Forest Whitaker
Birthday: 1961-07-15
Birthplace: Longview, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 341
Drafted By: The Free Refills
Owned By: The Free Refills
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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.
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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 2007 | 46 | The Last King of Scotland (2006) | Leading Actor | Win | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2025-04-24 | Havoc | Lawrence Beaumont |
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2025-04-07 | The King of Kings | Peter (voice) |
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2023-04-27 | Big George Foreman | Doc Broadus |
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2021-08-12 | Respect | C. L. Franklin |
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2020-11-06 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Jeronicus Jangle |
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2020-02-28 | Burden | Reverend Kennedy |
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2020-01-17 | A Fall from Grace | |
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2019-03-15 | Finding Steve McQueen | Howard Lambert |
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2018-09-06 | City of Lies | Jack Jackson |
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2018-07-13 | How It Ends | Tom |
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2018-07-06 | Sorry to Bother You | First Equisapien / Demarius |
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2018-03-09 | The Forgiven | Desmond Tutu |
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2018-02-13 | Black Panther | Zuri |
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2016-12-14 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Saw Gerrera |
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2016-11-10 | Arrival | Colonel Weber |
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2015-03-24 | Southpaw | Titus 'Tick' Wills |
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2014-12-16 | Taken 3 | Inspector Frank Dotzler |
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2014-05-07 | Two Men in Town | William Garnett |
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2014-04-26 | Food Chains | |
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2014-02-28 | Repentance | Angel |
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2013-12-04 | Zulu | Ali Sokhela |
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2013-11-27 | Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell Cobbs |
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2013-11-25 | Making a Scene | Man |
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2013-11-09 | Out of the Furnace | Chief Wesley Barnes |
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2013-08-16 | The Butler | Cecil Gaines |
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2013-04-23 | Pawn | Will |
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2013-01-12 | The Last Stand | Agent John Bannister |
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2012-11-29 | A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis |
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2012-08-10 | Freelancers | Dennis Larue |
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2011-12-08 | Catch.44 | Ronny |
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2010-10-11 | Lullaby for Pi | George |
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2010-07-15 | The Experiment | Barris |
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2010-04-07 | My Own Love Song | Joey |
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2010-03-18 | Repo Men | Jake |
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2010-03-12 | Our Family Wedding | Brad Boyd |
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2010-03-02 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Lion |
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2009-12-08 | Hurricane Season | Al Collins |
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2009-10-16 | Where the Wild Things Are | Ira (voice) |
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2009-07-08 | Winged Creatures | Charlie Archenault |
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2009-05-08 | Powder Blue | Charlie |
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2008-04-10 | Street Kings | Captain Jack Wander |
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2008-02-01 | Vantage Point | Howard Lewis |
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2007-12-25 | The Great Debaters | Dr. James Farmer Sr. |
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2007-06-21 | Ripple Effect | Philip |
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2007-03-13 | Even Money | Clyde Snow |
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2007-02-07 | The Air I Breathe | Happiness |
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2006-08-04 | Everyone's Hero | Lonnie Brewster (voice) |
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2006-05-18 | The Marsh | Geoffrey Hunt |
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2006-01-12 | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin |
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2005-12-26 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Abe Holt |
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2005-11-18 | Mary | Ted Younger |
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2005-09-30 | Odyssey in Rome | |
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2005-09-15 | American Gun | Carter |
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2005-05-08 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Forest Whitaker |
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2003-04-04 | Phone Booth | Captain Ramey |
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2003-01-01 | Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay |
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2002-03-29 | Panic Room | Burnham |
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2001-11-11 | Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard |
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2001-08-15 | The Fourth Angel | Agent Jules Bernard |
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2001-08-14 | Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai | |
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2001-05-24 | The Follow | The Employer |
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2001-05-17 | Green Dragon | Addie |
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2000-05-12 | Battlefield Earth | Ker |
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1999-12-11 | Witness Protection | Steven Beck |
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1999-11-04 | Light It Up | Officer Dante Jackson |
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1999-10-06 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog |
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1998-04-28 | Body Count | Crane |
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1996-11-23 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Mr. Rucker |
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1996-07-05 | Phenomenon | Nate Pope |
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1995-12-29 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited) |
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1995-07-07 | Species | Dan Smithson, Empath |
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1995-06-09 | Smoke | Cyrus Cole |
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1994-12-23 | Prêt-à-Porter | Cy Bianco |
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1994-09-28 | Jason's Lyric | Maddog |
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1994-08-24 | The Enemy Within | Col. MacKenzie Casey |
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1994-07-01 | Blown Away | Anthony Franklin |
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1993-12-03 | Bank Robber | Officer Battle |
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1993-10-01 | Lush Life | Buddy Chester |
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1993-08-22 | Last Light | Fred Whitmore |
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1993-06-09 | Body Snatchers | Major Collins |
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1992-10-16 | Consenting Adults | David Duttonville |
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1992-09-02 | The Crying Game | Jody |
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1992-03-13 | Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman |
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1991-11-20 | Diary of a Hitman | Dekker |
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1991-05-03 | A Rage in Harlem | Jackson |
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1990-09-08 | Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams |
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1990-01-12 | Downtown | Dennis Curren |
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1989-09-12 | Johnny Handsome | Dr. Steven Fisher |
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1988-06-01 | Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker |
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1988-02-26 | Bloodsport | Rawlins |
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1987-12-23 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Edward Garlick |
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1987-08-05 | Stakeout | Det. Jack Pismo |
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1987-05-10 | Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney |
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1986-12-19 | Platoon | Big Harold |
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1986-10-17 | The Color of Money | Amos |
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1985-02-15 | Vision Quest | Balldozer |
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1982-08-13 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson |
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1982-04-20 | Tag: The Assassination Game | Gowdy's Bodyguard |