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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

6.2

Blown Away
1994-07-01

Johnny Handsome

6.353

Johnny Handsome
1989-09-12

6.643

Street Kings
2008-04-10

7.2

Smoke
1995-06-09

The Last King of Scotland

7.415

The Last King of Scotland
2006-09-27

Good Morning, Vietnam

7.306

Good Morning, Vietnam
1987-12-23

6.872

Phone Booth
2003-01-06

5.228

Prêt-à-Porter
1994-12-23

6.791

Panic Room
2002-03-29

6.167

Body Snatchers
1993-06-09

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

7.3

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

Battlefield Earth

3.351

Battlefield Earth
2000-05-12

6.759

Jason's Lyric
1994-05-22

5.1

The Marsh
2006-05-18

5.489

Body Count
1998-04-28

The Crying Game

6.8

The Crying Game
1992-09-02

7.048

Bloodsport
1988-02-26

6.414

Vantage Point
2008-02-01

6.3

Repo Men
2010-03-18

6.851

Bird
1988-06-01

The Color of Money

6.856

The Color of Money
1986-10-17

Hurricane Season

6.618

Hurricane Season
2010-02-09

6.2

Article 99
1992-03-13

6.483

Phenomenon
1996-07-05

5.983

Species
1995-07-07

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

6.806

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982-08-13

Our Family Wedding

5.628

Our Family Wedding
2010-03-12

The Air I Breathe

6.289

The Air I Breathe
2007-02-07

6.23

Green Dragon
2001-05-17

The Great Debaters

7.3

The Great Debaters
2007-12-25

A Rage in Harlem

5.421

A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

7.2

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

A Little Trip to Heaven

5.448

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005-12-26

5.696

Downtown
1990-01-12

6.366

The Experiment
2010-07-15

5.667

American Gun
2005-09-15

My Own Love Song

6.2

My Own Love Song
2010-04-07

Consenting Adults

5.42

Consenting Adults
1992-10-16

Winged Creatures

5.874

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

6.501

Where the Wild Things Are
2009-10-16

5.733

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

6.662

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

6.126

Powder Blue
2009-05-08

6.737

Light It Up
1999-11-04

5.532

Even Money
2007-03-13

Diary of a Hitman

5.36

Diary of a Hitman
1991-11-20

4.8

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

Catch.44
2011-12-08

The Fourth Angel

5.343

The Fourth Angel
2001-08-15

6.085

The Last Stand
2013-01-12

The Enemy Within

5.75

The Enemy Within
1994-08-24

Witness Protection

6.3

Witness Protection
1999-12-11

5.3

Serving Life
2011-07-28

5.127

Freelancers
2012-08-10

7.327

The Butler
2013-08-16

5.525

A Dark Truth
2012-11-29

Out of the Furnace

6.565

Out of the Furnace
2013-11-12

5.526

Pawn
2013-04-23

6.688

Zulu
2013-12-04

5.117

Black Nativity
2013-11-27

Two Men in Town

5.489

Two Men in Town
2014-05-07

Criminal Justice

6

Criminal Justice
1990-09-08

6.267

Taken 3
2014-12-16

Big George Foreman

7.574

Big George Foreman
2023-04-27

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

7.4

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

7.364

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

6.071

Everyone's Hero
2006-08-04

7.627

Arrival
2016-11-10

The Misbehavers

10

The Misbehavers
2004-12-04

7.052

Dope
2015-06-19

Mysteries of the Unseen World

7.194

Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013-11-01

Odyssey in Rome

7

Odyssey in Rome
2005-09-30

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.507

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

6.5

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

7.214

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022-11-13

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

4.3

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005-05-08

6.88

The Follow
2001-05-24

0

Sewing Hope

The King of Kings

8.3

The King of Kings
2025-04-07

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.1

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

4.364

Bank Robber
1993-12-03

7.364

Black Panther
2018-02-13

6.1

Burden
2018-08-05

Finding Steve McQueen

6.064

Finding Steve McQueen
2019-03-15

6.369

City of Lies
2018-09-06

5.444

Ripple Effect
2007-06-21

Tag: The Assassination Game

5.4

Tag: The Assassination Game
1982-04-20

6.1

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

7.7

Platoon
1986-12-19

5.281

How It Ends
2018-07-13

Sorry to Bother You

6.779

Sorry to Bother You
2018-07-06

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

5.625

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

8

The Paperboy
2000-01-01

6.4

Vision Quest
1985-02-15

6.16

First Daughter
2004-09-24

6.788

Respect
2021-08-12

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

6.567

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

6.975

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

6.365

Havoc
2025-04-25

A Fall from Grace

0

A Fall from Grace

Seaweed Stories

0

Seaweed Stories
2024-10-05

Four Dogs Playing Poker

4.006

Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000-06-06

0

Rose's Baby
2027-04-14

Making a Scene | 11 Performances

0

Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013-11-25

0

The Grand Baby
1983-11-02

Inside the Actors Studio

7.625

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.622

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

8.166

The Shield
2002-03-12

7

American Dad!
2005-02-06

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.396

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

5.71

Today
1952-01-14

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Diff'rent Strokes

7.08

Diff'rent Strokes
1978-11-03

4.4

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.375

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Hill Street Blues

7.63

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

8.3

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

5.1

American Idol
2002-06-11

6.333

The Early Show
1999-11-01

6.971

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

Star Wars: Go Rogue

6.7

Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016-08-30

7.83

ER
1994-09-19

Where Are They Now?

7.5

Where Are They Now?
1999-06-07

The Twilight Zone

7.14

The Twilight Zone
2002-09-18

6.031

Extrapolations
2023-03-16

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

7.2

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011-02-16

Saturday Night Live

6.938

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

North and South

7.466

North and South
1985-11-03

3.7

Live from E!
2002-01-13

6.414

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.765

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

Amazing Stories

7.478

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

6.9

Roots
2016-05-30

7.632

The Hire
2001-04-26

Cannes Festival

0

Cannes Festival
2022-05-17

7.147

Empire
2015-01-07

Star Wars Rebels

7.716

Star Wars Rebels
2014-10-13

Godfather of Harlem

8.093

Godfather of Harlem
2019-09-29

The Emperor of Ocean Park

6.2

The Emperor of Ocean Park
2024-07-14

8.293

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!

5.396

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Hollywood Black

9

Hollywood Black
2024-08-11

6

Steve
2017-09-05