Forest Whitaker
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Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director.
He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Lee Daniels' The Butler, Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,for his work in direct-to-video films and for his recurring role as LAPD Internal Affairs Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the award-winning television series The Shield.
Whitaker won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland.
He also starred as Inspector Franck Dotzler in Taken 3 with Liam Neeson.
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Jingle Jangle (2020)
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Directed by: David E. Talbert
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Hugh Bonneville | Anika Noni Rose | Keegan-Michael Key | Phylicia Rashād
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
As: Self
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.
Runtime: 40 min.
Directed by: Ron Halpern
Stars: Mark Ruffalo | Scarlett Johansson | Chadwick Boseman | Kevin Feige | Robin Roberts
Respect (2020)
The life story of legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin.
Directed by: Liesl Tommy
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Marlon Wayans | Mary J. Blige | Jennifer Hudson | Audra McDonald
Finding Steve McQueen (2019)
As: Howard Lambert
In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Stars: William Fichtner | Forest Whitaker | Travis Fimmel | Rachael Taylor | Lily Rabe
City of Lies (2018)
As: Jack Jackson
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web ...
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Brad Furman
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Johnny Depp | Toby Huss | Neil Brown Jr. | Dayton Callie
How It Ends (2018)
As: Tom
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Kerry Bishé | Theo James | Kat Graham | Grace Dove
Triumph: the Untold Story of Perry Wallace (2018)
As: Narrator
Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Rich Gentile
Stars: Andrew Young | Harry Edwards | Perry Wallace | Eric Holder | Oscar Robertson
The Forgiven (2018)
As: Desmond Tutu
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Terry Norton | Eric Bana | Jeff Gum | Debbie Sherman
Black Panther (2018)
As: Zuri
King T'Challa returns home from America to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantel to join with girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his ...
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Ryan Coogler
Stars: Danai Gurira | Martin Freeman | Michael B. Jordan | Chadwick Boseman | Lupita Nyong'o
Burden (2018)
As: Reverend Kennedy
Burden, an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan, attempts to break away when the girl he falls in love with urges him to leave for a better life together. When the Klan seeks Mike out for vengeance, a black congregation led by the benevolent, Reverend Kennedy, takes Mike, his girlfriend and her son in, protects them and accepts them into their community.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Andrew Heckler
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Andrea Riseborough | Garrett Hedlund | Tom Wilkinson | Usher Raymond
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
As: First Equisapien / Demarius
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Boots Riley
Stars: Terry Crews | Omari Hardwick | Tessa Thompson | Lakeith Stanfield | Jermaine Fowler
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017)
As: Himself
The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Runtime: 69 min.
Directed by: Glen Milner
Stars: Diego Luna | Forest Whitaker | Felicity Jones | Alan Tudyk | Gareth Edwards
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
As: Saw Gerrera
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Gareth Edwards
Stars: Diego Luna | Mads Mikkelsen | Ben Mendelsohn | Felicity Jones | Donnie Yen
I Am You (2016)
As: Narrator (voice)
In Peace We Trust. This documentary shows us how animal rights and human rights & the environment are all related. And the diverse effects that they have on each other and the planet. We are all inter-connected and part of the whole, so why would we want to hurt another living being that is a part of us? I Am You. Narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and featuring Jimmy Carter, Maneka ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Kevin Mukherji
Stars: Forest Whitaker
Arrival (2016)
As: Colonel Weber
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Amy Adams | Jeremy Renner | Michael Stuhlbarg | Tzi Ma
Dope (2015)
As: Narrator
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Rick Famuyiwa
Stars: Zoë Kravitz | Tony Revolori | Kiersey Clemons | Chanel Iman | Shameik Moore
Southpaw (2015)
As: Titus 'Tick' Wills
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to ...
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Forest Whitaker | Rachel McAdams | 50 Cent | Oona Laurence
A Fall from Grace (2015)
As: Source
Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who, in both the dark and light - is taking the lives of young girls.
