Cast
Forest Whitaker
Acting
Cast
Forest Whitaker
Known for
Acting
Born
1961-07-15
From
Longview, Texas, USA
Also known as Forest Steven Whitaker III, Forest Steven Whitaker, פורסט ויטאקר
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.
Arrival
as Colonel Weber
Black Panther
as Zuri
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera
Taken 3
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont
Southpaw
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
Bloodsport
as Rawlins
Platoon
as Big Harold
Species
as Dan Smithson, Empath
Panic Room
as Burnham
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Charles Jefferson
Vantage Point
as Howard Lewis
Street Kings
as Captain Jack Wander
The Butler
as Cecil Gaines
Phenomenon
as Nate Pope
Repo Men
as Jake
Phone Booth
as Captain Ramey
Big George Foreman
as Doc Broadus
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice)
Sorry to Bother You
as First Equisapien / Demarius
First Daughter
as Narrator (voice)
Blown Away
as Anthony Franklin
The Last Stand
as Agent John Bannister
Where the Wild Things Are
as Ira (voice)
Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault
Body Snatchers
as Major Collins
The Experiment
as Barris
Out of the Furnace
as Chief Wesley Barnes
How It Ends
as Tom
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Ghost Dog
Powder Blue
as Charlie
The Last King of Scotland
as Idi Amin
Consenting Adults
as David Duttonville
The Color of Money
as Amos
The Great Debaters
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Dope
as The Narrator (voice)
Good Morning, Vietnam
as Edward Garlick
Catch.44
as Ronny
The Crying Game
as Jody
Smoke
as Cyrus Cole
American Gun
as Carter
Battlefield Earth
as Ker
Zulu
as Ali Sokhela
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Respect
as C. L. Franklin
Freelancers
as Dennis Larue
City of Lies
as Jack Jackson
Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Johnny Handsome
as Dr. Steven Fisher
Article 99
as Dr. Sid Handleman
Prêt-à-Porter
as Cy Bianco
The Air I Breathe
as Happiness
Everyone's Hero
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Jeronicus Jangle
Vision Quest
as Balldozer
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
A Dark Truth
as Francisco Francis
Pawn
as Will
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hurricane Season
as Al Collins
Our Family Wedding
as Brad Boyd
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
A Rage in Harlem
as Jackson
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
Even Money
as Clyde Snow
Ripple Effect
as Philip
Stakeout
as Det. Jack Pismo
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Mr. Rucker
The Forgiven
as Desmond Tutu
Last Light
as Fred Whitmore
Feast of All Saints
as Daguerreotypist Picard
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Forest Whitaker
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
Finding Steve McQueen
as Howard Lambert
Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Body Count
as Crane
Two Men in Town
as William Garnett
My Own Love Song
as Joey
Mary
as Ted Younger
The Follow
as The Employer
Hands of a Stranger
as Sergeant Delaney
The Enemy Within
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
Downtown
as Dennis Curren
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
A Man's Story
as Self
Witness Protection
as Steven Beck
Jason's Lyric
as Maddog
Bank Robber
as Officer Battle
Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay
Lush Life
as Buddy Chester
Repentance
as Angel
Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker
Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson
Burden
as Reverend Kennedy
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
Lullaby for Pi
as George
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self
Green Dragon
as Addie
Odyssey in Rome
The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Mr. Ellington
Serving Life
as Narrator (voice)
The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt
Criminal Justice
as Jessie Williams
A Fall from Grace
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
Rose's Baby
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
as Lion
Tag: The Assassination Game
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
The Misbehavers
as Self
Before the Music Dies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
The Grand Baby
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Rising from Ashes
as Narrator
Food Chains
Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator
The Paperboy
as Narrator
Making of Phone Booth
as Self
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
as Narrator (voice)
I Am You
as Narrator (voice)
Seaweed Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Sewing Hope
as Narrator (voice)