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Forest Whitaker

  • Born In Longview
  • Born July 15, 1961

Movies

Black Panther
as Zuri

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera

Taken 3
as Inspector Frank Dotzler

Arrival
as Colonel Weber

Panic Room
as Burnham

The Butler
as Cecil Gaines

Phenomenon
as Nate Pope

Vantage Point
as Howard Lewis

Platoon
as Big Harold

Good Morning, Vietnam
as Edward Montesque Garlick

Species
as Dan Smithson, Empath

Phone Booth
as Captain Ramey

Southpaw
as Titus 'Tick' Wills

Stakeout
as Det. Jack Pismo

Street Kings
as Captain Jack Wander

Bloodsport
as Rawlins

The Crying Game
as Jody

The Color of Money
as Amos

The Last King of Scotland
as Idi Amin

The Last Stand
as Agent John Bannister

Smoke
as Cyrus Cole

Battlefield Earth
as Ker

Blown Away
as Anthony Franklin

The Great Debaters
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Charles Jefferson

Consenting Adults
as David Duttonville

Jason's Lyric
as Maddog

Our Family Wedding
as Brad Boyd

Ready to Wear
as Cy Bianco

Dope
as Narrator

Repo Men
as Jake

Sorry to Bother You
as First Equisapien / Demarius

Everyone's Hero
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)

Out of the Furnace
as Chief Wesley Barnes

Dragon Hunters
as Lian-Chu (voice)

A Rage in Harlem
as Jackson

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Ghost Dog

Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs

Johnny Handsome
as Dr. Steven Fisher

Article 99
as Dr. Sid Handleman

Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson

The Air I Breathe
as Happiness

Zulu
as Ali Sokhela

Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Downtown
as Dennis Curren

The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt

Repentance
as Angel

Respect
as C. L. Franklin

A Dark Truth
as Francisco Francis

Bank Robber
as Officer Battle

Body Snatchers
as Major Collins

Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker

Jingle Jangle
as Jeronicus Jangle

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Jeronicus

Pawn
as Will

The Forgiven
as Desmond Tutu

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

A Fall from Grace
as Source

A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt

A Man's Story
as Himself

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Himself

American Gun
as Carter

Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation
as Himself

Body Count
as Crane

Burden
as Reverend Kennedy

Catch.44
as Ronny

City of Lies
as Jack Jackson

Criminal Justice
as Jessie Williams

Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator

Deacons for Defense
as Marcus

Even Money
as Clyde Snow

Finding Steve McQueen
as Howard Lambert

Freelancers
as Dennis Larue

Green Dragon
as Addie

Hands of a Stranger
as Sergeant Delaney

How It Ends
as Tom

Hurricane Season
as Al Collins

Lullaby for Pi
as George

Lush Life
as Buddy Chester

Making a Scene
as Man

Mary
as Ted Younger

My Own Love Song
as Joey

Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator

Odyssey in Rome

Powder Blue
as Charlie

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Mr. Rucker

Ripple Effect
as Philip

Tag: The Assassination Game
as Gowdy's Bodyguard

The Enemy Within
as Colonel MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey

The Experiment
as Barris

The Follow

The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard

Triumph: the Untold Story of Perry Wallace
as Narrator

Two Men in Town
as William Garnett

Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
as The Corner Man

Where the Wild Things Are
as Ira (voice)

Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault

Witness Protection
as Steven Beck

Television

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Sam Cooper

Godfather of Harlem
as Bumpy Johnson

North and South
as Cuffey

Roots (2016)
as Fiddler

The Feast of All Saints
as Daguerreotypist Picard

The Shield
as Lt. Jon Kavanaugh

The Twilight Zone (2002)
as Himself - Host

Other Movies

Movie Year Type
Waiting to Exhale 1995 Director
Hope Floats 1998 Director
Monte Carlo 2011 Producer
Sorry to Bother You 2018 Producer
Fruitvale Station 2013 Producer
First Daughter 2004 Director
A Rage in Harlem 1991 Producer
Songs My Brothers Taught Me 2015 Producer
Strapped 1993 Director
Powder Blue 2009 Producer
Ripple Effect 2007 Producer
Roxanne, Roxanne 2017 Producer

Other Television

Series Episodes Date Type
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Power November 29, 2020 Executive Producer
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Crossroads November 22, 2020 Executive Producer
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Freedom Songs November 15, 2020 Executive Producer
The Daily Show Megan Rapinoe & Forest Whitaker November 12, 2020 Guest Star
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Mecca November 8, 2020 Executive Producer
Empire (2015) Steal From the Thief September 26, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) The Empire Unpossess'd May 23, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns May 16, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) Fair Terms May 9, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) A Lean and Hungry Look May 2, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) False Face April 25, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) Birds in the Cage March 28, 2018 Guest Star
Empire (2015) The Lady Doth Protest November 29, 2017 Guest Star
Empire (2015) The Fool November 8, 2017 Guest Star
Empire (2015) Full Circle October 4, 2017 Guest Star
HARDtalk Forest Whitaker, Actor January 26, 2017 Guest Star
The Shield The Shield: Television Academy Panel October 13, 2016 Guest Star
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Drama Actors July 3, 2016 Guest Star
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Forest Whitaker, Andy Cohen, Cut Copy, Brad Whitford November 19, 2013 Guest Star
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Forest Whitaker, Teresa Palmer February 24, 2011 Guest Star
Criminal Minds The Fight April 7, 2010 Guest Star
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Forest Whitaker, Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman, A Fine Frenzy October 15, 2009 Guest Star
American Dad! Chimdale January 25, 2009 Guest Star
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Bruce Forsyth, Forest Whitaker, Agyness Deyn, Elbow. February 22, 2008 Guest Star
American Dad! Meter Made October 7, 2007 Guest Star
The Shield Baptism by Fire April 10, 2007 Guest Star
The Shield On the Jones April 3, 2007 Guest Star
Saturday Night Live Forest Whitaker/Keith Urban February 10, 2007 Guest Star
ER Murmurs of the Heart February 1, 2007 Guest Star
RiffTrax Battlefield Earth January 28, 2007 Guest Star
Late Show with David Letterman Show #2694 January 23, 2007 Guest Star
ER A House Divided January 11, 2007 Guest Star
Inside the Actors Studio Forest Whitaker December 11, 2006 Guest Star
ER Tell Me No Secrets… November 30, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Post Partum March 21, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Of Mice and Lem March 14, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Smoked March 7, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Kavanaugh February 28, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Man Inside February 21, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Rap Payback February 14, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Trophy February 7, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Tapa Boca January 31, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Jailbait January 24, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Enemy of Good January 17, 2006 Guest Star
The Shield Extraction January 10, 2006 Guest Star
The Hire The Follow May 24, 2001 Guest Star
Amazing Stories Gather Ye Acorns February 2, 1986 Guest Star
Diff'rent Strokes Bully for Arnold October 4, 1985 Guest Star
Trapper John, M.D. School Nurse November 4, 1984 Guest Star

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