Directed by: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Tim Roth | David Lynch | Vincent D'Onofrio | Paz Vega
Taken 3 (2014)
As: Inspector Frank Dotzler
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Liam Neeson | Famke Janssen | Maggie Grace | Dougray Scott
Two Men in Town (2014)
As: William Garnett
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Rachid Bouchareb
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Harvey Keitel | Luis Guzmán | Brenda Blethyn | Dolores Heredia
Out of the Furnace (2013)
As: Chief Wesley Barnes
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Stars: Christian Bale | Zoe Saldana | Willem Dafoe | Woody Harrelson | Sam Shepard
Zulu (2013)
As: Ali Sokhela
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Jérôme Salle
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Forest Whitaker | Conrad Kemp | Inge Beckmann | Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots
Black Nativity (2013)
As: Reverend Cornell Cobbs
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Jacob Latimore | Angela Bassett | Tyrese Gibson | Jennifer Hudson
Making a Scene (2013)
As: Man
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsible for some of the best scripts of 2013. We asked them each to write a single line for us — not a scene, a script or a scenario, but simply an intriguing, amusing or captivating line of dialogue. Then we gave these lines to one ...
Runtime: 10 min.
Directed by: Janusz Kamiński
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Bradley Cooper | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Greta Gerwig
Mysteries of the Unseen World (2013)
As: Narrator
Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. Viewers ...
Runtime: 39 min.
Directed by: Louie Schwartzberg
Stars: Forest Whitaker
The Butler (2013)
As: Cecil Gaines
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Stars: Forest Whitaker | David Banner | Michael Rainey Jr. | Mariah Carey | LaJessie Smith
Pawn (2013)
As: Will
A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: David A. Armstrong
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Ray Liotta | Sean Faris | Michael Chiklis | Nikki Reed
Repentance (2013)
As: Angel
An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses his spiritual messages of Karma - action and reaction (Vipaka), against him to terrorize him and his family for their past sins.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Philippe Caland
Stars: Mike Epps | Anthony Mackie | Forest Whitaker | Nicole Ari Parker | Sanaa Lathan
The Last Stand (2013)
As: Agent John Bannister
Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Kim Jee-woon
Stars: Jaimie Alexander | Forest Whitaker | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Rodrigo Santoro | Johnny Knoxville
A Man's Story (2012)
As: Himself
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Varon Bonicos
Stars: Michael Bay | Paul Bettany | Richard Branson | Giorgio Armani | Ozwald Boateng
The Truth (2012)
As: Francisco Francis
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco and his determined wife Mia can prove the truth. To settle a personal debt, former CIA agent Jack Begosian takes on the freelance assignment to rescue Francisco and risks everything in a brutal battle to expose the ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Damian Lee
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Deborah Kara Unger | Eva Longoria | Kim Coates | Andy García
Freelancers (2012)
As: Dennis Larue
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed revenge takes him over and he won't stop until justice has been truly served.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jessy Terrero
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Robert De Niro | 50 Cent | Ryan O'Nan | Matt Gerald
Catch .44 (2011)
As: Ronny
The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Aaron Harvey
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Deborah Ann Woll | Bruce Willis | Malin Åkerman | Nikki Reed
Serving Life (2011)
As: Narrator
"Serving Life" is the first OWN original documentary airing on the network narrated and executive produced by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker. The film takes viewers inside Louisiana's maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years. The prisoners within its walls are the worst of the worst - rapists, kidnappers and murderers. With prison sentences so long, ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Lisa R. Cohen
Stars: Forest Whitaker
Lullaby for Pi (2010)
As: George
A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Benoît Philippon
Stars: Rupert Friend | Clémence Poésy | Matt Ward | Forest Whitaker | Sarah Wayne Callies
The Experiment (2010)
As: Barris
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Paul Scheuring
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Adrien Brody | Cam Gigandet | Maggie Grace | Clifton Collins Jr.
My Own Love Song (2010)
As: Joey
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Olivier Dahan
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Madeline Zima | Renée Zellweger | Elias Koteas | Nick Nolte
Repo Men (2010)
As: Jake
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Miguel Sapochnik
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Alice Braga | Jude Law | Liev Schreiber | Carice van Houten
Our Family Wedding (2010)
As: Brad Boyd
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Rick Famuyiwa
Stars: Forest Whitaker | America Ferrera | Carlos Mencia | Regina King | Lance Gross
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010)
As: Lion
Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.
Runtime: 24 min.
