Forest Whitaker
Biography
Movies 128
Arrival
as Colonel Weber
2016
Black Panther
as Zuri
2018
Taken 3
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
2014
Platoon
as Big Harold
1986
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera
2016
Southpaw
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
2015
Bloodsport
as Rawlins
1988
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont
2025
Panic Room
as Burnham
2002
Species
as Dan Smithson, Empath
1995
The Last King of Scotland
as Idi Amin
2006
The Color of Money
as Amos
1986
Phone Booth
as Captain Ramey
2003
Sorry to Bother You
as First Equisapien / Demarius
2018
The Last Stand
as Agent John Bannister
2013
The Butler
as Cecil Gaines
2013
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Charles Jefferson
1982
Good Morning, Vietnam
as Edward Garlick
1987
Where the Wild Things Are
as Ira (voice)
2009
Out of the Furnace
as Chief Wesley Barnes
2013
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Ghost Dog
1999
Street Kings
as Captain Jack Wander
2008
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice)
2025
Vantage Point
as Howard Lewis
2008
Phenomenon
as Nate Pope
1996
First Daughter
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Repo Men
as Jake
2010
The Great Debaters
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007
Blown Away
as Anthony Franklin
1994
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Jeronicus Jangle
2020
Big George Foreman
as Doc Broadus
2023
The Crying Game
as Jody
1992
How It Ends
as Tom
2018
Everyone's Hero
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
2006
Dope
as The Narrator (voice)
2015
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
1995
Vision Quest
as Balldozer
1985
The Air I Breathe
as Happiness
2007
Smoke
as Cyrus Cole
1995
Stakeout
as Det. Jack Pismo
1987
The Experiment
as Barris
2010
Prêt-à-Porter
as Cy Bianco
1994
Respect
as C. L. Franklin
2021
Johnny Handsome
as Dr. Steven Fisher
1989
Battlefield Earth
as Ker
2000
Body Snatchers
as Major Collins
1993
Powder Blue
as Charlie
2009
City of Lies
as Jack Jackson
2018
Catch.44
as Ronny
2011
Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Pawn
as Will
2013
Consenting Adults
as David Duttonville
1992
Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault
2009
Our Family Wedding
as Brad Boyd
2010
Freelancers
as Dennis Larue
2012
Zulu
as Ali Sokhela
2013
Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker
1991
Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
2020
Even Money
as Clyde Snow
2007
Feast of All Saints
as Daguerreotypist Picard
2001
Two Men in Town
as William Garnett
2014
My Own Love Song
as Joey
2010
The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard
2001
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
2020
The Enemy Within
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
1994
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Forest Whitaker
2005
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Mr. Rucker
1996
The Paperboy
as Narrator
2000
Mary
as Ted Younger
2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt
2005
Hurricane Season
as Al Collins
2010
The Forgiven
as Desmond Tutu
2018
A Dark Truth
as Francisco Francis
2012
A Rage in Harlem
as Jackson
1991
Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
2013
Jason's Lyric
as Maddog
1994
Article 99
as Dr. Sid Handleman
1992
American Gun
as Carter
2005
Burden
as Reverend Kennedy
2018
Finding Steve McQueen
as Howard Lambert
2019
Downtown
as Dennis Curren
1990
Hands of a Stranger
as Sergeant Delaney
1987
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
Green Dragon
as Addie
2001
Up Against It
2027
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator
2009
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
2017
Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson
1999
Bank Robber
as Officer Battle
1993
Witness Protection
as Steven Beck
1999
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
as Lion
2010
The Follow
as The Employer
2001
Body Count
as Crane
1998
Tag: The Assassination Game
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
1982
Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator
2013
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Mr. Ellington
2000
Lush Life
as Buddy Chester
1993
The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt
2006
Repentance
as Angel
2014
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
2000
Criminal Justice
as Jessie Williams
1990
Serving Life
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Food Chains
2014
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
1994
Last Light
as Fred Whitmore
1993
Ripple Effect
as Philip
2007
Lullaby for Pi
as George
2010
Before the Music Dies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay
2005
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
2017
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
The Grand Baby
1983
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
2004
Making of Phone Booth
as Self
2003
The Misbehavers
as Self
2004
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
as Narrator (voice)
2018
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self
2001
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Rising from Ashes
as Narrator
2013
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
2022
Odyssey in Rome
2005
I Am You
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Seaweed Stories
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Sewing Hope
as Narrator (voice)
TV Shows 45
Criminal Minds
as Sam Cooper
2005
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
American Dad!
as Turlington (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The View
as Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
ER
as Curtis Ames
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
American Idol
as Self
2002
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
The Shield
as Jon Kavanaugh
2002
Hill Street Blues
1981
Empire
as Eddie Barker
2015
Andor
as Saw Gerrera
2022
Star Wars Rebels
as Saw Gerrera (voice)
2014
Steve
as Self
2017
Cagney & Lacey
as Night Manager
1982
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Today
as Self
1952
Godfather of Harlem
as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
2019
The Twilight Zone
as Self - Host
2002
Amazing Stories
as Jerry
1985
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
The Oscars
as Self
1953
North and South
as Cuffey
1985
Live from E!
as Self
2002
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Extrapolations
as Auggie Bolo
2023
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Sam Cooper
2011
The Hire
as The Employer
2001
The Emperor of Ocean Park
as Judge Oliver Garland
2024
Roots
as Fiddler
2016
Film Independent Spirit Awards
as Self - Presenter
1996
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
2021
Hollywood Black
as Self
2024
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
as Self
2020
My Generation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Cannes Festival
as Self - Guest
2022
Star Wars: Go Rogue
as Saw Gerrera (voice)
2016