Head to headForest Whitaker against Keith David Both careers by TMDB ratingForest WhitakerKeith David
Tale of the tape as an actor
Forest Whitaker vs Keith David
Forest Whitaker averages 6.28 across 83 rated films as an actor, ahead of Keith David at 6.09.
- 88 (83 rated)
- Films acted
- 130 (97 rated)
- ◀6.28
- Average
- 6.09
- ◀6.40
- Weighted
- 6.26
- Platoon 7.7
- Best film
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day 8.4▶
- ◀7.38, 2015 to 2018
- Peak five
- 7.21, 2022 to 2024
- ◀5 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 2 films
- ◀7.11 (+0.83)
- Current form
- 6.48 (+0.39)
- 144K
- TMDB votes
- 166K▶
- 1982 to 2027
- Career
- 1982 to 2026
- ◀1 win, 1 nom
- Oscars
- None
- $5.34B
- Box office
- $8.06B▶
Rows won
6 to 3
Forest Whitaker ahead
Films together
3
averaging 6.88
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Platoon | 1986 | 7.7 | as Big Harold | as King |
 Bird | 1988 | 6.8 | as Charlie 'Bird' Parker | as Buster Franklin |
 Article 99 | 1992 | 6.1 | as Dr. Sid Handleman | as Luther Jermoe |