Forest Whitaker
15. juuli 1961 (65 aastat), 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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
8.3 Criminal Minds
2005
6.4 The Daily Show
1996
7.0 Ameerika paps
2005
6.9 Saturday Night Live
1975
6.8 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
5.6 The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.8 ER
1994
4.3 The View
1997
8.2 Räpane Mackey
2002
5.3 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
8.3 Andor
2022
5.6 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Filmograafia
- 2023Big George Foreman (Doc Broadus)
- 2022Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (Self (archive footage))
- 2022Prophets of Change (Narrator)
- 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited))
- 2016Rogue One: Tähesõdade lugu (Saw Gerrera)
- 2016Saabumine (Colonel Weber)
- 2015Southpaw (Titus 'Tick' Wills)
- 2015Dope (The Narrator (voice))
- 2014Röövitud 3 (Inspector Frank Dotzler)
- 2014La Voie de l‘ennemi (William Garnett)
- 2014Repentance (Angel)
- 2013Zulu (Ali Sokhela)
- 2013Black Nativity (Reverend Cornell Cobbs)
- 2013Out of the Furnace (Chief Wesley Barnes)
- 2013Mysteries of the Unseen World (Narrator)
- 2013The Butler (Cecil Gaines)
- 2013Pawn (Will)
- 2013Viimane võitlus (Agent John Bannister)
- 2012A Dark Truth (Francisco Francis)
- 2012Freelancers (Dennis Larue)
- 2011Catch.44 (Ronny)
- 2011Serving Life (Narrator (voice))
- 2010Lullaby for Pi (George)
- 2010The Experiment (Barris)
- 2010My Own Love Song (Joey)
- 2010Repomehed (Jake)
- 2010Our Family Wedding (Brad Boyd)
- 2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (Lion)
- 2010Hurricane Season (Al Collins)
- 2009Seal, kus elavad metsakollid (Ira (voice))
- 2009Crips and Bloods: Made in America (Narrator)
- 2009Winged Creatures (Charlie Archenault)
- 2009Powder Blue (Charlie)
- 2008Street Kings (Captain Jack Wander)
- 2008Vantage Point (Howard Lewis)
- 2007The Great Debaters (Dr. James Farmer Sr.)
- 2007Even Money (Clyde Snow)
- 2007The Air I Breathe (Happiness)
- 2006The Last King of Scotland (Idi Amin)
- 2006Meie kangelane (Lonnie Brewster (voice))
- 2006The Marsh (Geoffrey Hunt)
- 2005A Little Trip to Heaven (Abe Holt)
- 2005Mary (Ted Younger)
- 2005Odyssey in Rome
- 2005American Gun (Carter)
- 2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (Forest Whitaker)
- 2005Deacons for Defense (Marcus Clay)
- 2004The Misbehavers (Self)
- 2003Making of Phone Booth (Self)
- 2003Telefoniputka (Captain Ramey)
- 2002Paanikatuba (Burnham)
- 2001Feast of All Saints (Daguerreotypist Picard)
- 2001The Fourth Angel (Agent Jules Bernard)
- 2001The Follow (The Employer)
- 2001Green Dragon (Addie)
- 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (Self)
- 2000Battlefield Earth (Ker)
- 1999Witness Protection (Steven Beck)
- 1999Light It Up (Officer Dante Jackson)
- 1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Ghost Dog)
- 1998Body Count (Crane)
- 1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Mr. Rucker)
- 1996Phenomenon (Nate Pope)
- 1995Species (Dan Smithson, Empath)
- 1995Smoke (Cyrus Cole)
- 1994Prêt-à-Porter (Cy Bianco)
- 1994The Enemy Within (Col. MacKenzie Casey)
- 1994Blown Away (Anthony Franklin)
- 1994Jason's Lyric (Maddog)
- 1993Lush Life (Buddy Chester)
- 1993Last Light (Fred Whitmore)
- 1993Body Snatchers (Major Collins)
- 1992Consenting Adults (David Duttonville)
- 1992The Crying Game (Jody)
- 1992Article 99 (Dr. Sid Handleman)
- 1991Diary of a Hitman (Dekker)
- 1991A Rage in Harlem (Jackson)
- 1990Criminal Justice (Jessie Williams)
- 1990Downtown (Dennis Curren)
- 1989Johnny Handsome (Dr. Steven Fisher)
- 1988Bird (Charlie 'Bird' Parker)
- 1988Bloodsport (Rawlins)
- 1987Tere hommikust Vietnam (Edward Garlick)
- 1987Stakeout (Det. Jack Pismo)
- 1986The Color of Money (Amos)
