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Forest Whitaker
Known for: ActingForest 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.
Filmography 109
Black Panther
+3
as Zuri 
Godfather of Harlem
as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson 
Arrival
+2
as Colonel Weber 
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
+4
as Saw Gerrera 
Taken 3
+5
as Inspector Frank Dotzler 
Platoon - kamp-patruljen
+2
as Big Harold 
Øl, fis og rockmusik
+1
as Charles Jefferson 
Respect
+1
as C. L. Franklin 
Livets små mirakler
+1
as Nate Pope 
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice) 
Southpaw
+5
as Titus 'Tick' Wills 
Passing
Producer 
Vantage Point
+1
as Howard Lewis 
Øjne i Natten
as Det. Jack Pismo 
The Last Stand
+7
as Agent John Bannister 
Roots
as Fiddler 
Bloodsport: Kamp til døden
as Rawlins 
Phone Booth
+4
as Captain Ramey 
Street Kings
+4
as Captain Jack Wander 
Panic Room
+2
as Burnham 
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont 
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Sam Cooper 
First Daughter
+4
Director 
The Butler
+5
as Cecil Gaines 
Det handler om penge
as Amos 
Sorry to Bother You
+4
as First Equisapien / Demarius 
Out of the Furnace
+2
as Chief Wesley Barnes 
The Emperor of Ocean Park
as Judge Oliver Garland 
Villy Vilddyr - og landet med de vilde krabater
+3
as Ira (voice) 
Big George Foreman
+3
as Doc Broadus 
How It Ends
as Tom 
City of Lies
+3
as Jack Jackson 
The Air I Breathe
as Happiness 
Repo Men
+4
as Jake 
Skrupskør med dig
as Balldozer 
Good Morning, Vietnam
+2
as Edward Garlick 
Hollywood Black
as Self 
Species
+1
as Dan Smithson, Empath 
The Great Debaters
+3
as Dr. James Farmer Sr. 
The Experiment
as Barris 
Even Money
as Clyde Snow 
Ghost Dog: Den sidste samurai
as Ghost Dog 
Sidste Nedtælling
as Anthony Franklin 
The Last King of Scotland
+2
as Idi Amin 
Fruitvale Station
Producer 
Battlefield Earth
as Ker 
Hope Floats
+2
Director 
Smoke
+3
as Cyrus Cole 
The Crying Game
+4
as Jody 
Article 99
as Dr. Sid Handleman 
Prêt-à-Porter
as Cy Bianco 
Waiting to Exhale
+1
Director 
Stjålne kroppe
+1
as Major Collins 
Tre Piger - En Elsker!
Producer 
Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault 
Repentance
+1
as Angel 
Dope
+1
as The Narrator (voice) 
Zulu
+1
as Ali Sokhela 
The Forgiven
+3
as Desmond Tutu 
Forbuden frugt
as David Duttonville 
Jingle Jangle: Et magisk juleeventyr
as Jeronicus Jangle 
Powder Blue
as Charlie 
Catch .44
+3
as Ronny 
My Own Love Song
as Joey 
Mary
as Ted Younger 
Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker 
Smukke Johnny
as Dr. Steven Fisher 
Burden
+2
as Reverend Kennedy 
A Dark Truth
+2
as Francisco Francis 
Til svigerfar skiller os ad
+1
as Brad Boyd 
Body Count
as Crane 
Freelancers
+2
as Dennis Larue 
The List
as Will 
Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker 
Hurricane Season
as Al Collins 
Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo
as Self (archive footage) 
Finding Steve McQueen
+3
as Howard Lambert 
En sort dag i Harlem
as Jackson 
Witness Protection
as Steven Beck 
The Enemy Within
as Col. MacKenzie Casey 
The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt 
Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson 
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Mr. Ellington 
The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard 
Two Men in Town
as William Garnett 
Jason's Lyric
as Maddog 
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt 
Downtown
as Dennis Curren 
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator 
Black Nativity
+1
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs 
Green Dragon
as Addie 
Roxanne Roxanne
Producer 
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
+1
Producer 
To Live and Die and Live
Producer 
American Gun
as Carter 
A Man's Story
as Self 
Bank Robber
as Officer Battle 
Ripple Effect
as Philip 
Lullaby for Pi
as George 
Criminal Justice
as Jessie Williams 
Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay 
Kassim the Dream
Producer