Forest Whitaker
Born 1961
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…
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Movies 130
- Film
Rose's Baby(2027)
Havoc(2025)
as Lawrence Beaumont
The King of Kings(2025)
as Peter (voice)
Seaweed Stories(2024)
as Narrator (voice)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour(2023)
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
Big George Foreman(2023)
as Doc Broadus
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend(2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Prophets of Change(2022)
as Narrator
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look(2022)
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Respect(2021)
as C. L. Franklin
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey(2020)
as Jeronicus Jangle
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times(2020)
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King(2020)
as Self
Finding Steve McQueen(2019)
as Howard Lambert
City of Lies(2018)
as Jack Jackson
Burden(2018)
as Reverend Kennedy
How It Ends(2018)
as Tom
Sorry to Bother You(2018)
as First Equisapien / Demarius
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace(2018)
as Narrator (voice)
The Forgiven(2018)
as Desmond Tutu
Black Panther(2018)
as Zuri
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'(2017)
as Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'(2017)
as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story(2016)
as Saw Gerrera
- Film
I Am You(2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Arrival(2016)
as Colonel Weber
Southpaw(2015)
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
Dope(2015)
as The Narrator (voice)
Taken 3(2014)
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
Two Men in Town(2014)
as William Garnett
Food Chains(2014)
Repentance(2014)
as Angel
Zulu(2013)
as Ali Sokhela
Black Nativity(2013)
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Making a Scene | 11 Performances(2013)
Out of the Furnace(2013)
as Chief Wesley Barnes
Mysteries of the Unseen World(2013)
as Narrator
The Butler(2013)
as Cecil Gaines
Rising from Ashes(2013)
as Narrator
Pawn(2013)
as Will
The Last Stand(2013)
as Agent John Bannister
A Dark Truth(2012)
as Francisco Francis
Freelancers(2012)
as Dennis Larue
Catch.44(2011)
as Ronny
A Man's Story(2011)
as Self
Serving Life(2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Lullaby for Pi(2010)
as George
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(2010)
as (archive footage)
The Experiment(2010)
as Barris
My Own Love Song(2010)
as Joey
Repo Men(2010)
as Jake
Our Family Wedding(2010)
as Brad Boyd
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life(2010)
as Lion
Hurricane Season(2010)
as Al Collins
Where the Wild Things Are(2009)
as Ira (voice)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America(2009)
as Narrator
Winged Creatures(2009)
as Charlie Archenault
Powder Blue(2009)
as Charlie
Street Kings(2008)
as Captain Jack Wander
Vantage Point(2008)
as Howard Lewis
The Great Debaters(2007)
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Ripple Effect(2007)
as Philip
Even Money(2007)
as Clyde Snow
The Air I Breathe(2007)
as Happiness
Before the Music Dies(2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last King of Scotland(2006)
as Idi Amin
Everyone's Hero(2006)
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
The Marsh(2006)
as Geoffrey Hunt
A Little Trip to Heaven(2005)
as Abe Holt
Mary(2005)
as Ted Younger
Odyssey in Rome(2005)
American Gun(2005)
as Carter
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood(2005)
as Forest Whitaker
Deacons for Defense(2005)
as Marcus Clay
- Film
The Misbehavers(2004)
as Self
First Daughter(2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Shooting 'Panic Room'(2004)
as Self
- Film
Making of Phone Booth(2003)
as Self
Phone Booth(2003)
as Captain Ramey
Panic Room(2002)
as Burnham
Feast of All Saints(2001)
as Daguerreotypist Picard
The Fourth Angel(2001)
as Agent Jules Bernard
- Film
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai(2001)
The Follow(2001)
as The Employer
Green Dragon(2001)
as Addie
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'(2001)
as Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows(2000)
as Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker(2000)
as Mr. Ellington
Battlefield Earth(2000)
as Ker
The Paperboy(2000)
as Narrator
Witness Protection(1999)
as Steven Beck
Light It Up(1999)
as Officer Dante Jackson
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999)
as Ghost Dog
Body Count(1998)
as Crane
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault(1996)
as Mr. Rucker
Phenomenon(1996)
as Nate Pope
Mr. Holland's Opus(1995)
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Species(1995)
as Dan Smithson, Empath
Smoke(1995)
as Cyrus Cole
Prêt-à-Porter(1994)
as Cy Bianco
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso(1994)
as Self
The Enemy Within(1994)
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
Blown Away(1994)
as Anthony Franklin
Jason's Lyric(1994)
as Maddog
Bank Robber(1993)
as Officer Battle
Lush Life(1993)
as Buddy Chester
Last Light(1993)
as Fred Whitmore
Body Snatchers(1993)
as Major Collins
Consenting Adults(1992)
as David Duttonville
The Crying Game(1992)
as Jody
Article 99(1992)
as Dr. Sid Handleman
Diary of a Hitman(1991)
as Dekker
A Rage in Harlem(1991)
as Jackson
Criminal Justice(1990)
as Jessie Williams
Downtown(1990)
as Dennis Curren
Johnny Handsome(1989)
as Dr. Steven Fisher
Bird(1988)
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Bloodsport(1988)
as Rawlins
Good Morning, Vietnam(1987)
as Edward Garlick
Stakeout(1987)
as Det. Jack Pismo
Hands of a Stranger(1987)
as Sergeant Delaney
Platoon(1986)
as Big Harold
The Color of Money(1986)
as Amos
Vision Quest(1985)
as Balldozer
- Film
The Grand Baby(1983)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)
as Charles Jefferson
Tag: The Assassination Game(1982)
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
A Fall from Grace
- Film
Sewing Hope
as Narrator (voice)
Rogue One: The Andor Cut
as Saw Gerrera
