10.0
10.0
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
as Self
Forest Whitaker
Also known as: Forest Steven Whitaker
Nationality:United States
Education:California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, University of Southern California, Drama Studio London, New York University, USC School of Dramatic Arts, Palisades Charter High School
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Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 41st Cannes. 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 The Color of Money (1986), Panic Room (2002), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. Whitaker starred in the Star Wars franchise as Saw Gerrera, appearing in the film Rogue One (2016) and would later reprise the role in the television series Star Wars: Rebels (2017) and Andor (2022–2025), as well as the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019). Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the historical drama The Last King of Scotland (2006). 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). On television, he portrayed Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the fifth and sixth seasons of The Shield (2006–2007) and since 2019, he has starred as Bumpy Johnson in the Epix crime drama series Godfather of Harlem. He made his Broadway debut in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's Hughie (2016). Apart from his acting 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 is the CEO of Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), a non-profit outreach program.
Filmography (137 movies)
10.0
10.0
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
Producer
10.0
10.0
To Live and Die and Live
2025
Producer
8.5
8.5
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
as Self
8.2
8.2
The King of Kings
2025
as Peter (voice)
8.0
8.0
The Paperboy
2000
as Narrator
8.0
8.0
Making of Phone Booth
2003
as Self
7.7
7.7
Platoon
1986
as Big Harold
7.6
7.6
Arrival
2016
as Colonel Weber
7.5
7.5
Big George Foreman
2023
as Doc Broadus
7.5
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Saw Gerrera
7.4
7.4
The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Idi Amin
7.4
7.4
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
7.4
7.4
Southpaw
2015
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
7.4
7.4
Black Panther
2018
as Zuri
7.4
7.4
Fruitvale Station
2013
Producer
7.3
7.3
The Butler
2013
as Cecil Gaines
7.3
7.3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
as Ghost Dog
7.3
7.3
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
as Edward Garlick
7.2
7.2
The Great Debaters
2007
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
7.2
7.2
Smoke
1995
as Cyrus Cole
7.2
7.2
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013
as Narrator
7.2
7.2
Lush Life
1993
as Buddy Chester
7.1
7.1
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010
as Lion
7.1
7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Mr. Rucker
7.1
7.1
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
7.1
7.1
Dope
2015
Producer
7.0
7.0
Bloodsport
1988
as Rawlins
7.0
7.0
Before the Music Dies
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Food Chains
2014
7.0
7.0
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
6.9
6.9
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
2015
Producer
6.9
6.9
The Color of Money
1986
as Amos
6.9
6.9
Phone Booth
2003
as Captain Ramey
6.8
6.8
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
as Charles Jefferson
6.8
6.8
The Follow
2001
as The Employer
6.8
6.8
Respect
2021
as C. L. Franklin
6.8
6.8
Bird
1988
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
6.8
6.8
The Crying Game
1992
as Jody
6.8
6.8
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
as Self
6.8
6.8
A Kid from Coney Island
2019
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Panic Room
2002
as Burnham
6.8
6.8
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Producer
6.8
6.8
Chasing Papi
2003
Producer
6.8
6.8
Lullaby for Pi
2010
as George
6.7
6.7
Jason's Lyric
1994
as Maddog
6.7
6.7
Light It Up
1999
as Officer Dante Jackson
6.7
6.7
Monte Carlo
2011
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Zulu
2013
as Ali Sokhela
6.7
6.7
Fancy Dance