Directed by: Chris Lavis | Maciek Szczerbowski
Stars: Alain Goulem | Meryl Streep | Spike Jonze | Audrée Juteau | Al Tuck
Hurricane Season (2009)
As: Al Collins
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins(Forest Whitaker), gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs. A very honest look at what can be done with the right people having the desire and fortitude to pick up and
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Tim Story
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Taraji P. Henson | Bonnie Hunt | Alexander Asefa
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
As: Ira (voice)
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Stars: Catherine Keener | James Gandolfini | Lauren Ambrose | Catherine O'Hara | Max Records
Powder Blue (2009)
As: Charlie
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Timothy Linh Bui
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Ray Liotta | Jessica Biel | Patrick Swayze | Eddie Redmayne
Winged Creatures (2008)
As: Charlie Archenault
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Rowan Woods
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Josh Hutcherson | Guy Pearce | Dakota Fanning | Kate Beckinsale
Street Kings (2008)
As: Captain Jack Wander
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: David Ayer
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Forest Whitaker | Chris Evans | Martha Higareda | Hugh Laurie
Dragon Hunters (2008)
As: Lian-Chu (voice)
Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules : Eat and don't get eaten.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Guillaume Ivernel | Arthur Qwak
Stars: Philippe Nahon | Patrick Timsit | Vincent Lindon | Amanda Lear | Marie Drion
Vantage Point (2008)
As: Howard Lewis
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Pete Travis
Stars: Forest Whitaker | William Hurt | Sigourney Weaver | Dennis Quaid | Matthew Fox
Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008)
As: Narrator
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Stacy Peralta
Stars: Forest Whitaker
The Great Debaters (2007)
As: Dr. James Farmer Sr.
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Denzel Washington
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Denzel Whitaker | Denzel Washington | Nate Parker | Kimberly Elise
The Air I Breathe (2007)
As: Happiness
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Jieho Lee
Stars: Kevin Bacon | Clark Gregg | Brendan Fraser | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Andy García
Ripple Effect (2007)
As: Philip
Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvation -- with unexpected results -- in this indie drama. Pushed to the edge of financial disaster and facing marital woes, Atrash resolves to right a wrong he committed years earlier when his car accidentally struck Philip Blackman (Forest ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Philippe Caland
Stars: Forest Whitaker | John Billingsley | Virginia Madsen | Minnie Driver | Philippe Caland
Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
As: The Corner Man
The most ambitious portfolio in the 13-year history of Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, this year's homage to noir had its own dramatic imperatives.
Runtime: 6 min.
Directed by: Annie Leibovitz
Stars: Jessica Alba | Ben Affleck | Amy Adams | Pedro Almodóvar | Alec Baldwin
Before the Music Dies (2006)
As: Self - Narrator (voice)
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Andrew Shapter
Stars: Elvis Costello | Branford Marsalis | Erykah Badu | Bonnie Raitt | Les Paul
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
As: Idi Amin
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Kerry Washington | Simon McBurney | James McAvoy | Gillian Anderson
Everyone's Hero (2006)
As: Lonnie Brewster (voice)
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Christopher Reeve | Colin Brady | Dan St. Pierre
Stars: William H. Macy | Brian Dennehy | Rob Reiner | Jake T. Austin | Ritchie Allen
The Marsh (2006)
As: Geoffrey Hunt
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a decade old tragedy.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Jordan Barker
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Peter MacNeill | Gabrielle Anwar | Niamh Wilson | Louis Ferreira
Even Money (2006)
As: Clyde Snow
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Ray Liotta | Kim Basinger | Kelsey Grammer | Nick Cannon
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
As: Abe Holt
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Iddo Goldberg | Jeremy Renner | Peter Coyote | Julia Stiles
Mary (2005)
As: Ted Younger
Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi (Juliette Binoche), the actress who plays Mary Magdalene takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress (Matthew Modine), who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion. In New York, television journalist Ted Younger (Forest Whitaker) ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Matthew Modine | Juliette Binoche | Ettore D'Alessandro | Kate Conner
Odyssey in Rome (2005)
Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary," a modern-re imagining of the life of Mary Magdalene. Featuring candid interviews and on-set footage with Forest Whitaker, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, and Juliette Binoche, "Odyssey," brings to bear an impressive tableau of Ferrara's colleagues as they discuss his unique ...
