Acting
Forest Whitaker
- Titles
- 144movies45TV 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 122 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.2average 3.7
- Contemporary Realism6.4average 5.2
- Politics3.7average 2.6
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
- Violence5.1average 4.3
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy1.0, average 1.8
- Uncanny1.7, average 2.5
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor1.3, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 15
- Character-Driven 10
- Gritty Realism 7
- Character Study 7
- Crime Thriller 7
- Moral Ambiguity 7
- Psychological Drama 6
- Redemption 6
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Ensemble Cast 5
- Moral Dilemma 5
- Bleak 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ray LiottaActorPowder Blue, Even Money, Pawn, Article 99
Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioActorThe Color of Money, Consenting Adults, Witness Protection
Kiefer SutherlandActorPhone Booth, Article 99, Last Light
Nikki ReedActorCatch.44, Pawn, American Gun
Keith DavidActorPlatoon, Article 99, Bird
Toyomichi KuritaCinematographerFirst Daughter, Waiting to Exhale, A Rage in Harlem
Richard ChewEditorFirst Daughter, Hope Floats, Waiting to Exhale- RRobert EiseleWriterThe Great Debaters, Hurricane Season, Last Light
Marcelo ZarvosComposerBig George Foreman, The Air I Breathe, Winged Creatures- LLeo TrombettaEditorCity of Lies, Powder Blue, Green Dragon
Naomie HarrisActorSouthpaw, Street Kings
John TravoltaActorPhenomenon, Battlefield Earth
Movies and TV shows
83Upcoming
2 titles
as Narrator (voice)
Producer
2020s
11 titles · average score 72
61
Executive Producer
64
as Peter (voice)
Producer
76
Executive Producer
Producer
87
TV show · as Saw Gerrera
72
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Producer
69
as C. L. Franklin
77
Producer
72
as Jeronicus Jangle
2010s
27 titles · average score 73
76
TV show · as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
60
as Reverend Kennedy
77
as First Equisapien / Demarius
83
as Colonel Weber
80
TV show · as Fiddler
65
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
70
as Cecil Gaines
64
as Ali Sokhela
61
as Chief Wesley Barnes
87
as Narrator
66
as Narrator (voice)
66
as Al Collins
2000s
16 titles · average score 71
72
as Narrator
68
as Ira (voice)
74
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
79
as Idi Amin
74
as Marcus Clay
63
TV show · as Sam Cooper
60
TV show · as Turlington (voice)
66
as Captain Ramey
69
as Burnham
89
TV show · as Jon Kavanaugh
69
Co-Executive Producer
70
as The Employer
1990s
15 titles · average score 70
76
as Ghost Dog
62
as Steven Beck
61
Director
78
as Cyrus Cole
70
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
79
TV show · as Curtis Ames
68
Director
63
as Fred Whitmore
73
as Buddy Chester
83
as Jody
61
as Jackson
62
as Jessie Williams
1980s
11 titles · average score 76
76
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
77
as Edward Garlick
70
as Det. Jack Pismo
86
as Big Harold
76
as Amos
Thanks
79
TV show · as Cuffey
64
as Balldozer
69
TV show · as Night Manager
71
as Charles Jefferson
90
TV show
1970s
1 title · average score 74
74
TV show