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Forest Whitaker


Forest Whitaker

Geburtstag:

07/15/1961

Geburtsort:

Longview, Texas, USA:

Biografie:

Forest Steven Whitaker (* 15. Juli 1961 in Longview, Texas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Filmproduzent und Regisseur. Neben zahlreichen Auszeichnungen erhielt er 2007 für seine Rolle als Idi Amin im Spielfilm Der letzte König von Schottland den Oscar für die beste Hauptrolle. 1982 feierte Whitaker sein Debüt im US-amerikanischen Kino mit einem kleinen Auftritt in Nick Castles Thriller T.A.G. – Das Killerspiel und dem Part eines Footballspielers in Amy Heckerlings High-School-Komödie Ich glaub’, ich steh’ im Wald, die Sean Penn als Karrieresprungbrett dienen sollte. In den folgenden Jahren war Whitaker mit Nebenrollen in preisgekrönten Filmen wie Oliver Stones Vietnamkriegsdrama Platoon (1986), Martin Scorseses Die Farbe des Geldes (1986) und Barry Levinsons Tragikomödie Good Morning, Vietnam präsent. In Good Morning, Vietnam spielte er bereits eine wichtige Nebenrolle. Seine erste viel beachtete Hauptrolle war 1988 die des legendären Saxophonisten Charlie Parker in Clint Eastwoods Filmbiografie Bird, für die Whitaker den Darstellerpreis in Cannes und eine Nominierung für den Golden Globe als bester Drama-Darsteller erhielt. In die Riege der führenden Charakterdarsteller rückte er jedoch trotz dieses Erfolges zunächst nicht auf. Seine folgenden Engagements waren breit gefächert, darunter Nebenrollen in Neil Jordans Thriller The Crying Game (1992), Robert Altmans Modesatire Prêt-à-Porter oder der Independent-Film Smoke, aber auch Engagements in Action- und Science-Fiction-Filmen wie Bloodsport (1988), Explosiv – Blown Away (1994) oder Species (1995). Seiner von der Kritik hochgelobten Hauptrolle in Jim Jarmuschs Ghost Dog – Der Weg des Samurai (1999) folgte ein Part in Battlefield Earth – Kampf um die Erde (2000), der Verfilmung eines Science-Fiction-Romans des Scientology-Gründers L. Ron Hubbard, die von der Kritik verrissen wurde und als Tiefpunkt seiner Karriere gilt. Nach zwei erfolgreichen Rollen in Thrillern erhielt Whitaker dann seine bisher wichtigste Rolle als ugandischer Diktator Idi Amin in Kevin Macdonalds Spielfilmdebüt Der letzte König von Schottland – In den Fängen der Macht. Diese Rolle brachte Whitaker 2007 den Oscar und zahlreiche renommierte Filmpreise ein. Knapp zwei Monate nach seinem Oscar-Gewinn erhielt er einen Stern auf dem Hollywood Walk of Fame. In den darauffolgenden Jahren sah man Whitaker erneut in unterschiedlichsten Genres, darunter Denzel Washingtons Filmdrama The Great Debaters, David Ayers Polizeithriller Street Kings und der Science-Fiction-Film Repo Men. Neben Produktionen für das Kino ist Whitaker auch regelmäßig in Fernsehserien zu sehen. So absolvierte er viele Gastauftritte in Serien wie Emergency Room, Polizeirevier Hill Street und Trapper John, M.D. Sein Fernsehfilm Von Tür zu Tür (2002) wurde mit einem Emmy ausgezeichnet. In The Twilight Zone übernahm er die Rolle des Moderators und Erzählers. 2011 war er eine Staffel lang in einer Hauptrolle der Serie Criminal Minds: Team Red zu sehen. Tobias Meister hat sich als seine deutsche Synchronstimme etabliert. Im August 2015 wurde bekannt, dass Whitaker in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, dem ersten Star-Wars-Spin-off, als Saw Gerrera eine Hauptrolle übernehmen wird. Der Film wurde im Dezember 2016 veröffentlicht. 2018 spielte Whitaker in der Marvel Verfilmung Black Panther die Rolle des Zuri. Quelle: Wikipedia



