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Forest Whitaker
🎂 Jul 15, 1961 (64)
Longview, Texas, USA Top 1000
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.
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Arrival
2016
Black Panther
2018
Taken 3
2014
Havoc
2025
Southpaw
2015
Species
1995
The King of Kings
2025
Platoon
1986
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Bloodsport
1988
Panic Room
2002
The Color of Money
1986
The Butler
2013
The Last Stand
2013
Street Kings
2008
Blown Away
1994
Vantage Point
2008
Phone Booth
2003
Phenomenon
1996
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Big George Foreman
2023
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Repo Men
2010
The Experiment
2010
The Great Debaters
2007
Out of the Furnace
2013
Respect
2021
How It Ends
2018
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Battlefield Earth
2000
The Last King of Scotland
2006
Zulu
2013
Bird
1988
City of Lies
2018
Freelancers
2012
The Air I Breathe
2007
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
Winged Creatures
2009
Stakeout
1987
The Crying Game
1992
Everyone's Hero
2006
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Burden
2018
Article 99
1992
Our Family Wedding
2010
Body Snatchers
1993
Catch.44
2011
Johnny Handsome
1989
Powder Blue
2009
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Forest Whitaker
1961-07-15 · Longview, Texas, USA
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.