Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland, and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, following in ...
Won 1 Oscar. Another 56 wins & 45 nominations.
Movie | A Fall from Grace | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | The Archbishop and the Antichrist | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | The Crow | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | I Am You | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Unknown | 2016 |
Series | Roots | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Story of Your Life | Colonel Weber | 2016-03-05 |
Movie | Sewing Hope | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | A 'Taken' Legacy | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Southpaw | Unknown | 2015-07-24 |
Movie | Dope | Unknown | 2015-06-19 |
Series | Drew Pearson Live | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Songs My Brothers Taught Me | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Taken 3 | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Two Men in Town | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Food Chains | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Unknown | 2014-01-16 |
Movie | Ernest & Celestine | Ernest | 2014-02-28 |
Movie | The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 45th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 28 Men of Change | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Mysteries of the Unseen World | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Pawn | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Repentance | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Africa | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Fruitvale Station | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013-09-16 |
Movie | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Cecil Gaines | 2013-08-16 |
Movie | Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
Movie | Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell Cobbs | 2013-11-27 |
Series | The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables | Unknown | 2013-12-22 |
Movie | BET Awards 2013 | Unknown | 2013-06-30 |
Movie | The Last Stand | Unknown | 2013-01-18 |
Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Zulu | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Out of the Furnace | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Freelancers | LaRue | 2013-01-12 |
Series | Movie Guide | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Oprah's Next Chapter | Unknown | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | Rising from Ashes | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Catch .44 | Unknown | 2012-01-05 |
Movie | A Man's Story | Unknown | 2012-03-09 |
Movie | A Dark Truth | Unknown | 2012-11-29 |
Series | Larry King Now | Unknown | 2012-07-17 |
Movie | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Alternate Reality: The New Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - House of Corpses | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | National Memorial Day Concert | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - The Profiler | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Loved Ones | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Inside the Red Cell | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Ebert Presents: At the Movies | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Guys Choice Awards 2011 | Unknown | 2011-06-10 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Morgan Freeman | Himself | 2011-06-19 |
Movie | Serving Life | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Monte Carlo | Unknown | 2011-07-01 |
Movie | My Own Love Song | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | A Backyard Story | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | Miradas 2 | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Repo Men | Jake | 2010-03-19 |
Movie | Our Family Wedding | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The Experiment | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Lullaby for Pi | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | 2009 MTV Movie Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Hurricane Season | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Where the Wild Things Are | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Powder Blue | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | Lopez Tonight | Unknown | 2009-11-01 |
Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Unknown | 2009-01-18 |
Series | Brick City | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Buscando a Penélope | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Shooting Blue | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Toys in the Attic | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Dewmocracy | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Stand Up to Cancer | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | Närbild | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | An Evening at the Academy Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Vantage Point: Plotting an Assassination | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Fragments | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Street Kings | Captain Jack Wander | 2008-04-11 |
Movie | King | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The 2nd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | Unknown | 2008-11-27 |
Movie | Vantage Point | Howard Lewis | 2008-02-22 |
Movie | Kassim the Dream | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Vantage Point: An Inside Perspective | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Dragon Hunters | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | La noche de los Oscar | Unknown | 2008-02-24 |
Movie | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | Narrator | 2008-01-20 |
Movie | 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2008-02-24 |
Movie | 38th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Rwanda Rising | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The Great Debaters | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | La noche de los Oscar | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The 5th Annual TV Land Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The Orange British Academy Film Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Maquillando entre monstruos | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Death and Taxis | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The Air I Breathe | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Ripple Effect | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2007-05-31 |
Movie | The 79th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2007-02-25 |
Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Movie | 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2007-01-28 |
Movie | Odyssey in Rome | Himself | 2007-07-26 |
Movie | The Last King of Scotland | Unknown | 2007-01-19 |
