Forest Whitaker
American actor (born 1961)
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, director and a producer. 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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Forest Whitaker was born on Saturday, 15 July 1961 in Longview, Texas, USA. His full name at birth was Forest Steven Whitaker III. He is best known as an actor. Whitaker's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. Forest attended high school at Palisades Charter High School. For university, he studied at California State Polytechnic University. He is 6' 2" (188 cm) tall and weighs 203 lbs (92 kg) with an average build. He has dark brown eyes and black hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $40,000,000 US dollars. Forest Whitaker is 63 years old and his zodiac star sign is Cancer.
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| Full name at birth | Forest Steven Whitaker III
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| Claim to fame | his various roles in film and television, such as Bumpy Johnson in the Epix crime drama series Godfather of Harlem, Idi Amin in the 2006 historical drama film The Last King of Scotland, Private Edward Garlick in the 1987 war comedy film Good Morning, Vietnam, Ghost Dog in the 1999 martial arts crime thriller drama film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Burnham in the 2002 thriller film Panic Room, Captain Ed Ramey in the 2002 psychological thriller film Phone Booth, and Saw Gerrera in the 2016 epic space opera film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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| Date of birth | 15 July 1961
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| Place of birth | Longview, Texas, USA
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| Occupation | Actor, film producer, film director
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| Height | 6' 2" (188 cm)
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| Weight | 203 lbs (92 kg)
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| Net worth | $40,000,000 USD
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| High school | Palisades Charter High School
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| Talent agency | Brillstein Entertainment Partners
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(On his role in The Last King of Scotland (2006)) "It was an experience that changed my life and my thoughts. I went there with the purpose of understanding what it was like to be Ugandan, and I wanted to understand the food, the life, the way they deal with children and wives and with authority figures. I sat with Idi Amin's brother underneath a big mango tree and he told me stories about what Idi was like and how he used to come to town and pull together soccer or rugby games. It all helped me with figuring out the way he behaved and the way he thought, so that 24 hours a day, even in my dreams, I was totally consumed by the character of Idi Amin. It wasn't until the movie was over that I decided I could let go of the character, so the first thing I did was take a shower because I figured I could wash him off by scrubbing myself. I was in a room by myself, so I started yelling to get his voice out of me and get my own voice back."
- In May 2011, Whitaker became the co-founder of the International Institute for Peace (IIP) at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.
- In 2010, Whitaker received the Artist-Citizen of the World Award in France.
- The United Nations inducted Whitaker as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation on June 21, 2011, during a ceremony which was held at the UNESCO headquarters.
- Whitaker is the chief of Igbo community of Nkwerre and has been allotted the title of Nwannedinamba of Nkwerre which implies that he is a Brother in a Foreign Land.
- He is a humanitarian and supports Hope North, a boarding school and vocational training center in northern Uganda for refugee child soldiers, orphans, and other young victims of the country’s civil war.
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