- 1982Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Charles Jefferson)
- -Sewing Hope (Narrator (voice))
- 2027Up Against It
- 2026Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo (Self (archive footage))
- 2025Havoc (Lawrence Beaumont)
- 2025Kuningate kuningas (Peter (voice))
- 2024Seaweed Stories (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 2024My Generation (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 2024Hollywood Black (Self)
- 2024The Emperor of Ocean Park (Judge Oliver Garland)
- 2023Extrapolations (Auggie Bolo)
- 2022Andor (Saw Gerrera)
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (Self)
- 2022Cannes Festival (Self - Guest)
- 2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (Self)
- 2021Respect (C. L. Franklin)
- 2020By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (Self)
- 2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Jeronicus Jangle)
- 2020Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (Self)
- 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (Self)
- 2019Godfather of Harlem (Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson)
- 2019Finding Steve McQueen (Howard Lambert)
- 2018City of Lies (Jack Jackson)
- 2018Burden (Reverend Kennedy)
- 2018How It Ends (Tom)
- 2018Vabandust, et tülitan (First Equisapien / Demarius)
- 2018Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace (Narrator (voice))
- 2018The Forgiven (Desmond Tutu)
- 2018Must panter (Zuri)
- 2017Steve (Self)
- 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (Self)
- 2017Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (Self)
- 2016I Am You (Narrator (voice))
- 2016Star Wars: Go Rogue (Saw Gerrera (voice))
- 2016Roots (Fiddler)
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (Self)
- 2015Empire (Eddie Barker)
- 2014Star Wars Rebels (Saw Gerrera (voice))
- 2014Food Chains
- 2013Making a Scene
- 2013Rising from Ashes (Narrator)
- 2011A Man's Story (Self)
- 2011Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (Sam Cooper)
- 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift ((archive footage))
- 2007Ripple Effect (Philip)
- 2006Before the Music Dies (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 2005Criminal Minds (Sam Cooper)
- 2005Ameerika paps (Turlington (voice))
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (Self)
- 2004First Daughter (Narrator (voice))
- 2004Shooting 'Panic Room' (Self)
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Self)
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Self - Guest)
- 2002The Twilight Zone (Self - Host)
- 2002American Idol (Self)
- 2002Räpane Mackey (Jon Kavanaugh)
- 2002Live from E! (Self)
- 2001Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
- 2001The Hire (The Employer)
- 2001A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (Self)
- 2000Four Dogs Playing Poker (Mr. Ellington)
- 2000The Paperboy (Narrator)
- 1999The Early Show (Self)
- 1999Where Are They Now? (Self)
- 1997The View (Self)
- 1996The Daily Show (Self)
- 1995Mr. Holland's Opus (Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited))
- 1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (Self)
- 1994ER (Curtis Ames)
- 1994Inside the Actors Studio (Self)
- 1993Bank Robber (Officer Battle)
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (Self)
- 1987Hands of a Stranger (Sergeant Delaney)
- 1986Platoon (Big Harold)
- 1985North and South (Cuffey)
- 1985Amazing Stories (Jerry)
- 1985Vision Quest (Balldozer)
- 1983The Grand Baby
- 1982Tag: The Assassination Game (Gowdy's Bodyguard)
- 1982Cagney & Lacey (Night Manager)
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1978Diff'rent Strokes
- 1975Saturday Night Live (Self - Host)
- 1953The Oscars (Self - Presenter)
- 1953The Oscars (Self)
- 1952Today (Self)