Forest Whitaker
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Height: 1.88 m
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 35 wins & 18 nominations »
Biography: Forest Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. The athletically-inclined Whitaker initially found his way into college via a football scholarship. Later, howeve... More »
Filmography
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (3000)
A Single Shot (2011)
Little Treasure (2011)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)
Lullaby for Pi (2011)
Catch .44 (2010)
The Experiment (2010)
Criminal Minds (2010)
In this crime series, a crack team of FBI profilers flies from Quantico to the focal point of the criminal activity of various serial killers, to investigate the evidence on the crime scenes, compose a profile and try to prevent the next fatal strike. Top brain is the academic Jason Gideon, his more by-the-book operational right hand Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner; the still juvenile Dr. Spencer Reid is an erudite on everything except real life, Penelope Garcia a brilliant computer whiz who gets access to any database etc. As they are mobile, cooperation with local police and FBI agents is important but often poses jurisdictional and other problems, as do some witnesses and suspects. Written by KGF Vissers
My Own Love Song (2010)
Repo Men (2010)
Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed
Our Family Wedding (2010)
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)
Hurricane Season (2009)
A year after Hurricane Katrina, Al Collins, a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles a team of players who had previously attended five different schools before the disaster and leads them on the path to the state championships.
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
An adaptation of Maurice Sendak\\\'s classic children\\\'s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. |
Powder Blue (2009)
Fragments (2008)
Street Kings (2008)
Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective, sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington. Captain Wander''s, Ludlow''s supervisor, duties include keeping him within the confines of the law--and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs. Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective to track Washington''s killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two detectives track down Washington''s murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.
Dragon Hunters (2008)
Vantage Point (2008)
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
American Dad! (2007)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach, uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views. In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson\'\'s debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University \'\'s championship team.
Ripple Effect (2007)
The Air I Breathe (2007)
A college professor, who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat that says he has only 88 minutes to live. To save his life, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, which include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover and a serial killer on death row.
The Shield (2006)
ER (2006)
Everyone's Hero (2006)
"Yankee Irving" is a heartwarming comedy-adventure, telling the story of a young boy's thousand-mile journey to help Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees win the World Series. The project's theme of perseverance against all odds was inspired by the film's originating director and executive producer, Christopher Reeve.
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
The Marsh (2006)
Even Money (2006)
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
American Gun (2005)
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
