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Year

The King of Kings

(Forest Whitaker plays Peter (voice))

Director(s):
Seong-ho Jang

Starring:
Pierce Brosnan • Oscar Isaac • Kenneth Branagh • Uma Thurman • Mark Hamill

2025

Havoc

(Forest Whitaker plays Lawrence)

Director(s):
Gareth Evans

Starring:
Tom Hardy • Timothy Olyphant • Forest Whitaker • Richard Harrington • Luis Guzman

2025

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

(Forest Whitaker plays Doc Broadus)

Director(s):
George Tillman Jr.

Starring:
Khris Davis • Jasmine Mathews • Sullivan Jones • Lawrence Gilliard Jr. • John Magaro

2023

Respect

(Forest Whitaker plays C. L. Franklin)

Director(s):
Liesl Tommy

Starring:
Jennifer Hudson • Forest Whitaker • Marlon Wayans • Tituss Burgess • Audra McDonald
2021

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

(Forest Whitaker plays Jeronicus)

Director(s):
David E. Talbert

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Keegan-Michael Key • Hugh Bonneville • Anika Noni Rose • Madalen Mills

2020

Sorry to Bother You

(Forest Whitaker plays First Equisapien / Demarius)

Director(s):
Boots Riley

Starring:
LaKeith Stanfield • Tessa Thompson • Jermaine Fowler • Omari Hardwick • Terry Crews

2018

Black Panther

(Forest Whitaker plays Zuri)

Director(s):
Ryan Coogler

Starring:
Chadwick Boseman • Michael B. Jordan • Lupita Nyong'o • Danai Gurira • Martin Freeman
2018

How It Ends

Director(s):
David M. Rosenthal

Starring:
Theo James • Kat Graham • Nancy Sorel • Nicole Ari Parker • Forest Whitaker

2018

City of Lies

(Forest Whitaker plays Jack Jackson)

Director(s):
Brad Furman

Starring:
Johnny Depp • Forest Whitaker • Toby Huss • Dayton Callie • Neil Brown Jr.

2018

The Forgiven

(Forest Whitaker plays Desmond Tutu)

Director(s):
Roland Joffé

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Eric Bana • Jeff Gum • Morne Visser • Thandi Makhubele

2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

(Forest Whitaker plays Saw Gerrera)

Director(s):
Gareth Edwards

Starring:
Felicity Jones • Diego Luna • Alan Tudyk • Donnie Yen • Wen Jiang
2016

Arrival

Director(s):
Denis Villeneuve

Starring:
Amy Adams • Jeremy Renner • Michael Stuhlbarg • Forest Whitaker • Sangita Patel

2016

Dope

(Forest Whitaker plays The Narrator)

Director(s):
Rick Famuyiwa

Starring:
ASAP Rocky • Blake Anderson • Bruce Beatty • Deaundre Bonds • Julian Finch

2015

Southpaw

Director(s):
Antoine Fuqua

Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal • Rachel McAdams • Forest Whitaker • Oona Laurence • 50 Cent

2015

Tak3n

(Forest Whitaker plays Franck Dotzler)

Director(s):
Olivier Megaton

Starring:
Liam Neeson • Forest Whitaker • Famke Janssen • Maggie Grace • Don Harvey

2015

Two Men In Town

Director(s):
Rachid Bouchareb

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Harvey Keitel • Brenda Blethyn • Luis Guzman • Dolores Heredia

2014

Out of the Furnace

(Forest Whitaker plays Chief Wesley Barnes)

Director(s):
Scott Cooper

Starring:
Woody Harrelson • Dendrie Taylor • Carl Ciarfalio • Nancy Mosser • Christian Bale

2013

Black Nativity

(Forest Whitaker plays Reverend Cornell Cobbs)

Director(s):
Kasi Lemmons

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Angela Bassett • Jennifer Hudson • Tyrese Gibson • Jacob Latimore

2013

Lee Daniels' The Butler

(Forest Whitaker plays Cecil Gaines)

Director(s):
Lee Daniels

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • David Banner • Michael Rainey Jr. • LaJessie Smith • Mariah Carey

2013

The Last Stand

Director(s):
Jee-woon Kim

Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger • Forest Whitaker • Titos Menchaca • Peter Stormare • Richard Dillard
2013

Zulu

Director(s):
Jerome Salle

Starring:
Orlando Bloom • Forest Whitaker • Lise Slabber • Tanya van Graan • Jenna Saras

2013

Repentance

(Forest Whitaker plays Angel Sanchez)

Director(s):
Philippe Caland

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Anthony Mackie • Mike Epps • Sanaa Lathan • Nicole Ari Parker

