Forest Whitaker filmography
Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director.
Forest Whitaker in 2014
Film
As actor
As filmmaker
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
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| Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
| 1993 | Strapped | Yes | No | No | ||
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Yes | No | No | ||
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Yes | No | No | Nominated – Acapulco Black Film Festival Award for Best Director Nominated – Black Film Award for Best Director |
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| 2003 | Chasing Papi | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2004 | First Daughter | Yes | No | No | ||
| 2009 | Powder Blue | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2013 | Fruitvale Station | No | Yes | No | Nominated–Acapulco Black Film Festival Award for Artist of the Year Nominated–Acapulco Black Film Festival Award for Movie of the Year AFI Award for Movie of the Year |
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| Repentance | No | Yes | No | |||
| 2015 | Dope | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2016 | Songs My Brothers Taught Me | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2017 | Roxanne Roxanne | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2021 | Passing | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2023 | To Live and Die and Live | No | Yes | No | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Making the Grade | Episode: "Marriage David Style" | ||
| 1983 | Cagney & Lacey | Night Manager | Episode: "The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All" | |
| 1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | Lewis Jordan | Episode: "School Nurse" | |
| Hill Street Blues | Floyd Green | Episode: "Blues for Mr. Green" | ||
| 1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Herman | Episode: "Bully for Arnold" | |
| The Grand Baby | Television movie | |||
| The Fall Guy | Friend | Episode: "Spring Break" | ||
| North and South | Cuffey | Miniseries | ||
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Jerry | Episode: "Gather Ye Acorns" | |
| North and South, Book II | Cuffey | Miniseries | ||
| 1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney | Television movie | |
| 1990 | Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams | Television movie Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming Award for Fiction: Actor |
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| 1993 | Lush Life | Buddy Chester | Television movie | |
| Last Light | Fred Whitmore | Television movie Nominated – CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries |
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| 1994 | The Enemy Within | Colonel MacKenzie "Mac" Casey | Television movie Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
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| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | Mr. Rucker | Television movie | |
| 1999 | Witness Protection | US Marshal Steve Beck | Television movie | |
| 2001 | Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard | Television movie; also executive producer | |
| 2002 | Door to Door | Television movie; co-executive producer Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie |
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| 2003 | Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay | Television movie Black Reel Award for Best Actor: T.V. Movie/Cable Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
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| 2002–2003 | The Twilight Zone | Host / Narrator | 44 episodes; also consulting producer | |
| 2006–2007 | ER | Curtis Ames | 6 episodes Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
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| 2006–2007 | The Shield | Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh | 13 episodes (seasons 5 and 6) Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
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| 2007–2009 | American Dad! | The Turlingtons | Voice; 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Sam Cooper | Episode: "The Fight" | |
| Brick City | 11 episodes; executive producer Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking |
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| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Sam Cooper | Lead role; 13 episodes | |
| 2012 | Serving Life | Narrator | Documentary; also executive producer | |
| 2013 | Africa | Narrator | Documentary series | |
| 2016 | Roots | Henry (Fiddler) | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Star Wars Rebels | Saw Gerrera | Voice; 4 episodes | |
| 2017–2018 | Empire | Eddie Barker | 11 episodes | |
| 2019–present | Godfather of Harlem | Bumpy Johnson | 20 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2022 | Young Rock | Himself | 2 episodes | |
| Andor | Saw Gerrera | 2 episodes | ||
| 2023 | Extrapolations | August Bolo | Miniseries | |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Saw Gerrera | Voice, likeness, and motion capture | [6] |
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1995 | Whitney Houston | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | Music video director | |
| 2001 | Jagged Edge | "Goodbye" | Also music video director | [7] |
| 2019 | Bring Me the Horizon | "In the Dark" | ||
References
- "The Follow". CineArchive. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- "'Phone' release delayed". Amarillo.com. Associated Press. October 18, 2002. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- "Repentance – In Theaters February 28, 2014". Code Black. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 30, 2018). "Forest Whitaker To Star In David E. Talbert's Netflix Holiday Family Musical 'Jingle Jangle'". Deadline. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- Holub, Christian (May 13, 2022). "Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis adds Adam Driver and more to starry cast: Why we're excited". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- Sarkar, Samit (June 8, 2019). "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order features Rogue One's Saw Gerrera". Polygon. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- "Burning Question". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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