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Forest Steven Whitaker (15 de xunetu de 1961, Longview (es) 
) ye un actor, productor y direutor de cine d'Estaos Xuníos. La so actuación como'l dictador ugandés Idi Amin nel filme The Last King of Scotland valió-y múltiples reconocencies, ente ellos un Óscar, un Globu d'Oru y un Premiu BAFTA. Ye'l quintu afroamericanu que llogra'l Óscar al meyor actor, depués de que lo llograren Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman y Jamie Foxx.
Whitaker nació en Longview, Texas, los sos padres fueron Forest Whitaker Jr., seguru de vida asegurador y fíu del novelista Forest Whitaker Sr., y Laura Francis Smith, maestra. Forest nació cuando'l so madre cursaba la universidá y llogró dos maestríes mientres criaba a los sos fíos (Forest tien hermanos menores y una hermana mayor). La familia camudar al área de Los Angeles cuando Whitaker yera namái un neñu. Whitaker estudió na secundaria de Palisades, onde foi derribador defensivu nel equipu de fútbol americanu. El quarterback d'esti equipu foi Jay Schroeder, futuru xugador de la NFL.
Whitaker asistió a la Universidá Politéunica Estatal de California, Pomona, con una beca de fútbol americanu, pero tuvo qu'abandonala por cuenta de una mancadura. Sicasí, foi aceptáu na Universidá del Sur de California pa estudiar ópera como tenor nel Conservatoriu de Drama. Tamién llogró una beca pa la sede del Drama Studio London en Berkeley (California).
Whitaker debutó en pantalla na película de 1982 Aquel escitante cursu, xunto con Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn y Phoebe Cates. En 1986 apaeció en The Color of Money, dirixida por Martin Scorsese, y en Platoon, d'Oliver Stone. Al añu siguiente, actuó xunto a Robin Williams na comedia Good Morning, Vietnam.
En 1988 llogró'l papel principal en Bird, dirixida por Clint Eastwood, onde interpretó al músicu Charlie Parker. Como parte de la so preparación, zarrar nun desván con tan solo una cama, un canapé y un saxofón, amás de realizar una investigación bien estensa y tomar lleiciones de saxofón. La so actuación valió-y el premiu al meyor actor nel Festival Internacional de Cine de Cannes y una nominación al Globu d'Oru.
Whitaker siguió trabayando con dellos direutor de cine direutores de sonadía. Neil Jordan dirixir nel papel de "Jody" nel so filme de 1992, Xuegu de llárimes. En 1994 foi parte del repartu de la película de Robert Altman, Prêt-à-porter, que ganó'l primer National Board of Review Award por Meyor Repartu. Tamién actuó na adautación que realizó'l direutor Wayne Wang del llibru Smoke, de Paul Auster.
En 1996, Forest casóse cola actriz Keisha Nash, cola que tuvo dos fíos, llamaes Sonnet y True. Tien un fíu d'una rellación anterior, llamáu Ocean, y una fiyasca, llamada Autumn, d'una rellación anterior de Keisha.
| Añu | Títulu | Personaxe | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Tag: The Assassination Game | Gowdy's Bodyguard | |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Charles Jefferson | ||
| 1985 | Vision Quest | Balldozer | |
| North and South | Cuffey | ||
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Amos | |
| North and South, Book II | Cuffey | ||
| Pelotón | Big Harold | ||
| 1987 | Stakeout | Jack Pismo | |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | Edward Garlick | ||
| 1988 | Bird | Charlie 'Bird' Parker | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
| Bloodsport | Rawlins | ||
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome | Dr. Steven Fisher | |
| 1990 | Downtown | Dennis Curren | |
| 1991 | Diary of a Hitman | Dekker | |
| A Rage in Harlem | Jackson | ||
| 1992 | Article 99 | Dr. Sid Handleman | |
| The Crying Game | Jody | ||
| Consenting Adults | David Duttonville | ||
| 1993 | Bank Robber | Officer Battle | |
| Body Snatchers | Major Collins | ||
| 1994 | Blown Away | Anthony Franklin | |
| Prêt-à-Porter | Cy Bianco | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast | |
| Jason's Lyric | Maddog | ||
| 1995 | Species | Dan Smithson, Empath | |
| Smoke | |||
| 1996 | Phenomenon |
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama | |
| 1998 | Body Count | Crane | |
| 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog | |
| Light It Up | Officer Dante Jackson | ||
| Witness Protection | US Marshal Steven Beck | ||
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Ker | Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| Four Dogs Playing Poker | Mr. Ellington | ||
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel | Agent Jules Bernard | |
| The Hire: The Follow | The Employer | uncredited | |
| Green Dragon | Addie | ||
| 2002 | Panic Room | Burnham | Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Phone Booth[6] | Captain Ed Ramey | Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | |
| 2004 | First Daughter | Narrator | also directed |
| 2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Abe Holt | |
| American Gun | Carter | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male | |
| Mary | Ted Younger | ||
| 2006 | Even Money | Clyde Snow | |
