Forest Whitaker

Actor

Born: July 15, 1961 (age 65)
From: 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…

Filmography (130)

Rose's Baby
Rose's Baby (2027)
Havoc (2025)
Lawrence Beaumont
The King of Kings (2025)
Peter (voice)
Seaweed Stories (2024)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Big George Foreman (2023)
Doc Broadus
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
Self (archive footage)
Prophets of Change (2022)
Narrator
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)
Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Respect (2021)
C. L. Franklin
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
Jeronicus Jangle
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (2020)
Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
Self
Finding Steve McQueen (2019)
Howard Lambert
City of Lies (2018)
Jack Jackson
Burden (2018)
Reverend Kennedy
How It Ends (2018)
Tom
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
First Equisapien / Demarius
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace (2018)
Narrator (voice)
The Forgiven (2018)
Desmond Tutu
Black Panther (2018)
Zuri
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017)
Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (2017)
Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Saw Gerrera
I Am You
I Am You (2016)
Narrator (voice)
Arrival (2016)
Colonel Weber
Southpaw (2015)
Titus 'Tick' Wills
Dope (2015)
The Narrator (voice)
Taken 3 (2014)
Inspector Frank Dotzler
Two Men in Town (2014)
William Garnett
Food Chains (2014)