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- Born: July 15, 1961
- Birthplace: Longview, Texas
- Height: 6'2"
- Spouse: Keisha Nash
- Film Debut Role: Fast Times At Ridgemont High
- Awards: Cannes Film Festival, Academy Award, National Board Of Review, BAFTA, Golden Globes
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Forest Whitaker is a producer, director, and actor best known for his Academy Award winning performance in The Last King of Scotland.
He studied music and drama at University of Southern California and graduated in 1982. His breakout role was the part of Charlie Parker in the 1988 Clint Eastwood directed film, Bird.
He and his family are vegetarians, and have done public service announcements for PETA.
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Quotes
"I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.""I have friends, African American actors, who've had more of a struggle; hopefully they're starting to see some air and light now. But in my directing career, in my acting career, in my producing career, I haven't been bound by a lot of limitations. When I first started doing these kinds of unique characters, these diverse characters, there was hardly anybody doing them. So I had this open road."
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Forest Whitaker News
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The Mistake Warners is Making With Christian McKay
I'm sure Warners must be thinking of the example of Forest Whitaker, who won best actor for what was essentially a supporting role in THE LAST KING OF ... (December 15, 2009)San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -
Keisha Nash Whitaker, Josefina Bonilla/Publisher, Color Magazine and Forest ...
I was excited to attend Color Magazine's 2nd Annual All-Inclusive Awards ceremony featuring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as keynote speaker and his ... (December 09, 2009)The Boston - Bay State Banner -
SAG Awards nominations could herald Oscars glory
Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland"), Helen Mirren ("The Queen") and Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls") won both awards. Left photo: Kate Winslet with ... (December 17, 2009)Los Angeles Times -
Where The Wild Things Are
Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michael Berry Jr, Chris Cooper, Lauren Ambrose, ... (December 10, 2009)RTE.ie
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Weather from Forest Whitaker 's Hometown.
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Current ConditionsLongview, TX as of Sat, 19 Dec 2009 5:53 pm CST
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43°F(6°C)Barometer: 30.18 rising Humidity: 65% Visibility: 10 mi Wind: NNW 12 mph Sunrise: 7:15 am Sunset: 5:16 pm -
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SunnyHigh: 56°F (13°C)
Low: 35°F (1°C)
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Forest Whitaker Questions
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What are the five largest forests in the World? 1 AnswerThe five largest forests are: 1.Amazon Rainforest : The territory of the Amazon Rainforest stretches across nine countries. About 70 per cent of the total fore... read more -
What is the role of forest and water cycles? 1 AnswerPlants take up water through the roots and water evaporates from their leaves. They obviously also store water, hold water in the soil with their roots and cove... read more
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Has anyone else ever noticed a large number of men sitting in parked cars alone in forest preserve parking lots? 3 AnswersContact your county's parks and recreation department in your local government. Report the situation and express your concern, ask if they know anything about i... read more
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Forest Whitaker Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1961: Born on July 15
- 1982: Fast Times at Ridgemont High - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1986: Platoon - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1986: The Color of Money - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1992: The Crying Game - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1999: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2002: The Twilight Zone - IMDb Listing
- 2006: The Shield - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2006: The Last King of Scotland - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2007: Vantage Point - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2008: Street Kings - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2008: Winged Creatures - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2008: Powder Blue - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2009: Where The Wild Things Are - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
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Forest Whitaker on Amazon
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The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition) - $14.98
As Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives "one of the greatest performances of modern movie history" (Wall Street Journal), one that the Associated Press calls "nothing s...Amazon
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The buzz at the box office: Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker, Bernie Mac & Samuel L. Jackson bring their 'A' game to the big screen.(ENTERTAINMENT): An article from: Ebony - $9.95
This digital document is an article from Ebony, published by Johnson Publishing Co. on December 1, 2008. The length of the article is 377 words. The page length shown above is base...Amazon
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Ripple Effect - $24.95
Hip clothing designer, Amer Atrash, is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searchin...Amazon
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Forest Whitaker Comments on Backtype Powered by Backtype
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I Ran Into Owen Wilson On Cahuenga, and Other Encounters With People Who Don’t Know ...
[...] wilson does anything. except write the royal tenenbaums. THAT i understand. the rest is like… a total mystery to me. forest whitaker, who cares. ooh, i’m a ghost dog, ooh. dork.Ben Loory | http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/ Original | Permalink (December 20, 2009 12:30 AM) -
Bryan Singer Directing X-Men: First Class!
