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

Filmography

6.216

Blown Away
1994-07-01

Johnny Handsome

6.4

Johnny Handsome
1989-09-12

6.667

Street Kings
2008-04-10

7.191

Smoke
1995-06-09

The Last King of Scotland

7.41

The Last King of Scotland
2006-09-27

Good Morning, Vietnam

7.303

Good Morning, Vietnam
1987-12-23

6.88

Phone Booth
2003-01-06

5.225

Prêt-à-Porter
1994-12-23

6.796

Panic Room
2002-03-29

6.176

Body Snatchers
1993-06-09

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

7.349

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

Battlefield Earth

3.335

Battlefield Earth
2000-05-12

5.158

The Marsh
2006-05-18

6.733

Jason's Lyric
1994-05-22

5.489

Body Count
1998-04-28

The Crying Game

6.84

The Crying Game
1992-09-02

7.067

Bloodsport
1988-02-26

6.415

Vantage Point
2008-02-01

6.338

Repo Men
2010-03-18

6.9

Bird
1988-06-01

The Color of Money

6.852

The Color of Money
1986-10-17

Hurricane Season

6.563

Hurricane Season
2010-02-09

6.1

Article 99
1992-03-13

6.529

Phenomenon
1996-07-05

5.994

Species
1995-07-07

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

6.795

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982-08-13

Our Family Wedding

5.6

Our Family Wedding
2010-03-12

The Air I Breathe

6.293

The Air I Breathe
2007-02-07

6.2

Green Dragon
2001-05-17

The Great Debaters

7.274

The Great Debaters
2007-12-25

A Rage in Harlem

5.466

A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

7.139

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

A Little Trip to Heaven

5.421

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005-12-26

5.696

Downtown
1990-01-12

6.366

The Experiment
2010-07-15

5.659

American Gun
2005-09-15

My Own Love Song

6.2

My Own Love Song
2010-04-07

Consenting Adults

5.412

Consenting Adults
1992-10-16

Winged Creatures

5.855

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

6.497

Where the Wild Things Are
2009-10-16

5.784

Mary
2005-11-18

Deacons for Defense

6.409

Deacons for Defense
2005-04-05

6.8

Lullaby for Pi
2010-10-11

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

6.57

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

6.102

Powder Blue
2009-05-08

6.573

Light It Up
1999-11-04

5.551

Even Money
2007-03-13

Diary of a Hitman

5.352

Diary of a Hitman
1991-11-20

4.743

Repentance
2014-02-28

5.972

Last Light
1993-08-22

7.167

Lush Life
1993-10-01

Feast of All Saints

4.792

Feast of All Saints
2001-11-11

5.04

Catch.44
2011-12-08

The Fourth Angel

5.3

The Fourth Angel
2001-08-15

6.098

The Last Stand
2013-01-12

The Enemy Within

5.761

The Enemy Within
1994-08-24

Witness Protection

6.3

Witness Protection
1999-12-11

5.3

Serving Life
2011-07-28

5.086

Freelancers
2012-08-10

7.314

The Butler
2013-08-16

5.453

A Dark Truth
2012-11-29

Out of the Furnace

6.558

Out of the Furnace
2013-11-12

5.538

Pawn
2013-04-23

6.68

Zulu
2013-12-04

5.235

Black Nativity
2013-11-27

Two Men in Town

5.511

Two Men in Town
2014-05-07

Criminal Justice

6

Criminal Justice
1990-09-08

6.266

Taken 3
2014-12-16

Big George Foreman

7.631

Big George Foreman
2023-04-27

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

7.404

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

7.362

Southpaw
2015-07-22

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

6.086

Everyone's Hero
2006-08-04

7.634

Arrival
2016-11-10

The Misbehavers

10

The Misbehavers
2004-12-04

7.044

Dope
2015-06-19

Mysteries of the Unseen World

7.2

Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013-11-01

Odyssey in Rome

7

Odyssey in Rome
2005-09-30

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.51

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

6.485

Stakeout
1987-08-05

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

7.25

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

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

7.188

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022-11-13

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

4.393

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005-05-08

6.853

The Follow
2001-05-24

0

Sewing Hope

The King of Kings

8.3

The King of Kings
2025-04-07

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.059

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03

Hands of a Stranger

4.875

Hands of a Stranger
1987-05-10

3.5

I Am You
2016-12-12

4.417

Bank Robber
1993-12-03

7.362

Black Panther
2018-02-13

6.08

Burden
2018-08-05

Finding Steve McQueen

6.07

Finding Steve McQueen
2019-03-15

6.34

City of Lies
2018-09-06

5.4

Ripple Effect
2007-06-21

Tag: The Assassination Game

5.519

Tag: The Assassination Game
1982-04-20

6.122

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

5.291

How It Ends
2018-07-13

Sorry to Bother You

6.775

Sorry to Bother You
2018-07-06

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

6.111

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

8

The Paperboy
2000-01-01

6.378

Vision Quest
1985-02-15

6.181

First Daughter
2004-09-24

6.774

Respect
2021-08-12

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

6.543

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020-11-06

Shooting 'Panic Room'

7

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

6.958

Mr. Holland's Opus
1995-12-29

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

8.11

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

6.407

Havoc
2025-04-25

Seaweed Stories

0

Seaweed Stories
2024-10-05

Four Dogs Playing Poker

4.006

Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000-06-06

0

Up Against It
2027-04-14

Making a Scene | 11 Performances

0

Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013-11-25

5.5

The Grand Baby
1983-11-02

Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo

8.8

Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo
2026-03-25

Inside the Actors Studio

0

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.587

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

8.168

The Shield
2002-03-12

7.021

American Dad!
2005-02-06

5.6

Today
1952-01-14

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Diff'rent Strokes

7.096

Diff'rent Strokes
1978-11-03

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.363

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Hill Street Blues

7.621

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

4.981

American Idol
2002-06-11

8.298

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

6.2

The Early Show
1999-11-01

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

Star Wars: Go Rogue

6.7

Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016-08-30

7.814

ER
1994-09-19

Where Are They Now?

7.5

Where Are They Now?
1999-06-07

The Twilight Zone

7.173

The Twilight Zone
2002-09-18

6.102

Extrapolations
2023-03-16

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

7.219

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011-02-16

Saturday Night Live

6.906

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

North and South

7.489

North and South
1985-11-03

3.7

Live from E!
2002-01-13

6.399

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.833

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

Amazing Stories

7.496

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

6.911

Roots
2016-05-30

7.632

The Hire
2001-04-26

Cannes Festival

0

Cannes Festival
2022-05-17

7.137

Empire
2015-01-07

Star Wars Rebels

7.7

Star Wars Rebels
2014-10-13

Godfather of Harlem

8.13

Godfather of Harlem
2019-09-29

The Emperor of Ocean Park

6.46

The Emperor of Ocean Park
2024-07-14

8.306

Andor
2022-09-21

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

7

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021-09-09

1

My Generation
2024-10-05

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

3.3

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

The Jennifer Hudson Show

5.6

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.316

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Hollywood Black

3

Hollywood Black
2024-08-11

6

Steve
2017-09-05