Forest Whitaker
ActingTotal Credits
193
Acting
171
First Credit
1952
Latest Credit
2027
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
2001
Criminal Minds
Sam Cooper
2005
Andor
Saw Gerrera
2022
The King of Kings
Peter (voice)
2025
The Shield
Jon Kavanaugh
2002
Godfather of Harlem
Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson · Executive Producer
2019
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020
ER
Curtis Ames
1994
Platoon
Big Harold
1986
Star Wars Rebels
Saw Gerrera (voice)
2014
The Hire
The Employer
2001
Hill Street Blues
Actor
1981
Arrival
Colonel Weber
2016
Big George Foreman
Doc Broadus
2023
Door to Door
Co-Executive Producer
2002
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Saw Gerrera
2016
North and South
Cuffey
1985
Amazing Stories
Jerry
1985
The Last King of Scotland
Idi Amin
2006
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
1994
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Southpaw
Titus 'Tick' Wills
2015
Black Panther
Zuri
2018
Fruitvale Station
Producer
2013
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog
1999
The Butler
Cecil Gaines
2013
Good Morning, Vietnam
Edward Garlick
1987
The Great Debaters
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Sam Cooper
2011
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
Smoke
Cyrus Cole
1995
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Narrator
2013
Empire
Eddie Barker
2015
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Mr. Rucker
1996
The Twilight Zone
Self - Host
2002
Diff'rent Strokes
Actor
1978
Bloodsport
Rawlins
1988
Dope
The Narrator (voice) · Producer
2015
American Dad!
Turlington (voice)
2005
Food Chains
Actor
2014
Mr. Holland's Opus
Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
1995
Cagney & Lacey
Night Manager
1982
Roots
Fiddler
2016
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Producer
2015
Phone Booth
Captain Ramey
2003
The Follow
The Employer
2001
The Color of Money
Amos
1986
Bird
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988
The Crying Game
Jody
1992
Monte Carlo
Executive Producer
2011
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Charles Jefferson
1982
Lullaby for Pi
George
2010
Respect
C. L. Franklin
2021
Panic Room
Burnham
2002
Sorry to Bother You
First Equisapien / Demarius · Producer
2018
Chasing Papi
Producer
2003
Jason's Lyric
Maddog
1994
Light It Up
Officer Dante Jackson
1999
Zulu
Ali Sokhela
2013
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Narrator
2009