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
Estragos
2025 · Lawrence Beaumont
El Rey de Reyes
2025 · Peter (voice)
Seaweed Stories
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Fancy Dance: Una danza ceremonial
2024 · Executive Producer
El gran George Foreman
2023 · Doc Broadus
Clint Eastwood: la última leyenda
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
Claroscuro
2021 · Producer
Respect: La historia de Aretha Franklin
2021 · C. L. Franklin
Jingle Jangle: Una mágica Navidad
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
Buscando a Steve McQueen
2019 · Howard Lambert
La Ciudad de las Mentiras
2018 · Jack Jackson
Burden
2018 · Reverend Kennedy
El final de todo
2018 · Tom
Perdón por molestarte
2018 · First Equisapien / Demarius, Producer
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018 · Narrator (voice)
El Precio del Perdón
2018 · Desmond Tutu
Pantera Negra
2018 · Zuri
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 · Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017 · Self
Roxanne Roxanne
2017 · Producer
Star Wars: Rogue One
2016 · Saw Gerrera
I Am You
2016 · Narrator (voice)
La Llegada
2016 · Colonel Weber
Canciones Que Me Enseñaron Mis Hermanos
2015 · Producer
Revancha
2015 · Titus 'Tick' Wills
Dope
2015 · The Narrator (voice), Producer
Búsqueda implacable 3
2014 · Inspector Frank Dotzler
Two Men in Town
2014 · William Garnett
Food Chains
2014
Arrepentimiento
2014 · Angel
Zulu
2013 · Ali Sokhela
Black Nativity
2013 · Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
La ley del más fuerte (Out of the Furnace)
2013 · Chief Wesley Barnes
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013 · Narrator
El Mayordomo de la Casa Blanca
2013 · Cecil Gaines
Rising from Ashes
2013 · Narrator, Executive Producer
Fruitvale Station
2013 · Producer
9 sospechosos
2013 · Will
El Último Desafío
2013 · Agent John Bannister
La verdad
2012 · Francisco Francis
Un crimen inesperado
2012 · Dennis Larue
Situación límite
2011 · Ronny
Ozwald Boateng: El hombre mas Cool del mundo
2011 · Self
Serving Life
2011 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Princesa por accidente
2011 · Executive Producer
Lullaby for Pi
2010 · George
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
El Experimento
2010 · Barris
Nuestra canción de amor
2010 · Joey
Los Recolectores
2010 · Jake
La boda de mi familia
2010 · Brad Boyd
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010 · Lion
Tiempo de Huracanes (Hurricane Season)
2010 · Al Collins
Donde viven los monstruos
2009 · Ira (voice)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009 · Narrator
Tan sólo un instante
2009 · Charlie Archenault
Kassim the Dream
2009 · Producer
Esperanzas cruzadas
2009 · Charlie, Producer
Reyes de la calle
2008 · Captain Jack Wander
Justo en la mira
2008 · Howard Lewis
El Gran Debate
2007 · Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Ripple Effect
2007 · Philip, Executive Producer
La apuesta perfecta
2007 · Clyde Snow
Cuatro vidas y un destino
2007 · Happiness
Before the Music Dies
2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
El último rey de Escocia
2006 · Idi Amin
No Hay Héroe Pequeño
2006 · Lonnie Brewster (voice)
El Pantano
2006 · Geoffrey Hunt
Verdades ocultas
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
Travesuras de una Princesa
2004 · Narrator (voice), Director, Executive Producer
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Self
Un amante para tres
2003 · Producer
Making of Phone Booth
2003 · Self
Enlace Mortal
2003 · Captain Ramey
De puerta en puerta
2002 · Co-Executive Producer
La habitación del pánico
2002 · Burnham
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Daguerreotypist Picard
El cuarto ángel
2001 · Agent Jules Bernard
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
The Follow
2001 · The Employer
El Dragon Verde
2001 · Addie, Executive Producer
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001 · Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self
Muerte a la carta
2000 · Mr. Ellington
Batalla final: Tierra
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
El Emperador de Ocean Park
2024 · Judge Oliver Garland
Extrapolaciones
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
El Padrino de Harlem
2019 · Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, Executive Producer
Steve
2017 · Self
Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016 · Saw Gerrera (voice)
Raíces
2016 · Fiddler
Hollywood en primer plano
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
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
La Dimensión Desconocida
2002 · Self - Host
American Idol
2002 · Self
El Escudo
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