Directed by: Alex Grazioli
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Matthew Modine | Abel Ferrara | Heather Graham | Juliette Binoche
American Gun (2005)
As: Carter
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Aric Avelino
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Donald Sutherland | Lisa Long | Marcia Gay Harden | Chris Warren, Jr.
The Fourth Angel (2003)
As: Agent Jules Bernard
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: John Irvin
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Charlotte Rampling | Jason Priestley | Jeremy Irons | Briony Glassco
Deacons for Defense (2003)
As: Marcus
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ...
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: Bill Duke
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Tyrone Benskin | Jonathan Silverman | Ossie Davis | Christopher Britton
Phone Booth (2002)
As: Captain Ramey
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Colin Farrell | Forest Whitaker | Kiefer Sutherland | Radha Mitchell | Katie Holmes
Panic Room (2002)
As: Burnham
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: David Fincher
Stars: Jared Leto | Forest Whitaker | Dwight Yoakam | Kristen Stewart | Jodie Foster
Feast of All Saints (2001)
As: Daguerreotypist Picard
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Peter Medek
Stars: Robert Ri'chard | Jennifer Beals | Peter Gallagher | Ossie Davis | Gloria Reuben
Green Dragon (2001)
As: Addie
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Timothy Linh Bui
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Patrick Swayze | Đơn Dương
The Hire: The Follow (2001)
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the ...
Runtime: 8 min.
Directed by: Wong Kar-wai
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Mickey Rourke | Clive Owen | Adriana Lima
Battlefield Earth (2000)
As: Ker
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Roger Christian
Stars: Barry Pepper | Forest Whitaker | Kim Coates | John Travolta | Sabine Karsenti
Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation (2000)
As: Himself
Travolting (unfortunately I can't take credit for this brilliant insult)!!! One of the worst movies I have ever seen; yet you(might) have to give Travolta credit for sticking it out with this obvious train-wreck, which most likely was quite evident even during the filming. One of the most infuriating things about this movie is the complete lack of any creativity in order ...
Runtime: 16 min.
Directed by: Roger Christian
Stars: Roger Christian | Ronny Gosselin | Erik Henry | Jonathan D. Krane | Giles Nuttgens
Witness Protection (1999)
As: Steven Beck
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Richard Pearce
Stars: Tom Sizemore | Forest Whitaker | Shawn Hatosy | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Skye McCole Bartusiak
Light It Up (1999)
As: Officer Dante Jackson
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Craig Bolotin
Stars: Robert Ri'chard | Forest Whitaker | Rosario Dawson | Usher Raymond | Vanessa Williams
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
As: Ghost Dog
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Victor Argo | Henry Silva | Cliff Gorman | Tricia Vessey
Body Count (1998)
As: Crane
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Robert Patton-Spruill
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg | Ving Rhames | John Leguizamo | Linda Fiorentino | David Caruso
Phenomenon (1996)
As: Nate Pope
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn | Forest Whitaker | Robert Duvall | John Travolta | Kyra Sedgwick
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
As: Mr. Rucker
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Eriq La Salle
Stars: James Earl Jones | Don Cheadle | Eriq La Salle | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Daryl Mitchell
Species (1995)
As: Dan Smithson, Empath
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Ben Kingsley | Alfred Molina | Michael Madsen | Natasha Henstridge
Smoke (1995)
As: Cyrus Cole
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Paul Auster | Wayne Wang
Stars: Giancarlo Esposito | William Hurt | Harvey Keitel | Stephen Gevedon | José Zúñiga
Ready to Wear (1994)
As: Cy Bianco
Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an all-star cast.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Chiara Mastroianni | Jean-Pierre Cassel | Marcello Mastroianni | Sophia Loren | Kim Basinger
Jason's Lyric (1994)
As: Maddog
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Doug McHenry
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | Jada Pinkett Smith | Eddie Griffin | Suzzanne Douglas | Allen Payne
The Enemy Within (1994)
As: Colonel MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a coup planned and stop it, before it takes place. Unfortunately, there isn't much time
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Johathan Darby
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Dana Delany | Josef Sommer | Jason Robards | Sam Waterston
Blown Away (1994)
As: Anthony Franklin
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Jeff Bridges | Tommy Lee Jones | Suzy Amis | Lloyd Bridges
Bank Robber (1993)
As: Officer Battle
After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Nick Mead
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Patrick Dempsey | Olivia d'Abo | Lisa Bonet | Judge Reinhold
Lush Life (1993)
As: Buddy Chester
Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis strikes.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Michael Elias
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Kathy Baker | Jeff Goldblum | Don Cheadle | Valerie Bickford
Last Light (1993)
As: Fred Whitmore
Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as a juvenile delinquent and never got out. Now he is awaiting execution. Forest Whitaker stars as Fred Whitmore, a death row prison guard who runs into trouble when he refuses to take part in the brutally abusive tactics of the guards. ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Kiefer Sutherland
Stars: Clancy Brown | Forest Whitaker | Kiefer Sutherland | Amanda Plummer | Lynne Moody
Body Snatchers (1993)
As: Major Collins
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Billy Wirth | Terry Kinney | Gabrielle Anwar | Christine Elise
Consenting Adults (1992)
As: David Duttonville
Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Forest Whitaker | Kevin Kline | Rebecca Miller | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
The Crying Game (1992)
As: Jody
Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Maguire (Adrian Dunbar). Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson), in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his ...
