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Acting

Forest Whitaker

Career: Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 2010 and 2013 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles: 66
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Mysteries of the Unseen World
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 124 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Forest Whitaker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4
Uncanny
1.8, average 2.5
Situational Comedy
2.1, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 13
Character-Driven 12
Character Study 8
Moral Ambiguity 7
Redemption 6
Crime Thriller 6
Gritty Realism 5
Psychological Drama 5
Moral Dilemma 5
Contemporary Setting 4
Psychological 4
Intrigue 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

148

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Narrator (voice)

Producer

2020s

17 titles · average score 66

Lucky Lu

61

Executive Producer

Havoc

56

as Lawrence Beaumont

The King of Kings

63

as Peter (voice)

To Live and Die and Live

Producer

The Emperor of Ocean Park

53

TV show · as Judge Oliver Garland

Fancy Dance

77

Executive Producer

Big George Foreman

57

as Doc Broadus

Extrapolations

51

TV show · as Auggie Bolo

Andor

87

TV show · as Saw Gerrera

Respect

68

as C. L. Franklin

Passing

77

Producer

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

71

as Jeronicus Jangle

2010s

48 titles · average score 62

Godfather of Harlem

76

TV show · as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson

How It Ends

33

as Tom

City of Lies

56

as Jack Jackson

Arrival

84

as Colonel Weber

Roots

80

TV show · as Fiddler

Southpaw

65

as Titus 'Tick' Wills

Taken 3

35

as Inspector Frank Dotzler

The Butler

70

as Cecil Gaines

Pawn

49

as Will

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

47

TV show · as Sam Cooper

Repo Men

42

as Jake

The Experiment

59

as Barris

2000s

35 titles · average score 55

Powder Blue

40

as Charlie

Winged Creatures

46

as Charlie Archenault

Vantage Point

49

as Howard Lewis

Street Kings

55

as Captain Jack Wander

Even Money

39

as Clyde Snow

The Last King of Scotland

79

as Idi Amin

Mary

52

as Ted Younger

A Little Trip to Heaven

42

as Abe Holt

First Daughter

35

as Narrator (voice)

Phone Booth

65

as Captain Ramey

Panic Room

69

as Burnham

Battlefield Earth

15

as Ker

1990s

29 titles · average score 59

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

77

as Ghost Dog

Light It Up

53

as Officer Dante Jackson

Witness Protection

62

as Steven Beck

Hope Floats

49

Executive Music Producer, Director

Phenomenon

54

as Nate Pope

Waiting to Exhale

61

Director

Species

49

as Dan Smithson, Empath

The Enemy Within

51

as Col. MacKenzie Casey

Article 99

52

as Dr. Sid Handleman

A Rage in Harlem

63

as Jackson

Diary of a Hitman

46

as Dekker

Downtown

48

as Dennis Curren

1980s

16 titles · average score 68

Johnny Handsome

53

as Dr. Steven Fisher

Bird

76

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Bloodsport

55

as Rawlins

Good Morning, Vietnam

76

as Edward Garlick

Stakeout

71

as Det. Jack Pismo

Platoon

86

as Big Harold

The Color of Money

77

as Amos

North and South

80

TV show · as Cuffey

Amazing Stories

54

TV show · as Jerry

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show · as Night Manager

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

71

as Charles Jefferson

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

1 title · average score 74

Diff'rent Strokes

74

TV show