Actor

Forest Whitaker

July 15, 1961 · 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.

Notable work

7.4
Black Panther (2018)
as Zuri
7.6
Arrival (2016)
as Colonel Weber
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Saw Gerrera
6.3
Taken 3 (2014)
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
7.4
Southpaw (2015)
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
6.8
Panic Room (2002)
as Burnham
7.7
Platoon (1986)
as Big Harold
6.9
Phone Booth (2003)
as Captain Ramey
8.3
Criminal Minds (2005)
as Sam Cooper
7.3
The Butler (2013)
as Cecil Gaines
7.3
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
as Edward Garlick
6.1
The Last Stand (2013)
as Agent John Bannister

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