Acting
Forest Whitaker
- Titles
- 152movies45TV shows
- Career
Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 67top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Platoon88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 121 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.2average 3.7
- Politics3.7average 2.6
- Contemporary Realism6.3average 5.2
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Violence5.1average 4.3
- Catharsis5.9average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.7, average 2.5
- Fantasy1.0, average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor1.3, average 2.0
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 16
- Character-Driven 10
- Gritty Realism 8
- Crime Thriller 7
- Moral Ambiguity 7
- Character Study 7
- Psychological Drama 6
- Redemption 6
- Historical Drama 5
- Moral Dilemma 5
- Ensemble Cast 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
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, Witness Protection, Consenting Adults
Ben KingsleyActorThe King of Kings, Species, King of Kings
Kiefer SutherlandActorPhone Booth, Article 99, Last Light
Keith DavidActorPlatoon, Bird, Article 99
Nikki ReedActorCatch.44, Pawn, American Gun
Toyomichi KuritaCinematographerFirst Daughter, Waiting to Exhale, A Rage in Harlem
Richard ChewEditorFirst Daughter, Hope Floats, Waiting to Exhale- LLeo TrombettaEditorCity of Lies, Powder Blue, Green Dragon
Marcelo ZarvosComposerBig George Foreman, The Air I Breathe, Winged Creatures- RRobert EiseleWriterThe Great Debaters, Hurricane Season, Last Light
Harvey KeitelActorSmoke, Two Men in Town
Movies and TV shows
26Upcoming
1 title
Rosetta
Producer
2020s
6 titles · average score 78
71
Lucky Lu (2025)
Executive Producer
To Live and Die and Live (2025)
Producer
83
Fancy Dance (2024)
Executive Producer
Transplant (2024)
Producer
For the Sake of Peace (2022)
Producer
80
Passing (2021)
Producer
2010s
10 titles · average score 76
93
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo (2019)
Producer
74
A Kid from Coney Island (2019)
Executive Producer
82
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
as First Equisapien / Demarius
66
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Producer
84
Dope (2015)
as The Narrator (voice)
71
Rising from Ashes (2013)
as Narrator
87
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Producer
66
Serving Life (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
59
Monte Carlo (2011)
Executive Producer
2000s
8 titles · average score 52
41
Powder Blue (2009)
as Charlie
Kassim the Dream (2009)
Producer
49
Ripple Effect (2007)
as Philip
50
American Gun (2005)
as Carter
40
First Daughter (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
43
Chasing Papi (2003)
Producer
76
Door to Door (2002)
Co-Executive Producer
64
Green Dragon (2001)
as Addie
1990s
1 title · average score 57
57
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
as Jackson