Forest Whitaker

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-07-15 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Longview, Texas, USA

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 ha...

Acting

1994

Blown Away

as Anthony Franklin

1989

Johnny Handsome

as Dr. Steven Fisher

2008

Street Kings

as Captain Jack Wander

1995

Smoke

as Cyrus Cole

1987

Good Morning, Vietnam

as Edward Garlick

2003

Phone Booth

as Captain Ramey

1994

Prêt-à-Porter

as Cy Bianco

2002

Panic Room

as Burnham

1993

Body Snatchers

as Major Collins

2006

The Marsh

as Geoffrey Hunt

1994

Jason's Lyric

as Maddog

1998

Body Count

as Crane

1992

1988

Bloodsport

as Rawlins

2008

Vantage Point

as Howard Lewis

2010

Repo Men

as Jake

1988

Bird

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

2009

Hurricane Season

as Al Collins

1992

Article 99

as Dr. Sid Handleman

1996

Phenomenon

as Nate Pope

1995

Species

as Dan Smithson, Empath

1982

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

as Charles Jefferson

2010

Our Family Wedding

as Brad Boyd

2007

The Air I Breathe

as Happiness

2001

Green Dragon

as Addie

2007

The Great Debaters

as Dr. James Farmer Sr.

1991

1990

Downtown

as Dennis Curren

2010

2005

American Gun

as Carter

2010

1992

Consenting Adults

as David Duttonville

2009

Winged Creatures

as Charlie Archenault

2009

2005

Mary

as Ted Younger

2005

Deacons for Defense

as Marcus Clay

2010

2009

Powder Blue

as Charlie

1999

Light It Up

as Officer Dante Jackson

2007

Even Money

as Clyde Snow

1991

2014

Repentance

as Angel

1993

Last Light

as Fred Whitmore

1993

Lush Life

as Buddy Chester

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Daguerreotypist Picard

2011

Catch.44

as Ronny

2001

The Fourth Angel

as Agent Jules Bernard

2013

The Last Stand

as Agent John Bannister

1994

The Enemy Within

as Col. MacKenzie Casey

1999

Witness Protection

as Steven Beck

2011

Serving Life

as Narrator (voice)

2012

Freelancers

as Dennis Larue

2013

The Butler

as Cecil Gaines

2012

A Dark Truth

as Francisco Francis

2013

Out of the Furnace

as Chief Wesley Barnes

2013

Pawn

as Will

2013

Zulu

as Ali Sokhela

2013

Black Nativity

as Reverend Cornell Cobbs

2014

Two Men in Town

as William Garnett

1990

Criminal Justice

as Jessie Williams

2014

Taken 3

as Inspector Frank Dotzler

2023

Big George Foreman

as Doc Broadus

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

as Ghost Dog (archive footage)

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015

Southpaw

as Titus 'Tick' Wills

2022

2008

Mon Clown

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Everyone's Hero

as Lonnie Brewster (voice)

2016

Arrival

as Colonel Weber

2013

2004

2015

Dope

as The Narrator (voice)

1987

Stakeout

as Det. Jack Pismo

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Forest Whitaker

2001

The Follow

as The Employer

-

Sewing Hope

as Narrator (voice)

2025

The King of Kings

as Peter (voice)

2010

1987

Hands of a Stranger

as Sergeant Delaney

2016

I Am You

as Narrator (voice)

1993

Bank Robber

as Officer Battle

2018

2018

Burden

as Reverend Kennedy

2019

Finding Steve McQueen

as Howard Lambert

2018

City of Lies

as Jack Jackson

2007

Ripple Effect

as Philip

1982

Tag: The Assassination Game

as Gowdy's Bodyguard

2018

The Forgiven

as Desmond Tutu

2011

1986

Platoon

as Big Harold

2018

2018

Sorry to Bother You

as First Equisapien / Demarius

2000

The Paperboy

as Narrator

1985

Vision Quest

as Balldozer

2004

First Daughter

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Respect

as C. L. Franklin

2020

2006

Before the Music Dies

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)

2013

2025

Havoc

as Lawrence Beaumont

2024

Seaweed Stories

as Narrator (voice)

2000

Four Dogs Playing Poker

as Mr. Ellington

Production

1995

1998

Hope Floats

as Director

1993

Strapped

as Director

2004

First Daughter

as Director

2015

Dope

as Producer

2011

Serving Life

as Executive Producer

2013

2022

2009

Powder Blue

as Producer

1986

1998

Hope Floats

as Executive Music Producer

2011

Monte Carlo

as Executive Producer

2002

Door to Door

as Co-Executive Producer

2004

First Daughter

as Executive Producer

2003

Chasing Papi

as Producer

2024

Fancy Dance

as Executive Producer

2017

Roxanne Roxanne

as Producer

2007

Ripple Effect

as Executive Producer

2018

1991

A Rage in Harlem

as Co-Producer

2021

Passing

as Producer

2019

A Kid from Coney Island

as Executive Producer

2005

American Gun

as Executive Producer

2013

Rising from Ashes

as Executive Producer

2001

Green Dragon

as Executive Producer

2009

Kassim the Dream

as Producer

2019

2024

Transplant

as Producer

-

Rosetta

as Producer

2025

Lucky Lu

as Executive Producer

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