Forest Whitaker
#103 Actor▼3381 filmsPeak 89.7
81 films · $5.0B lifetime box office
$5.0B
Box Office
70.81▼
Score
81
Movies
1/1
Oscars
1G1B1S
7.8
Platoon
Best Film
3.3
Battlefield Earth
Lowest
Frequent Collaborators
Top co-stars, plus a director with real repeat history (3+ films)
Top 5 Box Office Hits
1
Black Panther
$1.3B
2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
$1.1B
3
Taken 3
$325.8M
4
Arrival
$203.4M
5
Panic Room
$197.1M
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Forest Whitaker's box office skyline
Every bar is that film's own poster, scaled to its worldwide gross — 10 films, no gaps.
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Forest WhitakerRatings
TMDB rating for every film
Career Zoom · Full career (1982–2025)
6.4
1
Havoc
2025
7.0
2
The King of Kings
2025
6.7
3
Big George Foreman
2023
6.1
4
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
6.4
5
City of Lies
2018
6.1
6
Burden
2018
5.3
7
How It Ends
2018
6.8
8
Sorry to Bother You
2018
6.1
9
The Forgiven
2018
7.4
10
Black Panther
2018
7.5
11
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
7.6
12
Arrival
2016
7.4
13
Southpaw
2015
7.0
14
Dope
2015
6.3
15
Taken 3
2014
5.5
16
Two Men in Town
2014
4.8
17
Repentance
2014
6.7
18
Zulu
2013
6.6
19
Out of the Furnace
2013
7.3
20
The Butler
2013
5.6
21
Pawn
2013
6.1
22
The Last Stand
2013
5.5
23
A Dark Truth
2012
5.1
24
Freelancers
2012
5.0
25
Catch.44
2011
6.8
26
Lullaby for Pi
2010
6.4
27
The Experiment
2010
6.2
28
My Own Love Song
2010
6.3
29
Repo Men
2010
5.6
30
Our Family Wedding
2010
6.6
31
Hurricane Season
2010
6.5
32
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
5.9
33
Winged Creatures
2009
6.1
34
Powder Blue
2009
6.7
35
Street Kings
2008
6.4
36
Vantage Point
2008
7.3
37
The Great Debaters
2007
5.5
38
Even Money
2007
6.3
39
The Air I Breathe
2007
7.4
40
The Last King of Scotland
2006
6.1
41
Everyone's Hero
2006
5.1
42
The Marsh
2006
5.4
43
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
5.7
44
Mary
2005
5.7
45
American Gun
2005
4.3
46
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
6.2
47
First Daughter
2004
6.9
48
Phone Booth
2003
6.8
49
Panic Room
2002
4.8
50
Feast of All Saints
2001
5.3
51
The Fourth Angel
2001
6.2
52
Green Dragon
2001
4.0
53
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
3.3
54
Battlefield Earth
2000
6.7
55
Light It Up
1999
7.3
56
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
5.5
57
Body Count
1998
6.5
58
Phenomenon
1996
6.0
59
Species
1995
7.2
60
Smoke
1995
5.2
61
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
6.2
62
Blown Away
1994
6.8
63
Jason's Lyric
1994
4.4
64
Bank Robber
1993
6.2
65
Body Snatchers
1993
5.4
66
Consenting Adults
1992
6.8
67
The Crying Game
1992
6.2
68
Article 99
1992
5.4
69
Diary of a Hitman
1991
5.4
70
A Rage in Harlem
1991
5.7
71
Downtown
1990
6.4
72
Johnny Handsome
1989
7.1
73
Bloodsport
1988
7.3
74
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
6.5
75
Stakeout
1987
7.8
76
Platoon
1986
6.8
77
The Color of Money
1986
6.4
78
Vision Quest
1985
5.5
79
The Grand Baby
1983
6.8
80
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
5.4
81
Tag: The Assassination Game
1982