Forest Whitaker
Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Lee Daniels' The Butler, Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,for his work in direct-to-video films and for his recurring role as LAPD Internal Affairs Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the award-winning television series The Shield. Whitaker won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. He also starred as Inspector Franck Dotzler in Taken 3 with Liam Neeson.
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- Born:
- Jul 15, 1961 In Longview, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 103
- First Appeared:
- In the series Diff'rent Strokes 1978-11-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Havoc 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Havoc | 2025 | |
| Movie | Gunner | Self | 2024-08-16 |
| Movie | Megalopolis | 2024-09-25 | |
| Movie | Big George Foreman | Doc Broadus | 2023-04-27 |
| Movie | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-09-08 |
| Movie | A Fall from Grace | Source | 2021-06-30 |
| Movie | Burden | Reverend Kennedy | 2020-02-28 |
| Movie | Finding Steve McQueen | Howard Lambert | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | The Forgiven | Desmond Tutu | 2018-03-09 |
| Movie | Sorry to Bother You | First Equisapien / Demarius | 2018-07-06 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Zuri | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | How It Ends | Tom | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | City of Lies | Jack Jackson | 2018-09-06 |
| Movie | The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Self | 2017-04-04 |
| Series | Roots | Fiddler | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saw Gerrera | 2016-12-14 |
| Movie | Arrival | Colonel Weber | 2016-11-10 |
| Movie | Southpaw | Titus 'Tick' Wills | 2015-03-24 |
| Movie | Dope | The Narrator (voice) | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | Taken 3 | Inspector Frank Dotzler | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Repentance | Angel | 2014-02-28 |
| Movie | Two Men in Town | William Garnett | 2014-05-07 |
| Movie | Pawn | Will | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | The Butler | Cecil Gaines | 2013-08-16 |
| Movie | The Last Stand | Agent John Bannister | 2013-01-12 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | Chief Wesley Barnes | 2013-11-09 |
| Movie | Zulu | Ali Sokhela | 2013-12-04 |
| Movie | Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
| Movie | A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis | 2012-11-29 |
| Movie | Freelancers | Dennis Larue | 2012-08-10 |
| Movie | Ernest & Celestine | Ernest (voice) | 2012-12-12 |
| Series | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Sam Cooper | 2011-02-16 |
| Movie | A Man's Story | Self | 2011-10-08 |
| Movie | Catch.44 | Ronny | 2011-12-08 |
| Movie | Our Family Wedding | Brad Boyd | 2010-03-12 |
| Movie | My Own Love Song | Joey | 2010-04-07 |
| Movie | Repo Men | Jake | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | Lullaby for Pi | George | 2010-10-11 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Toys in the Attic | Teddy (english version) | 2009-03-05 |
| Movie | Winged Creatures | Charlie Archenault | 2009-07-08 |
| Movie | Powder Blue | Charlie | 2009-05-08 |
| Movie | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | Narrator | 2009-08-14 |
| Movie | Where the Wild Things Are | Ira (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Hurricane Season | Al Collins | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Vantage Point | Howard Lewis | 2008-02-01 |
| Movie | Mon Clown | Self (archive footage) | 2008-03-14 |
| Movie | Dragon Hunters | Lian-Chu (voice) | 2008-03-19 |
| Movie | Street Kings | Captain Jack Wander | 2008-04-10 |
| Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Corner Man | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | The Air I Breathe | Happiness | 2007-02-07 |
| Movie | Ripple Effect | Philip | 2007-06-21 |
| Movie | Even Money | Clyde Snow | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | The Great Debaters | Dr. James Farmer Sr. | 2007-12-25 |
| Movie | The Marsh | Geoffrey Hunt | 2006-05-18 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Lonnie Brewster (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | American Gun | Carter | 2005-09-15 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Forest Whitaker | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | Odyssey in Rome | 2005-09-30 | |
| Movie | Mary | Ted Younger | 2005-11-18 |
| Movie | First Daughter | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-24 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Movie | Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Phone Booth | Captain Ramey | 2003-04-04 |
| Movie | Panic Room | Burnham | 2002-03-29 |
| Movie | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Green Dragon | Addie | 2001-05-17 |
| Movie | The Fourth Angel | Agent Jules Bernard | 2001-08-15 |
| Movie | Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard | 2001-11-11 |
| Movie | Battlefield Earth | Ker | 2000-05-12 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
| Movie | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Witness Protection | Steven Beck | 1999-12-11 |
| Movie | Body Count | Crane | 1998-04-28 |
| Movie | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Mr. Rucker | 1996-11-23 |
| Movie | Phenomenon | Nate Pope | 1996-07-05 |
| Movie | Smoke | Cyrus Cole | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | Mr. Holland's Opus | Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited) | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Species | Dan Smithson, Empath | 1995-07-07 |
| Movie | Blown Away | Anthony Franklin | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | Col. MacKenzie Casey | 1994-08-24 |
| Movie | Prêt-à-Porter | Cy Bianco | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Last Light | Fred Whitmore | 1993-08-22 |
| Movie | Bank Robber | Officer Battle | 1993-12-03 |
| Movie | Lush Life | Buddy Chester | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | A Rage in Harlem | Jackson | 1991-05-03 |
| Movie | Diary of a Hitman | Dekker | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Downtown | Dennis Curren | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Bloodsport | Rawlins | 1988-02-26 |
| Movie | Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker | 1988-06-01 |
| Movie | Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Good Morning, Vietnam | Edward Garlick | 1987-12-23 |
| Movie | Stakeout | Det. Jack Pismo | 1987-08-05 |
| Movie | The Color of Money | Amos | 1986-10-17 |
| Movie | Platoon | Big Harold | 1986-12-19 |
| Series | North and South | 1985-11-03 | |
| Movie | Vision Quest | Balldozer | 1985-02-15 |
| Movie | Tag: The Assassination Game | Gowdy's Bodyguard | 1982-04-20 |
| Movie | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson | 1982-08-13 |
| Series | Diff'rent Strokes | 1978-11-03 |