Forest Whitaker

Did You Know?

• Forest directed Whitney Houston's video for "Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)" pop song.
• Forest is married to model Keisha Simone Nash and the couple have one daughter. He also has a son from a previous relationship.
• Forest played high school football and earned an athletic scholarship to Southern California Pomona College. But his singing voice carried him out of SCPC and into University of Southern California on a classical music scholarship, and never played football again.
• He is known in Hollywood as "the gentle giant."

Actor Credits

1. Family Wedding (2010)
2. The Experiment (2010)
3. What a Wonderful World (2010)
4. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
5. Hurricane Season (2009)
6. My Own Love Song (2009)
7. The Repossession Mambo (2009)
8. Powder Blue (2009)
9. Dragon Hunters (2009)
10. Fragments (2009)
11. Mary (2008)
12. Street Kings (2008)
13. Vantage Point (2008)
14. The Air I Breathe (2008)
15. The Shield: Season 6 (2008)
16. The Great Debaters (2007)
17. Even Money (2007)
18. The Shield: Season 5 (2007)
19. The Marsh (2007)
20. A Little Trip to Heaven (2007)
21. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
22. American Gun (2006)
23. Ripple Effect (2006)
24. Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (2005)
25. American Storytellers (2005)
26. The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series (2004)
27. Phone Booth (2003)
28. Panic Room (2002)
29. The Fourth Angel (2001)
30. Green Dragon (2001)
31. Battlefield Earth (2000)
32. Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (2000)
33. Witness Protection (1999)
34. Light It Up (1999)
35. Body Count (1997)
36. Phenomenon (1996)
37. Rebound (1996)
38. Smoke (1995)
39. Species (1995)
40. Jason's Lyric (1994)
41. The Enemy Within (1994)
42. Ready To Wear (1994)
43. Blown Away (1994)
44. Lush Life (1993)
45. Body Snatchers: The Invasion Continues (1993)
46. Last Light (1993)
47. Bank Robber (1993)
48. Diary Of A Hitman (1992)
49. The Crying Game (1992)
50. Consenting Adults (1992)
51. Article 99 (1992)
52. A Rage In Harlem (1991)
53. Downtown (1990)
54. Criminal Justice (1990)
55. Johnny Handsome (1989)
56. Bird (1988)
57. Bloodsport (1988)
58. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
59. Stakeout (1987)
60. Platoon (1986)
61. The Color Of Money (1986)
62. Vision Quest (1985)
63. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

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