Forest Whitaker
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-07-15 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Longview, Texas, USA
Also known As
Forest Steven Whitaker III
Φόρεστ Γουίτακερ
포레스트 휘태커
フォレスト・ウィテカー
Forest Steven Whitaker
Форест Вітакер
فارست ویتاکر
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
as Anthony Franklin
1989
as Dr. Steven Fisher
2008
as Captain Jack Wander
1995
as Cyrus Cole
2006
as Idi Amin
1987
as Edward Garlick
2003
as Captain Ramey
1994
as Cy Bianco
2002
as Burnham
1993
as Major Collins
1999
as Ghost Dog
2000
as Ker
2006
as Geoffrey Hunt
1994
as Maddog
1998
as Crane
1992
as Jody
1988
as Rawlins
2008
as Howard Lewis
2010
as Jake
1988
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1986
as Amos
2009
as Al Collins
1992
as Dr. Sid Handleman
1996
as Nate Pope
1995
as Dan Smithson, Empath
1982
as Charles Jefferson
2010
as Brad Boyd
2007
as Happiness
2001
as Addie
2007
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
1991
as Jackson
1996
as Mr. Rucker
2005
as Abe Holt
1990
as Dennis Curren
2010
as Barris
2005
as Carter
2010
as Joey
1992
as David Duttonville
2009
as Charlie Archenault
2009
as Ira (voice)
2005
as Ted Younger
2005
as Marcus Clay
2010
as George
2009
as Narrator
2009
as Charlie
1999
as Officer Dante Jackson
2007
as Clyde Snow
1991
as Dekker
2014
as Angel
1993
as Fred Whitmore
1993
as Buddy Chester
2001
as Daguerreotypist Picard
2011
as Ronny
2001
as Agent Jules Bernard
2013
as Agent John Bannister
1994
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
1999
as Steven Beck
2011
as Narrator (voice)
2012
as Dennis Larue
2013
as Cecil Gaines
2012
as Francisco Francis
2013
as Chief Wesley Barnes
2013
as Will
2013
as Ali Sokhela
2013
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
2014
as William Garnett
1990
as Jessie Williams
2014
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
2023
as Doc Broadus
2023
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
2022
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
2003
as Self
2022
as Narrator
2008
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
2016
as Colonel Weber
2013
as Man
2004
as Self
2015
as The Narrator (voice)
2013
as Narrator
2005
2016
as Saw Gerrera
1987
as Det. Jack Pismo
2000
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Forest Whitaker
2001
as The Employer
-
as Narrator (voice)
2025
as Peter (voice)
2010
as (archive footage)
1987
as Sergeant Delaney
2016
as Narrator (voice)
1993
as Officer Battle
2018
as Zuri
2018
as Reverend Kennedy
2019
as Howard Lambert
2018
as Jack Jackson
2007
as Philip
1982
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
2018
as Desmond Tutu
2018
as Narrator (voice)
2001
2011
as Self
1986
as Big Harold
2018
as Tom
2018
as First Equisapien / Demarius
2000
as Narrator
1985
as Balldozer
2004
as Narrator (voice)
2021
as C. L. Franklin
2020
as Jeronicus Jangle
2013
2004
as Self
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
1995
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
2020
2013
as Narrator
2014
1994
2025
as Lawrence Beaumont
2024
as Narrator (voice)
2000
as Mr. Ellington
Production
1995
as Director
1998
as Director
1993
as Director
2004
as Director
2015
as Producer
2011
as Executive Producer
2013
as Producer
2022
as Producer
2009
as Producer
1986
as Thanks
1998
as Executive Music Producer
2011
as Executive Producer
2002
as Co-Executive Producer
2004
as Executive Producer
2003
as Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
2025
as Producer
2017
as Producer
2007
as Executive Producer
2018
as Producer
2015
as Producer
1991
as Co-Producer
2021
as Producer
2019
as Executive Producer
2005
as Executive Producer
2013
as Executive Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
2009
as Producer
2019
as Producer
2024
as Producer
-
as Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
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