| The Marsh | Geoffrey Hunt | ||
| Everyone's Hero | Lonnie Brewster (voice) | ||
| The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BET Award for Best Actor Black Reel Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Hollywood Film Award for Actor of the Year Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor Nominated — BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film Nominated — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | |
| 2007 | The Air I Breathe | Happiness | |
| Ripple Effect | Philip | ||
| The Great Debaters | James L. Farmer, Sr. | Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Howard Lewis | |
| Street Kings | Capt. Jack Wander | ||
| Dragon Hunters | Lian Chu (voice — English version) | ||
| 2009 | Powder Blue | Charlie | |
| Winged Creatures | Charlie Archenault | ||
| Where the Wild Things Are | Roxura (voice) | Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Voice Performance | |
| Lullaby for Pi | |||
| Hurricane Season | Al Collins | ||
| 2010 | Repo Men | Jake Freivald | |
| My Own Love Song | Joey | ||
| The Experiment | Barris | ||
| Our Family Wedding | Bradford Boyd | ||
| 2011 | Catch .44 | Ronny | |
| 2012 | Freelancers | Dennis LaRue | |
| A Dark Truth | Francisco Francis | ||
| 2013 | The Last Stand | Agent John Bannister | |
| Zulu | Ali Sokhela | ||
| Pawn | Will | ||
| The Butler | Cecil Gaines | African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Pending — Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble Cast NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
| Black Nativity | Reverend Cornell | ||
| Out of the Furnace | Wesley Barnes | ||
| Ernest & Celestine | Ernest (voice) | ||
| 2014 | Repentance[7] | Angel Sanchez | |
| Two Men in Town | William Garnett | ||
| 2015 | Taken 3 | Franck Dotzler | |
| Southpaw | Titus "Tick" Wills | Filming |
| Añu | Títulu | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Strapped | |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Nominated — Black Film Award for Best Direutor |
| 2004 | First Daughter |
| Añu | Títulu | Personaxe | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Making The Grade | Episode "Marriage David Style" | |
| 1983 | Cagney & Lacey | Night Manager | Episode "The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All" |
| 1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | Lewis Jordan | Episode "School Nurse" |
| 1984 | Hill Street Blues | Floyd Green | Episode "Blues for Mr. Green" |
| 1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Herman | Episode "Bully for Arnold" |
| 1985 | The Grand Baby | Television movie | |
| 1985 | The Fall Guy | Friend | Episode "Spring Break" |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Jerry | Episode "Gather Ye Acorns" |
| 1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Sergeant Delaney | Television movie |
| 1990 | Criminal Justice | Jessie Williams | Television movie |
| 1993 | Lush Life | Buddy Chester | Television movie |
| 1993 | Last Light | Fred Whitmore | Television movie Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within | Colonel MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey | Television movie Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | Mr. Rucker | Television movie |
| 1999 | Witness Protection | Steven Beck | Television movie |
| 2001 | Feast of All Saints | Daguerreotypist Picard | Television movie |
| 2003 | Deacons for Defense | Marcus Clay | Television movie Black Reel Award for Best Actor: T.V. Movie/Cable Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2002– 2003 |
The Twilight Zone | Host / Narrator | 44 episodes |
| 2006– 2007 |
ER | Curtis Ames | 6 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
| 2006– 2007 |
The Shield | Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh | (Seasons 5 and 6) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2007– 2009 |
American Dad! | Daniel Turlington | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Sam Cooper | Episode "The Fight" |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Sam Cooper | Spin-off |
| 2013 | Africa | Narrator | Documentary Series |
| Añu | Categoría | Película | Resultáu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Meyor actor | The Last King of Scotland | Ganador |
| Añu | Categoría | Película | Resultáu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Meyor actor - Drama | The Last King of Scotland | Ganador |
| 1988 | Meyor actor - Drama | Bird | Nomáu |
| Añu | Categoría | Película | Resultáu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Meyor actor | The Last King of Scotland | Ganador |
| Añu | Categoría | Película | Resultáu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Meyor actor | El Mayordomu | Nomáu |
| 2006 | Meyor actor | The Last King of Scotland | Ganador |
| 1994 | Meyor actor de televisión - Miniserie o telefilme | The Enemy Within | Nomáu |
| Añu | Categoría | Película | Resultáu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Meyor Actor - Drama | The Last King of Scotland | Ganador |
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