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