Forest Whitaker
66 titles
Filmography
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Phenomenon
(1996)A man is endowed with unusual powers of intelligence and perception.

Burden
(2018)An orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan, attempts to break away and is taken in by a black Baptist congregation led by the Reverend Kennedy, who soon finds himself on a collision course with a local Klan leader bent on revenge.

The Experiment
(2010)In a tense experiment, volunteers act as guards and prisoners to study human behavior, but as control slips away, their sanity and morals collapse.

Powder Blue
(2009)On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Redmayne lead a top-notch cast in this powerful thriller about an overwhelmed erotic dancer, a grieving husband who has lost his will to live, a terminally ill ex-con and a pathologically shy mortician.

Light It Up
(1999)After a school hall tussle results in an accidental wounding of a security cop, frustrated teenagers rebel and take the cop hostage, holding out for their demands (better school conditions) despite a massively threatening police response.

Even Money
(2007)Gambling addiction intertwines the lives of three strangers, drawing them together in a spiral of risk, obsession, and personal ruin.

The Marsh
(2006)A children's book author looking to get out of a rut rents a rural farmhouse that turns out to be haunted by the child victim of a brutal murder.

The Crying Game
(1992)An IRA recruit's bond with a British soldier who has been kidnapped leads to a stunning turn of events.

Lullaby for Pi
(2010)Tom could have any woman. But the only woman this lovelorn widower wants is his deceased wife... until a beautiful and mysterious woman seeking refuge, Pi ends up locking herself up in Tom's hotel room's bathroom.

Johnny Handsome
(1989)Born with a horribly disfigured face, and unable to become part of "normal"society, John Sedley turns to a life of crime. But his two fellow gang members trick him and Johnny is sent to prison. There he meets a plastic surgeon who takes sympathy on him and surgically transforms him into a new man. Now unrecognizable to those who once new him, the once ugly duckling plots a vicious revenge.

Havoc
(2025)When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

A Dark Truth
(2012)To expose a bloody corporate cover-up, a former CIA agent (Andy Garcia) must rescue a desperate activist (Forest Whitaker) and his wife (Eva Longoria) who have escaped with proof of the crime.

Platoon
(1986)A young grunt in the Vietnam war gets an up-close look at good vs. evil as he struggles for survival against an elusive enemy and within his platoon.

The Great Debaters
(2007)Wiley College's first black team challenges Harvard's prestigious debate champions in 1935.

Smoke
(1995)'Smoke' is constructed like a jigsaw puzzle: pieces interweave and interconnect to form a whole. A cigar store manager who has taken photographs in front of his store at the same hour every day for 14 years; a novelist unable to go on writing after his wife is killed in an act of street violence; a man who ran away from his past and tries to start over after accidentally killing his wife.

Blown Away
(1994)A mad bomber terrorizes Boston, targeting the bomb squad, forcing an eventual confrontation between the bomber and the head of the squad.

Consenting Adults
(1992)Two couples living next door to each other grow too close

Catch.44
(2011)Three friends accept a job to stop a drug deal, but instead get caught in a standoff between a psychopath, some local men, and the head crime boss.

The King of Kings
(2025)Renowned writer Charles Dickens shares the story of Jesus Christ with his son, Walter, who becomes captivated by the events of Jesus' life.

Bloodsport
(1988)After spending most of his life being trained by Tanaka, martial artist Frank Dux journeys to Hong Kong to enter the Kumite, the ultimate tournament.