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.Description above from the Wikipedia article Forest Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tutti i film disponibili da Forest Whitaker

Poster movie Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

Film
Poster movie Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

Film
Poster movie A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem

Film
Poster movie Last Light

Last Light

Film
Poster movie Black Nativity

Black Nativity

Film
Poster movie Making a Scene

Making a Scene

Film
Poster movie The Follow

The Follow

Film
Poster movie Roots

Roots

Serie televisive

Film non disponibile da Forest Whitaker

Blown Away

Anthony Franklin

Film 1994

Johnny Handsome

Dr. Steven Fisher

Film 1989

Street Kings

Captain Jack Wander

Film 2008

Smoke

Cyrus Cole

Film 1995

The Last King of Scotland

Idi Amin

Film 2006

Good Morning, Vietnam

Edward Garlick

Film 1987

Phone Booth

Captain Ramey

Film 2003

Panic Room

Burnham

Film 2002

Body Snatchers

Major Collins

Film 1993

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog

Film 1999

Battlefield Earth

Ker

Film 2000

The Marsh

Geoffrey Hunt

Film 2006

Jason's Lyric

Maddog

Film 1994

Body Count

Crane

Film 1998

The Crying Game

Jody

Film 1992

Bloodsport

Rawlins

Film 1988

Vantage Point

Howard Lewis

Film 2008

Repo Men

Jake

Film 2010

Bird

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Film 1988

The Color of Money

Amos

Film 1986

Article 99

Dr. Sid Handleman

Film 1992

Phenomenon

Nate Pope

Film 1996

Species

Dan Smithson, Empath

Film 1995

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Charles Jefferson

Film 1982

Our Family Wedding

Brad Boyd

Film 2010

The Air I Breathe

Happiness

Film 2007

Green Dragon

Addie

Film 2001

The Great Debaters

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Film 2007

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Mr. Rucker

Film 1996

A Little Trip to Heaven

Abe Holt

Film 2005

Downtown

Dennis Curren

Film 1990

The Experiment

Barris

Film 2010

American Gun

Carter

Film 2005

My Own Love Song

Joey

Film 2010

Consenting Adults

David Duttonville

Film 1992

Winged Creatures

Charlie Archenault

Film 2009

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Lion

Film 2010

Where the Wild Things Are

Ira (voice)

Film 2009

Mary

Ted Younger

Film 2005

Deacons for Defense

Marcus Clay

Film 2003

Lullaby for Pi

George

Film 2010

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Narrator

Film 2009

Powder Blue

Charlie

Film 2009

Light It Up

Officer Dante Jackson

Film 1999

Even Money

Clyde Snow

Film 2007

Diary of a Hitman

Dekker

Film 1991

Repentance

Angel

Film 2014

Lush Life

Buddy Chester

Film 1993

Feast of All Saints

Daguerreotypist Picard

Film 2001

Catch.44

Ronny

Film 2011

The Fourth Angel

Agent Jules Bernard

Film 2001

The Last Stand

Agent John Bannister

Film 2013

The Enemy Within

Col. MacKenzie Casey

Film 1994

Witness Protection

Steven Beck

Film 1999

Serving Life

Narrator (voice)

Film 2011

Freelancers

Dennis Larue

Film 2012

The Butler

Cecil Gaines

Film 2013

A Dark Truth

Francisco Francis

Film 2012

Out of the Furnace

Chief Wesley Barnes

Film 2013

Pawn

Will

Film 2013

Zulu

Ali Sokhela

Film 2013

Two Men in Town

William Garnett

Film 2014

Criminal Justice

Jessie Williams

Film 1990

Taken 3

Inspector Frank Dotzler

Film 2014

Big George Foreman

Doc Broadus

Film 2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

Ghost Dog (archive footage)

Film 2023

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 2022

Southpaw

Titus 'Tick' Wills

Film 2015

Making of Phone Booth

Self

Film 2003

Prophets of Change

Narrator

Film 2022

Mon Clown

Self (archive footage)

