Also Credited As:
Forest Steven Whitaker
Biography
Though actor Forest Whitaker started college on an athletic scholarship, the charismatic and award-winning performer made the unlikely shift from football to studying to become a classical tenor and eventually, an actor. After gaining some attention in several stage musicals, Whitaker made an immediate impression with a small, but memorable role in his feature debut, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982). Following a quick succession of …
LATEST CREDITS
My Own Love Song | Joey |
Fragments | Charlie Archenault |
Rising From Ashes | Narrator |
A Rage in Harlem | Jackson |
Deacons For Defense | Marcus |
What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong |
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | Actor |
Our Family Wedding | Brad Boyd |
The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin |
Taxi Wars | Joseph Mahola |
Catch .44 | Actor |
Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog |
Sins of the Father | Actor |
Little Treasure | Actor (in talks ) |
Bird | Charlie "Bird" Parker |
The Butler | Eugene Allen |
Diary of a Hitman | Dekker |
Hurricane Season | Al Collins |
Powder Blue | Charlie |
The Experiment | Actor |
The Enemy Within | Colonel MacKenzie "Mac" Casey |
The Twilight Zone | Host |
Enemy Way | James Lennox Garnet/Jihad |
Vipaka | Angel |
A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis |
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