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Forest Whitaker

Birthdate:
Best movie: Black Panther (2018)
Best series: Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Place of birth: Longview, Texas, USA
Current Interest
4.9
▲ 0.5
Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Positive36 (33%)
Mixed72 (66%)
Negative1 (1%)
Based on 109 rated titles
Title
Year
Pulse
Arrival
as Colonel Weber
2016
17.5
Black Panther
as Zuri
2018
10.1
Platoon
as Big Harold
1986
9.6
Sorry to Bother You
as First Equisapien / Demarius
2018
8.6
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Saw Gerrera
2016
7.9
Godfather of Harlem
as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
2019
7.4
Phenomenon
as Nate Pope
1996
6.8
Panic Room
as Burnham
2002
6.5
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont
2025
6.2
Phone Booth
as Captain Ramey
2003
6.1
The Last Stand
as Agent John Bannister
2013
6.0
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Charles Jefferson
1982
5.6
Stakeout
as Det. Jack Pismo
1987
5.5
The Color of Money
as Amos
1986
5.4
Street Kings
as Captain Jack Wander
2008
5.4
Taken 3
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
2014
5.3
Bloodsport
as Rawlins
1988
5.2
Where the Wild Things Are
as Ira (voice)
2009
5.0
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice)
2025
5.0
Southpaw
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
2015
5.0
Out of the Furnace
as Chief Wesley Barnes
2013
4.7
Repo Men
as Jake
2010
4.5
Battlefield Earth
as Ker
2000
4.3
The Butler
as Cecil Gaines
2013
4.2
City of Lies
as Jack Jackson
2018
4.1
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Ghost Dog
1999
4.1
The Last King of Scotland
as Idi Amin
2006
4.0
Good Morning, Vietnam
as Edward Garlick
1987
3.9
Body Snatchers
as Major Collins
1993
3.8
Big George Foreman
as Doc Broadus
2023
3.8
The Experiment
as Barris
2010
3.8
Dope
as The Narrator (voice)
2015
3.8
The Twilight Zone
as Self - Host
2002
3.8
The Crying Game
as Jody
1992
3.8
How It Ends
as Tom
2018
3.7
Roots
as Fiddler
2016
3.6
Vision Quest
as Balldozer
1985
3.6
Everyone's Hero
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
2006
3.3
Vantage Point
as Howard Lewis
2008
3.3
Prêt-à-Porter
as Cy Bianco
1994
3.1
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Jeronicus Jangle
2020
3.0
Bank Robber
as Officer Battle
1993
3.0
The Air I Breathe
as Happiness
2007
3.0
The Fourth Angel
as Agent Jules Bernard
2001
3.0
The Great Debaters
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007
2.9
Powder Blue
as Charlie
2009
2.9
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Abe Holt
2005
2.9
Blown Away
as Anthony Franklin
1994
2.8
Catch.44
as Ronny
2011
2.8
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Sam Cooper
2011
2.8
Zulu
as Ali Sokhela
2013
2.8
Respect
as C. L. Franklin
2021
2.8
Jason's Lyric
as Maddog
1994
2.8
The Enemy Within
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
1994
2.7
Even Money
as Clyde Snow
2007
2.6
Witness Protection
as Steven Beck
2011
2.6
Diary of a Hitman
as Dekker
1991
2.6
Pawn
as Will
2013
2.6
The Forgiven
as Desmond Tutu
2018
2.5
Hurricane Season
as Al Collins
2010
2.5
Freelancers
as Dennis Larue
2012
2.5
Article 99
as Dr. Sid Handleman
1992
2.4
Consenting Adults
as David Duttonville
1992
2.4
Burden
as Reverend Kennedy
2018
2.4
Smoke
as Cyrus Cole
1995
2.4
Repentance
as Angel
2014
2.4
Johnny Handsome
as Dr. Steven Fisher
1989
2.3
Two Men in Town
as William Garnett
2014
2.3
Bird
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988
2.3
Finding Steve McQueen
as Howard Lambert
2019
2.3
A Rage in Harlem
as Jackson
1991
2.3
Winged Creatures
as Charlie Archenault
2009
2.2
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Narrator
2009
2.2
A Dark Truth
as Francisco Francis
2012
2.2
Our Family Wedding
as Brad Boyd
2010
2.1
Light It Up
as Officer Dante Jackson
1999
2.0
Food Chains
2014
2.0
Body Count
as Crane
1998
1.8
Mary
as Ted Younger
2005
1.8
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Mr. Rucker
1996
1.8
My Own Love Song
as Joey
2010
1.7
Downtown
as Dennis Curren
1990
1.6
Black Nativity
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
2013
1.6
The Marsh
as Geoffrey Hunt
2006
1.6
American Gun
as Carter
2005
1.6
Green Dragon
as Addie
2001
1.5
Deacons for Defense
as Marcus Clay
2005
1.5
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Mr. Ellington
2000
1.4
Rising from Ashes
as Narrator
2013
1.3
The Follow
as The Employer
2001
1.3
Before the Music Dies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
1.3
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
as Lion
2010
1.3
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
1.3
Ripple Effect
as Philip
2007
1.3
Lullaby for Pi
as George
2010
1.3
Feast of All Saints
as Daguerreotypist Picard
2001
0.1
Serving Life
as Narrator (voice)
2011
0.1
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
1994
0.1
Mysteries of the Unseen World
as Narrator
2013
0.1
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
2000
0.1
Odyssey in Rome
2005
0.1
Hands of a Stranger
as Sergeant Delaney
1987
0.1
I Am You
as Narrator (voice)
2016
0.1
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
as Narrator (voice)
2018
0.1
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self
2001
0.1
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
2017
0.1
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
2017
0.1
The Paperboy
as Narrator
2000
0.1
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
2004
0.1
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
0.1
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
2020
0.1
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
2022
0.1
The Misbehavers
as Self
2004
0.1
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
0.1

Frequently Asked Questions About Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker has appeared in 114 titles, including 110 movies and 4 television shows.
The earliest title currently listed in Forest Whitaker's filmography is Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
The most recent title featuring Forest Whitaker is Havoc (2025).
One of the highest rated titles featuring Forest Whitaker is The Misbehavers with an IMDb rating of 8.7.
Forest Whitaker has been active for approximately 43 years, with credits spanning from 1982 to 2025.
Titles featuring Forest Whitaker currently have an average IMDb rating of 6.5.
The busiest years in Forest Whitaker's career include 2013, 2010, 2018.