2024
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Street Kings
2008
as Captain Jack Wander
6.6
6.6
Hurricane Season
2010
as Al Collins
6.6
6.6
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020
as Jeronicus Jangle
6.6
6.6
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009
as Narrator
6.6
6.6
Out of the Furnace
2013
as Chief Wesley Barnes
6.5
6.5
Rising from Ashes
2013
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
as Ira (voice)
6.5
6.5
Phenomenon
1996
as Nate Pope
6.5
6.5
Stakeout
1987
as Det. Jack Pismo
6.4
6.4
Hope Floats
1998
Director
6.4
6.4
Vantage Point
2008
as Howard Lewis
6.4
6.4
Havoc
2025
as Lawrence Beaumont
6.4
6.4
The Experiment
2010
as Barris
6.4
6.4
City of Lies
2018
as Jack Jackson
6.3
6.3
Repo Men
2010
as Jake
6.3
6.3
Vision Quest
1985
as Balldozer
6.3
6.3
Johnny Handsome
1989
as Dr. Steven Fisher
6.3
6.3
The Air I Breathe
2007
as Happiness
6.3
6.3
Passing
2021
Producer
6.3
6.3
Taken 3
2014
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
6.3
6.3
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Director
6.2
6.2
Witness Protection
2011
as Steven Beck
6.2
6.2
Blown Away
1994
as Anthony Franklin
6.2
6.2
My Own Love Song
2010
as Joey
6.2
6.2
Deacons for Defense
2005
as Marcus Clay
6.2
6.2
Article 99
1992
as Dr. Sid Handleman
6.2
6.2
First Daughter
2004
Director
6.1
6.1
Body Snatchers
1993
as Major Collins
6.1
6.1
Powder Blue
2009
Producer
6.1
6.1
Burden
2018
as Reverend Kennedy
6.1
6.1
The Forgiven
2018
as Desmond Tutu
6.1
6.1
The Last Stand
2013
as Agent John Bannister
6.1
6.1
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
as Howard Lambert
6.0
6.0
Green Dragon
2001
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Last Light
1993
as Fred Whitmore
6.0
6.0
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
Producer
6.0
6.0
Species
1995
as Dan Smithson, Empath
5.9
5.9
Winged Creatures
2009
as Charlie Archenault
5.7
5.7
The Enemy Within
1994
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
5.7
5.7
Kassim the Dream
2009
Producer
5.7
5.7
Strapped
1993
Director
5.7
5.7
Criminal Justice
1990
as Jessie Williams
5.6
5.6
Downtown
1990
as Dennis Curren
5.6
5.6
Mary
2005
as Ted Younger
5.6
5.6
Our Family Wedding
2010
as Brad Boyd
5.6
5.6
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
as Self
5.6
5.6
American Gun
2005
Executive Producer
5.6
5.6
A Dark Truth
2012
as Francisco Francis
5.5
5.5
Two Men in Town
2014
as William Garnett
5.5
5.5
Pawn
2013
as Will
5.5
5.5
Even Money
2007
as Clyde Snow
5.4
5.4
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Abe Holt
5.4
5.4
Consenting Adults
1992
as David Duttonville
5.4
5.4
Body Count
1998
as Crane
5.4
5.4
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Jackson
5.3
5.3
Serving Life
2011
Executive Producer
5.3
5.3
How It Ends
2018
as Tom
5.2
5.2
The Fourth Angel
2001
as Agent Jules Bernard
5.2
5.2
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Cy Bianco
5.1
5.1
Diary of a Hitman
1991
as Dekker
5.1
5.1
The Marsh
2006
as Geoffrey Hunt
5.1
5.1
Catch.44
2011
as Ronny
5.1
5.1
Freelancers
2012
as Dennis Larue
5.0
5.0
Black Nativity
2013
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
5.0
5.0
Ripple Effect
2007
Executive Producer
4.7
4.7
Repentance
2014
as Angel
4.4
4.4
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Daguerreotypist Picard
4.3
4.3
Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Sergeant Delaney
4.1
4.1
Bank Robber
1993
as Officer Battle
4.0
4.0
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018
as Narrator (voice)
3.5
3.5
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
as Mr. Ellington
3.5
3.5
I Am You
2016
as Narrator (voice)
3.3
3.3
Battlefield Earth
2000
as Ker
2.0
2.0
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Sewing Hope
TBA
as Narrator (voice)
Prophets of Change
2022
as Narrator
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
The Misbehavers
2004
as Self
A Fall from Grace
TBA
Seaweed Stories
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Rose's Baby
TBA
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Rosetta
TBA
Producer
Transplant
2024
Producer
Lucky Lu
2026
Executive Producer
For the Sake of Peace
2022
Producer
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