Forest Whitaker
Awards

2013. Screen Actors Guild Awards. Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

2006. Golden Globe. Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

2006. British Academy of Film & Television Arts. Actor in a Leading Role

2006. Screen Actors Guild Awards. Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

2006. Academy Award. Best Actor

2003. Screen Actors Guild Awards. Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

1994. Screen Actors Guild Awards. Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

1988. Golden Globe. Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Born: July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas
Starred in (166)
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020
GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke
2018
CBS This Morning: Saturday
2012
Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016
Fashion News Live
2004
6.1
Shootout
2003
6.4
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
7.3
Amazing Stories
1985
7.4
Independent Lens
1999
7.9
Hollywood Insider
2018
8.4
Rachael Ray
2006
4.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.6
Morning Joe
2007
4.4
Drew Pearson Live
2015
The Twilight Zone
2002
7.3
Ebert Presents: At the Movies
2010
7.2
HBO First Look
1992
5.9
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
8.3
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
6.6
The Daily Show
1996
8.3
American Idol
2002
4.1
Saturday Night Live
1975
8.1
North & South: Book 1, North & South
1985
8.1
ER
1994
7.7
American Masters
1986
8.0
Empire
2015
7.4
Oprah's Next Chapter
2012
4.5
Star Wars Rebels
2014
8.0
American Dad!
2005
7.3
Godfather of Harlem
2019
8.0
Roots
2016
7.9
National Memorial Day Concert
2011
The Follow
2001
7.3
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020
The Misbehavers
2004
8.5
Special Thanks To Roy London
2005
7.4
Hands of a Stranger
1987
5.5
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez
2009
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010
6.3
Tag: The Assassination Game
1982
6.0
Ernest & Celestine
2012
7.9
King
2009
6.9
A Man's Story
2011
6.3
Breaking Point
1976
5.8
We Are One
2016
First Daughter
2004
5.1
Dope
2015
7.2
Burden
2018
6.5
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
6.2
City of Lies
2018
6.3
How It Ends
2018
5.0
Sorry to Bother You
2018
6.9
The Forgiven
2018
5.9
Black Panther
2018
7.3
The Crying Game
1992
7.2
Street Kings
2008
6.8
Catch .44
2011
4.6
Our Family Wedding
2010
5.0
American Storytellers
2003
7.6
Article 99
1992
6.1
Pawn
2013
5.7
Lee Daniels' The Butler
2013
7.2
Food Chains
2014
7.2
Black Nativity
2013
4.6
The Last Stand
2013
6.3
American Gun
2005
6.1
Species
1995
5.8
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
6.7
Battlefield Earth
2000
2.5
Bird
1988
7.2
Blown Away
1994
6.3
Dragon Hunters
2008
6.6
Consenting Adults
1992
5.8
Downtown
1990
5.8
The Experiment
2010
6.4
Light It Up
1999
6.0
Vantage Point
2008
6.6
A Rage in Harlem
1991
5.9
Before the Music Dies
2006
7.7
Body Count
1998
5.5
Everyone's Hero
2006
5.7
Rising From Ashes
2012
7.6
Serving Life
2011
7.8
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013
7.6
Toys in the Attic
1963
6.7
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988
7.3
Green Dragon
2001
6.1
Smoke
1995
7.4
Zulu
2013
6.7
Bloodsport
1988
6.8
Arrival
2016
7.9
Ripple Effect
2007
5.0
The Last King of Scotland
2006
7.7
Phenomenon
1996
6.4
Ready to Wear
1994
5.1
Winged Creatures
2008
5.7
Southpaw
2015
7.4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
7.7
Stakeout
1987
6.6
Even Money
2006
5.9
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
7.5
The Marsh
2006
4.8
The Air I Breathe
2007
6.8
Taken 3
2015
6.0
Body Snatchers
1993
6.0
Last Light
1993
6.4
Repentance
2014
4.9
The Great Debaters
2007
7.5
Lush Life
1993
6.7
Two Men in Town
2014
5.7
Criminal Justice
1990
6.6
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
6.0
Mary
2005
5.8
Hurricane Season
2009
6.6
Jason's Lyric
1994
6.6
Phone Booth
2002
7.0
Panic Room
2002
6.8
A Dark Truth
2012
5.6
The Color of Money
1986
7.0
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2004
5.5
Platoon
1986
8.1
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
7.2
Out of the Furnace
2013
6.8
Freelancers
2012
4.7
Vision Quest
1985
6.6
My Own Love Song
2010
5.8
Repo Men
2010
6.3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
7.8
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2008
6.9
VH-1 Where Are They Now?
1999
7.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
8.1
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
8.7
The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables
2013
6.2
Making the Grade
1982
5.7
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.6
The Fall Guy
1981
7.1
Entertainment Tonight
1981
3.6
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
6.9
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter
2015
7.0
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
6.2
Celebrity Page
2013
5.3
Made in Hollywood
2005
4.9
Cagney & Lacey
1981
6.7
Larry King Now
2012
5.5
The Shield
2002
8.7
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
6.3
The Feast of All Saints
2001
North and South, Book II
1986
8.1
Don't Try to Understand: A Year in the Life of Earl 'DMX' Simmons
2021
Roots: A History Revealed
2016
King
2008
6.9
A Fall from Grace
2021
Blown Away
1993
5.2
Hector
2015
6.9
Crossfire
2008
5.8
Powder Blue
2009
6.3
Deacons for Defense
2003
7.0
Toys in the Attic
2009
6.2
Diary of a Hitman
1991
5.3
Johnny Handsome
1989
6.2
The Enemy Within
1994
5.8
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
5.6
Witness Protection
1999
6.2
The Fourth Angel
2001
5.3
Lullaby for Pi
2010
6.8
Bank Robber
1993
4.6