Head to headCommon against Forest Whitaker Both careers by IMDb ratingCommonForest Whitaker
Tale of the tape as an actor
Common vs Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker averages 6.23 across 68 rated films as an actor, ahead of Common at 6.13.
- 28 (27 rated)
- Films acted
- 73 (68 rated)
- 6.13
- Average
- 6.23▶
- 6.21
- Weighted
- 6.31▶
- The Hate U Give 7.5
- Best film
- Platoon 8.0▶
- 6.66, 2013 to 2017
- Peak five
- 7.18, 1986 to 1988▶
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films▶
- 5.54 (−0.59)
- Current form
- 6.54 (+0.31)▶
- 3.31M
- IMDb votes
- 5.58M▶
- 2006 to 2024
- Career
- 1986 to 2026
- ◀1 win, 2 noms
- Oscars
- 1 win, 1 nom
Rows won
1 to 7
Forest Whitaker ahead
Films together
2
averaging 6.25
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Street Kings | 2008 | 6.8 | as Coates | as Captain Jack Wander |
 Pawn | 2013 | 5.7 | as Jeff Porter | as Will |