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Birthday: July 15, 1961
The hulking, unmistakably burly Forest Whitaker initially got into college on a football scholarship, but upon transferring to the University of Southern California, he majored in music, winning two more scholarships in that field. Still another scholarship, this one in the name of Sir John Gielgud, came Whitaker's way when he entered the drama program at Berkeley. A seasoned ...more
- 2007
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- ER (TV Series)
- 2006
- Boston Society of Film Critics
- Best Actor
- The Last King of Scotland
- win
- 2006
- Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association
- Best Actor
- The Last King of Scotland
- win
- 2006
- Chicago Film Critics Association
- Best Actor
- The Last King of Scotland
- win
- 2006
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Actor
- The Last King of Scotland
- win
- 2012
- What a Wonderful World
- Louis Armstrong
- 2011
- Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (TV Series)
- Sam Cooper
- 2010
- Repo Men
- Jake
- 2010
- Our Family Wedding
- Brad Boyd
- 2010
- The Experiment
- Barris
- 2012
- What a Wonderful World
- Director
- 2009
- Powder Blue
- Producer
- 2008
- Kassim the Dream
- Executive Producer
- 2007
- Ripple Effect
- Executive Producer
- 2005
- American Gun
- Executive Producer
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