Wesley Barnes
2013
Sam Cooper
2011
Edward Garlick
1987
The Narrator (voice)
2015
Ronny
2011
Jody
1992
Dennis Larue
2012
Cy Bianco
1994
Dr. Steven Fisher
1989
Jeronicus Jangle
2020
Amos
1986
Ghost Dog
1999
Barris
2010
Ali Sokhela
2013
Ker
2000
Clyde Snow
2007
Cyrus Cole
1995
Charlie Archenault
2009
Balldozer
1985
Self
2001
C. L. Franklin
2021
Happiness
2007
Det. Jack Pismo
1987
Self
2021
Will
2013
Joey
2010
Officer Battle
1993
Dekker
1991
Lonnie Brewster (voice)
2006
2020
Col. MacKenzie Casey
1994
Self
2017
Reverend Cornell Cobbs
2013
Brad Boyd
2010
Howard Lambert
2019
David Duttonville
1992
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
2011
(archive footage)
2010
Dr. Sid Handleman
1992
Agent Jules Bernard
2001
Geoffrey Hunt
2006
Major Collins
1993
Self
1952
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988
Buddy Chester
1993
Narrator
2000
Self
2020
The Employer
2001
Daguerreotypist Picard
2001
Philip
2007
Francisco Francis
2012
Crane
1998
Narrator
2024
Jessie Williams
1990
Officer Dante Jackson
1999
Self
2000
Maddog
1994
Marcus Clay
2005
Al Collins
2009
Addie
2001
Forest Whitaker
2005
Mr. Rucker
1996
Desmond Tutu
2018
Reverend Kennedy
2018
Fred Whitmore
1993
Self
2004
Carter
2005
Narrator (voice)
2011
Steven Beck
1999
Jackson
1991
Self
2020
Sergeant Delaney
1987
Self
2017
George
2010
Ted Younger
2005
Ghost Dog (archive footage)
2023
William Garnett
2014
Himself
2020
Narrator
2013
Narrator
2009
Angel
2014
Self - Guest
2022
2001
Mr. Ellington
2000
1978
Self
1994
Narrator (voice)
2024
2014
Gowdy's Bodyguard
1982
Self
1999
Narrator
2022
Abe Holt
2005
Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Saw Gerrera (voice)
2016
Self
1994
Dennis Curren
1990
Narrator (voice)
2018
Lion
2010
Self
2004
Self
2003
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
2005
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator
2013
Narrator (voice)
Production (31)
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2011
Executive Producer
2004
Producer
2018
Co-Executive Producer
2002
Producer
2009
Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
2003
Producer
2013
Producer
2021
Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2025
Producer
2017
Executive Producer
2007
Executive Producer
2001
Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2005
Executive Producer
2011
Co-Producer
1991
Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2009
Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2020
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2019
Producer
2022
Producer
2009
Producer
Executive Producer
2013
