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Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Actor · Born 1961-07-15 · Longview, Texas, USA

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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 human…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Black Panther (2018) — Zuri
  2. Arrival (2016) — Colonel Weber
  3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Saw Gerrera
  4. Taken 3 (2014) — Inspector Frank Dotzler
  5. Southpaw (2015) — Titus 'Tick' Wills
  6. Panic Room (2002) — Burnham
  7. Platoon (1986) — Big Harold
  8. Phone Booth (2003) — Captain Ramey
  9. Criminal Minds (2005) — Sam Cooper
  10. The Butler (2013) — Cecil Gaines
  11. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) — Edward Garlick
  12. The Last Stand (2013) — Agent John Bannister
  13. American Dad! (2005) — Turlington (voice)
  14. The Last King of Scotland (2006) — Idi Amin
  15. Vantage Point (2008) — Howard Lewis
  16. Bloodsport (1988) — Rawlins
  17. Out of the Furnace (2013) — Chief Wesley Barnes
  18. Repo Men (2010) — Jake
  19. Andor (2022) — Saw Gerrera
  20. How It Ends (2018) — Tom
  21. Where the Wild Things Are (2009) — Ira (voice)
  22. Species (1995) — Dan Smithson, Empath
  23. Sorry to Bother You (2018) — First Equisapien / Demarius
  24. Street Kings (2008) — Captain Jack Wander
  25. Dope (2015) — The Narrator (voice)
  26. The Color of Money (1986) — Amos
  27. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) — Ghost Dog
  28. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — Charles Jefferson
  29. Phenomenon (1996) — Nate Pope
  30. The Experiment (2010) — Barris
  31. Havoc (2025) — Lawrence Beaumont
  32. First Daughter (2004) — Narrator (voice)
  33. Star Wars Rebels (2014) — Saw Gerrera (voice)
  34. Battlefield Earth (2000) — Ker
  35. ER (1994) — Curtis Ames
  36. The Shield (2002) — Jon Kavanaugh
  37. The Crying Game (1992) — Jody
  38. Godfather of Harlem (2019) — Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
  39. Empire (2015) — Eddie Barker
  40. The Great Debaters (2007) — Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Directed

  1. First Daughter (2004) — Director
  2. Hope Floats (1998) — Director
  3. Waiting to Exhale (1995) — Director
  4. Strapped (1993) — Director