Forest Whitaker

Known for ActingBorn 1961-07-15 (age 64)Longview, Texas, USA

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 (2013), Arrival (2016), and Respect (2021). He has also appeared in blockbusters, such as Panic Room (2002), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Saw Gerrera, and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. For his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the British historical drama film The Last King of Scotland (2006), Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004). Apart from his film career, Whitaker is also known for his humanitarian work and activism. In 2011, he was inducted as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, later receiving a promotion to Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, and serves as the CEO of Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), a non-profit outreach program.Read more

Movies & web series

To Live and Die and Live

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

The Misbehavers

Hollywood Black

A Little Off Mark

The King of Kings

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

Andor

Criminal Minds

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Godfather of Harlem

The Shield

Making of Phone Booth

The Paperboy

Star Wars Rebels

Big George Foreman

Arrival

ER

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Hire

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Black Panther

Inside the Actors Studio

Platoon

Door to Door

Southpaw

Fruitvale Station

Where Are They Now?

The Last King of Scotland

The Butler

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Hill Street Blues

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Amazing Stories

Mysteries of the Unseen World

The Great Debaters

North and South

Empire

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Dope

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Good Morning, Vietnam

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

The Twilight Zone