Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

1961-07-15 Longview, Texas, USA 159 Credits

Biography

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)...

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To Live and Die and Live

To Live and Die and Live

2025

Producer

10.0
Producing

Muhammad returns home to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is thrust into settling his accounts, but Muhammad’s struggles with depression and addicti...

Lucky Lu

Lucky Lu

2025

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

A delivery driver in New York City discovers his e-bike has been stolen. With his family en route after many years apart, Lu must contend with a commu...

Havoc

Havoc

2025

as Lawrence Beaumont

6.5
Acting

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

The King of Kings

The King of Kings

2025

as Peter (voice)

8.5
Acting

Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vi...

Transplant

Transplant

2024

Producer

Producing

A motivated surgical resident pushes himself to extreme lengths while training under a legendary heart transplant surgeon who's obsessed with protecti...

Seaweed Stories

Seaweed Stories

2024

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Presented by Lonely Whale in association with Re:wild. Narrated by Forest Whitaker, Seaweed Stories is a vibrant, global look at the wonders of seawee...

Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance

2024

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family intact, Jax and Roki d...

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

as Ghost Dog (archive footage)

Acting

An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to explore masculinity, alienation, and identity in a post-i...

Big George Foreman

Big George Foreman

2023

as Doc Broadus

7.5
Acting

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followe...

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted iconic films like The Go...

Prophets of Change

Prophets of Change

2022

as Narrator

Acting

Can music overcome borders and walls and bring people together? Prophets of Change tracks musicians, both Israeli and Palestinian, through their uniqu...

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.

For the Sake of Peace

For the Sake of Peace

2022

Producer

Producing

South Sudan is the youngest country in the world, at war with itself. However, through this darkness, its endless cycle of conflict has hope: the dete...

Passing

Passing

2021

Producer

6.3
Producing

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

Respect

Respect

2021

as C. L. Franklin

6.8
Acting

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

2020

as Jeronicus Jangle

6.6
Acting

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power...

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

2020

as Self

10.0
Acting

Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption o...

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020

as Self

8.1
Acting

A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.

A Fall from Grace

A Fall from Grace

2020

Acting

Detective Michael Tabb knows the city he protects inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who...

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

2019

Producer

10.0
Producing

D'Angelo had it all: two platinum selling albums, a sold out world tour and a body chiselled to perfection. However, one day at the height of his care...

A Kid from Coney Island

A Kid from Coney Island

2019

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Feature documentary about the rise and fall, and rebirth of ex-NBA star, Stephon Marbury.

Finding Steve McQueen

Finding Steve McQueen

2019

as Howard Lambert

6.1
Acting

In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the bigg...

City of Lies

City of Lies

2018

as Jack Jackson

6.4
Acting

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupa...

Burden

Burden

2018

as Reverend Kennedy

6.2
Acting

Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and, un...

How It Ends

How It Ends

2018

as Tom

5.3
Acting

A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.

Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You

2018

as First Equisapien / Demarius

6.8
Acting

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him i...

Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You

2018

Producer

6.8
Producing

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him i...

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

2018

as Narrator (voice)

4.0
Acting

Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black...

The Forgiven

The Forgiven

2018

as Desmond Tutu

6.1
Acting

After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

Black Panther

Black Panther

2018

as Zuri

7.4
Acting

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

2017

as Self

5.6
Acting

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a 2017 documentary detailing the production of the standalone Star Wars film. The feature...

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0
Acting

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters ...

Roxanne Roxanne

Roxanne Roxanne

2017

Producer

6.0
Producing

The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne S...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

as Saw Gerrera

7.5
Acting

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

I Am You

2016

as Narrator (voice)

3.5
Acting

In Peace We Trust. This documentary shows us how animal rights and human rights & the environment are all related. And the diverse effects that th...

Arrival

Arrival

2016

as Colonel Weber

7.6
Acting

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are ...

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

2015

Producer

7.0
Producing

This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find the...

Dope

Dope

2015

as The Narrator (voice)

7.1
Acting

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A ch...

Dope

Dope

2015

Producer

7.1
Producing

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A ch...

Southpaw

Southpaw

2015

as Titus 'Tick' Wills

7.4
Acting

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle...

Taken 3

Taken 3

2014

as Inspector Frank Dotzler

6.3
Acting

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 by a sa...

Two Men in Town

Two Men in Town

2014

as William Garnett

5.5
Acting

A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.

Food Chains

Food Chains

2014

7.0
Acting

This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to dictat...

Repentance

Repentance

2014

as Angel

4.7
Acting

An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses ...

Zulu

Zulu

2013

as Ali Sokhela

6.7
Acting

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. ...

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

2013

as Reverend Cornell Cobbs

5.0
Acting

A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged re...

Making a Scene

Making a Scene

2013

as Man

5.4
Acting

For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsibl...

