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Respect

as C. L. Franklin

2021
Burden

as Reverend Kennedy

2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

as Jeronicus Jangle

2020
Godfather of Harlem

as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson

2019
Finding Steve McQueen

as Howard Lambert

2019
City of Lies

as Jack Jackson

2021
The Forgiven

as Desmond Tutu

2018
How It Ends

as Tom

2018
Roots

as Fiddler

2016
Arrival

as Colonel G. T. Weber

2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Saw Gerrera

2022
I Am You

as Narrator (voice)

2016
Southpaw

as Titus 'Tick' Wills

2015
Dope

as

2015
Repentance

as Angel

2014
Two Men in Town

as William Garnett

2015
Taken 3

as Inspector Frank Dotzler

2015
The Last Stand

as Agent John Bannister

2013
The Butler

as Cecil Gaines

2013
Out of the Furnace

as Chief Wesley Barnes

2013
Pawn

as Will

2013
Black Nativity

as Reverend Cornell Cobbs

2013
Zulu

as Ali Sokhela

2013
Making a Scene

as Man

2013
Freelancers

as Dennis Larue

2012
A Dark Truth

as Francisco Francis

2012
Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker

Birthday

1961-07-15

Place of Birth

Longview, Texas, USA

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Forest Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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