Forest Whitaker

27%Not wokeWoke score · lower is better20% personal • 40% work

Published titles: 14
Crew roles: 3
Cast roles: 12
Profile updated: August 21, 2026
TMDB person ID: 2178

Creator Context

Summary

Actor and humanitarian activist; UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation and founder of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative focused on conflict resolution, education, and development programs in Africa and conflict zones; supported Barack Obama and works on global peace and child-soldier reintegration causes.

Known Work

Published titles

Havoc
2025
as Lawrence Beaumont
43%
The King of Kings
2025
as Peter (voice)
4%
Big George Foreman
2023
as Doc Broadus
5%
Passing
2021
Producer
84%
Respect
2021
as C. L. Franklin
36%
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020
as Jeronicus Jangle
70%
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
as Howard Lambert
27%
Godfather of Harlem
2019
Producer · 40 ep. (TMDB)as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
18%
City of Lies
2018
as Jack Jackson
28%
How It Ends
2018
as Tom
23%
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Producer
87%
Arrival
2016
as Colonel Weber
16%
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Saw Gerrera
51%
Roots
2016
as Fiddler
48%