
Forest Whitaker
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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.
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Known For

The Oscars

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

ER

The Shield

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Cagney & Lacey

Hill Street Blues

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Criminal Minds

The Early Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

American Idol

Today

Andor

Extrapolations

E! Live from the Red Carpet

Diff'rent Strokes

Amazing Stories

Empire

Saturday Night Live

American Dad!

Star Wars Rebels

Mr. Holland's Opus

First Daughter

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Sorry to Bother You

Dragon Hunters

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Star Wars: Go Rogue

Black Panther

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

The Last Stand

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Where the Wild Things Are

Out of the Furnace

Bloodsport

Species

Stakeout

Platoon

Catch.44

Smoke

Havoc

The Crying Game

Arrival

Powder Blue

Phenomenon

Panic Room

Battlefield Earth

Phone Booth

Southpaw

The Marsh

Street Kings

City of Lies

Respect

How It Ends

Repo Men

Good Morning, Vietnam

Lush Life

Taken 3

The Forgiven

Godfather of Harlem

Criminal Justice

The Twilight Zone

The Last King of Scotland

The Butler

Emperor of Ocean Park

The Enemy Within

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
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