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Forest Whitaker

Birth Name:Forest Steven Whitaker

Birth Place:Longview, Texas, United States

Profession Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Director, Music department

Director

4 Credits
First Daughter
Hope Floats
Waiting to Exhale
Strapped

Actor

122 Credits
Godfather of Harlem
Andor
Havoc
The King of Kings
Emperor of Ocean Park
Big George Foreman
Extrapolations
Young Rock
Respect
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Finding Steve McQueen
City of Lies
Empire
How It Ends
Black Panther
Burden
Sorry to Bother You
Star Wars Rebels
The Forgiven
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Arrival
Roots
Southpaw
Dope
Taken 3
Two Men in Town
Black Nativity
Making a Scene
Out of the Furnace
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Zulu
Pawn
Vipaka
The Last Stand
The Truth
Freelancers
Ernest & Célestine
Catch .44
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Lullaby for Pi
The Experiment
Criminal Minds
My Own Love Song
Our Family Wedding
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Repo Men
Hurricane Season
Where the Wild Things Are
Powder Blue
Toys in the Attic
American Dad!
Fragments
Street Kings
Dragon Hunters
Vantage Point
The Great Debaters
Ripple Effect
The Air I Breathe
The Shield
Rwanda Rising
ER
Everyone's Hero
The Last King of Scotland
The Marsh
Even Money
American Gun
A Little Trip to Heaven
Mary
First Daughter
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Deacons for Defense
Phone Booth
Panic Room
The Feast of All Saints
The Fourth Angel
The Follow
Green Dragon
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Battlefield Earth
Witness Protection
Light It Up
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Body Count
Rebound: The Legend of Earl the Goat Manigault
Phenomenon
Mr. Holland's Opus
Species
Smoke
Ready to Wear
Jason's Lyric
The Enemy Within
Blown Away
Lush Life
Bank Robber
Last Light
Body Snatchers
Consenting Adults
The Crying Game
Article 99
Diary of a Hitman
A Rage in Harlem
Criminal Justice
Downtown
Johnny Handsome
Bird
Bloodsport
Good Morning, Vietnam
Stakeout
Hands of a Stranger
Platoon
The Color of Money
Amazing Stories
North and South
Diff'rent Strokes
The Fall Guy
Vision Quest
Hill Street Blues
Trapper John, M.D.
Cagney & Lacey
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
TAG---The Assassination Game
Making the Grade

executive producer

17 Credits
Godfather of Harlem
Lucky Lu
Hollywood Black
Layla
Fancy Dance
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
We Are One
Rising from the Ashes
Serving Life
Monte Carlo
Brick City
Kassim the Dream
Ripple Effect
American Gun
First Daughter
The Feast of All Saints
Green Dragon

producer

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

consulting producer

1 Credit
The Twilight Zone

co-executive producer

1 Credit
Door to Door

co-producer

1 Credit
A Rage in Harlem

performer

5 Credits
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Empire
Black Nativity
Ernest & Célestine
The Last King of Scotland

writer

1 Credit
First Daughter

Self

75 Credits
Good Morning America
The Jennifer Hudson Show
My Generation
Made in Hollywood
Dish Nation
Don't Try to Understand: A Year in the Life of Earl 'DMX' Simmons
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Sunday Today with Willie Geist
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Hollywood on Set
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Live With Kelly and Mark
ET Entertainment Tonight
The Daily Show
20/20
Sister Circle
Today
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
CBS Saturday Morning
GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke
Morning Joe
The Rachael Ray Show
Larry King Now
ET Canada
Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry Wallace
We Are One
Good Morning Britain
Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
Roots: A New Vision
Sewing Hope
Food Chains
Tavis Smiley
The Queen Latifah Show
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
The Jonathan Ross Show
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Oprah Prime
Charlie Rose
Africa
Rising from the Ashes
Serving Life
National Memorial Day Concert
Lopez Tonight
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
Late Show With David Letterman
A Man's Story
Shooting Star
Independent Lens
The Oprah Winfrey Show
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
Pudhukottai Azhagan
Shootout
HBO First Look
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Access Hollywood
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Biography
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
The View
Inside the Actors Studio
Before the Music Dies
Last Call With Carson Daly
Special Thanks to Roy London
Shooting 'Panic Room'
The Twilight Zone
American Storytellers
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Intimate Portrait
Arena
American Masters
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Ebony/Jet Showcase

soundtrack executive producer

2 Credits
First Daughter
Waiting to Exhale

executive soundtrack producer

1 Credit
Hope Floats