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at the year's [2013] best performers starring in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Jan...

Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013

as Chief Wesley Barnes

6.6
Acting

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the m...

Mysteries of the Unseen World

Mysteries of the Unseen World

2013

as Narrator

7.2
Acting

Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their norm...

The Butler

The Butler

2013

as Cecil Gaines

7.3
Acting

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

Rising from Ashes

Rising from Ashes

2013

as Narrator

6.5
Acting

“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey to the Olympic games in Lo...

Rising from Ashes

Rising from Ashes

2013

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey to the Olympic games in Lo...

Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station

2013

Producer

7.4
Producing

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the p...

Pawn

Pawn

2013

as Will

5.5
Acting

A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.

The Last Stand

The Last Stand

2013

as Agent John Bannister

6.1
Acting

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from...

A Dark Truth

A Dark Truth

2012

as Francisco Francis

5.6
Acting

In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in...

Freelancers

Freelancers

2012

as Dennis Larue

5.0
Acting

The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, w...

Catch.44

Catch.44

2011

as Ronny

5.1
Acting

The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a ...

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

2011

as Self

6.9
Acting

Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

Serving Life

Serving Life

2011

as Narrator (voice)

5.3
Acting

SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Aca...

Serving Life

Serving Life

2011

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Aca...

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

2011

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Lullaby for Pi

Lullaby for Pi

2010

as George

6.8
Acting

A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...

The Experiment

The Experiment

2010

as Barris

6.4
Acting

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

My Own Love Song

My Own Love Song

2010

as Joey

6.2
Acting

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Repo Men

Repo Men

2010

as Jake

6.3
Acting

In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payme...

Our Family Wedding

Our Family Wedding

2010

as Brad Boyd

5.6
Acting

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

2010

as Lion

7.1
Acting

Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.

Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

2009

as Al Collins

6.7
Acting

Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach A...

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

as Ira (voice)

6.5
Acting

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

2009

as Narrator

6.6
Acting

With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence a...

Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009

as Charlie Archenault

5.9
Acting

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horre...

Kassim the Dream

Kassim the Dream

2009

Producer

5.7
Producing

A man proves that against all odds, he can turn tragedy into inspiration by becoming a world class champion, in this gripping tale of survival and cou...

Powder Blue

Powder Blue

2009

as Charlie

6.1
Acting

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

Powder Blue

Powder Blue

2009

Producer

6.1
Producing

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

Street Kings

Street Kings

2008

as Captain Jack Wander

6.6
Acting

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in t...

Mon Clown

Mon Clown

2008

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf in the 2007 film ...

Vantage Point

Vantage Point

2008

as Howard Lewis

6.4
Acting

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have ...

The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters

2007

as Dr. James Farmer Sr.

7.3
Acting

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American ...

Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect

2007

as Philip

5.0
Acting

Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvatio...

Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect

2007

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvatio...

Even Money

Even Money

2007

as Clyde Snow

5.5
Acting

Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.

The Air I Breathe

The Air I Breathe

2007

as Happiness

6.3
Acting

A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue...

Before the Music Dies

Before the Music Dies

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understa...

Everyone's Hero

Everyone's Hero

2006

as Lonnie Brewster (voice)

6.0
Acting

A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.

The Marsh

The Marsh

2006

as Geoffrey Hunt

5.0
Acting

Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghos...

The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

2006

as Idi Amin

7.4
Acting

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in U...

A Little Trip to Heaven

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005

as Abe Holt

5.4
Acting

Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horr...

Mary

Mary

2005

as Ted Younger

5.7
Acting

The filming of a movie about Jesus’ death deeply affects three people — an egotistical director who cast himself as Christ, the actress playing Mary M...

Odyssey in Rome

Odyssey in Rome

2005

Acting

Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary," a modern-re imagi...

American Gun

American Gun

2005

as Carter

5.7
Acting

Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affec...

American Gun

American Gun

2005

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affec...

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2005

as Forest Whitaker

4.2
Acting

Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and...

Deacons for Defense

Deacons for Defense

2005

as Marcus Clay

6.2
Acting

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of...

The Misbehavers

2004

as Self

Acting

The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Alt...

First Daughter

First Daughter

2004

as Narrator (voice)

6.2
Acting

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, r...

First Daughter

First Daughter

2004

Director, Executive Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, r...

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Shooting 'Panic Room'

2004

as Self

6.0
Acting

Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout...

Chasing Papi

Chasing Papi

2003

Producer

6.9
Producing

Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women...

Phone Booth

Phone Booth

2003

as Captain Ramey

6.9
Acting

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light f...

Making of Phone Booth

2003

as Self

8.0
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary of the Joel T. Schumacher film Phone Booth.

Door to Door

Door to Door

2002

Co-Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give u...

