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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Filmography
| Movie | Havoc | 2025 | |
| Series | Emperor of Ocean Park | Oliver Garland | 2024-07-14 |
| Movie | Gunner | Himself | 2024-08-16 |
| Movie | to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour | Ghost Dog (archive footage) | 2023-11-26 |
| Movie | Big George Foreman | Doc Broadus | 2023-04-27 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-13 |
| Movie | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-09-08 |
| Movie | Respect | C. L. Franklin | 2021-08-12 |
| Movie | Burden | Reverend Kennedy | 2020-02-28 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Self | 2020-09-19 |
| Movie | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Jeronicus Jangle | 2020-11-06 |
| Movie | Finding Steve McQueen | Howard Lambert | 2019-03-15 |
| Series | Godfather of Harlem | Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson | 2019-09-29 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Zuri | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | The Forgiven | Desmond Tutu | 2018-03-09 |
| Movie | How It Ends | Tom | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | City of Lies | Jack Jackson | 2018-09-06 |
| Movie | Sorry to Bother You | First Equisapien / Demarius | 2018-07-06 |
| Movie | Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace | Narrator (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
| Movie | The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Self | 2017-04-04 |
| Movie | Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' | Self | 2017-02-14 |
| Movie | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saw Gerrera | 2016-12-14 |
| Series | Roots | Fiddler | 2016-05-30 |
| Series | Star Wars: Go Rogue | Saw Gerrera (voice) | 2016-08-30 |
| Movie | I Am You | Narrator (voice) | 2016-12-12 |
| Movie | Arrival | Colonel Weber | 2016-11-10 |
| Series | Empire | Eddie Barker | 2015-01-07 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Unknown | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Southpaw | Titus 'Tick' Wills | 2015-03-24 |
| Movie | Dope | The Narrator (voice) | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | Repentance | Angel | 2014-02-28 |
| Movie | Food Chains | 2014-04-26 | |
| Movie | Taken 3 | Inspector Frank Dotzler | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Two Men in Town | William Garnett | 2014-05-07 |
| Series | Star Wars Rebels | Saw Gerrera (voice) | 2014-10-13 |
| Movie | The Butler | Cecil Gaines | 2013-08-16 |
| Movie | Pawn | Will | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Mysteries of the Unseen World | Narrator | 2013-11-01 |
| Movie | The Last Stand | Agent John Bannister | 2013-01-12 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Making a Scene' | Self | 2013-11-25 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | Chief Wesley Barnes | 2013-11-09 |
| Movie | Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
| Movie | Zulu | Ali Sokhela | 2013-12-04 |
| Movie | Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis | 2012-11-29 |
| Movie | Freelancers | Dennis Larue | 2012-08-10 |
| Movie | Serving Life | Narrator (voice) | 2011-07-28 |
| 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 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Lion | 2010-03-02 |
| Movie | Repo Men | Jake | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | My Own Love Song | Joey | 2010-04-07 |
| Movie | Lullaby for Pi | George | 2010-10-11 |
| Movie | The Experiment | Barris | 2010-07-15 |
| Movie | Powder Blue | Charlie | 2009-05-08 |
| Movie | Toys in the Attic | Teddy (english version) | 2009-03-05 |
| Movie | Winged Creatures | Charlie Archenault | 2009-07-08 |
| Movie | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | Narrator | 2009-08-14 |
| Movie | Hurricane Season | Al Collins | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Where the Wild Things Are | Ira (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Vantage Point | Howard Lewis | 2008-02-01 |
| Movie | Dragon Hunters | Lian-Chu (voice) | 2008-03-19 |
| Movie | Mon Clown | Self (archive footage) | 2008-03-14 |
| Movie | Street Kings | Captain Jack Wander | 2008-04-10 |
| Movie | The Air I Breathe | Happiness | 2007-02-07 |
| Movie | Even Money | Clyde Snow | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | Ripple Effect | Philip | 2007-06-21 |
| Movie | The Great Debaters | Dr. James Farmer Sr. | 2007-12-25 |
| Movie | The Marsh | Geoffrey Hunt | 2006-05-18 |
| Movie | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Lonnie Brewster (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | Before the Music Dies | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-02 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Forest Whitaker | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | American Gun | Carter | 2005-09-15 |
| Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
| Movie | Mary | Ted Younger | 2005-11-18 |
| Movie | A Little Trip to Heaven | Abe Holt | 2005-12-26 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Odyssey in Rome | 2005-09-30 | |
| Movie | Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 2004-03-30 |
| Movie | First Daughter | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-24 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Phone Booth | Captain Ramey | 2003-04-04 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Himself | 2002-01-13 |
| Series | The Shield | Unknown | 2002-03-12 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Self - Host | 2002-09-18 |
| Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Hire | The Employer | 2001-04-26 |
| Movie | Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard | 2001-11-11 |
| Movie | The Follow | The Employer | 2001-05-24 |
| Movie | The Fourth Angel | Agent Jules Bernard | 2001-08-15 |
| Movie | Battlefield Earth | Ker | 2000-05-12 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
| Series | Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 1999-06-07 |
| Movie | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Witness Protection | Steven Beck | 1999-12-11 |
| Movie | Light It Up | Officer Dante Jackson | 1999-11-04 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Body Count | Crane | 1998-04-28 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Phenomenon | Nate Pope | 1996-07-05 |
| Movie | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Mr. Rucker | 1996-11-23 |
| Movie | Smoke | Cyrus Cole | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | Species | Dan Smithson, Empath | 1995-07-07 |
| Movie | Mr. Holland's Opus | Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited) | 1995-12-29 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | Col. MacKenzie Casey | 1994-08-24 |
| Movie | Blown Away | Anthony Franklin | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | Prêt-à-Porter | Cy Bianco | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Jason's Lyric | Maddog | 1994-09-28 |
| Movie | Body Snatchers | Major Collins | 1993-06-09 |
| Movie | Lush Life | Buddy Chester | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | Last Light | Fred Whitmore | 1993-08-22 |
| Movie | Bank Robber | Officer Battle | 1993-12-03 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman | 1992-03-13 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | The Crying Game | Jody | 1992-09-02 |
| Movie | Consenting Adults | David Duttonville | 1992-10-16 |
| Movie | Diary of a Hitman | Dekker | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | A Rage in Harlem | Jackson | 1991-05-03 |
| Movie | Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Downtown | Dennis Curren | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | Johnny Handsome | Dr. Steven Fisher | 1989-09-12 |
| Movie | Bloodsport | Rawlins | 1988-02-26 |
| Movie | Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker | 1988-06-01 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Stakeout | Det. Jack Pismo | 1987-08-05 |
| Movie | Good Morning, Vietnam | Edward Garlick | 1987-12-23 |
| Movie | The Color of Money | Amos | 1986-10-17 |
| Movie | Platoon | Big Harold | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | Vision Quest | Balldozer | 1985-02-15 |
| Series | North and South | Cuffey | 1985-11-03 |
| Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
| Movie | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson | 1982-08-13 |
| Movie | Tag: The Assassination Game | Gowdy's Bodyguard | 1982-04-20 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown | 1978-11-03 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |