Forest Whitaker

🎂 Data nașterii: 1961-07-15 (Longview, Texas, USA)

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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Forest Whitaker

Filme în care a jucat

Teroare în Boston

Johnny Handsome

Stăpânii străzilor

Fum de țigară

Ultimul rege al Scoției

Bună dimineața, Vietnam

Cabina telefonică

Prêt-à-Porter

Camera de refugiu

Invazia continua

Ghost Dog - Calea samuraiului

Câmpul de luptă Pământ

Jason's Lyric

The Marsh

Body Count

Jocul lacrimilor

Sport sângeros

Fiecare vede altceva

Recuperatorii

Bird

Culoarea banilor

Hurricane Season

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Fenomenul

Specii

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Our Family Wedding

Destine la răscruce

Green Dragon

La început a fost cuvântul

A Rage in Harlem

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

O scurtă călătorie în paradis

Downtown

Experimentul

Povestea unui pistol

My Own Love Song

Consenting Adults

Creaturi cu aripi

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Tărâmul monștrilor

Mary

Deacons for Defense

Lullaby for Pi

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Powder Blue

Light It Up

Even Money

Diary of a Hitman

Repentance

Last Light

Lush Life

Feast of All Saints

Catch.44

The Fourth Angel

Ultima redută

Dușmanul este printre noi

Martor sub protecție

Serving Life

Polițist pe cont propriu

Majordomul

Un adevăr întunecat

Furia de foc

Jocul de-a ostaticii

Zulu

Black Nativity

Doi bărbați în oraș

Criminal Justice

Taken 3: Teroare în L.A.

Marele George Foreman: O poveste miraculoasă

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Southpaw: Lovitură de stânga

Making of Phone Booth

Prophets of Change

Erou al tuturor

Primul contact

The Misbehavers

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