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Forest Whitaker

1961 - Today

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Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. 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 The Color of Money (1986), Panic Room (2002), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Forest Whitaker is the 634th most popular actor (down from 564th in 2019), the 1,317th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,031st in 2019) and the 325th most popular American Actor.

Forest Whitaker is most famous for his Oscar-winning performance in the film The Last King of Scotland.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Forest Whitaker ranks 634 out of 13,578. Before him are Faten Hamama, Halle Berry, Lance Henriksen, Cornel Wilde, Morgan Fairchild, and Meg Ryan. After him are Eleonora Duse, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Jones, David McCallum, Elsa Martinelli, and Mr. T.

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Among people born in 1961, Forest Whitaker ranks 31. Before him are Joseph Kony, Wayne Gretzky, Carlos Valderrama, Nastassja Kinski, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and Meg Ryan. After him are Laurence Fishburne, Lisa Gerrard, John Corbett, Bill de Blasio, Ben Johnson, and Carl Lewis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forest Whitaker ranks 1,317 out of 20,380. Before him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Meg Ryan (1961), and Jerry Lawler (1949). After him are Big Show (1972), Martha Graham (1894), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Michael Kors (1959), Stanley Miller (1930), and Laurence Fishburne (1961).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Forest Whitaker ranks 325. Before him are Jeffrey Wright (1965), Dick Clark (1929), Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Meg Ryan (1961). After him are Laurence Fishburne (1961), Jennifer Jones (1919), Mr. T (1952), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Carl Weathers (1948), and James Cagney (1899).

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