Forest Whitaker
Known for: Acting
Born: July 15, 1961
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)…
Known for
The Last King of Scotland
2006
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Bird
1988
Hurricane Season
2010
Our Family Wedding
2010
A Rage in Harlem
1991
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
American Gun
2005
Deacons for Defense
2005
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009
Diary of a Hitman
1991
Repentance
2014
The Enemy Within
1994
Witness Protection
1999
Serving Life
2011
The Butler
2013
Black Nativity
2013
Two Men in Town
2014
Criminal Justice
1990
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013
I Am You
2016
Ripple Effect
2007
The Forgiven
2018
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018
The Paperboy
2000
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020
Rising from Ashes
2013
Food Chains
2014
Seaweed Stories
2024
Street Kings
2008
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Repo Men
2010
Green Dragon
2001
Downtown
1990
My Own Love Song
2010
Winged Creatures
2009
Mary
2005
Last Light
1993
Lush Life
1993
The Fourth Angel
2001
Freelancers
2012
Pawn
2013
Zulu
2013
Taken 3
2014
Big George Foreman
2023
Sewing Hope
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
City of Lies
2018
How It Ends
2018
Respect
2021
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
Phone Booth
2003
Panic Room
2002
Battlefield Earth
2000
The Marsh
2006
Vantage Point
2008
Article 99
1992
Phenomenon
1996
The Experiment
2010
Powder Blue
2009
Light It Up
1999
Even Money
2007
Southpaw
2015
Arrival
2016
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Burden
2018
Johnny Handsome
1989
The Crying Game
1992
Lullaby for Pi
2010
A Dark Truth
2012
Making of Phone Booth
2003
Prophets of Change
2022
The Follow
2001
Bank Robber
1993
Havoc
2025
Blown Away
1994
Smoke
1995
Bloodsport
1988
The Great Debaters
2007
Consenting Adults
1992
Catch.44
2011
Platoon
1986
A Fall from Grace
Body Count
1998
Species
1995
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Out of the Furnace
2013
Stakeout
1987
The King of Kings
2025
Rose's Baby
2027
The Color of Money
1986
The Air I Breathe
2007
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
Jason's Lyric
1994
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
The Grand Baby
1983
Body Snatchers
1993
The Last Stand
2013
Before the Music Dies
2006
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Hands of a Stranger
1987
Vision Quest
1985
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Black Panther
2018
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Feast of All Saints
2001
The Misbehavers
2004
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
Dope
2015
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
A Man's Story
2011
Everyone's Hero
2006
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Tag: The Assassination Game
1982
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
First Daughter
2004
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Shield
2002
American Dad!
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Today
1952
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The View
1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hill Street Blues
1981
American Idol
2002
Criminal Minds
2005
The Early Show
1999
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016
ER
1994
Where Are They Now?
1999
The Twilight Zone
2002
Extrapolations
2023
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
Saturday Night Live
1975
North and South
1985
Live from E!
2002
The Daily Show
1996
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Amazing Stories
1985
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Roots
2016
The Hire
2001
Cannes Festival
2022
Empire
2015
Star Wars Rebels
2014
Godfather of Harlem
2019
The Emperor of Ocean Park
2024
Andor
2022
The Oscars
1953
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
My Generation
2024
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Hollywood Black
2024
Steve
2017