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Miranda Richardson | Stephen Rea | Jaye Davidson | Adrian Dunbar
Article 99 (1992)
As: Dr. Sid Handleman
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Stars: John C. McGinley | Forest Whitaker | Kiefer Sutherland | Ray Liotta | Lea Thompson
Diary of a Hitman (1991)
As: Dekker
Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife (Jain) of his client, but he starts to waiver. The longer he takes to do the job the more difficult it becomes.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Roy London
Stars: Forest Whitaker | James Belushi | Sharon Stone | Sherilyn Fenn | Peter White
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
As: Jackson
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Bill Duke
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Danny Glover | Robin Givens | Gregory Hines | T. K. Carter
Criminal Justice (1990)
As: Jessie Williams
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Andy Wolk
Stars: Tony Todd | Forest Whitaker | Rosie Perez | Anthony LaPaglia | Jennifer Grey
Downtown (1990)
As: Dennis Curren
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Joe Pantoliano | Forest Whitaker | Anthony Edwards | Penelope Ann Miller | David Clennon
Johnny Handsome (1989)
As: Dr. Steven Fisher
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Walter Hill
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Forest Whitaker | Ellen Barkin | Mickey Rourke | Elizabeth McGovern
Bird (1988)
As: Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Runtime: 161 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Keith David | Forest Whitaker | Damon Whitaker | Diane Venora | Michael Zelniker
Bloodsport (1988)
As: Rawlins
Frank Dux has entered the "kumite", an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favorite, but then again Dux has not fought him yet.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Newt Arnold
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Donald Gibb | Roy Chiao | Bolo Yeung | Philip Chan Yan-Kin
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
As: Edward Montesque Garlick
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take on the war. While Dickerson attempts to censor Cronauer's broadcasts, Cronauer pursues a relationship with a Vietnamese girl named Trinh, who shows him the ...
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Bruno Kirby | Robin Williams | Chintara Sukapatana | Tung Thanh Tran
Stakeout (1987)
As: Det. Jack Pismo
Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris' confesses, the convict appears, but will she betray him ?
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Aidan Quinn | Emilio Estevez | Dan Lauria | Madeleine Stowe
Hands of a Stranger (1987)
As: Sergeant Delaney
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Larry Elikann
Stars: Armand Assante | Michael Lerner | Beverly D'Angelo | Philip Casnoff | Blair Brown
Platoon (1986)
As: Big Harold
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Tom Berenger | Keith David | Forest Whitaker | Willem Dafoe | Francesco Quinn
The Color of Money (1986)
As: Amos
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars: John Turturro | Tom Cruise | Paul Newman | Helen Shaver | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
As: Charles Jefferson
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Stars: Judge Reinhold | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Phoebe Cates | Sean Penn | Brian Backer
Tag: The Assassination Game (1982)
As: Gowdy's Bodyguard
Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who he long admired from afar. Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Nick Castle
Stars: Linda Hamilton | Robert Carradine | Perry Lang | John Mengatti | Kristine DeBell