Movie | Even Money | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | 2006 Women's World Awards | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Before the Music Dies | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | The Marsh | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors | Unknown | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | Capturing Idi Amin | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | American Pets | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Everyone's Hero | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Caiga quien caiga | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Unknown | 2005-05-06 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | A Little Trip to Heaven | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Special Thanks to Roy London | Unknown | 2005-04-24 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | Venecia 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | Unknown | 2005-09-16 |
Movie | Mary | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Corazón de... | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Last Call with Carson Daly | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | American Gun | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | VH1: All Access | Unknown | 2004-03-15 |
Movie | The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2004-02-28 |
Movie | UFC 46: Supernatural | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | The 30th Annual People's Choice Awards | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | First Daughter | Unknown | 2004-09-24 |
Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
Movie | Film Trix 2004 | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Shooting 'Panic Room' | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | The Misbehavers | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Le grand journal de Canal+ | Unknown | 2004-08-30 |
Series | Fashion News Live | Unknown | 2004-10-13 |
Series | 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2004-02-22 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | American Storytellers | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Chasing Papi | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Phone Booth | Captain Ramey | 2003-04-04 |
Series | Shootout | Unknown | 2003-10-12 |
Movie | Deacons for Defense | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Himself - Host | 2002-09-18 |
Movie | The Making of 'Green Dragon' | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Door to Door | Unknown | 2002-07-14 |
Movie | HBO First Look: The Making of 'Panic Room' | Himself | 2002-03-22 |
Movie | Panic Room | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | The Shield | Unknown | 2002-03-12 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The Fourth Angel | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Green Dragon | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The Follow | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Feast of All Saints | Unknown | 2001-11-11 |
Movie | Four Dogs Playing Poker | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Battlefield Earth | Ker | 2000-05-12 |
Movie | Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | VH-1 Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1999-03-07 |
Movie | Witness Protection | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Independent Lens | Unknown | 1999-08-09 |
Movie | Light It Up | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | 1998 MTV Movie Awards | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Hope Floats | Unknown | 1998-05-29 |
Movie | Black Jaq | Unknown | 1998 |
Series | Five News | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Body Count | Crane | 1998-04-28 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Clint Eastwood | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | Phenomenon | Nate Pope | 1996-07-03 |
Movie | 27th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Unknown | 1996-11-23 |
Series | Access Hollywood | Unknown | 1996-09-01 |
Movie | 1995 VH1 Honors | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Species | Dan Smithson | 1995-07-07 |
Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Unknown | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | Mr. Holland's Opus | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Smoke | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
Series | Cartelera | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | American Masters | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Ready to Wear | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Blown Away | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The Enemy Within | Unknown | 1994-08-20 |
Series | Extra | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
Movie | The Making of Blown Away: A Day in the Life of the Bomb Squad | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Jason's Lyric | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Body Snatchers | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Strapped | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Last Light | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Lush Life | Unknown | 1993 |
Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Unknown | 1993-08-30 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Bank Robber | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | The Crying Game | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Consenting Adults | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman | 1992-03-13 |
Movie | Diary of a Hitman | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | A Rage in Harlem | Unknown | 1991 |
Series | Charlie Rose | Unknown | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Criminal Justice | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Downtown | Dennis Curren | 1990-01-12 |
Movie | 21st NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards | Unknown | 1989-01-06 |
Movie | Johnny Handsome | Unknown | 1989 |
Movie | The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1989-01-28 |
Movie | Bloodsport | Unknown | 1988-04-29 |
Movie | Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker | 1988-09-30 |
Movie | Good Morning, Vietnam | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
Movie | Stakeout | Jack Pismo | 1987-08-05 |
Movie | Hands of a Stranger | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | North and South, Book II | Cuffey | 1986-05-04 |
Series | Ebony/Jet Showcase | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | Amazing Stories | Unknown | 1986 |
Movie | A Little Off Mark | Unknown | 1986 |
Movie | Platoon | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
Movie | The Color of Money | Unknown | 1986-10-17 |
Movie | Vision Quest | Unknown | 1985 |
Series | North and South | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | The Grand Baby | Unknown | 1985 |
Series | Making the Grade | Unknown | 1982 |
Movie | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson | 1982-08-13 |
Movie | Tag: The Assassination Game | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1981 |
Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1981-10-08 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Series | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown | 1978-11-03 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
Series | Film 2016 | Unknown | 1971-11-16 |