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Forest Whitaker
Acting

Forest Whitaker
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-07-15,Longview, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Forest Steven Whitaker 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.

Filmography

6.216

Blown Away
1994-07-01

Johnny Handsome

6.324

Johnny Handsome
1989-09-12

6.634

Street Kings
2008-04-10

7.197

Smoke
1995-06-09

The Last King of Scotland

7.421

The Last King of Scotland
2006-09-27

Good Morning, Vietnam

7.306

Good Morning, Vietnam
1987-12-23

6.856

Phone Booth
2003-01-06

5.2

Prêt-à-Porter
1994-12-23

6.788

Panic Room
2002-03-29

6.134

Body Snatchers
1993-06-09

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

7.334

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999-10-06

Battlefield Earth

3.295

Battlefield Earth
2000-05-12

6.833

Jason's Lyric
1994-05-22

5.049

The Marsh
2006-05-18

5.407

Body Count
1998-04-28

The Crying Game

6.847

The Crying Game
1992-09-02

7

Bloodsport
1988-02-26

6.396

Vantage Point
2008-02-01

6.337

Repo Men
2010-03-18

6.8

Bird
1988-06-01

The Color of Money

6.857

The Color of Money
1986-10-17

Hurricane Season

6.612

Hurricane Season
2009-12-08

6.131

Article 99
1992-03-13

6.474

Phenomenon
1996-07-05

5.971

Species
1995-07-07

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

6.806

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982-08-13

Our Family Wedding

5.6

Our Family Wedding
2010-03-12

The Air I Breathe

6.289

The Air I Breathe
2007-02-07

6

Green Dragon
2001-05-17

The Great Debaters

7.248

The Great Debaters
2007-12-25

A Rage in Harlem

5.5

A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

7.102

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996-11-23

A Little Trip to Heaven

5.401

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005-12-26

5.7

Downtown
1990-01-12

6.389

The Experiment
2010-07-15

5.676

American Gun
2005-09-15

My Own Love Song

6.2

My Own Love Song
2010-04-07

Consenting Adults

5.4

Consenting Adults
1992-10-16

Winged Creatures

5.9

Winged Creatures
2009-07-08

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

7.1

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010-03-02

Where the Wild Things Are

6.499

Where the Wild Things Are
2009-10-16

5.731

Mary
2005-11-18

Deacons for Defense

6.167

Deacons for Defense
2005-04-05

6.75

Lullaby for Pi
2010-10-11

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

6.536

Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009-08-14

6.1

Powder Blue
2009-05-08

6.6

Light It Up
1999-11-04

5.479

Even Money
2007-03-13

Diary of a Hitman

5.2

Diary of a Hitman
1991-11-20

4.734

Repentance
2014-02-28

5.969

Last Light
1993-08-22

7.2

Lush Life
1993-10-01

Feast of All Saints

4.65

Feast of All Saints
2001-11-11

5.069

Catch.44
2011-12-08

The Fourth Angel

5.2

The Fourth Angel
2001-08-15

6.077

The Last Stand
2013-01-12

The Enemy Within

5.713

The Enemy Within
1994-08-24

Witness Protection

6.389

Witness Protection
1999-12-11

5.3

Serving Life
2011-07-28

5.047

Freelancers
2012-08-10

7.332

The Butler
2013-08-16

5.6

A Dark Truth
2012-11-29

Out of the Furnace

6.573

Out of the Furnace
2013-11-12

5.514

Pawn
2013-04-23

6.679

Zulu
2013-12-04

5

Black Nativity
2013-11-27

Two Men in Town

5.5

Two Men in Town
2014-05-07

Criminal Justice

6.357

Criminal Justice
1990-09-08

6.262

Taken 3
2014-12-16

Big George Foreman

7.519

Big George Foreman
2023-04-27

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

0

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023-11-26

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

7.3

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022-09-08

7.365

Southpaw
2015-03-24

Making of Phone Booth

8

Making of Phone Booth
2003-03-25

Prophets of Change

0

Prophets of Change
2022-10-12

Everyone's Hero

5.989

Everyone's Hero
2006-08-04

7.617

Arrival
2016-11-10

The Misbehavers

0

The Misbehavers
2004-12-04

7.063

Dope
2015-06-19

Mysteries of the Unseen World

7.179

Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013-11-01

Odyssey in Rome

0

Odyssey in Rome
2005-09-30

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.501

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016-12-14

6.491

Stakeout
1987-08-05

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

7.1

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000-09-27

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

7.4

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022-11-13

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

4.2

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005-05-08

6.809

The Follow
2001-05-24

0

Sewing Hope