Credits

Rose's Baby (2027)
as
Havoc (2025)
as Lawrence Beaumont
The King of Kings (2025)
as Peter (voice)
Seaweed Stories (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour (2023)
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
Big George Foreman (2023)
as Doc Broadus
Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Prophets of Change (2022)
as Narrator
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Respect (2021)
as C. L. Franklin
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
as Jeronicus Jangle
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (2020)
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
as Self
Finding Steve McQueen (2019)
as Howard Lambert
City of Lies (2018)
as Jack Jackson
Burden (2018)
as Reverend Kennedy
How It Ends (2018)
as Tom
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
as First Equisapien / Demarius
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
The Forgiven (2018)
as Desmond Tutu
Black Panther (2018)
as Zuri
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017)
as Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (2017)
as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Saw Gerrera
I Am You (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Arrival (2016)
as Colonel Weber
Southpaw (2015)
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
Dope (2015)
as The Narrator (voice)
Taken 3 (2014)
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
La Voie de l‘ennemi (2014)
as William Garnett
Food Chains (2014)
as
Repentance (2014)
as Angel
Zulu (2013)
as Ali Sokhela
Black Nativity (2013)
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Making a Scene (2013)
as
Out of the Furnace (2013)
as Chief Wesley Barnes
Mysteries of the Unseen World (2013)
as Narrator
The Butler (2013)
as Cecil Gaines
Rising from Ashes (2013)
as Narrator
Pawn (2013)
as Will
The Last Stand (2013)
as Agent John Bannister
A Dark Truth (2012)
as Francisco Francis
Freelancers (2012)
as Dennis Larue
Catch.44 (2011)
as Ronny
A Man's Story (2011)
as Self
Serving Life (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Lullaby for Pi (2010)
as George
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
as (archive footage)
The Experiment (2010)
as Barris
My Own Love Song (2010)
as Joey
Repo Men (2010)
as Jake
Our Family Wedding (2010)
as Brad Boyd
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010)
as Lion
Hurricane Season (2010)
as Al Collins
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
as Ira (voice)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009)
as Narrator
Winged Creatures (2009)
as Charlie Archenault
Powder Blue (2009)
as Charlie
Street Kings (2008)
as Captain Jack Wander
Vantage Point (2008)
as Howard Lewis
The Great Debaters (2007)
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Ripple Effect (2007)
as Philip
Even Money (2007)
as Clyde Snow
The Air I Breathe (2007)
as Happiness
Before the Music Dies (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
as Idi Amin
Everyone's Hero (2006)
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
The Marsh (2006)
as Geoffrey Hunt
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
as Abe Holt
Mary (2005)
as Ted Younger
Odyssey in Rome (2005)
as
American Gun (2005)
as Carter
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
as Forest Whitaker
Deacons for Defense (2005)
as Marcus Clay
The Misbehavers (2004)
as Self
First Daughter (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004)
as Self
Making of Phone Booth (2003)
as Self
Phone Booth (2003)
as Captain Ramey
Panic Room (2002)
as Burnham
Feast of All Saints (2001)
as Daguerreotypist Picard
The Fourth Angel (2001)
as Agent Jules Bernard
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai (2001)
as
The Follow (2001)
as The Employer
Green Dragon (2001)
as Addie
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (2001)
as Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
as Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
as Mr. Ellington
Battlefield Earth (2000)
as Ker
The Paperboy (2000)
as Narrator
Witness Protection (1999)
as Steven Beck
Light It Up (1999)
as Officer Dante Jackson
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
as Ghost Dog
Body Count (1998)
as Crane
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
as Mr. Rucker
Phenomenon (1996)
as Nate Pope
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Species (1995)
as Dan Smithson, Empath
Smoke (1995)
as Cyrus Cole
Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
as Cy Bianco
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (1994)
as Self
The Enemy Within (1994)
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
Blown Away (1994)
as Anthony Franklin
Jason's Lyric (1994)
as Maddog
Bank Robber (1993)
as Officer Battle
Lush Life (1993)
as Buddy Chester
Last Light (1993)
as Fred Whitmore
Body Snatchers (1993)
as Major Collins
Consenting Adults (1992)
as David Duttonville
The Crying Game (1992)
as Jody
Article 99 (1992)
as Dr. Sid Handleman
Diary of a Hitman (1991)
as Dekker
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
as Jackson
Criminal Justice (1990)
as Jessie Williams
Downtown (1990)
as Dennis Curren
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Dr. Steven Fisher
Bird (1988)
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Bloodsport (1988)
as Rawlins
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
as Edward Garlick
Stakeout (1987)
as Det. Jack Pismo
Hands of a Stranger (1987)
as Sergeant Delaney
Platoon (1986)
as Big Harold
The Color of Money (1986)
as Amos
Vision Quest (1985)
as Balldozer
The Grand Baby (1983)
as
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
as Charles Jefferson
Tag: The Assassination Game (1982)
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
A Fall from Grace ()
as
Sewing Hope ()
as Narrator (voice)
Lucky Lu (2026)
Executive Producer
To Live and Die and Live (2025)
Producer
Transplant (2024)
Producer
Fancy Dance (2024)
Executive Producer
For the Sake of Peace (2022)
Producer
Passing (2021)
Producer
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo (2019)
Producer
A Kid from Coney Island (2019)
Executive Producer
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Producer
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Producer
Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)
Producer
Dope (2015)
Producer
Rising from Ashes (2013)
Executive Producer
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Producer
Serving Life (2011)
Executive Producer
Monte Carlo (2011)
Executive Producer
Kassim the Dream (2009)
Producer
Powder Blue (2009)
Producer
Ripple Effect (2007)
Executive Producer
American Gun (2005)
Executive Producer
First Daughter (2004)
Director
First Daughter (2004)
Executive Producer
Chasing Papi (2003)
Producer
Door to Door (2002)
Co-Executive Producer
Green Dragon (2001)
Executive Producer
Hope Floats (1998)
Director
Hope Floats (1998)
Executive Music Producer
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Director
Strapped (1993)
Director
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
Co-Producer
A Little Off Mark (1986)
Thanks
Rosetta ()
Producer