Forest Whitaker

Q: What was Forest Whitaker's first film?

Forest Whitaker's first film appearance was in 'Body Snatchers' in 1993, where he played the character of a soldier.

Q: What are some of Forest Whitaker's successful films?

Some of Forest Whitaker's successful films include 'The Last King of Scotland,' 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,' and 'Black Panther.'

Q: How did Forest Whitaker start his acting career?

Forest Whitaker began his acting career in theater before transitioning to television and film, gaining recognition in the late 1980s.

Q: Is Forest Whitaker involved in any philanthropic work?

Yes, Forest Whitaker is actively involved in humanitarian efforts, particularly in promoting peace and education through his organization, the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative.

Q: What is Forest Whitaker's estimated net worth?

Forest Whitaker's estimated net worth is approximately $25 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Forest Whitaker's acting style?

Forest Whitaker is known for his ability to portray intense emotions and complex characters, often using subtle facial expressions and a commanding presence.

Q: Has Forest Whitaker worked as a director?

Yes, Forest Whitaker has directed several films and television projects, showcasing his versatility as a filmmaker in addition to his acting career.

Known for

Arrival (2013)

2013 / Action, Adventure / 35mins

Step into our world, as we bring you a raw look at the talents of the next wave of riders and photographers. Come face...

Taken 3 (2014)

IMDb 6.0 / 10

2014 / Action, Thriller / 108 min

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued...

Name

Forest Whitaker

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Born

15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA

Spouses

Keisha Whitaker (1996–present)

Children

4 children: Sonnet, Ocean, True, and Autumn

Parents

Laura Whitaker, Forest Steven Whitaker Sr.

