Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Birthday: 1961-07-15

Place of birth: Longview, Texas, USA

Also known as: Forest Steven Whitaker III, Φόρεστ Γουίτακερ, 포레스트 휘태커, フォレスト・ウィテカー, Forest Steven Whitaker, Форест Вітакер, فارست ویتاکر

imdb_id: nm0001845

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

Score: 10.0

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

Score: 8.5

The King of Kings

Score: 8.5

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Score: 8.1

The Paperboy

Score: 8.0

Making of Phone Booth

Score: 8.0

Platoon

Score: 7.7

Arrival

Score: 7.6

Big George Foreman

Score: 7.6

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Score: 7.5

The Last King of Scotland

Score: 7.4

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Score: 7.4

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Score: 7.4

Southpaw

Score: 7.4

Black Panther

Score: 7.4

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Score: 7.3

The Butler

Score: 7.3

Good Morning, Vietnam

Score: 7.3

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Score: 7.3

Lush Life

Score: 7.2

The Great Debaters

Score: 7.2

Smoke

Score: 7.2

Mysteries of the Unseen World

Score: 7.2

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Score: 7.1

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Score: 7.1

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Score: 7.1

Dope

Score: 7.1

Bloodsport

Score: 7.0

Food Chains

Score: 7.0

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

Score: 7.0

Before the Music Dies

Score: 7.0

Mr. Holland's Opus

Score: 6.9

A Man's Story

Score: 6.9

Phone Booth

Score: 6.9

The Crying Game

Score: 6.8

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Score: 6.8

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Score: 6.8

Respect

Score: 6.8

The Follow

Score: 6.8

Lullaby for Pi

Score: 6.8

The Color of Money

Score: 6.8

Bird

Score: 6.8

Panic Room

Score: 6.8

Sorry to Bother You

Score: 6.8

Jason's Lyric

Score: 6.7

Light It Up

Score: 6.7

Zulu

Score: 6.7

Street Kings

Score: 6.6

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Score: 6.6

Hurricane Season

Score: 6.6

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Score: 6.6

Out of the Furnace

Score: 6.6

Rising from Ashes

Score: 6.5

Stakeout

Score: 6.5

Where the Wild Things Are

Score: 6.5

Phenomenon

Score: 6.5

Havoc

Score: 6.4

City of Lies

Score: 6.4

Vantage Point

Score: 6.4

The Experiment

Score: 6.4

Vision Quest

Score: 6.3

Repo Men

Score: 6.3

Johnny Handsome

Score: 6.3

The Air I Breathe

Score: 6.3

Taken 3

Score: 6.3

Witness Protection

Score: 6.2

First Daughter

Score: 6.2

Deacons for Defense

Score: 6.2

My Own Love Song

Score: 6.2

Blown Away

Score: 6.2

Article 99

Score: 6.2

Body Snatchers

Score: 6.1

The Forgiven

Score: 6.1

Burden

Score: 6.1

Powder Blue

Score: 6.1

The Last Stand

Score: 6.1

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Score: 6.1

Finding Steve McQueen

Score: 6.0

Everyone's Hero

Score: 6.0

Green Dragon

Score: 6.0

Last Light

Score: 6.0

Species

Score: 6.0

Winged Creatures

Score: 5.9

Criminal Justice

Score: 5.8

The Enemy Within

Score: 5.7

Downtown

Score: 5.6

Mary

Score: 5.6

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

Score: 5.6

American Gun

Score: 5.6

Our Family Wedding

Score: 5.6

A Dark Truth

Score: 5.6

Pawn

Score: 5.5

Two Men in Town

Score: 5.5

Even Money

Score: 5.5

Consenting Adults

Score: 5.4

A Little Trip to Heaven

Score: 5.4

A Rage in Harlem

Score: 5.4

Body Count

Score: 5.4

Tag: The Assassination Game

Score: 5.3

Serving Life

Score: 5.3

How It Ends

Score: 5.3

The Fourth Angel

Score: 5.2

Prêt-à-Porter

Score: 5.2

Diary of a Hitman

Score: 5.1

The Marsh

Score: 5.1

Catch.44

Score: 5.1

Freelancers

Score: 5.1

Ripple Effect

Score: 5.0

Black Nativity

Score: 5.0

Repentance

Score: 4.8

Feast of All Saints

Score: 4.4

Hands of a Stranger

Score: 4.3

Bank Robber

Score: 4.1

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Score: 4.1

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Score: 4.0

Four Dogs Playing Poker

Score: 3.5

I Am You

Score: 3.5

Battlefield Earth

Score: 3.3

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

Score: 2.0

Making a Scene | 11 Performances

Score: 0.0

Rose's Baby

Score: 0.0

Seaweed Stories

Score: 0.0

A Fall from Grace

Score: 0.0

Sewing Hope

Score: 0.0

Odyssey in Rome

Score: 0.0

The Misbehavers

Score: 0.0

Prophets of Change

Score: 0.0

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Andor

Score: 8.3

The Shield

Score: 8.1

Godfather of Harlem

Score: 8.1

ER

Score: 7.8

Star Wars Rebels

Score: 7.7

The Hire

Score: 7.6

Hill Street Blues

Score: 7.6

Where Are They Now?

Score: 7.5

Inside the Actors Studio

Score: 7.5

Amazing Stories

Score: 7.5

North and South

Score: 7.4

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.2

Empire

Score: 7.1

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Score: 7.1

Diff'rent Strokes

Score: 7.1

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Score: 7.0

American Dad!

Score: 7.0

Cagney & Lacey

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Roots

Score: 6.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Score: 6.7

Star Wars: Go Rogue

Score: 6.7

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

Emperor of Ocean Park

Score: 6.2

The Early Show

Score: 6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Score: 6.2

Extrapolations

Score: 6.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.6

Today

Score: 5.6

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Score: 5.6

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.4

American Idol

Score: 5.1

The View

Score: 4.3

Live from E!

Score: 3.7

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

Score: 3.3

My Generation

Score: 1.0

Cannes Festival

Score: 0.0