2013

Pawn

(Forest Whitaker plays Will)

Director(s):
David A. Armstrong

Starring:
Stephen Lang • Ray Liotta • Jonathan Bennett • Jessica Szohr • Forest Whitaker

2013

A Mans Story

Director(s):
Varon Bonicos

Starring:
Ozwald Boateng • Giorgio Armani • Michael Bay • Paul Bettany • Richard Branson

2012

A Dark Truth

(Forest Whitaker plays Francisco Francis)

Director(s):
Damian Lee

Starring:
Lloyd Adams • Alfredo Alvarez Calderon • Josh Bainbridge • Danielle Baker • Steven Bauer

2012

Ernest and Celestine

Director(s):
Stephane Aubier • Vincent Patar • Benjamin Renner

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Lambert Wilson • Pauline Brunner • Mackenzie Foy • Lauren Bacall

2012

Freelancers

Director(s):
Jessy Terrero

Starring:
50 Cent • Forest Whitaker • Robert De Niro • Malcolm Goodwin • Ryan O'Nan

2012

Catch .44

Director(s):
Aaron Harvey

Starring:
Malin Akerman • Nikki Reed • Deborah Ann Woll • Forest Whitaker • Bruce Willis

2011

Our Family Wedding

Director(s):
Rick Famuyiwa

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • America Ferrera • Carlos Mencia • Regina King • Lance Gross

2010

Repo Men

(Forest Whitaker plays Jake)

Director(s):
Miguel Sapochnik

Starring:
Jude Law • Forest Whitaker • Alice Braga • Liev Schreiber • Carice van Houten

2010

Lullaby For Pi

Director(s):
Benoit Philippon

Starring:
Rupert Friend • Clemence Poesy • Matt Ward • Forest Whitaker • Sarah Wayne Callies

2010

The Experiment

Director(s):
Paul Scheuring

Starring:
Adrien Brody • Forest Whitaker • Cam Gigandet • Clifton Collins Jr. • Ethan Cohn

2010

My Own Love Song

Director(s):
Olivier Dahan

Starring:
Nick Nolte • Renée Zellweger • Madeline Zima • Forest Whitaker • Elias Koteas

2010

Powder Blue

(Forest Whitaker plays Charlie)

Director(s):
Timothy Linh Bui

Starring:
Jessica Biel • Eddie Redmayne • Forest Whitaker • Ray Liotta • Lisa Kudrow

2009

Where the Wild Things Are

(Forest Whitaker plays Ira)

Director(s):
Spike Jonze

Starring:
Max Records • Pepita Emmerichs • Max Pfeifer • Madeleine Greaves • Joshua Jay

2009

Toys In the Attic

(Forest Whitaker plays Teddy)

Director(s):
Jiri Barta • Vivian Schilling

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Joan Cusack • Vivian Schilling • Cary Elwes • Marcelo Tubert

2009

Hurricane Season

Director(s):
Tim Story

Starring:
Taraji P. Henson • Forest Whitaker • Khleo Thomas • Bonnie Hunt • China Anne McClain

2009

Street Kings

(Forest Whitaker plays Captain Jack Wander)

Director(s):
David Ayer

Starring:
Keanu Reeves • Forest Whitaker • Hugh Laurie • Chris Evans • Cedric the Entertainer

2008

Vantage Point

Director(s):
Pete Travis

Starring:
Dennis Quaid • Matthew Fox • Forest Whitaker • Bruce McGill • Edgar Ramirez
2008

Dragon Hunters

Director(s):
Guillaume Ivernel • Arthur Qwak

Starring:
Vincent Lindon • Patrick Timsit • Philippe Nahon • Amanda Lear • Marie Drion

2008

Winged Creatures

(Forest Whitaker plays Charlie Archenault)

Director(s):
Rowan Woods

Starring:
Kate Beckinsale • Forest Whitaker • Guy Pearce • Dakota Fanning • Jeanne Tripplehorn

2008

The Air I Breathe

(Forest Whitaker plays Happiness)

Director(s):
Jieho Lee

Starring:
Kevin Bacon • Julie Delpy • Brendan Fraser • Andy Garcia • Sarah Michelle Gellar

2007

The Last King of Scotland

Director(s):
Kevin Macdonald

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • James McAvoy • Kerry Washington • Gillian Anderson • Simon McBurney

2007

The Great Debaters

Director(s):
Denzel Washington

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Nate Parker • Jurnee Smollett-Bell • Denzel Whitaker • Jermaine Williams

