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List of awards and nominations received by Forest Whitaker
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This is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, director and producer Forest Whitaker.
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Over his career Whitaker has earned an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006). In 2022 he won the Honorary Palme d'Or.