Estimated Net Worth

$25 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2027	Movie Rose's Baby Álvaro and his ex-wife Saffron attempt to set aside the drama of their messy divorce for the sake of their...	Unknown character	Not rated
2025	Movie Havoc When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal...	Lawrence Beaumont	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2025	Movie The King of Kings Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes...	Peter (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2024	TV My Generation High-profile narrators Forest Whitaker, Ethan Hawke, Kristen Bell, Jenna Ortega and Azul Estrada guide viewers through generational histories via original...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2024	Movie Seaweed Stories Presented by Lonely Whale in association with Re:wild. Narrated by Forest Whitaker, Seaweed Stories is a vibrant, global look at...	Self - Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2024	TV Hollywood Black The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2024	TV The Emperor of Ocean Park In the worlds of politics, academia, and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard, Talcott Garland is an Ivy League law professor...	Judge Oliver Garland	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Big George Foreman Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion,...	Doc Broadus	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2023	TV Extrapolations Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.	Auggie Bolo	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	Movie Prophets of Change Can music overcome borders and walls and bring people together? Prophets of Change tracks musicians, both Israeli and Palestinian, through...	Narrator	Not rated
2022	TV Andor In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the...	Saw Gerrera	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	Movie Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.	Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2022	TV Cannes Festival	Self - Guest	Not rated
2021	TV Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy As he enters his eighth decade in the movies, Warner Bros. celebrates this cinematic icon - actor, producer, director, master...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Respect The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.	C. L. Franklin	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	TV By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the series “Godfather of Harlem,” this documentary series brings alive the dramatic...	Self	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2020	Movie Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical...	Jeronicus Jangle	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	TV Godfather of Harlem Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to...	Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	Movie Finding Steve McQueen In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on...	Howard Lambert	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	Movie City of Lies Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of...	Jack Jackson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	Movie Burden Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in...	Reverend Kennedy	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	Movie How It Ends A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.	Tom	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2018	Movie Sorry to Bother You In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which...	First Equisapien / Demarius	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace,...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2018	Movie The Forgiven After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.	Desmond Tutu	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	Movie Black Panther King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader....	Zuri	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2017	TV Steve After ending his Chicago-based show, Steve Harvey heads to Los Angeles to host a new weekday syndicated program aiming to...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a 2017 documentary detailing the production of the...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2017	Movie Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new...	Saw Gerrera	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie I Am You In Peace We Trust. This documentary shows us how animal rights and human rights & the environment are all related....	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2016	Movie Arrival Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether...	Colonel Weber	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	TV Star Wars: Go Rogue A stop motion animated Star Wars series, created by fans and Lucasfilm, to introduce the new Rogue One action figures...	Saw Gerrera (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	TV Roots An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his...	Fiddler	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Southpaw Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and...	Titus 'Tick' Wills	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2015	Movie Dope Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the...	The Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2015	TV Empire A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his...	Eddie Barker	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie Taken 3 Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to...	Inspector Frank Dotzler	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	TV Star Wars Rebels Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the...	Saw Gerrera (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2014	Movie Two Men in Town A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy....	William Garnett	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie Food Chains This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Repentance An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and...	Angel	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2013	Movie Zulu As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's...	Ali Sokhela	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	Movie Black Nativity A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend...	Reverend Cornell Cobbs	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Making a Scene \| 11 Performances The year's best performers star in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.	Unknown character	Not rated
2013	Movie Out of the Furnace Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother...	Chief Wesley Barnes	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	Movie Mysteries of the Unseen World Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see...	Narrator	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie The Butler Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family...	Cecil Gaines	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2013	Movie Rising from Ashes “Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the ﬁrst Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey...	Narrator	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Pawn A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for...	Will	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2013	Movie The Last Stand Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled...	Agent John Bannister	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2012	Movie A Dark Truth In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has...	Francisco Francis	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	Movie Freelancers The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and...	Dennis Larue	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2011	Movie Catch.44 The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job....	Ronny	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2011	Movie A Man's Story Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Serving Life SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2011	TV Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011...	Sam Cooper	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie Lullaby for Pi A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.	George	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure...	(archive footage)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2010	Movie The Experiment 20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals...	Barris	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2010	Movie My Own Love Song A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.	Joey	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	Movie Repo Men In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives....	Jake	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2010	Movie Our Family Wedding The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to...	Brad Boyd	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2010	Movie Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves...	Lion	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Hurricane Season Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just...	Al Collins	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2009	Movie Where the Wild Things Are Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the...	Ira (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Crips and Bloods: Made in America With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades...	Narrator	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2009	Movie Winged Creatures A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways...	Charlie Archenault	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2009	Movie Powder Blue On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.	Charlie	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2008	Movie Street Kings Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his...	Captain Jack Wander	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie Vantage Point During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet....	Howard Lewis	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2007	Movie The Great Debaters The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform...	Dr. James Farmer Sr.	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie Ripple Effect Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to...	Philip	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2007	Movie Even Money Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.	Clyde Snow	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2007	Movie The Air I Breathe A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against...	Happiness	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2006	Movie Before the Music Dies B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country,...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie The Last King of Scotland Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides...	Idi Amin	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie Everyone's Hero A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World...	Lonnie Brewster (voice)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	Movie The Marsh Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown...	Geoffrey Hunt	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2005	Movie A Little Trip to Heaven Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim...	Abe Holt	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	Movie Mary The filming of a movie about Jesus’ death deeply affects three people — an egotistical director who cast himself as...	Ted Younger	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	Movie Odyssey in Rome Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary,"...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	TV Criminal Minds An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike...	Sam Cooper	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2005	Movie American Gun Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student --...	Carter	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	Movie Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip rag stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with...	Forest Whitaker	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2005	Movie Deacons for Defense Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act....	Marcus Clay	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	TV American Dad! The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and...	Turlington (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson,...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie The Misbehavers The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	Movie First Daughter Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	Movie Shooting 'Panic Room' Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2003	Movie Making of Phone Booth Behind the scenes documentary of the Joel T. Schumacher film Phone Booth.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	Movie Phone Booth A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he...	Captain Ramey	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	TV The Twilight Zone A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as...	Self - Host	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2002	TV American Idol Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2002	Movie Panic Room Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins,...	