2007

Even Money

Director(s):
Mark Rydell

Starring:
Kim Basinger • Kelsey Grammer • Michael Eaves • Forest Whitaker • Texas Battle

2006

Everyones Hero

Director(s):
Colin Brady • Christopher Reeve

Starring:
Ritchie Allen • Jake T. Austin • Cherise Boothe • Jesse Bronstein • Ralph Coppola

2006

The Marsh

Director(s):
Jordan Barker

Starring:
Gabrielle Anwar • Louis Ferreira • Forest Whitaker • Peter MacNeill • Niamh Wilson

2006

Mary

Director(s):
Abel Ferrara

Starring:
Juliette Binoche • Forest Whitaker • Matthew Modine • Heather Graham • Marion Cotillard

2005

A Little Trip to Heaven

(Forest Whitaker plays Abe Holt)

Director(s):
Baltasar Kormákur

Starring:
Maria Fernandez Ache • Kharl Anton Leigh • Peter Coyote • Forest Whitaker • Juan Carlos Pardo Pardo

2005

American Gun

Director(s):
Aric Avelino

Starring:
Marcia Gay Harden • Forest Whitaker • Donald Sutherland • Lisa Long • Chris Warren

2005

Jiminy Glick In Lalawood

(Forest Whitaker plays Forest Whitaker)

Director(s):
Vadim Jean

Starring:
Martin Short • Jan Hooks • Linda Cardellini • Janeane Garofalo • John Michael Higgins

2004

First Daughter

Director(s):
Forest Whitaker

Starring:
Katie Holmes • Marc Blucas • Ameriie • Michael Keaton • Margaret Colin

2004

Phone Booth

Director(s):
Joel Schumacher

Starring:
Colin Farrell • Kiefer Sutherland • Forest Whitaker • Radha Mitchell • Katie Holmes
2003

Panic Room

(Forest Whitaker plays Burnham)

Director(s):
David Fincher

Starring:
Jodie Foster • Kristen Stewart • Forest Whitaker • Dwight Yoakam • Jared Leto
2002

Green Dragon

(Forest Whitaker plays Addie)

Director(s):
Timothy Linh Bui

Starring:
Patrick Swayze • Forest Whitaker • Duong Don • Hiep Thi Le • Billinjer C. Tran

2001

The Fourth Angel

Director(s):
John Irvin

Starring:
Jeremy Irons • Forest Whitaker • Jason Priestley • Briony Glassco • Charlotte Rampling

2001

Battlefield Earth

Director(s):
Roger Christian

Starring:
John Travolta • Barry Pepper • Forest Whitaker • Kim Coates • Sabine Karsenti

2000

Four Dogs Playing Poker

Director(s):
Paul Rachman

Starring:
Stacy Edwards • Balthazar Getty • Olivia Williams • Tim Curry • Forest Whitaker

2000

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

(Forest Whitaker plays Ghost Dog)

Director(s):
Jim Jarmusch

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • John Tormey • Cliff Gorman • Dennis Liu • Frank Minucci

1999

Witness Protection

(Forest Whitaker plays Steven Beck)

Director(s):
Richard Pearce

Starring:
Tom Sizemore • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio • Shawn Hatosy • Skye McCole Bartusiak • Forest Whitaker

1999

Light It Up

Director(s):
Craig Bolotin

Starring:
Usher Raymond • Forest Whitaker • Rosario Dawson • Robert Richard • Judd Nelson

1999

Body Count

Director(s):
Robert Patton-Spruill

Starring:
David Caruso • Linda Fiorentino • John Leguizamo • Ving Rhames • Donnie Wahlberg

1998

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

(Forest Whitaker plays Mr. Rucker)

Director(s):
Eriq La Salle

Starring:
Don Cheadle • James Earl Jones • Michael Beach • Ronny Cox • Loretta Devine

1996

Phenomenon

(Forest Whitaker plays Nate Pope)

Director(s):
Jon Turteltaub

Starring:
John Travolta • Kyra Sedgwick • Forest Whitaker • Robert Duvall • Jeffrey DeMunn

1996

Mr. Hollands Opus

Director(s):
Stephen Herek

Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss • Glenne Headly • Jay Thomas • Olympia Dukakis • William H. Macy
1996

Species

(Forest Whitaker plays Dan Smithson)

Director(s):
Roger Donaldson

Starring:
Ben Kingsley • Michael Madsen • Alfred Molina • Forest Whitaker • Marg Helgenberger

1995

Jason's Lyric

Director(s):
Doug McHenry

Starring:
Allen Payne • Jada Pinkett Smith • Bokeem Woodbine • Anthony Treach Criss • Eddie Griffin

