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.

Фільмографія

• 2027Up Against It
• 2026Lucky Lu — Executive Producer
• 2025To Live and Die and Live — Producer
• 2025Спустошення — Lawrence Beaumont
• 2025Цар царів — Peter (voice)
• Hollywood Black — Self, Executive Producer
• The Emperor of Ocean Park — Judge Oliver Garland
• 2024Transplant — Producer
• 2024Церемоніальний танець — Executive Producer
• 2023Великий Джордж Форман — Doc Broadus
• Екстраполяції — Auggie Bolo
• Andor — Saw Gerrera
• 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look — Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022For the Sake of Peace — Producer
• 2022Prophets of Change — Narrator
• 2021Passing — Producer
• 2021Повага — C. L. Franklin
• By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem — Self, Executive Producer
• 2020Містер Джанґл і різдвяна подорож — Jeronicus Jangle
• 2019A Kid from Coney Island — Executive Producer
• 2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo — Producer
• 2019Finding Steve McQueen — Howard Lambert
• Хрещений батько Гарлема — Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, Executive Producer
• 2018Burden — Reverend Kennedy
• 2018The Forgiven — Desmond Tutu
• 2018Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Вибач, що турбую — First Equisapien / Demarius, Producer
• 2018Місто брехні — Jack Jackson
• 2018Чорна пантера — Zuri
• 2018Як це закінчується — Tom
• 2017Roxanne Roxanne — Producer
• 2016I Am You — Narrator (voice)
• Roots — Fiddler
• Star Wars: Go Rogue — Saw Gerrera (voice)
• 2016Бунтар Один. Зоряні війни: Історія — Saw Gerrera
• 2016Прибуття — Colonel Weber
• 2015Songs My Brothers Taught Me — Producer
• Імперія — Eddie Barker
• 2015Наркотик — The Narrator (voice), Producer
• 2015Шульга — Titus 'Tick' Wills
• 2014Food Chains
• 2014Repentance — Angel
• 2014Two Men in Town — William Garnett
• 2014Викрадена 3 — Inspector Frank Dotzler
• Зоряні війни: Повстанці — Saw Gerrera (voice)
• 2013Black Nativity — Reverend Cornell Cobbs
• 2013Making a Scene | 11 Performances
• 2013Mysteries of the Unseen World — Narrator
• 2013Pawn — Will
• 2013Rising from Ashes — Narrator, Executive Producer
• 2013Дворецький — Cecil Gaines
• 2013З пекла — Chief Wesley Barnes
• 2013Повернення героя — Agent John Bannister
• 2013Станція Фрутвейл — Producer
• 2013Теорія змови — Ali Sokhela
• 2012A Dark Truth — Francisco Francis
• 2012Freelancers — Dennis Larue
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Sam Cooper
• 2011Serving Life — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2011Монте-Карло — Executive Producer
• 2011Пастка 44 — Ronny
• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)
• 2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life — Lion
• 2010Hurricane Season — Al Collins
• 2010Lullaby for Pi — George
• 2010My Own Love Song — Joey
• 2010Our Family Wedding — Brad Boyd
• 2010Експеримент — Barris
• 2010Різники — Jake
• Brick City — Executive Producer
• 2009Crips and Bloods: Made in America — Narrator
• 2009Kassim the Dream — Producer
• 2009Блідо-синє — Charlie, Producer
• 2009Політ завдовжки в життя — Charlie Archenault
• 2009Там, де живуть чудовиська — Ira (voice)
• 2008Королі вулиць — Captain Jack Wander
• 2008Точка обстрілу — Howard Lewis
• 2007Even Money — Clyde Snow
• 2007Ripple Effect — Philip, Executive Producer
• 2007Великі сперечальники — Dr. James Farmer Sr.
• 2007Повітря, яким я дихаю — Happiness
• 2006The Marsh — Geoffrey Hunt
• 2006Останній король Шотландії — Idi Amin
• 2006Переможець — Lonnie Brewster (voice)
• 2005A Little Trip to Heaven — Abe Holt
• 2005American Gun — Carter, Executive Producer
• 2005Deacons for Defense — Marcus Clay
• 2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood — Forest Whitaker
• 2005Mary — Ted Younger
• 2005Odyssey in Rome
• Американський тато! — Turlington (voice)
• Мислити як злочинець — Sam Cooper
