Forest Whitaker — Actor (67)
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Freelancers (2012)
Freelancers
director: Jessy Terrero actor: 50 Cent / Forest Whitaker …
other title: Assassinos de Aluguel / Unités d'élite …
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, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed revenge takes him over and he won't stop until justice has been truly served.
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Black Nativity (2013) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Black Nativity
director: Kasi Lemmons actor: Forest Whitaker / Angela Bassett …
other title: Un Natale speciale a New York
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 relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
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Repentance (2014) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Repentance
director: Philippe Caland actor: Forest Whitaker / Anthony Mackie …
other title: Repentance - Troppo tardi / Segredos Ocultos …
An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses his spiritual messages of Karma - action and reaction (Vipaka), against him to terrorize him and his family for their past sins.
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Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
director: Edward Allen Bernero actor: Forest Whitaker / Janeane Garofalo …
other title: Mentes Criminosas: Conduta Suspeita / Criminal Minds: Team Red …
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds, during the show's fifth season, the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot.
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Bank Robber (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bank Robber
director: Nick Mead actor: Patrick Dempsey / Lisa Bonet …
other title: Ladrón de Bancos / Ladrón de bancos
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 their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.
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Criminal Justice (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Criminal Justice
director: Andy Wolk actor: Forest Whitaker / Anthony LaPaglia …
other title: Giustizia criminale / Innocent coupable …
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 innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
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Light It Up (1999) IMDb TMDB
Light It Up
director: Craig Bolotin actor: Usher / Vanessa Williams …
other title: Una voce per gridare / Generación perdida
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, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
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Downtown (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Downtown
director: Richard Benjamin actor: Anthony Edwards / Forest Whitaker …
other title: Pronti a tutto / Deux flics à Downtown …
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.
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The Fourth Angel (2001) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Fourth Angel
director: John Irvin actor: Jeremy Irons / Forest Whitaker …
other title: Il quarto angelo / Der vierte Engel …
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.
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Hollywood Black (2024) IMDb TMDB
Hollywood Black
actor: Ava DuVernay / Boots Riley …
The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the camera and on the screen. From blackface to Black Panther, this series is a definitive chronicle of more than a century of the black experience in Hollywood and a powerful reexamination of a quintessentially American story – in brilliant color.
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Johnny Handsome (1989) IMDb TMDB
Johnny Handsome
director: Walter Hill actor: Mickey Rourke / Ellen Barkin …
other title: Johnny il bello / Smukke Johnny …
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 straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
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Diary of a Hitman (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Diary of a Hitman
director: Roy London actor: Forest Whitaker / Sherilyn Fenn …
other title: Diario di un killer / Keiner kommt hier lebend raus …
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 sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.
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City of Lies (2018)
City of Lies
director: Brad Furman actor: Johnny Depp / Forest Whitaker …
other title: City of Lies - L'ora della verità / Ciudad de mentiras …
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 Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
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Street Kings (2008)
Street Kings
director: David Ayer actor: Keanu Reeves / Forest Whitaker …
other title: La notte non aspetta / Os Reis da Rua …
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 the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
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A Rage in Harlem (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Rage in Harlem
director: Bill Duke actor: Forest Whitaker / Gregory Hines …
other title: Rabbia ad Harlem / En sort dag i Harlem …
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 unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
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Body Count (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Body Count
director: Robert Patton-Spruill actor: David Caruso / Linda Fiorentino …
other title: Body Count - Flucht nach Miami / La huida …
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 of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
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Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World (2023)
Big George Foreman
director: 小乔治·提尔曼 actor: 克里斯·戴维斯 / 贾思敏·马修斯 …
other title: 大力士：乔治·福尔曼 / Big George Foreman …
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
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Tag: The Assassination Game (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tag: The Assassination Game
director: Nick Castle actor: Robert Carradine / Linda Hamilton …
other title: T.A.G. - Das Killerspiel / Tag: El juego asesino …
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. Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may be more serious than most contenders realize...