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Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker’s screen credits include Colonel Weber in Arrival, Big Harold in Platoon, and Zuri in Black Panther.
Born July 15, 1961 Longview, Texas, USA7 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2027Up Against It2h 2m · Comedy · DramaActorUpcoming
- 2018Black Panther2h 15m · Action · AdventureZuri
- 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2h 13m · Action · AdventureSaw Gerrera
- 2016Arrival1h 56m · Drama · MysteryColonel Weber
- 2014Taken 31h 49m · Action · ThrillerInspector Frank Dotzler
- 2006The Last King of Scotland2h 3m · DramaIdi Amin
- 1986Platoon2h 0m · Action · DramaBig Harold
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- 2026Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São PauloSelf (archive footage)
- 2026Lucky LuProducer
- 2025To Live and Die and LiveProducer
- 2025HavocLawrence Beaumont
- 2025The King of KingsPeter (voice)
- 2024TransplantProducer
- 2024Seaweed StoriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Fancy DanceProducer
- 2023Big George ForemanDoc Broadus
- 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Prophets of ChangeNarrator
- 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookSaw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022For the Sake of PeaceProducer
- 2021PassingProducer
- 2021RespectC. L. Franklin
- 2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneyJeronicus Jangle
- 2020Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent TimesSelf
- 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf
- 2019Devil's Pie: D'AngeloProducer
- 2019A Kid from Coney IslandProducer
- 2019Finding Steve McQueenHoward Lambert
- 2018City of LiesJack Jackson
- 2018BurdenReverend Kennedy
- 2018How It EndsTom
- 2018Sorry to Bother YouProducer · First Equisapien / Demarius
- 2018Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry WallaceNarrator (voice)
- 2018The ForgivenDesmond Tutu
- 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'Self
- 2017Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'Self
- 2017Roxanne RoxanneProducer
- 2016I Am YouNarrator (voice)
- 2015Songs My Brothers Taught MeProducer
- 2015SouthpawTitus 'Tick' Wills
- 2015DopeProducer · The Narrator (voice)
- 2014Two Men in TownWilliam Garnett
- 2014Food ChainsActor
- 2014RepentanceAngel
- 2013ZuluAli Sokhela
- 2013Black NativityReverend Cornell Cobbs
- 2013Making a Scene | 11 PerformancesActor
- 2013Out of the FurnaceChief Wesley Barnes
- 2013Mysteries of the Unseen WorldNarrator
- 2013The ButlerCecil Gaines
- 2013Rising from AshesProducer · Narrator
- 2013Fruitvale StationProducer
- 2013PawnWill
- 2013The Last StandAgent John Bannister
- 2012A Dark TruthFrancisco Francis
- 2012FreelancersDennis Larue
- 2011Catch.44Ronny
- 2011A Man's StorySelf
- 2011Serving LifeProducer · Narrator (voice)
- 2011Monte CarloProducer
- 2010Lullaby for PiGeorge
- 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)
- 2010The ExperimentBarris
- 2010My Own Love SongJoey
- 2010Repo MenJake
- 2010Our Family WeddingBrad Boyd
- 2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to LifeLion
- 2010Hurricane SeasonAl Collins
- 2009Where the Wild Things AreIra (voice)
- 2009Crips and Bloods: Made in AmericaNarrator
- 2009Winged CreaturesCharlie Archenault
- 2009Kassim the DreamProducer
- 2009Powder BlueProducer · Charlie
- 2008Street KingsCaptain Jack Wander
- 2008Vantage PointHoward Lewis
- 2007The Great DebatersDr. James Farmer Sr.
- 2007Ripple EffectProducer · Philip
- 2007Even MoneyClyde Snow
- 2007The Air I BreatheHappiness
- 2006Before the Music DiesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Everyone's HeroLonnie Brewster (voice)
- 2006The MarshGeoffrey Hunt
- 2005A Little Trip to HeavenAbe Holt
- 2005MaryTed Younger
- 2005Odyssey in RomeActor
- 2005American GunProducer · Carter
- 2005Jiminy Glick in LalawoodForest Whitaker
- 2005Deacons for DefenseMarcus Clay
- 2004The MisbehaversSelf
- 2004First DaughterDirector · Producer · Narrator (voice)
- 2004Shooting 'Panic Room'Self
- 2003Chasing PapiProducer
- 2003Making of Phone BoothSelf
- 2003Phone BoothCaptain Ramey
- 2002Door to DoorProducer
- 2002Panic RoomBurnham
- 2001Feast of All SaintsDaguerreotypist Picard
- 2001The Fourth AngelAgent Jules Bernard
- 2001Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a SamuraiActor
- 2001The FollowThe Employer
- 2001Green DragonProducer · Addie
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