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Forest Steven Whitaker III
Forest Steven Whitaker
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Forest Whitaker
Acting
Biography
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), The Great Debaters (2007), The Butler…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Rose's Baby
Havoc
as Lawrence Beaumont
The King of Kings
as Peter (voice)
Seaweed Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Big George Foreman
as Doc Broadus
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
Respect
as C. L. Franklin
TV Shows
My Generation
as Narrator · 1 ep.
Hollywood Black
as Self · 4 ep.
The Emperor of Ocean Park
as Judge Oliver Garland · 10 ep.
Extrapolations
as Auggie Bolo · 1 ep.
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Andor
as Saw Gerrera · 5 ep.
Cannes Festival
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self · 9 ep.
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
as Self · 4 ep.
Godfather of Harlem
as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson · 40 ep.