1961-07-15 Longview, Texas, USA
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.
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Rose's Baby | 2027-04-14 | |
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The King of Kings | Peter (voice) | 2025-04-07 |
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Havoc | Lawrence Beaumont | 2025-04-25 |
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Seaweed Stories | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2024-10-05 |
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Big George Foreman | Doc Broadus | 2023-04-27 |
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Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-13 |
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Prophets of Change | Narrator | 2022-10-12 |
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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-09-08 |
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Respect | C. L. Franklin | 2021-08-12 |
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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 2020-08-30 |
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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Self | 2020-09-19 |
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Jeronicus Jangle | 2020-11-06 |
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Finding Steve McQueen | Howard Lambert | 2019-03-15 |
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City of Lies | Jack Jackson | 2018-09-06 |
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Black Panther | Zuri | 2018-02-13 |
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The Forgiven | Desmond Tutu | 2018-03-09 |
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Burden | Reverend Kennedy | 2018-08-05 |
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Sorry to Bother You | First Equisapien / Demarius | 2018-07-06 |
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace | Narrator (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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How It Ends | Tom | 2018-07-13 |
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Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' | Self | 2017-02-14 |
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The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Self | 2017-04-04 |
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saw Gerrera | 2016-12-14 |
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Arrival | Colonel Weber | 2016-11-10 |
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I Am You | Narrator (voice) | 2016-12-12 |
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Dope | The Narrator (voice) | 2015-06-19 |
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Southpaw | Titus 'Tick' Wills | 2015-07-22 |
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Taken 3 | Inspector Frank Dotzler | 2014-12-16 |
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La Voie de l‘ennemi | William Garnett | 2014-05-07 |
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Repentance | Angel | 2014-02-28 |
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Food Chains | 2014-04-26 | |
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Out of the Furnace | Chief Wesley Barnes | 2013-11-12 |
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The Butler | Cecil Gaines | 2013-08-16 |
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Zulu | Ali Sokhela | 2013-12-04 |
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The Last Stand | Agent John Bannister | 2013-01-12 |
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Making a Scene | 2013-11-25 | |
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Mysteries of the Unseen World | Narrator | 2013-11-01 |
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Rising from Ashes | Narrator | 2013-08-02 |
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Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
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Pawn | Will | 2013-04-23 |
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A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis | 2012-11-29 |
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Freelancers | Dennis Larue | 2012-08-10 |
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Serving Life | Narrator (voice) | 2011-07-28 |
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A Man's Story | Self | 2011-10-08 |
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Catch.44 | Ronny | 2011-12-08 |
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
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The Experiment | Barris | 2010-07-15 |
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Lion | 2010-03-02 |
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Hurricane Season | Al Collins | 2010-02-09 |
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Repo Men | Jake | 2010-03-18 |
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My Own Love Song | Joey | 2010-04-07 |
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Lullaby for Pi | George | 2010-10-11 |
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Our Family Wedding | Brad Boyd | 2010-03-12 |
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Winged Creatures | Charlie Archenault | 2009-07-08 |
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Where the Wild Things Are | Ira (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
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Crips and Bloods: Made in America | Narrator | 2009-08-14 |
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Powder Blue | Charlie | 2009-05-08 |
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Street Kings | Captain Jack Wander | 2008-04-10 |
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Vantage Point | Howard Lewis | 2008-02-01 |
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Ripple Effect | Philip | 2007-06-21 |
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Even Money | Clyde Snow | 2007-03-13 |
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The Air I Breathe | Happiness | 2007-02-07 |
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The Great Debaters | Dr. James Farmer Sr. | 2007-12-25 |
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Everyone's Hero | Lonnie Brewster (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
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The Marsh | Geoffrey Hunt | 2006-05-18 |
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Before the Music Dies | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-02 |
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The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | 2006-09-27 |
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Forest Whitaker | 2005-05-08 |
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Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay | 2005-04-05 |
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Mary | Ted Younger | 2005-11-18 |
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American Gun | Carter | 2005-09-15 |
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Odyssey in Rome | 2005-09-30 | |
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A Little Trip to Heaven | Abe Holt | 2005-12-26 |
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The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
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Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 2004-03-30 |
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First Daughter | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-24 |
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Making of Phone Booth | Self | 2003-03-25 |
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Phone Booth | Captain Ramey | 2003-01-06 |
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Panic Room | Burnham | 2002-03-29 |
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Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard | 2001-11-11 |
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The Follow | The Employer | 2001-05-24 |
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A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Green Dragon | Addie | 2001-05-17 |
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The Fourth Angel | Agent Jules Bernard | 2001-08-15 |
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Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai | 2001-08-14 | |
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Four Dogs Playing Poker | Mr. Ellington | 2000-06-06 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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The Paperboy | Narrator | 2000-01-01 |
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Battlefield Earth | Ker | 2000-05-12 |
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Witness Protection | Steven Beck | 1999-12-11 |
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Light It Up | Officer Dante Jackson | 1999-11-04 |
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog | 1999-10-06 |
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Body Count | Crane | 1998-04-28 |
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Phenomenon | Nate Pope | 1996-07-05 |
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Mr. Rucker | 1996-11-23 |
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Species | Dan Smithson, Empath | 1995-07-07 |
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Mr. Holland's Opus | Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited) | 1995-12-29 |
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Smoke | Cyrus Cole | 1995-06-09 |
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Prêt-à-Porter | Cy Bianco | 1994-12-23 |
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Jason's Lyric | Maddog | 1994-05-22 |
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Blown Away | Anthony Franklin | 1994-07-01 |
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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
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The Enemy Within | Col. MacKenzie Casey | 1994-08-24 |
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Last Light | Fred Whitmore | 1993-08-22 |
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Lush Life | Buddy Chester | 1993-10-01 |
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Bank Robber | Officer Battle | 1993-12-03 |
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Body Snatchers | Major Collins | 1993-06-09 |
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Consenting Adults | David Duttonville | 1992-10-16 |
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The Crying Game | Jody | 1992-09-02 |
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Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman | 1992-03-13 |
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A Rage in Harlem | Jackson | 1991-05-03 |
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Diary of a Hitman | Dekker | 1991-11-20 |
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Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams | 1990-09-08 |
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Downtown | Dennis Curren | 1990-01-12 |
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Johnny Handsome | Dr. Steven Fisher | 1989-09-12 |
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Bloodsport | Rawlins | 1988-02-26 |
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Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker | 1988-06-01 |
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Good Morning, Vietnam | Edward Garlick | 1987-12-23 |
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Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney | 1987-05-10 |
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Stakeout | Det. Jack Pismo | 1987-08-05 |
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The Color of Money | Amos | 1986-10-17 |
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Platoon | Big Harold | 1986-12-19 |
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Vision Quest | Balldozer | 1985-02-15 |
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The Grand Baby | 1983-11-02 | |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson | 1982-08-13 |
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Tag: The Assassination Game | Gowdy's Bodyguard | 1982-04-20 |
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Sewing Hope | Narrator (voice) | |
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A Fall from Grace |