• 2004Перша донька — Narrator (voice), Director, Executive Producer
• 2003Chasing Papi — Producer
• 2003Телефонна будка — Captain Ramey
• 2002Door to Door — Co-Executive Producer
• 2002Кімната страху — Burnham
• Щит — Jon Kavanaugh
• 2001Feast of All Saints — Daguerreotypist Picard
• 2001Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
• 2001Green Dragon — Addie, Executive Producer
• 2001The Follow — The Employer
• 2001The Fourth Angel — Agent Jules Bernard
• The Hire — The Employer
• 2000Four Dogs Playing Poker — Mr. Ellington
• 2000The Paperboy — Narrator
• 2000Поле битви — Земля — Ker
• 1999Light It Up — Officer Dante Jackson
• 1999Witness Protection — Steven Beck
• 1999Пес-примара: Шлях самурая — Ghost Dog
• 1998Body Count — Crane
• 1998Проблиски надії — Director, Executive Music Producer
• 1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault — Mr. Rucker
• 1996Феномен — Nate Pope
• 1995Дим — Cyrus Cole
• 1995Опус містера Голланда — Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
• 1995Створіння — Dan Smithson, Empath
• 1995Чекаючи видиху — Director
• 1994Jason's Lyric — Maddog
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Cy Bianco
• 1994The Enemy Within — Col. MacKenzie Casey
• 1994Підривники — Anthony Franklin
• Швидка допомога — Curtis Ames
• 1993Bank Robber — Officer Battle
• 1993Last Light — Fred Whitmore
• 1993Lush Life — Buddy Chester
• 1993Strapped — Director
• 1993Викрадачі тіл — Major Collins
• 1992Article 99 — Dr. Sid Handleman
• 1992The Crying Game — Jody
• Вечірнє шоу із Джеєм Лено
• 1992За взаємною згодою — David Duttonville
• 1991Diary of a Hitman — Dekker
• 1991Лють у Гарлемі — Jackson, Co-Producer
• 1990Criminal Justice — Jessie Williams
• 1990Downtown — Dennis Curren
• 1989Красунчик Джонні — Dr. Steven Fisher
• 1988Bird — Charlie 'Bird' Parker
• 1988Кривавий спорт — Rawlins
• 1987Hands of a Stranger — Sergeant Delaney
• 1987Доброго ранку, В'єтнам — Edward Garlick
• 1987Стеження — Det. Jack Pismo
• 1986A Little Off Mark — Thanks
• 1986Взвод — Big Harold
• 1986Колір грошей — Amos
• 1985Vision Quest — Balldozer
• Дивовижні історії — Jerry
• Північ і південь — Cuffey
• 1983The Grand Baby
• 1982Tag: The Assassination Game — Gowdy's Bodyguard
• Кеґні та Лейсі — Night Manager
• 1982Круті часи в «Ріджмонт Хай» — Charles Jefferson
• Hill Street Blues
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Rise of the Empress — Executive Producer
• Rosetta — Producer
• Sewing Hope — Narrator (voice)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (36)

• 2026Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo — Self (archive footage)
• My Generation — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2024Seaweed Stories — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Cannes Festival — Self - Guest
• 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend — Self (archive footage)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy — Self
• 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King — Self
• 2020Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times — Self
• Steve — Self
• 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' — Self
• 2017Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2011A Man's Story — Self
• 2006Before the Music Dies — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004Shooting 'Panic Room' — Self
• 2004The Misbehavers — Self
• 2003Making of Phone Booth — Self
• Джиммі Кіммел наживо! — Self - Guest
• Шоу Елен Дедженерес — Self
• Live from E! — Self
• Американський Ідол — Self
• Сутінкова зона — Self - Host
• 2001A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' — Self
• 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• Погляд — Self
• Щоденне шоу з Тревором Ноа — Self
• 1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Наживо з Келлі та Раяном — Self
• Суботнього вечора в прямому ефірі — Self - Host
• Оскар — Self - Presenter
• Today — Self