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