Born in Longview, Texas, USA — Jul 15 1961
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999…
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Sam Cooper

Turlington (voice)

Curtis Ames

Jon Kavanaugh

Self

Saw Gerrera

Saw Gerrera (voice)


Self - Presenter

Jerry

Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson

Eddie Barker

Cuffey

Self - Host

Night Manager

Colonel Weber

Zuri
Self

Inspector Frank Dotzler

Lawrence Beaumont

Auggie Bolo

Peter (voice)

Big Harold

Saw Gerrera

Dan Smithson, Empath

The Employer

Titus 'Tick' Wills

Self

Fiddler

Rawlins

Burnham

Amos

Sam Cooper

Captain Jack Wander

Cecil Gaines

Agent John Bannister

Captain Ramey

Ira (voice)

Doc Broadus

Charles Jefferson

Howard Lewis

Narrator (voice)

Oliver Garland

Narrator

Jake

Barris

Anthony Franklin

Tom

Ghost Dog

Edward Garlick

First Equisapien / Demarius

Production

The Narrator (voice)

Idi Amin

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Directing

Ker

C. L. Franklin


Chief Wesley Barnes

Ali Sokhela

Brad Boyd

Production

Self

Jack Jackson

Nate Pope

Production

Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)

Dennis Larue

Jody

Cyrus Cole

Directing

Ronny

Lonnie Brewster (voice)

Charlie Archenault

Dr. Sid Handleman

Charlie

Self

Major Collins

(archive footage)

Dr. Steven Fisher

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Balldozer

Carter

Production

Happiness

Production

Mr. Rucker

Will

Joey

Saw Gerrera (voice)
Production

Col. MacKenzie Casey

Reverend Cornell Cobbs

Dennis Curren

Det. Jack Pismo

Jeronicus Jangle

Crane

Production

Forest Whitaker

Al Collins

Cy Bianco

Clyde Snow

Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

Geoffrey Hunt

Self

Production

David Duttonville

Self (archive footage)

Ted Younger

Production

Production

Desmond Tutu

Angel

Francisco Francis

Daguerreotypist Picard

Marcus Clay

Directing

Philip

Self

Production

Sergeant Delaney

Maddog

Officer Dante Jackson

Production

Gowdy's Bodyguard

Reverend Kennedy

Dekker

Howard Lambert

The Employer

Steven Beck

Officer Battle

Self

Self

Jackson

George

Jessie Williams

Self - Narrator (voice)


Abe Holt

Narrator

Self

Fred Whitmore

Buddy Chester

Addie

Agent Jules Bernard

Self

William Garnett

Production

Mr. Ellington

Narrator (voice)
Production

Lion

Self

Narrator

Self

Self
Self



Ghost Dog (archive footage)

Production

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Narrator

Narrator
Production

Narrator
Narrator (voice)

Production
Narrator (voice)

Production

Narrator (voice)