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)...
Known For
Complete Filmography

To Live and Die and Live
2025
Producer
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
2025
Executive Producer
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
2025
as Lawrence Beaumont
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
2025
as Peter (voice)
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
2024
Producer
A motivated surgical resident pushes himself to extreme lengths while training under a legendary heart transplant surgeon who's obsessed with protecti...

Seaweed Stories
2024
as Narrator (voice)
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
2024
Executive Producer
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
2023
as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
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
2023
as Doc Broadus
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
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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
2022
as Narrator
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
2022
as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.

For the Sake of Peace
2022
Producer
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
2021
Producer
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
2021
as C. L. Franklin
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
2020
as Jeronicus Jangle
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
2020
as Self
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
2020
as Self
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.

A Fall from Grace
2020
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
2019
Producer
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
2019
Executive Producer
Feature documentary about the rise and fall, and rebirth of ex-NBA star, Stephon Marbury.

Finding Steve McQueen
2019
as Howard Lambert
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
2018
as Jack Jackson
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
2018
as Reverend Kennedy
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
2018
as Tom
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.

Sorry to Bother You
2018
as First Equisapien / Demarius
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
2018
Producer
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
2018
as Narrator (voice)
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
2018
as Desmond Tutu
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

Black Panther
2018
as Zuri
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'
2017
as Self
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'
2017
as Self
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
2017
Producer
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
2016
as Saw Gerrera
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)
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
2016
as Colonel Weber
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
2015
Producer
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
2015
as The Narrator (voice)
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A ch...

Dope
2015
Producer
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A ch...

Southpaw
2015
as Titus 'Tick' Wills
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
2014
as Inspector Frank Dotzler
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
2014
as William Garnett
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
2014
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
2014
as Angel
An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses ...

Zulu
2013
as Ali Sokhela
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
2013
as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
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
2013
as Man
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'
2013
as Self
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
2013
as Chief Wesley Barnes
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
2013
as Narrator
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
2013
as Cecil Gaines
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
2013
as Narrator
“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
2013
Executive Producer
“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
2013
Producer
Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the p...

Pawn
2013
as Will
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
2013
as Agent John Bannister
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
2012
as Francisco Francis
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in...

Freelancers
2012
as Dennis Larue
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
2011
as Ronny
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
2011
as Self
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

Serving Life
2011
as Narrator (voice)
SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Aca...

Serving Life
2011
Executive Producer
SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Aca...

Monte Carlo
2011
Executive Producer
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
2010
as George
A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
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
2010
as Barris
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
2010
as Joey
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Repo Men
2010
as Jake
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
2010
as Brad Boyd
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
2010
as Lion
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
2009
as Al Collins
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
2009
as Ira (voice)
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
2009
as Narrator
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
2009
as Charlie Archenault
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
2009
Producer
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
2009
as Charlie
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

Powder Blue
2009
Producer
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

Street Kings
2008
as Captain Jack Wander
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
2008
as Self (archive footage)
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
2008
as Howard Lewis
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
2007
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
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
2007
as Philip
Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvatio...

Ripple Effect
2007
Executive Producer
Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvatio...

Even Money
2007
as Clyde Snow
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.

The Air I Breathe
2007
as Happiness
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
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
2006
as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
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
2006
as Geoffrey Hunt
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
2006
as Idi Amin
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
2005
as Abe Holt
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
2005
as Ted Younger
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
2005
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
2005
as Carter
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affec...

American Gun
2005
Executive Producer
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
2005
as Forest Whitaker
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
2005
as Marcus Clay
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
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
2004
as Narrator (voice)
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
2004
Director, Executive Producer
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'
2004
as Self
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
2003
Producer
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
2003
as Captain Ramey
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
Behind the scenes documentary of the Joel T. Schumacher film Phone Booth.

Door to Door
2002
Co-Executive Producer
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
2002
as Burnham
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
2001
as Daguerreotypist Picard
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
2001
as Agent Jules Bernard
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
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
2001
as The Employer
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
2001
as Addie
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
2001
Executive Producer
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'
2001
as Self
A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
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
2000
as Mr. Ellington
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
2000
as Ker
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
2000
as Narrator
A young paper boy goes through his early morning delivery routine.

Witness Protection
1999
as Steven Beck
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
1999
as Officer Dante Jackson
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
1999
as Ghost Dog
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
1998
Director, Executive Music Producer
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
1998
as Crane
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
1996
as Mr. Rucker
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
1996
as Nate Pope
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
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
1995
Director
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
1995
as Dan Smithson, Empath
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on ho...

Smoke
1995
as Cyrus Cole
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
1994
as Cy Bianco
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
1994
as Self
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
1994
as Maddog
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
1994
as Col. MacKenzie Casey
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
1994
as Anthony Franklin
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
1993
as Officer Battle
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
1993
as Buddy Chester
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
1993
as Fred Whitmore
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
1993
Director
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
1993
as Major Collins
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
1992
as David Duttonville
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
1992
as Jody
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
1992
as Dr. Sid Handleman
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
1991
as Dekker
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
1991
as Jackson
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
1991
Co-Producer
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
1990
as Jessie Williams
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
1990
as Dennis Curren
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
1989
as Dr. Steven Fisher
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
1988
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
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
1988
as Rawlins
An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
as Edward Garlick
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
1987
as Det. Jack Pismo
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Sergeant Delaney
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Platoon
1986
as Big Harold
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
1986
as Amos
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
1986
Thanks
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
1985
as Balldozer
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
1982
as Charles Jefferson
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
1982
as Gowdy's Bodyguard
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)
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
"Rosetta" tells the story of Tharpe's influence on Rock & Roll, including Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash.