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Forest Whitaker

Birth Name:Forest Steven Whitaker

Birth Place:Longview, Texas, United States

Profession Actor, director, producer

Executive Producer

11 Credits
Godfather of Harlem
2023
Brick City
2011
First Daughter
Green Dragon
American Gun
Ripple Effect
Monte Carlo
Kassim the Dream
Serving Life
Rising from the Ashes
Burden

Actor

115 Credits
Godfather of Harlem
2023
Extrapolations
2023
Young Rock
2022
Andor
2022
ES.TV
2018
Empire
2018
Roots
2016
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
Criminal Minds
2010
The Shield
2007
ER
2007
The Twilight Zone
2003
Law & Order
2002
Diff'rent Strokes
1985
The Fall Guy
1985
North and South
Hill Street Blues
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1983
Light It Up
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Battlefield Earth
The Feast of All Saints
Four Dogs Playing Poker
The Fourth Angel
Deacons for Defense
Phone Booth
Green Dragon
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
American Gun
Even Money
The Marsh
A Little Trip to Heaven
The Great Debaters
The Air I Breathe
Vantage Point
Street Kings
Ripple Effect
Hurricane Season
Will You Merry Me?
Powder Blue
Repo Men
Fragments
Our Family Wedding
The Experiment
My Own Love Song
Lullaby for Pi
Mary
Catch .44
Freelancers
Lee Daniels' The Butler
The Truth
Pawn
Vipaka
Black Nativity
Zulu
Taken 3
Two Men in Town
The Last Stand
Panic Room
Out of the Furnace
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Black Panther
Southpaw
Arrival
The Forgiven
Sorry to Bother You
Burden
City of Lies
How It Ends
Finding Steve McQueen
Respect
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Witness Protection
Jason's Lyric
Bank Robber
Species
Blown Away
Last Light
Hands of a Stranger
The Arrival
The Pawn
Ernest & Célestine
Kiss Me, Kill Me
El Precio del Perdon
A Rage in Harlem
Big George Foreman
Platoon
Blue in the Face
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
TAG---The Assassination Game
The Enemy Within
Vision Quest
Criminal Justice
Lush Life
Body Snatchers
Downtown
Consenting Adults
Body Count
Article 99
The Color of Money
Good Morning, Vietnam
Diary of a Hitman
The Crying Game
Mutant Species
Bird
Phenomenon
Johnny Handsome
Stakeout
Smoke
Bloodsport
Ready to Wear
Rebound: The Legend of Earl the Goat Manigault
The Follow
AFI Salute to Clint Eastwood
The Last King of Scotland

Guest

19 Credits
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2019
Regis and Kelly
2016
Full Frame
2014
The Queen Latifah Show
2014
Tavis Smiley
2014
Talk to Al Jazeera
2014
CBS This Morning
2013
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2013
Larry King Now
2013
Oprah's Next Chapter
2013
The View
2013
Lopez Tonight
2011
Sunday Morning Shoot-Out
2008
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2008
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
2007
The Martha Stewart Show
2007
Today
2007
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future Concert

Remarks by

9 Credits
Made in Hollywood Now
2018
ET Canada
2016
Hollywood Idols
2015
Making of 'The Great Debaters'
David Sheehan's Holiday Movie Magic
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
National Salute to Veterans
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
King

Appearing

20 Credits
Kickin' It
2018
Made in Hollywood
2013
American Idol
2008
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Joel Siegel's Road to the Academy Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
80th Academy Awards
Making of 'Street Kings'
Screen Actors Guild Awards
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
David Sheehan's Academy Awards Movie Magic
A Man's Story
National Memorial Day Concert 2011
Christmas in Harlem: The Making of the Musical Black Nativity
NAACP Image Awards
25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2021 Ted Countdown Global Livestream
Special Thanks to Roy London
American Storytellers

Narrator

6 Credits
Africa
2013
Independent Lens
2009
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Sewing Hope
Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Voice

12 Credits
American Dad!
2009
First Daughter
Everyone's Hero
Dragon Hunters
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
The Paperboy
Serving Life
Rising from the Ashes
Food Chains
Where the Wild Things Are
Dope
Before the Music Dies

Host

1 Credit
Saturday Night Live
2007

Director

8 Credits
Waiting to Exhale
City of Lies
Southpaw
Panic Room
Repo Men
First Daughter
Strapped
Hope Floats

Writer

1 Credit
Hope Floats

Co-Producer

1 Credit
A Rage in Harlem

Co-Executive Producer

1 Credit
Door to Door

Producer

11 Credits
Chasing Papi
Powder Blue
Fruitvale
Vipaka
Dope
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Roxanne Roxanne
Sorry to Bother You
A Kid From Coney Island
Passing
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo