Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/15/1961
Place of Birth
Longview, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Forest Steven Whitaker IIIΦόρεστ Γουίτακερ포레스트 휘태커
Forest Whitaker
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...
Known For
Southpaw
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
Arrival
as Colonel Weber
Black Panther
as Zuri
Taken 3
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
The Butler
as Cecil Gaines
Street Kings
as Captain Jack Wander
Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Platoon
as Big Harold
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont
Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault
Vision Quest
as Balldozer
First Daughter
as Narrator (voice)
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice)
Lush Life
as Buddy Chester
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera
Catch.44
as Ronny
Even Money
as Clyde Snow
Repo Men
as Jake
Ripple Effect
as Philip
Repentance
as Angel
Career Timeline
2024
2023
2022
2020
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Zulu
as Ali Sokhela
Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Role unknown
Out of the Furnace
as Chief Wesley Barnes
Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator
The Butler
as Cecil Gaines
Rising from Ashes
as Narrator
Pawn
as Will
The Last Stand
as Agent John Bannister
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt
Mary
as Ted Younger
Odyssey in Rome
Role unknown
Criminal Minds
as Sam Cooper
American Gun
as Carter
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Forest Whitaker
Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay
American Dad!
as Turlington (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2004
2003
2002
2001
Feast of All Saints
as Daguerreotypist Picard
The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
Role unknown
The Follow
as The Employer
Green Dragon
as Addie
The Hire
as The Employer
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self