Forest Whitaker plays a crime boss on TV and a music icon's dad on the big screen. Before all that, he sang
Written by Danielle Chiriguayo and Amy Ta, produced by Angie Perrin Apr. 20, 2021Hollywood MORE In “Godfather of Harlem,” Forest Whitaker plays Bumpy Johnson, a real-life crime boss from the 1960s. Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Epix. Forest Whitaker has been in more than 75 movies — including “Black Panther,” “Arrival,” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — and he won an Oscar for playing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” Now in the TV series “Godfather of Harlem,” he plays Bumpy Johnson, a ...