The best actor that I see that would bring incredible presence and acting as The Shadow King would be Forest Whitaker.ulik | http://screenrant.com/ Original | Permalink (December 18, 2009 07:49 PM) -
Iron Man 2 trailer has been released. My pants suddenly feel tighter. Coincidence?
[...] about Terrence Howard being a big name star, I'm like…who? To be perfectly honest, I thought he was Forest Whitaker when I watched Iron Man, and I kept wondering why they would pick someone with such a little boy's [...]snookums | http://www.reddit.com/ Original | Permalink (December 17, 2009 01:08 PM) -
Gabby Sidibe & Mo’Nique Grab Golden Globe Nods!+Halle Berry Reveals Mother’...
[...] for Ghost. She played a medium. Sidney Poitier won for Lillies in the Field. He played a handyman. Forest Whitaker won for The Last King of Scotland. He played a dictator. Jamie Fox won for Ray. He played [...]Get A Life With Them Long Drawn Out A$$ Comments | http://theybf.com/ Original | Permalink (December 16, 2009 11:25 PM) -
Gabby Sidibe & Mo’Nique Grab Golden Globe Nods!+Halle Berry Reveals Mother’...
[...] won for Ghost. She played a medium. Sidney Poitier won for Lillies in the Field. He played a handyman. Forest Whitaker won for The Last King of Scotland. He played a dictator. Jamie Fox won for Ray. He played [...]chaka1 | http://theybf.com/ Original | Permalink (December 16, 2009 11:00 PM)
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I Ran Into Owen Wilson On Cahuenga, and Other Encounters With People Who Don’t Know ...
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Forest Whitaker News
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The Mistake Warners is Making With Christian McKay
I'm sure Warners must be thinking of the example of Forest Whitaker, who won best actor for what was essentially a supporting role in THE LAST KING OF ... (December 15, 2009)San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -
Keisha Nash Whitaker, Josefina Bonilla/Publisher, Color Magazine and Forest ...
I was excited to attend Color Magazine's 2nd Annual All-Inclusive Awards ceremony featuring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as keynote speaker and his ... (December 09, 2009)The Boston - Bay State Banner -
SAG Awards nominations could herald Oscars glory
Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland"), Helen Mirren ("The Queen") and Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls") won both awards. Left photo: Kate Winslet with ... (December 17, 2009)Los Angeles Times -
Where The Wild Things Are
Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michael Berry Jr, Chris Cooper, Lauren Ambrose, ... (December 10, 2009)RTE.ie
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Forest Whitaker Blogs
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Hurricane Season, Starring Lil Wayne, Bow Wow, Forest Whitaker ...
Top Straight-to-DVD Rentals for Week Ending 12/13/09 (Source: IMDb) Santa Buddies Hurricane Season The Accidental Husband Staten Island The. (December 18, 2009)straight2dvdmovies.com -
The Nervous Breakdown
But maybe there's also something else. Maybe it's an angry-at-the-world thing that happens. Takes over. Makes you wanna kill people. But really, our drummer was always very nice. So Forest Whitaker was probably just an asshole. ... (December 19, 2009)thenervousbreakdown.com -
Hurricane Season - (Movie Clip) Starring Forest Whitaker Lil Wayne ...
As reported earlier, Hurricane Season is set in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and focuses on a high school basketball coach (played by Forest Whitaker) who takes his team of displaced students from various ci... (December 16, 2009)kiddfuture.blogspot.com -
"First, give him the Forest Whitaker eye..."
...as the first step in the Troy Barnes system of self defense. One of many reasons to watch Community. (December 14, 2009)groundlingspeak.blogspot.com
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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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@Drawzilla LOL! King of Scotland is with Forest Whitaker and Kerry Washington based on dictator Idi Amin
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@LaurenNichol yeahhh me to lol jk but Forest Whitaker was awesome in that movie
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"I hate black peppa, I hate the black keys on a piano, I hate Whoopi Goldberg's lips, I hate the back of Forest Whitaker's neck." Aaahh! LOL
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@madison0894 my thoughts on Street Kings exactly...I like Forest Whitaker though.
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Wtf, jake gyllenhall, forest whitaker, RON HOWARD!. WTF r they doing in this video
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