Panic Room

Panic Room

2002

as Burnham

6.8
Acting

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her ...

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

2001

as Daguerreotypist Picard

4.7
Acting

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b...

The Fourth Angel

The Fourth Angel

2001

as Agent Jules Bernard

5.2
Acting

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terroris...

Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai

2001

2.0
Acting

A documentary about the making of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI, including interviews with the director and stars Forest ...

The Follow

The Follow

2001

as The Employer

6.8
Acting

The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way t...

Green Dragon

Green Dragon

2001

as Addie

6.0
Acting

A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy an...

Green Dragon

Green Dragon

2001

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy an...

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

2001

as Self

8.5
Acting

A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self

7.1
Acting

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing ...

Four Dogs Playing Poker

Four Dogs Playing Poker

2000

as Mr. Ellington

3.6
Acting

With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dea...

Battlefield Earth

Battlefield Earth

2000

as Ker

3.3
Acting

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, th...

The Paperboy

The Paperboy

2000

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

A young paper boy goes through his early morning delivery routine.

Witness Protection

Witness Protection

1999

as Steven Beck

6.4
Acting

Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career crimi...

Light It Up

Light It Up

1999

as Officer Dante Jackson

6.6
Acting

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, cla...

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999

as Ghost Dog

7.3
Acting

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Hope Floats

Hope Floats

1998

Director, Executive Music Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries startin...

Body Count

Body Count

1998

as Crane

5.4
Acting

A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul o...

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996

as Mr. Rucker

7.1
Acting

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison...

Phenomenon

Phenomenon

1996

as Nate Pope

6.5
Acting

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his tru...

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

1995

Director

6.3
Directing

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar l...

Species

Species

1995

as Dan Smithson, Empath

6.0
Acting

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on ho...

Smoke

Smoke

1995

as Cyrus Cole

7.2
Acting

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...

Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

as Cy Bianco

5.2
Acting

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994

as Self

7.4
Acting

A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, f...

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric

1994

as Maddog

6.8
Acting

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

1994

as Col. MacKenzie Casey

5.7
Acting

A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.

Blown Away

Blown Away

1994

as Anthony Franklin

6.2
Acting

Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb th...

Bank Robber

Bank Robber

1993

as Officer Battle

4.1
Acting

After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as the...

Lush Life

Lush Life

1993

as Buddy Chester

7.2
Acting

Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis ...

Last Light

Last Light

1993

as Fred Whitmore

6.0
Acting

Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as ...

Strapped

Strapped

1993

Director

5.7
Directing

Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a de...

Body Snatchers

Body Snatchers

1993

as Major Collins

6.1
Acting

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his fam...

Consenting Adults

Consenting Adults

1992

as David Duttonville

5.4
Acting

Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and...

The Crying Game

The Crying Game

1992

as Jody

6.8
Acting

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA...

Article 99

Article 99

1992

as Dr. Sid Handleman

6.1
Acting

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...

Diary of a Hitman

Diary of a Hitman

1991

as Dekker

5.2
Acting

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadist...

A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem

1991

as Jackson

5.5
Acting

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavo...

A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem

1991

Co-Producer

5.5
Producing

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavo...

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

1990

as Jessie Williams

6.4
Acting

A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as in...

Downtown

Downtown

1990

as Dennis Curren

5.7
Acting

Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get ...

Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome

1989

as Dr. Steven Fisher

6.3
Acting

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straig...

Bird

Bird

1988

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

6.8
Acting

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict bu...

Bloodsport

Bloodsport

1988

as Rawlins

7.0
Acting

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987

as Edward Garlick

7.3
Acting

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his h...

Stakeout

Stakeout

1987

as Det. Jack Pismo

6.5
Acting

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Hands of a Stranger

Hands of a Stranger

1987

as Sergeant Delaney

4.8
Acting

A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Platoon

Platoon

1986

as Big Harold

7.7
Acting

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

The Color of Money

The Color of Money

1986

as Amos

6.9
Acting

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and propo...

A Little Off Mark

A Little Off Mark

1986

Thanks

10.0

Writer-director Robert Wheaton’s story of a shy guy, Mark (Parros), trying all the wrong moves to meet the right girl rides high on a romantic sensibi...

Vision Quest

Vision Quest

1985

as Balldozer

6.3
Acting

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982

as Charles Jefferson

6.8
Acting

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...

Tag: The Assassination Game

Tag: The Assassination Game

1982

as Gowdy's Bodyguard

5.3
Acting

Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who he long admired from afar. ...

Sewing Hope

N/A

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

For 25 years Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army terrorized Northern Uganda. Children were stolen from their families and brainwashed to be sol...

Rosetta

N/A

Producer

Producing

"Rosetta" tells the story of Tharpe's influence on Rock & Roll, including Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash.