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.
Fotos
Películas (149)
Up Against It
2027
Transplant
2026 · Producer
Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Lucky Lu
2026 · Executive Producer
Boomerang Atomic
2025 · Executive Producer
To Live and Die and Live
2025 · Producer
Havoc
2025 · Lawrence Beaumont
The King of Kings
2025 · Peter (voice)
Seaweed Stories
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Fancy Dance
2024 · Executive Producer
Big George Foreman
2023 · Doc Broadus
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Prophets of Change
2022 · Narrator
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 · Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
For the Sake of Peace
2022 · Producer
Passing
2021 · Producer
Respect
2021 · C. L. Franklin
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020 · Jeronicus Jangle
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020 · Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Self
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019 · Producer
A Kid from Coney Island
2019 · Executive Producer
Finding Steve McQueen
2019 · Howard Lambert
City of Lies
2018 · Jack Jackson
Burden
2018 · Reverend Kennedy
How It Ends
2018 · Tom
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · First Equisapien / Demarius, Producer
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018 · Narrator (voice)
The Forgiven
2018 · Desmond Tutu
Black Panther
2018 · Zuri
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 · Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017 · Self
Roxanne Roxanne
2017 · Producer
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Saw Gerrera
I Am You
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Arrival
2016 · Colonel Weber
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
2015 · Producer
Southpaw
2015 · Titus 'Tick' Wills
Dope
2015 · The Narrator (voice), Producer
Taken 3
2014 · Inspector Frank Dotzler
Two Men in Town
2014 · William Garnett
Food Chains
2014
Repentance
2014 · Angel
Zulu
2013 · Ali Sokhela
Black Nativity
2013 · Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Out of the Furnace
2013 · Chief Wesley Barnes
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013 · Narrator
The Butler
2013 · Cecil Gaines
Rising from Ashes
2013 · Narrator, Executive Producer
Fruitvale Station
2013 · Producer
Pawn
2013 · Will
The Last Stand
2013 · Agent John Bannister
A Dark Truth
2012 · Francisco Francis
Freelancers
2012 · Dennis Larue
Catch.44
2011 · Ronny
A Man's Story
2011 · Self
Serving Life
2011 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Monte Carlo
2011 · Executive Producer
Lullaby for Pi
2010 · George
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
The Experiment
2010 · Barris
My Own Love Song
2010 · Joey
Repo Men
2010 · Jake
Our Family Wedding
2010 · Brad Boyd
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010 · Lion
Hurricane Season
2010 · Al Collins
Where the Wild Things Are
2009 · Ira (voice)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009 · Narrator
Winged Creatures
2009 · Charlie Archenault
Kassim the Dream
2009 · Producer
Powder Blue
2009 · Charlie, Producer
Street Kings
2008 · Captain Jack Wander
Vantage Point
2008 · Howard Lewis
The Great Debaters
2007 · Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Ripple Effect
2007 · Philip, Executive Producer
Even Money
2007 · Clyde Snow
The Air I Breathe
2007 · Happiness
Before the Music Dies
2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last King of Scotland
2006 · Idi Amin
Everyone's Hero
2006 · Lonnie Brewster (voice)
The Marsh
2006 · Geoffrey Hunt
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Abe Holt
Mary
2005 · Ted Younger
Odyssey in Rome
2005
American Gun
2005 · Carter, Executive Producer
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005 · Forest Whitaker
Deacons for Defense
2005 · Marcus Clay
The Misbehavers
2004 · Self
First Daughter
2004 · Narrator (voice), Director, Executive Producer
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Self
Chasing Papi
2003 · Producer
Making of Phone Booth
2003 · Self
Phone Booth
2003 · Captain Ramey
Door to Door
2002 · Co-Executive Producer
Panic Room
2002 · Burnham
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Daguerreotypist Picard
The Fourth Angel
2001 · Agent Jules Bernard
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
The Follow
2001 · The Employer
Green Dragon
2001 · Addie, Executive Producer
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001 · Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000 · Mr. Ellington
Battlefield Earth
2000 · Ker
The Paperboy
2000 · Narrator
Witness Protection
1999 · Steven Beck
Light It Up
1999 · Officer Dante Jackson
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Ghost Dog
Hope Floats
1998 · Director, Executive Music Producer
Body Count
1998 · Crane
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Mr. Rucker
Phenomenon
1996 · Nate Pope
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Director
Species
1995 · Dan Smithson, Empath
Smoke
1995 · Cyrus Cole
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Cy Bianco
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994 · Self
The Enemy Within
1994 · Col. MacKenzie Casey
Blown Away
1994 · Anthony Franklin
Jason's Lyric
1994 · Maddog
Bank Robber
1993 · Officer Battle
Lush Life
1993 · Buddy Chester
Last Light
1993 · Fred Whitmore
Strapped
1993 · Director
Body Snatchers
1993 · Major Collins
Consenting Adults
1992 · David Duttonville
The Crying Game
1992 · Jody
Article 99
1992 · Dr. Sid Handleman
Diary of a Hitman
1991 · Dekker
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Jackson, Co-Producer
Criminal Justice
1990 · Jessie Williams
Downtown
1990 · Dennis Curren
Johnny Handsome
1989 · Dr. Steven Fisher
Bird
1988 · Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Bloodsport
1988 · Rawlins
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · Edward Garlick
Stakeout
1987 · Det. Jack Pismo
Hands of a Stranger
1987 · Sergeant Delaney
Platoon
1986 · Big Harold
The Color of Money
1986 · Amos
A Little Off Mark
1986 · Thanks
Vision Quest
1985 · Balldozer
The Grand Baby
1983
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 · Charles Jefferson
Tag: The Assassination Game
1982 · Gowdy's Bodyguard
Sewing Hope
· Narrator (voice)
Rosetta
· Producer
Series (46)
My Generation
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self, Executive Producer
The Emperor of Ocean Park
2024 · Judge Oliver Garland
Extrapolations
2023 · Auggie Bolo
Andor
2022 · Saw Gerrera
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Cannes Festival
2022 · Self - Guest
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021 · Self
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020 · Self, Executive Producer
Godfather of Harlem
2019 · Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, Executive Producer
Steve
2017 · Self
Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016 · Saw Gerrera (voice)
Roots
2016 · Fiddler
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Empire
2015 · Eddie Barker
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · Saw Gerrera (voice)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011 · Sam Cooper
Brick City
2009 · Executive Producer
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Sam Cooper
American Dad: Un Agente de Familia
2005 · Turlington (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
2002 · Self - Host
American Idol
2002 · Self
The Shield
2002 · Jon Kavanaugh
Live from E!
2002 · Self
The Hire
2001 · The Employer
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
ER
1994 · Curtis Ames
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
North and South
1985 · Cuffey
Amazing Stories
1985 · Jerry
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Night Manager
Hill Street Blues
1981
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter, Self
Today
1952 · Self
Rise of the Empress
· Executive Producer