---
title: 'Forest Whitaker'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'karateka'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'film director'
born: '1961-07-15'
birthplace: 'Longview'
films_in_library: 87
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/forest-whitaker'
updated: '2026-07-30'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker'
wikidata: 'Q182763'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Forest Whitaker

film actor, television actor, karateka, film producer, film director.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2025 · [Havoc](https://cinepixo.com/movies/havoc-2025) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2025 · [The King of Kings](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-king-of-kings-2025) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2024 · [Megalopolis](https://cinepixo.com/movies/megalopolis-2024) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2023 · [Big George Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/big-george-foreman-2023) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2021 · [Respect](https://cinepixo.com/movies/respect-2021) — as C. L. Franklin · unreviewed here
- 2021 · [Passing](https://cinepixo.com/movies/passing-2021) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [Sorry to Bother You](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sorry-to-bother-you-2018) — actor, Producer · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [How It Ends](https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-it-ends-2018) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [Black Panther](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-panther-2018) — as Zuri · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [City of Lies](https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-of-lies-2018) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2017 · [The Forgiven](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-forgiven-2017) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2016 · [Arrival](https://cinepixo.com/movies/arrival-2016) — as Colonel G. T. Weber · unreviewed here
- 2016 · [Rogue One: A Star Wars Story](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-2016) — as Saw Gerrera · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [Taken 3](https://cinepixo.com/movies/taken-3-2015) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [Southpaw](https://cinepixo.com/movies/southpaw-2015) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [Songs My Brothers Taught Me](https://cinepixo.com/movies/songs-my-brothers-taught-me-2015) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Two Men in Town](https://cinepixo.com/movies/two-men-in-town-2014) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [The Last Stand](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-stand-2013) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Black Nativity](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-nativity-2013) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Out of the Furnace](https://cinepixo.com/movies/out-of-the-furnace-2013) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Zulu](https://cinepixo.com/movies/zulu-2013) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Pawn](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pawn-2013) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Fruitvale Station](https://cinepixo.com/movies/fruitvale-station-2013) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Freelancers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/freelancers-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [A Dark Truth](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-dark-truth-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Ernest & Celestine](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ernest-celestine-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Rising from Ashes](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rising-from-ashes-2012) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2011 · [Catch .44](https://cinepixo.com/movies/catch-44-2011) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [Repo Men](https://cinepixo.com/movies/repo-men-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [The Experiment](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-experiment-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [Our Family Wedding](https://cinepixo.com/movies/our-family-wedding-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [My Own Love Song](https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-own-love-song-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [Hurricane Season](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hurricane-season-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [Lullaby for Pi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lullaby-for-pi-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2009 · [Where the Wild Things Are](https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-the-wild-things-are-2009) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2009 · [Powder Blue](https://cinepixo.com/movies/powder-blue-2009) — actor, Producer · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Vantage Point](https://cinepixo.com/movies/vantage-point-2008) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Street Kings](https://cinepixo.com/movies/street-kings-2008) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Dragon Hunters](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dragon-hunters-2008) — as Lian-Chu · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [The Great Debaters](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-debaters-2007) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [The Air I Breathe](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-air-i-breathe-2007) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [Even Money](https://cinepixo.com/movies/even-money-2007) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [Murder Party](https://cinepixo.com/movies/murder-party-2007) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [The Last King of Scotland](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-king-of-scotland-2006) — as Idi Amin · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [Before the Music Dies](https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-the-music-dies-2006) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [Everyone's Hero](https://cinepixo.com/movies/everyones-hero-2006) — as Lonnie "The Rooster" Brewster · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [A Little Trip to Heaven](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-little-trip-to-heaven-2005) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [Mary](https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-2005) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [American Gun](https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-gun-2005) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2004 · [First Daughter](https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-daughter-2004) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 2004 · [Jiminy Glick in Lalawood](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jiminy-glick-in-lalawood-2004) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2003 · [Chasing Papi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/chasing-papi-2003) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2002 · [Panic Room](https://cinepixo.com/movies/panic-room-2002) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2001 · [The Fourth Angel](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fourth-angel-2001) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2001 · [Green Dragon](https://cinepixo.com/movies/green-dragon-2001) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2001 · [The Feast of All Saints](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-feast-of-all-saints-2001) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2000 · [Battlefield Earth](https://cinepixo.com/movies/battlefield-earth-2000) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2000 · [Four Dogs Playing Poker](https://cinepixo.com/movies/four-dogs-playing-poker-2000) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai-1999) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [Light It Up](https://cinepixo.com/movies/light-it-up-1999) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Body Count](https://cinepixo.com/movies/body-count-1998) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Hope Floats](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hope-floats-1998) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Phenomenon](https://cinepixo.com/movies/phenomenon-1996) — as Nate Pope · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Species](https://cinepixo.com/movies/species-1995) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Smoke](https://cinepixo.com/movies/smoke-1995) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Waiting to Exhale](https://cinepixo.com/movies/waiting-to-exhale-1995) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Prêt-à-Porter](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pret-a-porter-1994) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Blown Away](https://cinepixo.com/movies/blown-away-1994) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Jason's Lyric](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jasons-lyric-1994) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Body Snatchers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/body-snatchers-1993) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Bank Robber](https://cinepixo.com/movies/bank-robber-1993) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [The Crying Game](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-crying-game-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Consenting Adults](https://cinepixo.com/movies/consenting-adults-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Article 99](https://cinepixo.com/movies/article-99-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [A Rage in Harlem](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-rage-in-harlem-1991) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [Diary of a Hitman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/diary-of-a-hitman-1991) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Downtown](https://cinepixo.com/movies/downtown-1990) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Johnny Handsome](https://cinepixo.com/movies/johnny-handsome-1989) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Bloodsport](https://cinepixo.com/movies/bloodsport-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Bird](https://cinepixo.com/movies/bird-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Good Morning, Vietnam](https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-morning-vietnam-1987) — as Edward Garlick · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Stakeout](https://cinepixo.com/movies/stakeout-1987) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [Platoon](https://cinepixo.com/movies/platoon-1986) — as Big Harold · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Color of Money](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-color-of-money-1986) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Vision Quest](https://cinepixo.com/movies/vision-quest-1985) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Fast Times at Ridgemont High](https://cinepixo.com/movies/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Tag: The Assassination Game](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tag-the-assassination-game-1982) — actor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/forest-whitaker
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