Forest Whitaker
ActingTotal Credits
193
Acting
171
First Credit
1952
Latest Credit
2027
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
2001
The King of Kings
Peter (voice)
2025
Criminal Minds
Sam Cooper
2005
Andor
Saw Gerrera
2022
The Shield
Jon Kavanaugh
2002
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020
Godfather of Harlem
Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson · Executive Producer
2019
ER
Curtis Ames
1994
Platoon
Big Harold
1986
Star Wars Rebels
Saw Gerrera (voice)
2014
Arrival
Colonel Weber
2016
Hill Street Blues
Actor
1981
The Hire
The Employer
2001
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
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
1994
Black Panther
Zuri
2018
Southpaw
Titus 'Tick' Wills
2015
Fruitvale Station
Producer
2013
The Butler
Cecil Gaines
2013
Good Morning, Vietnam
Edward Garlick
1987
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog
1999
The Great Debaters
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2007
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Twilight Zone
Self - Host
2002
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Narrator
2013
Smoke
Cyrus Cole
1995
Empire
Eddie Barker
2015
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Sam Cooper
2011
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Mr. Rucker
1996
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
Bird
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1988
The Follow
The Employer
2001
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Producer
2015
Phone Booth
Captain Ramey
2003
The Color of Money
Amos
1986
The Crying Game
Jody
1992
Monte Carlo
Executive Producer
2011
Lullaby for Pi
George
2010
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Charles Jefferson
1982
Panic Room
Burnham
2002
Chasing Papi
Producer
2003
Respect
C. L. Franklin
2021
Sorry to Bother You
First Equisapien / Demarius · Producer
2018
Jason's Lyric
Maddog
1994
Light It Up
Officer Dante Jackson
1999
Zulu
Ali Sokhela
2013
Street Kings
Captain Jack Wander
2008