The King of Kings

8.636

The King of Kings
2025-04-07

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.4

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03

Hands of a Stranger

4.833

Hands of a Stranger
1987-05-10

3.5

I Am You
2016-12-12

7.37

Black Panther
2018-02-13

4.5

Bank Robber
1993-12-03

6.205

Burden
2018-08-05

6.367

City of Lies
2018-09-06

Finding Steve McQueen

6.1

Finding Steve McQueen
2019-03-15

5

Ripple Effect
2007-06-21

Tag: The Assassination Game

5.348

Tag: The Assassination Game
1982-04-20

6.128

The Forgiven
2018-03-09

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

4

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018-03-23

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

8.5

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001-01-01

6.9

A Man's Story
2011-10-08

7.747

Platoon
1986-12-19

5.277

How It Ends
2018-07-13

Sorry to Bother You

6.802

Sorry to Bother You
2018-07-06

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

5.6

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017-04-04

8

The Paperboy
2000-01-01

6.337

Vision Quest
1985-02-15

6.172

First Daughter
2004-09-24

6.8

Respect
2021-08-12

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

6.592

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020-11-06

Shooting 'Panic Room'

6.8

Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004-03-30

Before the Music Dies

7

Before the Music Dies
2006-11-02

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

7

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017-02-14

Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai

2

Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001-08-14

Mr. Holland's Opus

6.959

Mr. Holland's Opus
1995-12-29

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

8.1

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020-08-30

Rising from Ashes

6.5

Rising from Ashes
2013-08-02

7

Food Chains
2014-04-26

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

10

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020-09-19

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

7.4

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994-12-11

6.434

Havoc
2025-04-25

A Fall from Grace

0

A Fall from Grace
2020-01-17

Seaweed Stories

0

Seaweed Stories
2024-10-05

Four Dogs Playing Poker

3.623

Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000-06-06

Inside the Actors Studio

7.535

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.669

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

8.1

The Shield
2002-03-12

6.981

American Dad!
2005-02-06

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

5.8

Today
1952-01-14

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Diff'rent Strokes

7.058

Diff'rent Strokes
1978-11-03

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.405

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Hill Street Blues

7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

5.122

American Idol
2002-06-11

8.31

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

6.25

The Early Show
1999-11-01

7

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

Star Wars: Go Rogue

6.7

Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016-08-30

7.836

ER
1994-09-19

Where Are They Now?

7.5

Where Are They Now?
1999-06-07

The Twilight Zone

7.2

The Twilight Zone
2002-09-18

6

Extrapolations
2023-03-16

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

7.071

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011-02-16

Saturday Night Live

6.957

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

North and South

7.451

North and South
1985-11-03

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.679

E! Live from the Red Carpet
2002-01-13

6.387

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.78

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005-01-03

Amazing Stories

7.474

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.972

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

6.861

Roots
2016-05-30

7.583

The Hire
2001-04-26

Cannes Festival

0

Cannes Festival
2022-05-17

7.148

Empire
2015-01-07

Star Wars Rebels

7.739

Star Wars Rebels
2014-10-13

Godfather of Harlem

8.079

Godfather of Harlem
2019-09-29

Emperor of Ocean Park

6.6

Emperor of Ocean Park
2024-07-14

8.273

Andor
2022-09-21

6.973

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

7

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021-09-09

0

My Generation
2024-10-05

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

3.333

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020-11-08

The Jennifer Hudson Show

5.981

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12