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), 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.
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Known For
Acting
1994
asAnthony Franklin
1989
asDr. Steven Fisher
2008
asCaptain Jack Wander
1995
asCyrus Cole
2006
asIdi Amin
1987
asEdward Garlick
2003
asCaptain Ramey
1994
asCy Bianco
2002
asBurnham
1993
asMajor Collins
1999
asGhost Dog
2000
asKer
1994
asMaddog
2006
asGeoffrey Hunt
1998
asCrane
1992
asJody
1988
asRawlins
2008
asHoward Lewis
2010
asJake
1988
asCharlie 'Bird' Parker
1986
asAmos
2009
asAl Collins
1992
asDr. Sid Handleman
1996
asNate Pope
1995
asDan Smithson, Empath
1982
asCharles Jefferson
2010
asBrad Boyd
2007
asHappiness
2001
asAddie
2007
asDr. James Farmer Sr.
1991
asJackson
1996
asMr. Rucker
2005
asAbe Holt
1990
asDennis Curren
2010
asBarris
2005
asCarter
2010
asJoey
1992
asDavid Duttonville
2009
asCharlie Archenault
2010
asLion
2009
asIra (voice)
2005
asTed Younger
2005
asMarcus Clay
2010
asGeorge
2009
asNarrator
2009
asCharlie
1999
asOfficer Dante Jackson
2007
asClyde Snow
1991
asDekker
2014
asAngel
1993
asFred Whitmore
1993
asBuddy Chester
2001
asDaguerreotypist Picard
2011
asRonny
2001
asAgent Jules Bernard
2013
asAgent John Bannister
1994
asCol. MacKenzie Casey
1999
asSteven Beck
2011
asNarrator (voice)
2012
asDennis Larue
2013
asCecil Gaines
2012
asFrancisco Francis
2013
asChief Wesley Barnes
2013
asWill
2013
asAli Sokhela
2013
asReverend Cornell Cobbs
2014
asWilliam Garnett
1990
asJessie Williams
2014
asInspector Frank Dotzler
2023
asDoc Broadus
2023
asGhost Dog (archive footage)
2022
asSaw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
asTitus 'Tick' Wills
2003
asSelf
2022
asNarrator
2008
asSelf (archive footage)
2006
asLonnie Brewster (voice)
2016
asColonel Weber
2013
asMan
2004
asSelf
2015
asThe Narrator (voice)
2013
asNarrator
2005
as
2016
asSaw Gerrera
1987
asDet. Jack Pismo
2000
asSelf
2022
asSelf (archive footage)
2005
asForest Whitaker
2001
asThe Employer
asNarrator (voice)
2025
asPeter (voice)
2010
as(archive footage)
1987
asSergeant Delaney
2016
asNarrator (voice)
2018
asZuri
1993
asOfficer Battle
2020
asReverend Kennedy
2018
asJack Jackson
2019
asHoward Lambert
2007
asPhilip
1982
asGowdy's Bodyguard
2018
asDesmond Tutu
2018
asNarrator (voice)
2001
asSelf
2011
asSelf
1986
asBig Harold
2018
asTom
2018
asFirst Equisapien / Demarius
2017
asSelf
2000
asNarrator
1985
asBalldozer
2004
asNarrator (voice)
2021
asC. L. Franklin
2020
asJeronicus Jangle
2013
asSelf
2004
asSelf
2006
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017
asSelf
2001
as
1995
asBobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
2020
asSelf
2013
asNarrator
2014
as
2020
asSelf
1994
asSelf
2025
asLawrence Beaumont
2020
as
2024
asNarrator
2025
asSaw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
asMr. Ellington
asSelf
asSelf
asJon Kavanaugh
asTurlington (voice)
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asSelf
as
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asSelf
as
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asSelf
asSam Cooper
asSelf
asNight Manager
asSaw Gerrera (voice)
asCurtis Ames
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asAuggie Bolo
asSam Cooper
asSelf - Host
asCuffey
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asJerry
asSelf
asFiddler
asThe Employer
asSelf - Guest
asEddie Barker
asSaw Gerrera (voice)
asEllsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
asOliver Garland
asSaw Gerrera
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf
asNarrator
asHimself
asSelf
Production
2015
as2011
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2013
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2022
as2009
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2011
as
2002
as2004
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2003
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2024
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2023
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2017
as2007
as2018
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2015
as1991
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2021
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2019
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2009
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2019
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2024
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2025
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asas Crew
1986
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1998
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