Personal Info
Known Credits
128
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1961-07-15 (64 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Longview, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Forest Steven Whitaker IIIΦόρεστ Γουίτακερ포레스트 휘태커フォレスト・ウィテカーForest Steven WhitakerФорест Вітакер
Forest Whitaker
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) ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
The King of Kings
| Peter (voice)
2024 --
Seaweed Stories
| Narrator
2023 --
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
| Ghost Dog (archive footage)
2023 --
Big George Foreman
| Doc Broadus
2022 --
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Prophets of Change
| Narrator
2022 --
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
| Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 --
Respect
| C. L. Franklin
2020 --
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
| Jeronicus Jangle
2020 --
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
| Self
2020 --
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
| Self
2020 --
Burden
| Reverend Kennedy
2020 --
A Fall from Grace
|
2019 --
Finding Steve McQueen
| Howard Lambert
2018 --
City of Lies
| Jack Jackson
2018 --
How It Ends
| Tom
2018 --
Sorry to Bother You
| First Equisapien / Demarius
2018 --
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
| Narrator (voice)
2018 --
The Forgiven
| Desmond Tutu
2018 --
Black Panther
| Zuri
2017 --
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
| Self
2017 --
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
| Self
2016 --
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
| Saw Gerrera
2016 --
I Am You
| Narrator (voice)
2016 --
Arrival
| Colonel Weber
2015 --
Dope
| The Narrator (voice)
2015 --
Southpaw
| Titus 'Tick' Wills
2014 --
Taken 3
| Inspector Frank Dotzler
2014 --
Two Men in Town
| William Garnett
2014 --
Food Chains
|
2014 --
Repentance
| Angel
2013 --
Zulu
| Ali Sokhela
2013 --
Black Nativity
| Reverend Cornell Cobbs
2013 --
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
| Self
2013 --
Making a Scene
| Man
2013 --
Out of the Furnace
| Chief Wesley Barnes
2013 --
Mysteries of the Unseen World
| Narrator
2013 --
The Butler
| Cecil Gaines
2013 --
Rising from Ashes
| Narrator
2013 --
Pawn
| Will
2013 --
The Last Stand
| Agent John Bannister
2012 --
A Dark Truth
| Francisco Francis
2012 --
Freelancers
| Dennis Larue
2011 --
Catch.44
| Ronny
2011 --
A Man's Story
| Self
2011 --
Serving Life
| Narrator (voice)
2010 --
Lullaby for Pi
| George
2010 --
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
| (archive footage)
2010 --
The Experiment
| Barris
2010 --
My Own Love Song
| Joey
2010 --
Repo Men
| Jake
2010 --
Our Family Wedding
| Brad Boyd
2010 --
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
| Lion
2009 --
Hurricane Season
| Al Collins
2009 --
Where the Wild Things Are
| Ira (voice)
2009 --
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
| Narrator
2009 --
Winged Creatures
| Charlie Archenault
2009 --
Powder Blue
| Charlie
2008 --
Street Kings
| Captain Jack Wander
2008 --
Mon Clown
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
Vantage Point
| Howard Lewis
2007 --
The Great Debaters
| Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007 --
Ripple Effect
| Philip
2007 --
Even Money
| Clyde Snow
2007 --
The Air I Breathe
| Happiness
2006 --
Before the Music Dies
| Self - Narrator (voice)
2006 --
Everyone's Hero
| Lonnie Brewster (voice)
2006 --
The Marsh
| Geoffrey Hunt
2006 --
The Last King of Scotland
| Idi Amin
2005 --
A Little Trip to Heaven
| Abe Holt
2005 --
Mary
| Ted Younger
2005 --
Odyssey in Rome
|
2005 --
American Gun
| Carter
2005 --
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
| Forest Whitaker
2004 --
The Misbehavers
| Self
2004 --
First Daughter
| Narrator (voice)
2004 --
Shooting 'Panic Room'
| Self
2003 --
Phone Booth
| Captain Ramey
2003 --
Making of Phone Booth
| Self
2003 --
Deacons for Defense
| Marcus Clay
2002 --
Panic Room
| Burnham
2001 --
Feast of All Saints
| Daguerreotypist Picard
2001 --
The Fourth Angel
| Agent Jules Bernard
2001 --
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
|
2001 --
The Follow
| The Employer
2001 --
Green Dragon
| Addie
2001 --
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
| Self
2000 --
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
| Self
2000 --
Battlefield Earth
| Ker
2000 --
The Paperboy
| Narrator
1999 --
Witness Protection
| Steven Beck
1999 --
Light It Up
| Officer Dante Jackson
1999 --
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
| Ghost Dog
1998 --
Body Count
| Crane
1996 --
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
| Mr. Rucker
1996 --
Phenomenon
| Nate Pope
1995 --
Mr. Holland's Opus
| Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)
1995 --
Species
| Dan Smithson, Empath
1995 --
Smoke
| Cyrus Cole
1994 --
Prêt-à-Porter
| Cy Bianco
1994 --
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
| Self
1994 --
Jason's Lyric
| Maddog
1994 --
The Enemy Within
| Col. MacKenzie Casey
1994 --
Blown Away
| Anthony Franklin
1993 --
Bank Robber
| Officer Battle
1993 --
Lush Life
| Buddy Chester
1993 --
Last Light
| Fred Whitmore
1993 --
Body Snatchers
| Major Collins
1992 --
Consenting Adults
| David Duttonville
1992 --
The Crying Game
| Jody
1992 --
Article 99
| Dr. Sid Handleman
1991 --
Diary of a Hitman
| Dekker
1991 --
A Rage in Harlem
| Jackson
1990 --
Criminal Justice
| Jessie Williams
1990 --
Downtown
| Dennis Curren
1989 --
Johnny Handsome
| Dr. Steven Fisher
1988 --
Bird
| Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988 --
Bloodsport
| Rawlins
1987 --
Good Morning, Vietnam
| Edward Garlick
1987 --
Stakeout
| Det. Jack Pismo
1987 --
Hands of a Stranger
| Sergeant Delaney
1986 --
Platoon
| Big Harold
1986 --
The Color of Money
| Amos
1985 --
Vision Quest
| Balldozer
1982 --
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
| Charles Jefferson
1982 --
Tag: The Assassination Game
| Gowdy's Bodyguard