Forest Whitaker Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Forest Whitaker been in? This complete Forest Whitaker filmography lists 112 credited roles (91 films, 21 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Forest Whitaker movies in order

• Tag: The Assassination Game (1982) as Gowdy's Bodyguard
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) as Charles Jefferson
• Vision Quest (1985) as Balldozer
• The Color of Money (1986) as Amos
• Platoon (1986) as Big Harold
• Stakeout (1987) as Det. Jack Pismo
• Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) as Edward Garlick
• Bloodsport (1988) as Rawlins
• Bird (1988) as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
• Johnny Handsome (1989) as Dr. Steven Fisher
• Downtown (1990) as Dennis Curren
• A Rage in Harlem (1991) as Jackson
• Diary of a Hitman (1991) as Dekker
• Article 99 (1992) as Dr. Sid Handleman
• The Crying Game (1992) as Jody
• Consenting Adults (1992) as David Duttonville
• Body Snatchers (1993) as Major Collins
• Jason's Lyric (1994) as Maddog
• Blown Away (1994) as Anthony Franklin
• The Enemy Within (1994) as Col. MacKenzie Casey
• Prêt-à-Porter (1994) as Cy Bianco
• Smoke (1995) as Cyrus Cole
• Species (1995) as Dan Smithson, Empath
• Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
• Phenomenon (1996) as Nate Pope
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) as Mr. Rucker
• Body Count (1998) as Crane
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) as Ghost Dog
• Light It Up (1999) as Officer Dante Jackson
• Witness Protection (1999) as Steven Beck
• Battlefield Earth (2000) as Ker
• Green Dragon (2001) as Addie
• The Follow (2001) as The Employer
• The Fourth Angel (2001) as Agent Jules Bernard
• Panic Room (2002) as Burnham
• Phone Booth (2003) as Captain Ramey
• First Daughter (2004) as Narrator (voice)
• Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) as Forest Whitaker
• American Gun (2005) as Carter
• Mary (2005) as Ted Younger
• A Little Trip to Heaven (2005) as Abe Holt
• The Marsh (2006) as Geoffrey Hunt
• Everyone's Hero (2006) as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
• The Last King of Scotland (2006) as Idi Amin
• The Air I Breathe (2007) as Happiness
• Even Money (2007) as Clyde Snow
• The Great Debaters (2007) as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
• Vantage Point (2008) as Howard Lewis
• Street Kings (2008) as Captain Jack Wander
• Powder Blue (2009) as Charlie
• Winged Creatures (2009) as Charlie Archenault
• Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009) as Narrator
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009) as Ira (voice)
• Hurricane Season (2010) as Al Collins
• Our Family Wedding (2010) as Brad Boyd
• Repo Men (2010) as Jake
• My Own Love Song (2010) as Joey
• The Experiment (2010) as Barris
• Lullaby for Pi (2010) as George
• Catch.44 (2011) as Ronny
• Freelancers (2012) as Dennis Larue
• A Dark Truth (2012) as Francisco Francis
• The Last Stand (2013) as Agent John Bannister
• Pawn (2013) as Will
• The Butler (2013) as Cecil Gaines
• Mysteries of the Unseen World (2013) as Narrator
• Out of the Furnace (2013) as Chief Wesley Barnes
• Black Nativity (2013) as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
• Zulu (2013) as Ali Sokhela
• Repentance (2014) as Angel
• Two Men in Town (2014) as William Garnett
• Taken 3 (2014) as Inspector Frank Dotzler
• Dope (2015) as The Narrator (voice)
• Southpaw (2015) as Titus 'Tick' Wills
• Arrival (2016) as Colonel Weber
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Saw Gerrera
• Black Panther (2018) as Zuri
• The Forgiven (2018) as Desmond Tutu
• Sorry to Bother You (2018) as First Equisapien / Demarius
• How It Ends (2018) as Tom
• Burden (2018) as Reverend Kennedy
• City of Lies (2018) as Jack Jackson
• Finding Steve McQueen (2019) as Howard Lambert
• Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020) as Self
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) as Jeronicus Jangle
• Respect (2021) as C. L. Franklin
• Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022) as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• Big George Foreman (2023) as Doc Broadus
• The King of Kings (2025) as Peter (voice)
• Havoc (2025) as Lawrence Beaumont

Forest Whitaker TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
• Hill Street Blues (1981)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982) as Night Manager
• Amazing Stories (1985) as Jerry
• North and South (1985) as Cuffey
• ER (1994) as Curtis Ames
• The Shield (2002) as Jon Kavanaugh
• American Idol (2002) as Self
• The Twilight Zone (2002) as Self - Host
• American Dad! (2005) as Turlington (voice)
• Criminal Minds (2005) as Sam Cooper
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011) as Sam Cooper
• Star Wars Rebels (2014) as Saw Gerrera (voice)
• Empire (2015) as Eddie Barker
• Roots (2016) as Fiddler
• Godfather of Harlem (2019) as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
• Andor (2022) as Saw Gerrera
• Extrapolations (2023) as Auggie Bolo
• The Emperor of Ocean Park (2024) as Judge Oliver Garland

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