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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Forest Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.215

Blown Away
1994-07-01

Johnny Handsome

6.301

Johnny Handsome
1989-09-12

6.634

Street Kings
2008-04-10

7.194

Smoke
1995-06-09

The Last King of Scotland

7.42

The Last King of Scotland
2006-01-12

Good Morning, Vietnam

7.31

Good Morning, Vietnam
1987-12-23

6.849

Phone Booth
2003-04-04

5.208

Prêt-à-Porter
1994-12-23

6.784

Panic Room
2002-03-29

6.134

Body Snatchers
1993-06-09

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

7.323

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

Battlefield Earth

3.297

Battlefield Earth
2000-05-12

4.988

The Marsh
2006-05-18

6.8

Jason's Lyric
1994-09-28

5.407

Body Count
1998-04-28

The Crying Game

6.834

The Crying Game
1992-09-02

7.029

Bloodsport
1988-02-26

6.395

Vantage Point
2008-02-01

6.331

Repo Men
2010-03-18

6.837

Bird
1988-06-01

The Color of Money

6.9

The Color of Money
1986-10-17

Hurricane Season

6.667

Hurricane Season
2009-12-08

6.102

Article 99
1992-03-13

6.458

Phenomenon
1996-07-05

5.97

Species
1995-07-07

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

6.797

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982-08-13

Our Family Wedding

5.653

Our Family Wedding
2010-03-12

The Air I Breathe

6.289

The Air I Breathe
2007-02-07

6.02

Green Dragon
2001-05-17

The Great Debaters

7.252

The Great Debaters
2007-12-25

A Rage in Harlem

5.481

A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

7.142

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

A Little Trip to Heaven

5.424

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005-12-26

5.707

Downtown
1990-01-12

6.39

The Experiment
2010-07-15

5.676

American Gun
2005-09-15

My Own Love Song

6.233

My Own Love Song
2010-04-07

Consenting Adults

5.443

Consenting Adults
1992-10-16

Winged Creatures

5.922

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

6.5

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

6.6

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

6.122

Powder Blue
2009-05-08

6.6

Light It Up
1999-11-04

5.463

Even Money
2007-03-13

Diary of a Hitman

5.236

Diary of a Hitman
1991-11-20

4.713

Repentance
2014-02-28

6.233

Last Light
1993-08-22

7.2

Lush Life
1993-10-01

Feast of All Saints

4.188

Feast of All Saints
2001-11-11

5.057

Catch.44
2011-12-08

The Fourth Angel

5.152

The Fourth Angel
2001-08-15

6.077

The Last Stand
2013-01-12

The Enemy Within

5.697

The Enemy Within
1994-08-24

Witness Protection

6.371

Witness Protection
1999-12-11

5.3

Serving Life
2011-07-28

5.043

Freelancers
2012-08-10

7.333

The Butler
2013-08-16

5.6

A Dark Truth
2012-11-29

Out of the Furnace

6.564

Out of the Furnace
2013-11-12

5.536

Pawn
2013-04-23

6.681

Zulu
2013-12-04

4.992

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

6.259

Taken 3
2014-12-16

Big George Foreman

7.523

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

6.9

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

7.364

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

7

Mon Clown
2008-03-14

Everyone's Hero

5.943

Everyone's Hero
2006-08-04

7.614

Arrival
2016-11-10

5.4

Making a Scene
2013-11-25

The Misbehavers

0

The Misbehavers
2004-12-04

7.06

Dope
2015-06-19

Mysteries of the Unseen World

7.154

Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013-11-01

Odyssey in Rome

0

Odyssey in Rome
2005-09-30

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.497

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

6.488

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

7.361

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022-11-13

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

4.162

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005-05-08

6.831

The Follow
2001-05-24

0

Sewing Hope

The King of Kings

7.8

The King of Kings
2025-04-07

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.375

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

4.143

Bank Robber
1993-12-03

7.373

Black Panther
2018-02-13

6.108

Burden
2020-02-28

Finding Steve McQueen

6.05

Finding Steve McQueen
2019-03-15

6.371

City of Lies
2018-09-06

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

7.742

Platoon
1986-12-19

5.281

How It Ends
2018-07-13

Sorry to Bother You

6.795

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

6.358

Vision Quest
1985-02-15

6.16

First Daughter
2004-09-24

6.764

Respect
2021-08-12

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

6.6

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020-11-06

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

6.5

The Making of 'Making a Scene'
2013-11-25

Shooting 'Panic Room'

6

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

0

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

Mr. Holland's Opus

7

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

6.535

Havoc
2025-04-25

A Fall from Grace

0

A Fall from Grace
2020-01-17

Seaweed Stories

0

Seaweed Stories
2024-10-05

Andor Season 2 | A Special Look

10

Andor Season 2 | A Special Look
2025-03-05

Four Dogs Playing Poker

3.91

Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000-06-06

Inside the Actors Studio

7.518

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.714

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

8.1

The Shield
2002-03-12

6.977

American Dad!
2005-02-06

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.521

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

5.643

Today
1952-01-14

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Diff'rent Strokes

7.041

Diff'rent Strokes
1978-11-03

4.465

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.411

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Hill Street Blues

7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

8.3

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

5.095

American Idol
2002-06-11

5.7

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

7.824

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

6.031

Extrapolations
2023-03-16

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

7.083

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011-02-16

Saturday Night Live

6.944

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

North and South

7.4

North and South
1985-11-03

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.2

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

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.832

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

Amazing Stories

7.443

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

6.9

Roots
2016-05-30

7.583

The Hire
2001-04-26

Cannes Festival

0

Cannes Festival
2022-05-17

7.16

Empire
2015-01-07

Star Wars Rebels

7.7

Star Wars Rebels
2014-10-13

Godfather of Harlem

8.058

Godfather of Harlem
2019-09-29

Emperor of Ocean Park

6.5

Emperor of Ocean Park
2024-07-14

8.2

Andor
2022-09-21

7.014

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

6.413

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12