Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog is the title character of the 1999 film of the same name portrayed by actor Forest Whitaker in one of his most often mentioned roles of the late 1990s.

Character Summary

Ghost Dog is a contract killer, a master of his trade who can whirl a gun at warp speed and moves through this world like a phantom -- stealthy and evanescent. In the spirit of the samurai, he has pledged his loyalty to a small time mobster named Louie, who saved his life many years before.