Forest Whitaker

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Forest Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Peran Terkenal

Tentang

Stage Name: Forest Whitaker

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 4.1009

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1961-07-15

Lokasi Lahir: Longview, Texas, USA

Riwayat Perfilman

2025

Havoc

Lawrence Beaumont

2025

The King of Kings

Peter (voice)

2025

Andor Season 2 | A Special Look

Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024

Seaweed Stories

Narrator

2024

My Generation

Narrator

2024

Emperor of Ocean Park

Oliver Garland

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

Ghost Dog (archive footage)

2023

Big George Foreman

Doc Broadus

2023

Extrapolations

Auggie Bolo

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Self (archive footage)

2022

Prophets of Change

Narrator

2022

Andor

Saw Gerrera

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

Cannes Festival

Self - Guest

2021

Respect

C. L. Franklin

2020

Burden

Reverend Kennedy

2019

Godfather of Harlem

Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson

2019

Finding Steve McQueen

Howard Lambert

2018

City of Lies

Jack Jackson

2018

How It Ends

Tom

2018

Sorry to Bother You

First Equisapien / Demarius

2018

The Forgiven

Desmond Tutu

2018

Black Panther

Zuri

2016

I Am You

Narrator (voice)

2016

Arrival

Colonel Weber

2016

Star Wars: Go Rogue

Saw Gerrera (voice)

2016

Roots

Fiddler

2015

Dope

The Narrator (voice)

2015

Southpaw

Titus 'Tick' Wills

2015

Empire

Eddie Barker

2014

Taken 3

Inspector Frank Dotzler

2014

Star Wars Rebels

Saw Gerrera (voice)

2014

Two Men in Town

William Garnett

2014

Repentance

Angel

2013

Zulu

Ali Sokhela

2013

Black Nativity

Reverend Cornell Cobbs

2013

Out of the Furnace

Chief Wesley Barnes

2013

The Butler

Cecil Gaines

2013

Rising from Ashes

Narrator

2013

Pawn

Will

2013

The Last Stand

Agent John Bannister

2012

A Dark Truth

Francisco Francis

2012

Freelancers

Dennis Larue

2011

Catch.44

Ronny

2011

A Man's Story

Self

2011

Serving Life

Narrator (voice)

2010

Lullaby for Pi

George

2010

The Experiment

Barris

2010

Repo Men

Jake

2010

Our Family Wedding

Brad Boyd

2009

Hurricane Season

Al Collins

2009

Winged Creatures

Charlie Archenault

2009

Powder Blue

Charlie

2008

Street Kings

Captain Jack Wander

2008

Mon Clown

Self (archive footage)

2008

Vantage Point

Howard Lewis

2007

The Great Debaters

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

2007

Ripple Effect

Philip

2007

Even Money

Clyde Snow

2007

The Air I Breathe

Happiness

2006

Before the Music Dies

Self - Narrator (voice)

2006

Everyone's Hero

Lonnie Brewster (voice)

2006

The Marsh

Geoffrey Hunt

2005

Mary

Ted Younger

2005

Criminal Minds

Sam Cooper

2005

American Gun

Carter

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Forest Whitaker

2005

American Dad!

Turlington (voice)

2004

First Daughter

Narrator (voice)

2003

Phone Booth

Captain Ramey

2003

Deacons for Defense

Marcus Clay

2002

The Twilight Zone

Self - Host

2002

American Idol

Self

2002

Panic Room

Burnham

2002

The Shield

Jon Kavanaugh

2001

Feast of All Saints

Daguerreotypist Picard

2001

The Fourth Angel

Agent Jules Bernard

2001

The Follow

The Employer

2001

Green Dragon

Addie

2001

The Hire

The Employer

2000

Four Dogs Playing Poker

Mr. Ellington

2000

The Paperboy

Narrator

1999

Witness Protection

Steven Beck

1999

Light It Up

Officer Dante Jackson

1998

Body Count

Crane

1997

The View

Self

1996

Phenomenon

Nate Pope

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)

1995

Species

Dan Smithson, Empath

1995

Smoke

Cyrus Cole

1994

Prêt-à-Porter

Cy Bianco

1994

Jason's Lyric

Maddog

1994

ER

Curtis Ames

1994

The Enemy Within

Col. MacKenzie Casey

1994

Blown Away

Anthony Franklin

1993

Bank Robber

Officer Battle

1993

Lush Life

Buddy Chester

1993

Last Light

Fred Whitmore

1993

Body Snatchers

Major Collins

1992

Consenting Adults

David Duttonville

1992

Article 99

Dr. Sid Handleman

1991

A Rage in Harlem

Jackson

1990

Criminal Justice

Jessie Williams

1990

Downtown

Dennis Curren

1989

Johnny Handsome

Dr. Steven Fisher

1988

Bird

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

1988

Bloodsport

Rawlins

1987

Good Morning, Vietnam

Edward Garlick

1987

Stakeout

Det. Jack Pismo

1987

Hands of a Stranger

Sergeant Delaney

1986

Platoon

Big Harold

1985

North and South

Cuffey

1985

Vision Quest

Balldozer

1982

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Charles Jefferson

1982

Tag: The Assassination Game

Gowdy's Bodyguard

1975

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

1953

The Oscars

Self - Presenter

1952

Today

Self

Sewing Hope

Narrator (voice)