Forest Whitaker
Age: N/A | From: Longview, Texas, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Forest Steven Whitaker III , Φόρεστ Γουίτακερ , 포레스트 휘태커 , フォレスト・ウィテカー , Forest Steven Whitaker , Форест Вітакер
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Longview, Texas, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 135
TV Involvements: 23
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Criminal Minds
(2005) Sam Cooper
Star Wars Rebels
(2014) Saw Gerrera (voice)
The Twilight Zone
(2002) Self - Host
The Shield
(2002) Jon Kavanaugh
Empire
(2015) Eddie Barker
Where Are They Now?
(1999) Self
Taken 3
(2014) Inspector Frank Dotzler
American Idol
(2002) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oliver Garland | |
| 2023 | Ghost Dog (archive footage) | |
| Doc Broadus | ||
| Auggie Bolo | ||
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Narrator | ||
| Saw Gerrera | ||
| Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| C. L. Franklin | ||
| 2020 | Jeronicus Jangle | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Reverend Kennedy | ||
| 2019 | Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson | |
| Howard Lambert | ||
| 2018 | Jack Jackson | |
| Tom | ||
| First Equisapien / Demarius | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Desmond Tutu | ||
| Zuri | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2016 | Saw Gerrera | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Colonel Weber | ||
| Saw Gerrera (voice) | ||
| Fiddler | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| The Narrator (voice) | ||
| Titus 'Tick' Wills | ||
| Eddie Barker | ||
| 2014 | Inspector Frank Dotzler | |
| Saw Gerrera (voice) | ||
| William Garnett | ||
| N/A | ||
| Angel | ||
| 2013 | Ali Sokhela | |
| Reverend Cornell Cobbs | ||
| Man | ||
| Self | ||
| Chief Wesley Barnes | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Cecil Gaines | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Will | ||
| Agent John Bannister | ||
| 2012 | Francisco Francis | |
| Dennis Larue | ||
| 2011 | Ronny | |
| Self | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Sam Cooper | ||
| 2010 | George | |
| archival footage | ||
| Barris | ||
| Joey | ||
| Jake | ||
| Brad Boyd | ||
| Lion | ||
| 2009 | Al Collins | |
| Ira (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Charlie Archenault | ||
| Charlie | ||
| 2008 | Captain Jack Wander | |
| Lian-Chu (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Howard Lewis | ||
| 2007 | Dr. James Farmer Sr. | |
| Philip | ||
| Clyde Snow | ||
| Happiness | ||
| 2006 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Lonnie Brewster (voice) | ||
| Geoffrey Hunt | ||
| Idi Amin | ||
| 2005 | Abe Holt | |
| Ted Younger | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sam Cooper | ||
| Carter | ||
| Forest Whitaker | ||
| Turlington (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Captain Ramey | ||
| N/A | ||
| Marcus Clay | ||
| 2002 | Self - Host | |
| Self | ||
| Burnham | ||
| Jon Kavanaugh | ||
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Daguerreotypist Picard | |
| Agent Jules Bernard | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Employer | ||
| Addie | ||
| The Employer | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| Ker | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1999 | Steven Beck | |
| Officer Dante Jackson | ||
| Self | ||
| Ghost Dog | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Crane | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | Mr. Rucker | |
| Self | ||
| Nate Pope | ||
| 1995 | Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited) | |
| Dan Smithson, Empath | ||
| Cyrus Cole | ||
| 1994 | Cy Bianco | |
| Self | ||
| Maddog | ||
| Curtis Ames | ||
| Col. MacKenzie Casey | ||
| Self | ||
| Anthony Franklin | ||
| 1993 | Officer Battle | |
| Buddy Chester | ||
| Fred Whitmore | ||
| Major Collins | ||
| 1992 | David Duttonville | |
| Jody | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Sid Handleman | ||
| 1991 | Dekker | |
| Jackson | ||
| 1990 | Jessie Williams | |
| Dennis Curren | ||
| 1989 | Dr. Steven Fisher | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Charlie 'Bird' Parker | ||
| Rawlins | ||
| 1987 | Edward Garlick | |
| Det. Jack Pismo | ||
| Sergeant Delaney | ||
| 1986 | Big Harold | |
| Amos | ||
| 1985 | Cuffey | |
| Jerry | ||
| Balldozer | ||
| 1982 | Charles Jefferson | |
| Gowdy's Bodyguard | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| 1953 | Self - Presenter | |
| 1952 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Peter (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2023 | Producer | |
| 2022 | Producer | |
| 2021 | Producer | |
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2018 | Producer | |
| 2017 | Producer | |
| 2015 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2013 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2011 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2009 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
| 2005 | Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | Executive Producer | |
| 2003 | Producer | |
| 2002 | Co-Executive Producer | |
| 2001 | Executive Producer | |
| 1991 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Executive Music Producer | |
| 1986 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
