Forest Whitaker
b. 1961 (age 65)
Longview, Texas, USA
Actor
Director
Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Lee Daniels' The Butler, Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,for his work in direct-to-video films and for his recurring role as LAPD Internal Affairs Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the award-winning television series The Shield. Whitaker won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. He also starred as Inspector Franck Dotzler in Taken 3 with Liam Neeson.
Known For
Filmography
🎞️
★ 6.9
The King of Kings
2025 Actor
Peter
📺
★ 6.0
Emperor of Ocean Park
2024 Actor
Judge Oliver Garland
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★ 7.4
Hollywood Black
2024 Self
📺
★ 6.1
My Generation
2024 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 6.7
Big George Foreman
2023 Actor
Doc Broadus
🎬
🎞️
Prophets of Change
2022 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 6.6
Respect
2021 Actor
C. L. Franklin
🎞️
★ 6.5
Don't Try to Understand: A Year in the Life of Earl 'DMX' Simmons
2021 Self
🎞️
★ 6.4
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020 Actor
Jeronicus
📺
★ 8.1
Godfather of Harlem
2019 Actor
Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
🎞️
★ 6.2
Finding Steve McQueen
2019 Actor
Howard Lambert
🎞️
★ 5.1
How It Ends
2018 Actor
Tom Sutherland
🎞️
★ 6.5
City of Lies
2018 Actor
Jack Jackson
🎞️
★ 6.7
Burden
2018 Actor
Reverend Kennedy
🎞️
Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 6.0
The Forgiven
2017 Actor
Desmond Tutu
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.0
I Am You
2017 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 7.9
Arrival
2016 Actor
Colonel Weber
🎞️
★ 7.8
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 Actor
Saw Gerrera
📺
★ 7.9
Roots
2016 Actor
Fiddler
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★ 6.3
Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016 Actor
Saw Gerrera
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.6
Roots: A History Revealed
2016 Actor
Fiddler
🎬
🎞️
★ 9.2
Roots: A New Vision
2016 Actor
Fiddler
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.8
Impossible Choices
2016 Self
🎞️
★ 7.3
Southpaw
2015 Actor
Tick Wills
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.3
Sewing Hope
2015 Actor
Narrator
📺
Drew Pearson Live
2015 Self
🎬
🎞️
Forest Whitaker: South Sudan's Civil War
2015 Self
🎞️
★ 6.0
Taken 3
2014 Actor
Frank Dotzler
🎞️
★ 5.7
Two Men in Town
2014 Actor
William Garnett
🎞️
★ 7.1
Food Chains
2014 Actor
Narrator
🎬
🎞️
28 Men of Change
2014 Self
🎞️
★ 6.3
The Last Stand
2013 Actor
Agent John Bannister
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Butler
2013 Actor
Cecil Gaines
🎞️
★ 6.7
Zulu
2013 Actor
Ali Sokhela
🎞️
★ 5.7
Pawn
2013 Actor
Will
🎞️
★ 4.9
Repentance
2013 Actor
Angel Sanchez
🎞️
★ 4.8
Black Nativity
2013 Actor
Reverend Cornell Cobbs
🎞️
★ 7.6
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 5.6
Making a Scene
2013 Actor
Man
🎞️
★ 4.7
Freelancers
2012 Actor
LaRue
🎞️
★ 5.6
A Dark Truth
2012 Actor
Francisco Francis
🎞️
★ 4.6
Catch .44
2011 Actor
Ronny
📺
★ 6.2
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011 Actor
Sam Cooper
🎞️
★ 8.0
Serving Life
2011 Actor
Narrator
🎬
🎞️
The last five days (A story about the making of My own love song)
2011 Self
🎞️
★ 6.3
Repo Men
2010 Actor
Jake
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Experiment
2010 Actor
Barris
🎞️
★ 5.1
Our Family Wedding
2010 Actor
Brad Boyd
🎞️
★ 5.8
My Own Love Song
2010 Actor
Joey
🎞️
★ 6.7
Lullaby for Pi
2010 Actor
George
🎞️
★ 6.7
Where the Wild Things Are
2009 Actor
Ira
🎞️
★ 6.2
Powder Blue
2009 Actor
Charlie
🎞️
★ 6.6
Hurricane Season
2009 Actor
Al Collins
🎞️
★ 6.5
Toys in the Attic
2009 Actor
Teddy
🎬
🎞️
81st Academy Awards Nominations Announcement
2009 Self
🎞️
★ 6.6
Vantage Point
2008 Actor
Howard Lewis
🎞️
★ 6.8
Street Kings
2008 Actor
Captain Jack Wander
🎞️
★ 5.6
Winged Creatures
2008 Actor
Charlie Archenault
🎞️
★ 6.8
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2008 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 7.5
The Great Debaters
2007 Actor
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
🎞️
★ 6.7
The Air I Breathe
2007 Actor
Happiness
🎞️
★ 4.9
Ripple Effect
2007 Actor
Philip
🎞️
★ 7.6
The Last King of Scotland
2006 Actor
Idi Amin
🎞️
★ 5.8
Even Money
2006 Actor
Clyde Snow
🎞️
★ 4.8
The Marsh
2006 Actor
Geoffrey Hunt
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.7
Capturing Idi Amin
2006 Actor
Interviewee
🎞️
★ 5.9
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 Actor
Abe Holt
🎞️
★ 6.1
American Gun
2005 Actor
Carter
🎞️
★ 5.8
Mary
2005 Actor
Ted Younger
🎞️
★ 7.6
Odyssey in Rome
2005 Self
🎞️
★ 5.2
First Daughter
2004 Director
🎬
📺
★ 4.7
Närbild
2004 Self
🎞️
★ 7.0
Deacons for Defense
2003 Actor
Marcus Clay
🎞️
★ 7.6
American Storytellers
2003 Self
🎞️
★ 6.8
Panic Room
2002 Actor
Burnham
🎞️
★ 7.1
Phone Booth
2002 Actor
Captain Ramey
📺
★ 7.2
The Twilight Zone
2002 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.4
HBO First Look: The Making of 'Panic Room'
2002 Self
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Follow
2001 Actor
The Employer
🎞️
★ 5.3
The Fourth Angel
2001 Actor
Jules Bernard
🎞️
★ 6.1
Green Dragon
2001 Actor
Addie
🎞️
★ 2.5
Battlefield Earth
2000 Actor
Ker
🎞️
★ 7.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 Actor
Ghost Dog
🎞️
★ 6.0
Light It Up
1999 Actor
Officer Dante Jackson
🎞️
★ 6.2
Witness Protection
1999 Actor
Steven Beck
🎞️
★ 6.1
Hope Floats
1998 Director
🎞️
★ 5.4
Body Count
1998 Actor
Crane
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.9
Black Jaq
1998 Director
🎬
🎞️
The Music of Hope Floats
1998 Self
🎞️
★ 6.5
Phenomenon
1996 Actor
Nate Pope
🎞️
★ 5.9
Species
1995 Actor
Dan
🎞️
★ 6.0
Waiting to Exhale
1995 Director
🎞️
★ 6.3
Blown Away
1994 Actor
Officer Anthony Franklin
🎞️
★ 6.6
Jason's Lyric
1994 Actor
Maddog
🎞️
★ 5.7
The Enemy Within
1994 Actor
Col. MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey
🎬
🎞️
The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards
1994 Self
🎬
🎞️
The Making of Blown Away: A Day in the Life of the Bomb Squad
1994 Self
🎞️
★ 6.0
Body Snatchers
1993 Actor
Dr. Collins
🎞️
★ 6.4
Strapped
1993 Director