Acting
Forest Whitaker
- Titles
- 142movies45TV shows
- Career
Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 2010 and 2013 with 7 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 66top three billing
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Mysteries of the Unseen World87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 124 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.1average 3.7
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Contemporary Realism6.3average 5.4
- Violence5.1average 4.2
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
- Melancholy5.4average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Situational Comedy2.0, average 2.7
- Uncanny1.8, average 2.5
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.4
- Absurdist Humor1.4, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 15
- Character-Driven 12
- Gritty Realism 7
- Character Study 7
- Crime Thriller 7
- Moral Ambiguity 6
- Redemption 6
- Ensemble Cast 5
- Psychological Drama 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Moral Dilemma 5
- Bleak 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ray LiottaActorEven Money, Powder Blue, Pawn, Article 99
Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioActorThe Color of Money, Consenting Adults, Witness Protection
Kiefer SutherlandActorPhone Booth, Article 99, Last Light
Keith DavidActorPlatoon, Bird, Article 99
Nikki ReedActorCatch.44, American Gun, Pawn
Marcelo ZarvosComposerBig George Foreman, Winged Creatures, The Air I Breathe- LLeo TrombettaEditorCity of Lies, Powder Blue, Green Dragon
Toyomichi KuritaCinematographerFirst Daughter, Waiting to Exhale, A Rage in Harlem
Richard ChewEditorHope Floats, First Daughter, Waiting to Exhale- RRobert EiseleWriterThe Great Debaters, Hurricane Season, Last Light
50 CentActorSouthpaw, Freelancers
Justin CornwellActorHavoc, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Movies and TV shows
147Upcoming
2 titles
as Narrator (voice)
Producer
2020s
16 titles · average score 66
Executive Producer
as Lawrence Beaumont
as Peter (voice)
Producer
TV show · as Judge Oliver Garland
Executive Producer
as Doc Broadus
TV show · as Auggie Bolo
TV show · as Saw Gerrera
as C. L. Franklin
Producer
as Jeronicus Jangle
2010s
48 titles · average score 61
TV show · as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
as Jack Jackson
as Tom
as Colonel Weber
TV show · as Fiddler
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
as Cecil Gaines
TV show · as Sam Cooper
as Jake
as Barris
as Brad Boyd
2000s
35 titles · average score 55
as Charlie Archenault
as Charlie
as Captain Jack Wander
as Howard Lewis
as Clyde Snow
as Idi Amin
as Carter
as Narrator (voice)
as Captain Ramey
as Burnham
as Agent Jules Bernard
1990s
29 titles · average score 58
as Ghost Dog
as Officer Dante Jackson
as Steven Beck
Executive Music Producer, Director
as Nate Pope
Director
as Dan Smithson, Empath
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
as Dr. Sid Handleman
as Dekker
as Jackson
as Dennis Curren
1980s
16 titles · average score 68
as Dr. Steven Fisher
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
as Rawlins
as Edward Garlick
as Det. Jack Pismo
as Big Harold
as Amos
TV show · as Jerry
TV show · as Cuffey
TV show · as Night Manager
as Charles Jefferson
TV show
1970s
1 title · average score 74
TV show