Forest Steven Whitaker III is an American actor, director, and producer.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Extrapolations (2023)
Starring as August "Auggie" Bolo
- Episode 1x07: 2068: The Going-Away Party (Apr 14, 2023)
Star Wars: Andor (2022)
Starring as Saw Gerrera
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x11: Daughter of Ferrix (Nov 16, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Narkina 5 (Oct 26, 2022)
Young Rock (2021)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: Let the People Decide (May 24, 2022)
- Episode 2x11: You Gotta Get Down to Get Up (May 24, 2022)
- Episode 2x10: Rocky's Code (May 17, 2022)
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Starring as Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson
(30 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Our Black Shining Prince (Mar 26, 2023)
- Episode 3x09: We Are All Kings (Mar 19, 2023)
- Episode 3x08: Homeland or Death (Mar 12, 2023)
- Episode 3x07: All Roads Lead to Malcolm (Mar 5, 2023)
- Episode 3x06: Spooks (Feb 26, 2023)
- Episode 3x05: Angel of Death (Feb 19, 2023)
- Episode 3x04: Captain Fields (Feb 5, 2023)
- Episode 3x03: Mecca (Jan 29, 2023)
- Episode 3x02: Alzado (Jan 22, 2023)
- Episode 3x01: The Negro in White America (Jan 15, 2023)
- Episode 2x10: The Hate That Hate Produced (Aug 29, 2021)
- Episode 2x09: The Bonanno Split (Aug 22, 2021)
- Episode 2x08: Ten Harlems (Aug 15, 2021)
- Episode 2x07: Man of the Year (Aug 8, 2021)
- Episode 2x06: The Ballot or the Bullet (May 23, 2021)
- Episode 2x05: It's a Small World After All (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 2x04: The Geechee (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: The Fruit Stand Riot (May 2, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: Sting Like a Bee (Apr 25, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: The French Connection (Apr 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x10: Chickens Come Home to Roost (Dec 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Rent Strike Blues (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: How I Got Over (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Masters of War (Nov 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Il Canto de Malavita (Nov 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: It's All in the Game (Oct 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: I Am the Greatest (Oct 20, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Our Day Will Come (Oct 13, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: The Nitty Gritty (Oct 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: By Whatever Means Necessary (Sep 29, 2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2x134: Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Ava Max (Apr 26, 2021)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2020-11-12: Megan Rapinoe & Forest Whitaker (Nov 12, 2020)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2021-04-15: Forest Whitaker, Kane Brown (Apr 15, 2021)
Empire (2015)
Guest starring as Eddie Barker
(13 episodes)
- Episode 5x01: Steal from the Thief (Sep 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x18: The Empire Unpossess'd (May 23, 2018)
- Episode 4x17: Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 4x16: Fair Terms (May 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x15: A Lean and Hungry Look (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 4x14: False Face (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Sweet Sorrow (Apr 11, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: Without Apology (Apr 4, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Birds in the Cage (Mar 28, 2018)
- Episode 4x09: Slave to Memory (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: The Lady Doth Protest (Nov 29, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: The Fool (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: Full Circle (Oct 4, 2017)
Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
Guest starring as Saw Gerrera
(4 episodes)
- Episode 4x04: In the Name of the Rebellion: Part 2 (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: In the Name of the Rebellion: Part 1 (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: Ghosts of Geonosis: Part 2 (Jan 7, 2017)
- Episode 3x11: Ghosts of Geonosis: Part 1 (Jan 7, 2017)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 5x06: One Direction, Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Millican, Eminem (Nov 16, 2013)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)
Starring as Samuel "Sam" "Coop" Cooper
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Death by a Thousand Cuts (May 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x12: The Girl in the Blue Mask (May 18, 2011)
- Episode 1x11: Strays (May 11, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: The Time is Now (May 4, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: Smother (Apr 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: Nighthawk (Apr 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Jane (Mar 30, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Devotion (Mar 23, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Here is the Fire (Mar 16, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: One Shot Kill (Mar 9, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: See No Evil (Mar 2, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Lonely Heart (Feb 23, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Two of a Kind (Feb 16, 2011)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2013-11-19: Forest Whitaker, Andy Cohen, Cut Copy, Brad Whitford (Nov 19, 2013)
innerSPACE (2008)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2018-02-15: Thursday, February 15 (Feb 15, 2018)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
(2 episodes)
- Episode 18x46: Biographical Dramas: Gran Turismo, The Hill, Big George Foreman (Aug 26, 2023)
- Episode 18x32: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Big George Foreman; The Diplomat (Apr 29, 2023)
Criminal Minds (2005)
Guest starring as Sam Cooper
- Episode 5x18: The Fight (Apr 7, 2010) [Special Guest Star]
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2007-02-15: Forest Whitaker, Billy Blanks Jr. (Feb 15, 2007)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2019-10-07: Charlize Theron, Forest Whitaker, Black Pumas (Oct 7, 2019)
The Shield (2002)
Guest starring as Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh
(13 episodes)
- Episode 6x02: Baptism by Fire (Apr 10, 2007)
- Episode 6x01: On the Jones (Apr 3, 2007)
- Episode 5x11: Post Partum (Mar 21, 2006)
- Episode 5x10: Of Mice & Lem (Mar 14, 2006)
- Episode 5x09: Smoked (Mar 7, 2006)
- Episode 5x08: Kavanaugh (Feb 28, 2006)
- Episode 5x07: Man Inside (Feb 21, 2006)
- Episode 5x06: Rap Payback (Feb 14, 2006)
- Episode 5x05: Trophy (Feb 7, 2006)
- Episode 5x04: Tapa Boca (Jan 31, 2006)
- Episode 5x03: Jailbait (Jan 24, 2006)
- Episode 5x02: Enemy of Good (Jan 17, 2006)
- Episode 5x01: Extraction (Jan 10, 2006)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 14x07: Forest Whitaker, Bruce Forsyth, Agyness Deyn, Elbow (Feb 22, 2008)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2000-02-28: Forest Whitaker (Feb 28, 2000)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Guest starring as Night Manager
- Episode 2x12: The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All (Jan 17, 1983) [Co-Star]
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 2023-03-24: Forest Whitaker, Fall Out Boy (Mar 24, 2023)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
- Episode 32x13: Forest Whitaker / Keith Urban (Feb 10, 2007)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Forest Whitaker
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2024-03-10: The 96th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 10, 2024)
- Episode 2010-03-07: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Mar 7, 2010)
- Episode 2008-02-24: The 80th Annual Academy Awards (Feb 24, 2008)
- Episode 2007-02-25: The 79th Annual Academy Awards (Feb 25, 2007)
Crew Credits
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: It's All in the Game (Oct 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: I Am the Greatest (Oct 20, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Our Day Will Come (Oct 13, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: The Nitty Gritty (Oct 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: By Whatever Means Necessary (Sep 29, 2019)