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Forest Whitaker
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 7th, 2025 | The King of Kings | Peter (voice) | 8.2 | |
November 26th, 2023 | to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour | Ghost Dog (archive footage) | TBD | |
April 27th, 2023 | Big George Foreman | Doc Broadus | 7.6 | |
November 13th, 2022 | Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
October 12th, 2022 | Prophets of Change | Narrator | TBD | |
September 8th, 2022 | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.4 | |
March 15th, 2019 | Finding Steve McQueen | Howard Lambert | 6.1 | |
September 6th, 2018 | City of Lies | Jack Jackson | 6.4 | |
August 5th, 2018 | Burden | Reverend Kennedy | 6.1 | |
February 13th, 2018 | Black Panther | Zuri | 7.4 | |
December 14th, 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saw Gerrera | 7.5 | |
December 12th, 2016 | I Am You | Narrator (voice) | 3.5 | |
November 10th, 2016 | Arrival | Colonel Weber | 7.6 | |
July 22nd, 2015 | Southpaw | Titus 'Tick' Wills | 7.4 | |
June 19th, 2015 | Dope | The Narrator (voice) | 7.1 | |
December 16th, 2014 | Taken 3 | Inspector Frank Dotzler | 6.3 | |
May 7th, 2014 | Two Men in Town | William Garnett | 5.5 | |
November 1st, 2013 | Mysteries of the Unseen World | Narrator | 7.2 | |
August 3rd, 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 6.1 | |
June 21st, 2007 | Ripple Effect | Philip | 5.4 | |
August 4th, 2006 | Everyone's Hero | Lonnie Brewster (voice) | 6.1 | |
September 30th, 2005 | Odyssey in Rome | TBD | 7 | |
May 8th, 2005 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Forest Whitaker | 4.3 | |
December 4th, 2004 | The Misbehavers | Self | 10 | |
March 25th, 2003 | Making of Phone Booth | Self | 8 | |
May 24th, 2001 | The Follow | The Employer | 6.9 | |
September 27th, 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 7.3 | |
December 3rd, 1993 | Bank Robber | Officer Battle | 4.4 | |
September 8th, 1990 | Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams | 6 | |
August 5th, 1987 | Stakeout | Det. Jack Pismo | 6.5 | |
TBD | Sewing Hope | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
April 14th, 2027 | Rose's Baby | TBD | TBD | |
April 25th, 2025 | Havoc | Lawrence Beaumont | 6.4 | |
October 5th, 2024 | Seaweed Stories | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
August 12th, 2021 | Respect | C. L. Franklin | 6.8 | |
November 6th, 2020 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Jeronicus Jangle | 6.6 | |
September 19th, 2020 | Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Self | 10 | |
August 30th, 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 8.1 | |
July 13th, 2018 | How It Ends | Tom | 5.3 | |
July 6th, 2018 | Sorry to Bother You | First Equisapien / Demarius | 6.8 | |
March 23rd, 2018 | Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace | Narrator (voice) | 4 | |
March 9th, 2018 | The Forgiven | Desmond Tutu | 6.1 | |
April 4th, 2017 | The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Self | 5.6 | |
February 14th, 2017 | Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' | Self | 7 | |
April 26th, 2014 | Food Chains | TBD | 7 | |
February 28th, 2014 | Repentance | Angel | 4.8 | |
December 4th, 2013 | Zulu | Ali Sokhela | 6.7 | |
November 27th, 2013 | Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell Cobbs | 5.1 | |
November 25th, 2013 | Making a Scene | 11 Performances | TBD | TBD | |
November 12th, 2013 | Out of the Furnace | Chief Wesley Barnes | 6.6 | |
August 16th, 2013 | The Butler | Cecil Gaines | 7.3 | |
August 2nd, 2013 | Rising from Ashes | Narrator | 6.5 | |
April 23rd, 2013 | Pawn | Will | 5.5 | |
January 12th, 2013 | The Last Stand | Agent John Bannister | 6.1 | |
November 29th, 2012 | A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis | 5.5 | |
August 10th, 2012 | Freelancers | Dennis Larue | 5.1 | |
December 8th, 2011 | Catch.44 | Ronny | 5 | |
October 8th, 2011 | A Man's Story | Self | 6.9 | |
July 28th, 2011 | Serving Life | Narrator (voice) | 5.3 | |
October 11th, 2010 | Lullaby for Pi | George | 6.8 | |
July 15th, 2010 | The Experiment | Barris | 6.4 | |
April 7th, 2010 | My Own Love Song | Joey | 6.2 | |
March 18th, 2010 | Repo Men | Jake | 6.3 | |
March 12th, 2010 | Our Family Wedding | Brad Boyd | 5.6 | |
March 2nd, 2010 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Lion | 7.1 | |
