Forest Whitaker

Also Known As: Forest Steven Whitaker III, Φόρεστ Γουίτακερ, 포레스트 휘태커, フォレスト・ウィテカー, Forest Steven Whitaker, Форест Вітакер, فارست ویتاکر

Biography: Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), The Great Debaters (2007), The Butler (2013), Arrival (2016), and Respect (2021). He has also appeared in blockbusters, such as Panic Room (2002), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Saw Gerrera, and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. For his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the British historical drama film The Last King of Scotland (2006), Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004). Apart from his film career, Whitaker is also known for his humanitarian work and activism. In 2011, he was inducted as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, later receiving a promotion to Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, and serves as the CEO of Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), a non-profit outreach program. Description above from the Wikipedia article Forest Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Longview, Texas, USA

Birthday: July 15, 1961

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Blown Away
Johnny Handsome
Street Kings
Smoke
The Last King of Scotland
Good Morning, Vietnam
Phone Booth
Prêt-à-Porter
Panic Room
Body Snatchers
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Battlefield Earth
Jason's Lyric
The Marsh
Body Count
The Crying Game
Bloodsport
Vantage Point
Repo Men
Bird
The Color of Money
Hurricane Season
Article 99
Phenomenon
Species
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Our Family Wedding
The Air I Breathe
Green Dragon
The Great Debaters
A Rage in Harlem
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
A Little Trip to Heaven
Downtown
The Experiment
American Gun
My Own Love Song
Consenting Adults
Winged Creatures
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Where the Wild Things Are
Mary
Deacons for Defense
Lullaby for Pi
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Powder Blue
Light It Up
Even Money
Diary of a Hitman
Repentance
Last Light
Lush Life
Feast of All Saints
Catch.44
The Fourth Angel
The Last Stand
The Enemy Within
Witness Protection
Serving Life
Freelancers
The Butler
A Dark Truth
Out of the Furnace
Pawn
Zulu
Black Nativity
Two Men in Town
Criminal Justice
Taken 3
Big George Foreman
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Southpaw
Making of Phone Booth
Prophets of Change
Mon Clown
Everyone's Hero
Arrival
Making a Scene
The Misbehavers
Dope
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Odyssey in Rome
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Stakeout
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
The Follow
Sewing Hope
The King of Kings
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Hands of a Stranger
I Am You
Bank Robber
Black Panther
Burden
Finding Steve McQueen
City of Lies
Ripple Effect
Tag: The Assassination Game
The Forgiven
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
A Man's Story
Platoon
How It Ends
Sorry to Bother You
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
The Paperboy
Vision Quest
First Daughter
Respect
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Before the Music Dies
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
Mr. Holland's Opus
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Rising from Ashes
Food Chains
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Havoc
A Fall from Grace
Seaweed Stories