1995

Prêt-è-Porter

Director(s):
Robert Altman

Starring:
Marcello Mastroianni • Sophia Loren • Jean-Pierre Cassel • Kim Basinger • Chiara Mastroianni

1995

Smoke

Director(s):
Wayne Wang

Starring:
Giancarlo Esposito • Jos Ziga • Stephen Gevedon • Harvey Keitel • Jared Harris

1995

Blown Away

(Forest Whitaker plays Franklin)

Director(s):
Stephen Hopkins

Starring:
Jeff Bridges • Tommy Lee Jones • Suzy Amis • Lloyd Bridges • Forest Whitaker

1994

Consenting Adults

(Forest Whitaker plays David Duttonville)

Director(s):
Alan J. Pakula

Starring:
Kevin Kline • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio • Kevin Spacey • Rebecca Miller • Forest Whitaker

1993

Body Snatchers

Director(s):
Abel Ferrara

Starring:
Terry Kinney • Meg Tilly • Gabrielle Anwar • Reilly Murphy • Billy Wirth

1993

Lush Life

(Forest Whitaker plays Buddy Chester)

Director(s):
Michael Elias

Starring:
Jeff Goldblum • Forest Whitaker • Kathy Baker • Ernie Andrews • Buddy Arnold

1993

Bank Robber

Director(s):
Nick Mead

Starring:
Patrick Dempsey • Lisa Bonet • Judge Reinhold • Forest Whitaker • Olivia d'Abo

1993

The Crying Game

(Forest Whitaker plays Jody)

Director(s):
Neil Jordan

Starring:
Stephen Rea • Jaye Davidson • Forest Whitaker • Miranda Richardson • Adrian Dunbar
1992

Article 99

Director(s):
Howard Deutch

Starring:
Ray Liotta • Kiefer Sutherland • Forest Whitaker • Lea Thompson • John C. McGinley

1992

A Rage In Harlem

Director(s):
Bill Duke

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Gregory Hines • Robin Givens • Zakes Mokae • Danny Glover

1991

Diary of a Hitman

Director(s):
Roy London

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Peter White • John Bedford Lloyd • Seymour Cassel • Dan Kamin

1991

Downtown

(Forest Whitaker plays Dennis Curren)

Director(s):
Richard Benjamin

Starring:
Anthony Edwards • Forest Whitaker • Penelope Ann Miller • Joe Pantoliano • David Clennon

1990

Johnny Handsome

Director(s):
Walter Hill

Starring:
Mickey Rourke • Ellen Barkin • Elizabeth McGovern • Morgan Freeman • Forest Whitaker

1989

Good Morning Vietnam

(Forest Whitaker plays Edward Garlick)

Director(s):
Barry Levinson

Starring:
Robin Williams • Forest Whitaker • Tom. T. Tran • Chintara Sukapatana • Bruno Kirby
1988

Bloodsport

(Forest Whitaker plays Rawlins)

Director(s):
Newt Arnold

Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme • Donald Gibb • Leah Ayres • Norman Burton • Forest Whitaker
1988

Stakeout

Director(s):
John Badham

Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss • Emilio Estevez • Madeleine Stowe • Aidan Quinn • Dan Lauria
1988

Bird

Director(s):
Clint Eastwood

Starring:
Forest Whitaker • Diane Venora • Michael Zelniker • Samuel E. Wright • Keith David

1988

Hands of a Stranger

(Forest Whitaker plays Sergeant Delaney)

Director(s):
Larry Elikann

Starring:
Armand Assante • Blair Brown • Beverly D'Angelo • Michael Lerner • Philip Casnoff

1987

The Color of Money

Director(s):
Martin Scorsese

Starring:
Paul Newman • Tom Cruise • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio • Helen Shaver • John Turturro
1987

Platoon

(Forest Whitaker plays Big Harold)

Director(s):
Oliver Stone

Starring:
Tom Berenger • Willem Dafoe • Charlie Sheen • Forest Whitaker • Kevin Dillon
1986

Crazy For You

Director(s):
Harold Becker

Starring:
Matthew Modine • Linda Fiorentino • Michael Schoeffling • Ronny Cox • Harold Sylvester

1985

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

(Forest Whitaker plays Charles Jefferson)

Director(s):
Amy Heckerling

Starring:
Sean Penn • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Judge Reinhold • Robert Romanus • Brian Backer

1982

Tag: The Assassination Game

Director(s):
Nick Castle

Starring:
Robert Carradine • Linda Hamilton • Kristine DeBell • Perry Lang • John Mengatti

1982