Burnham	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	TV The Shield The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or...	Jon Kavanaugh	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2002	TV Live from E! The pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Live From the Red Carpet covers celebrity...	Self	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2001	Movie Feast of All Saints Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a...	Daguerreotypist Picard	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2001	Movie The Fourth Angel Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus...	Agent Jules Bernard	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	Movie Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai A documentary about the making of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI, including interviews with...	Unknown character	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2001	Movie The Follow The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of...	The Employer	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2001	Movie Green Dragon A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon'...	Addie	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	TV The Hire BMW Films presents "The Hire", a series of nine short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002, with...	The Employer	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2000	Movie Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2000	Movie Four Dogs Playing Poker With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette...	Mr. Ellington	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2000	Movie Battlefield Earth In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest...	Ker	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2000	Movie The Paperboy A young paper boy goes through his early morning delivery routine.	Narrator	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie Witness Protection Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This...	Steven Beck	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	Movie Light It Up On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed...	Officer Dante Jackson	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1999	TV The Early Show The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	Movie Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.	Ghost Dog	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	TV Where Are They Now? Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1998	Movie Body Count A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds...	Crane	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1996	Movie Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A...	Mr. Rucker	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Phenomenon An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.	Nate Pope	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	Movie Mr. Holland's Opus In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a...	Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Species In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions...	Dan Smithson, Empath	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1995	Movie Smoke Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves...	Cyrus Cole	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	Movie Prêt-à-Porter During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one...	Cy Bianco	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1994	Movie Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1994	TV ER ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and...	Curtis Ames	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1994	Movie The Enemy Within A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only...	Col. MacKenzie Casey	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1994	TV Inside the Actors Studio James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1994	Movie Blown Away Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the...	Anthony Franklin	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1994	Movie Jason's Lyric The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with...	Maddog	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1993	Movie Bank Robber After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to...	Officer Battle	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1993	Movie Lush Life Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence...	Buddy Chester	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1993	Movie Last Light Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought...	Fred Whitmore	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1993	Movie Body Snatchers When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials,...	Major Collins	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1992	Movie Consenting Adults Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new...	David Duttonville	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	Movie The Crying Game Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the...	Jody	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	Movie Article 99 Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van...	Dr. Sid Handleman	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1991	Movie Diary of a Hitman A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to...	Dekker	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1991	Movie A Rage in Harlem A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest...	Jackson	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1990	Movie Criminal Justice A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he...	Jessie Williams	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie Downtown Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises...	Dennis Curren	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1989	Movie Johnny Handsome A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled...	Dr. Steven Fisher	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	Movie Bird Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of...	Charlie 'Bird' Parker	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1988	Movie Bloodsport An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.	Rawlins	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	Movie Good Morning, Vietnam A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the...	Edward Garlick	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1987	Movie Stakeout Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.	Det. Jack Pismo	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1987	Movie Hands of a Stranger A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.	Sergeant Delaney	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1986	Movie Platoon As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of...	Big Harold	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1986	Movie The Color of Money Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets...	Amos	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1985	TV North and South The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best...	Cuffey	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	TV Amazing Stories A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven...	Jerry	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	Movie Vision Quest After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a...	Balldozer	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1983	Movie The Grand Baby A teen from the city learns to fend for himself living with his grandmother in the rural South.	Unknown character	Not rated
1982	Movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up...	Charles Jefferson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1982	Movie Tag: The Assassination Game Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who...	Gowdy's Bodyguard	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1982	TV Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and...	Night Manager	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1981	TV Hill Street Blues A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1978	TV Diff'rent Strokes The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	TV Today Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
TBA	Movie A Fall from Grace Detective Michael Tabb knows the city he protects inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Sewing Hope For 25 years Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army terrorized Northern Uganda. Children were stolen from their families and...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Lucky Lu A delivery driver in New York City discovers his e-bike has been stolen. With his family en route after many...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2025	Movie To Live and Die and Live Muhammad returns home to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is thrust into settling his accounts, but Muhammad’s struggles with...	Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2024	Movie Transplant A motivated surgical resident pushes himself to extreme lengths while training under a legendary heart transplant surgeon who's obsessed with...	Producer Production	Not rated
2024	TV Hollywood Black The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2024	Movie Fancy Dance Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie For the Sake of Peace South Sudan is the youngest country in the world, at war with itself. However, through this darkness, its endless cycle...	Producer Production	Not rated
2021	Movie Passing In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	TV By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the series “Godfather of Harlem,” this documentary series brings alive the dramatic...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2019	TV Godfather of Harlem Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	Movie Devil's Pie: D'Angelo D'Angelo had it all: two platinum selling albums, a sold out world tour and a body chiselled to perfection. However,...	Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2019	Movie A Kid from Coney Island Feature documentary about the rise and fall, and rebirth of ex-NBA star, Stephon Marbury.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie Sorry to Bother You In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Roxanne Roxanne The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2015	Movie Songs My Brothers Taught Me This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Dope Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2013	Movie Rising from Ashes “Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the ﬁrst Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Fruitvale Station Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2011	Movie Serving Life SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2011	Movie Monte Carlo Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2009	TV Brick City Created and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin, Brick City, is a documentary series that captures...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2009	Movie Kassim the Dream A man proves that against all odds, he can turn tragedy into inspiration by becoming a world class champion, in...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2009	Movie Powder Blue On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2007	Movie Ripple Effect Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	Movie American Gun Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student --...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2004	Movie First Daughter Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	Movie First Daughter Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2003	Movie Chasing Papi Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	Movie Door to Door Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply...	Co-Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2001	Movie Green Dragon A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon'...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	Movie Hope Floats Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill....	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1998	Movie Hope Floats Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill....	Executive Music Producer Crew	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie Waiting to Exhale Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1993	Movie Strapped Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1991	Movie A Rage in Harlem A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest...	Co-Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1986	Movie A Little Off Mark Writer-director Robert Wheaton’s story of a shy guy, Mark (Parros), trying all the wrong moves to meet the right girl...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	TV Rise of the Empress A fantastical ancient Asian Empire is on the verge of destruction, torn apart by insidious rivalry. The only hope: a...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie Rosetta "Rosetta" tells the story of Tharpe's influence on Rock & Roll, including Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash.	Producer Production	Not rated

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Taken 3 (2014)

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