Film 2008

Everyone's Hero

Lonnie Brewster (voice)

Film 2006

Dragon Hunters

Lian-Chu (voice)

Film 2008

Arrival

Colonel Weber

Film 2016

The Misbehavers

Self

Film 2004

Dope

The Narrator (voice)

Film 2015

Mysteries of the Unseen World

Narrator

Film 2013

Odyssey in Rome

Film 2005

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Saw Gerrera

Film 2016

Stakeout

Det. Jack Pismo

Film 1987

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Self

Film 2000

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Self (archive footage)

Film 2022

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Forest Whitaker

Film 2005

Sewing Hope

Narrator (voice)

Film

The King of Kings

Peter (voice)

Film 2025

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

(archive footage)

Film 2010

Hands of a Stranger

Sergeant Delaney

Film 1987

I Am You

Narrator (voice)

Film 2016

Bank Robber

Officer Battle

Film 1993

Black Panther

Zuri

Film 2018

Burden

Reverend Kennedy

Film 2020

Finding Steve McQueen

Howard Lambert

Film 2019

City of Lies

Jack Jackson

Film 2018

Ripple Effect

Philip

Film 2007

Tag: The Assassination Game

Gowdy's Bodyguard

Film 1982

The Forgiven

Desmond Tutu

Film 2018

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Narrator (voice)

Film 2018

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

Self

Film 2001

A Man's Story

Self

Film 2011

Platoon

Big Harold

Film 1986

How It Ends

Tom

Film 2018

Sorry to Bother You

First Equisapien / Demarius

Film 2018

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

Self

Film 2017

The Paperboy

Narrator

Film 2000

Vision Quest

Balldozer

Film 1985

First Daughter

Narrator (voice)

Film 2004

Respect

C. L. Franklin

Film 2021

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Jeronicus Jangle

Film 2020

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

Self

Film 2013

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Self

Film 2004

Before the Music Dies

Self - Narrator (voice)

Film 2006

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

Self

Film 2017

Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai

Film 2001

Mr. Holland's Opus

Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)

Film 1995

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Self

Film 2020

Rising from Ashes

Narrator

Film 2013

Food Chains

Film 2014

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

Self

Film 2020

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Self

Film 1994

Havoc

Film

A Fall from Grace

Film 2020

Seaweed Stories

Narrator

Film 2024

Serie televisive non disponibile da Forest Whitaker

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

Tv 1994

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Tv 2003

The Shield

Jon Kavanaugh

Tv 2002

American Dad!

Turlington (voice)

Tv 2005

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tv 2003

Today

Self

Tv 1952

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Tv 1988

Diff'rent Strokes

Tv 1978

The View

Self

Tv 1997

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Tv 1992

Hill Street Blues

Tv 1981

Criminal Minds

Sam Cooper

Tv 2005

American Idol

Self

Tv 2002

The Early Show

Self

Tv 1999

Cagney & Lacey

Tv 1982

Star Wars: Go Rogue

Saw Gerrera (voice)

Tv 2016

ER

Curtis Ames

Tv 1994

Where Are They Now?

Self

Tv 1999

The Twilight Zone

Self - Host

Tv 2002

Extrapolations

Auggie Bolo

Tv 2023

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Sam Cooper

Tv 2011

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Tv 1975

North and South

Cuffey

Tv 1985

E! Live from the Red Carpet

Self

Tv 2002

The Daily Show

Self

Tv 1996

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

Tv 2005

Amazing Stories

Jerry

Tv 1985

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self

Tv 2015

The Hire

The Employer

Tv 2001

Cannes Festival

Self - Guest

Tv 2022

Empire

Eddie Barker

Tv 2015

Star Wars Rebels

Saw Gerrera (voice)

Tv 2014

Godfather of Harlem

Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson

Tv 2019

Emperor of Ocean Park

Oliver Garland

Tv 2024

Star Wars: Andor

Saw Gerrera

Tv 2022

The Oscars

Self - Presenter

Tv 1953

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Self

Tv 2021

My Generation

Narrator

Tv 2024