Birthday
1961/07/15 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Longview, Texas, USA
Also know as
Forest Steven Whitaker III, Φόρεστ Γουίτακερ, 포레스트 휘태커, フォレスト・ウィテカー, Forest Steven Whitaker, Форест Вітакер
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)...Read more
(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
(2006) The Last King of Scotland
as Idi Amin
(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
(1999) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Ghost Dog
(2000) Battlefield Earth
as Ker
(1994) Jason's Lyric
as Maddog
(2006) The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt
(1998) Body Count
as Crane
(1992) The Crying Game
as Jody
(1988) Bloodsport
as Rawlins
(2008) Vantage Point
as Howard Lewis
(2010) Repo Men
as Jake
(1988) Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
(1986) The Color of Money
as Amos
(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) A Rage in Harlem
as Jackson
(1996) Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Mr. Rucker
(2005) A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt
(1990) Downtown
as Dennis Curren
(2010) The Experiment
as Barris
(2005) American Gun
as Carter
(2010) My Own Love Song
as Joey
(1992) Consenting Adults
as David Duttonville
(2009) Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault
(2010) Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
as Lion
(2009) Where the Wild Things Are
as Ira (voice)
(2005) Mary
as Ted Younger
(2003) Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay
(2010) Lullaby for Pi
as George
(2009) Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator
(2009) Powder Blue
as Charlie
(1999) Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson
(2007) Even Money
as Clyde Snow
(1991) Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker
(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
(2003) Making of Phone Booth
as Self
(2022) Prophets of Change
as Narrator
(2008) Mon Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Everyone's Hero
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
(2016) Arrival
as Colonel Weber
(2013) Making a Scene
as Man
(2004) The Misbehavers
as Self
(2015) Dope
as The Narrator (voice)
(2013) Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator
(2005) Odyssey in Rome
as ---
(2016) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera
(1987) Stakeout
as Det. Jack Pismo
(2000) Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
(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) 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
(1987) Hands of a Stranger
as Sergeant Delaney
(2016) I Am You
as Narrator (voice)
(2018) Black Panther
as Zuri
(1993) Bank Robber
as Officer Battle
(2020) Burden
as Reverend Kennedy
(2018) City of Lies
as Jack Jackson
(2019) Finding Steve McQueen
as Howard Lambert
(2007) Ripple Effect
as Philip
(1982) Tag: The Assassination Game
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
(2018) The Forgiven
as Desmond Tutu
(2018) Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
as Narrator (voice)
(2001) A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self
(2011) A Man's Story
as Self
(1986) Platoon
as Big Harold
(2018) How It Ends
as Tom
(2018) Sorry to Bother You
as First Equisapien / Demarius
(2017) The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
(2000) The Paperboy
as Narrator
(1985) Vision Quest
as Balldozer
(2004) First Daughter
as Narrator (voice)
(2021) Respect
as C. L. Franklin
(2020) Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Jeronicus Jangle
(2013) The Making of 'Making a Scene'
as Self
(2004) Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
(2006) Before the Music Dies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2017) Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
(2001) Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
as ---
(1995) Mr. Holland's Opus
as Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)
(2020) Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
(2013) Rising from Ashes
as Narrator
(2014) Food Chains
as ---
(2020) Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
(1994) Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
Havoc
as ---
(2020) A Fall from Grace
as ---
(2024) Seaweed Stories
as Narrator
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(2002) The Shield
as Jon Kavanaugh
(2005) American Dad!
as Turlington (voice)
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as ---
(1952) Today
as Self
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
(1978) Diff'rent Strokes
as ---
(1997) The View
as Self
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(2005) Criminal Minds
as Sam Cooper
(2002) American Idol
as Self
(1999) The Early Show
as Self
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(2016) Star Wars: Go Rogue
as Saw Gerrera (voice)
(1994) ER
as Curtis Ames
(1999) Where Are They Now?
as Self
(2002) The Twilight Zone
as Self - Host
(2023) Extrapolations
as Auggie Bolo
(2011) Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Sam Cooper
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1985) North and South
as Cuffey
(2002) E! Live from the Red Carpet
as Self
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Jerry
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2016) Roots
as Fiddler
(2001) The Hire
as The Employer
(2022) Cannes Festival
as Self - Guest
(2015) Empire
as Eddie Barker
(2014) Star Wars Rebels
as Saw Gerrera (voice)
(2019) Godfather of Harlem
as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
(2024) Emperor of Ocean Park
as Oliver Garland
(2022) Star Wars: Andor
as Saw Gerrera
(1953) The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
(2021) Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
(2024) My Generation
as Narrator