February 9th, 2010 | Hurricane Season | Al Collins | 6.6 | |
October 16th, 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Ira (voice) | 6.5 | |
August 14th, 2009 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | Narrator | 6.7 | |
July 8th, 2009 | Winged Creatures | Charlie Archenault | 5.9 | |
May 8th, 2009 | Powder Blue | Charlie | 6.1 | |
April 10th, 2008 | Street Kings | Captain Jack Wander | 6.6 | |
February 1st, 2008 | Vantage Point | Howard Lewis | 6.4 | |
December 25th, 2007 | The Great Debaters | Dr. James Farmer Sr. | 7.2 | |
March 13th, 2007 | Even Money | Clyde Snow | 5.5 | |
February 7th, 2007 | The Air I Breathe | Happiness | 6.3 | |
November 2nd, 2006 | Before the Music Dies | Self - Narrator (voice) | 7 | |
September 27th, 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | 7.4 | |
May 18th, 2006 | The Marsh | Geoffrey Hunt | 5.1 | |
December 26th, 2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Abe Holt | 5.4 | |
November 18th, 2005 | Mary | Ted Younger | 5.7 | |
September 15th, 2005 | American Gun | Carter | 5.7 | |
April 5th, 2005 | Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay | 6.4 | |
September 24th, 2004 | First Daughter | Narrator (voice) | 6.2 | |
March 30th, 2004 | Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 7 | |
January 6th, 2003 | Phone Booth | Captain Ramey | 6.9 | |
March 29th, 2002 | Panic Room | Burnham | 6.8 | |
November 11th, 2001 | Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard | 4.8 | |
August 15th, 2001 | The Fourth Angel | Agent Jules Bernard | 5.3 | |
August 14th, 2001 | Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai | TBD | 2 | |
May 17th, 2001 | Green Dragon | Addie | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 2001 | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | 8.5 | |
June 6th, 2000 | Four Dogs Playing Poker | Mr. Ellington | 4 | |
May 12th, 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Ker | 3.3 | |
January 1st, 2000 | The Paperboy | Narrator | 8 | |
December 11th, 1999 | Witness Protection | Steven Beck | 6.3 | |
November 4th, 1999 | Light It Up | Officer Dante Jackson | 6.7 | |
October 6th, 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog | 7.3 | |
April 28th, 1998 | Body Count | Crane | 5.5 | |
November 23rd, 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Mr. Rucker | 7.2 | |
July 5th, 1996 | Phenomenon | Nate Pope | 6.5 | |
December 29th, 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited) | 7 | |
July 7th, 1995 | Species | Dan Smithson, Empath | 6 | |
June 9th, 1995 | Smoke | Cyrus Cole | 7.2 | |
December 23rd, 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Cy Bianco | 5.2 | |
December 11th, 1994 | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 7.4 | |
August 24th, 1994 | The Enemy Within | Col. MacKenzie Casey | 5.8 | |
July 1st, 1994 | Blown Away | Anthony Franklin | 6.2 | |
May 22nd, 1994 | Jason's Lyric | Maddog | 6.7 | |
October 1st, 1993 | Lush Life | Buddy Chester | 7.2 | |
August 22nd, 1993 | Last Light | Fred Whitmore | 6 | |
June 9th, 1993 | Body Snatchers | Major Collins | 6.2 | |
October 16th, 1992 | Consenting Adults | David Duttonville | 5.4 | |
September 2nd, 1992 | The Crying Game | Jody | 6.8 | |
March 13th, 1992 | Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman | 6.2 | |
November 20th, 1991 | Diary of a Hitman | Dekker | 5.4 | |
May 3rd, 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Jackson | 5.4 | |
January 12th, 1990 | Downtown | Dennis Curren | 5.7 | |
September 12th, 1989 | Johnny Handsome | Dr. Steven Fisher | 6.4 | |
June 1st, 1988 | Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker | 6.8 | |
February 26th, 1988 | Bloodsport | Rawlins | 7 | |
December 23rd, 1987 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Edward Garlick | 7.3 | |
May 10th, 1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney | 4.9 | |
December 19th, 1986 | Platoon | Big Harold | 7.7 | |
October 17th, 1986 | The Color of Money | Amos | 6.9 | |
February 15th, 1985 | Vision Quest | Balldozer | 6.4 | |
August 13th, 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson | 6.8 | |
TBD | A Fall from Grace | TBD | TBD | |
November 2nd, 1983 | The Grand Baby | TBD | TBD | |
April 20th, 1982 | Tag: The Assassination Game | Gowdy's Bodyguard | 5.4 | |
TBD | "I'm Gonna Kick Your C*nt In!" | TBD | TBD |