
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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The Oscars

The Daily Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

ER

The Shield

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

Extrapolations

Star Wars: Andor

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

Black Panther

The Last Stand

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Bloodsport

Stakeout

Out of the Furnace

Species

Where the Wild Things Are

Catch.44

Platoon

The Crying Game

Southpaw

Battlefield Earth

Arrival

Phenomenon

The Marsh

Phone Booth

Panic Room

Powder Blue

Repo Men

Taken 3

Good Morning, Vietnam

Respect

Street Kings

Lush Life

How It Ends

Havoc

City of Lies

The Forgiven

Criminal Justice

Emperor of Ocean Park

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Godfather of Harlem

The Enemy Within

The Twilight Zone

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

The Butler
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