Forest Whitaker

Biography

Born 07/15/1961

Though actor Forest Whitaker started college on an athletic scholarship, the charismatic and award-winning performer made the unlikely shift from football to studying to become a classical tenor and eventually, an actor. After gaining some attention in several stage musicals, Whitaker made an...
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Awards

In 2007, received Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
In 2007, received Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
In 2007, received BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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Highlights

In 2008, Co-stared with Denzel Washington (who also directed) in "The Great Debaters"
In 2008, Will be featured in Spike Jonze's half-puppet, half-computer-animated adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are"
In 2006, Guest starred in five episodes of the NBC medical drama, "ER" as a carpenter who ends up being paralyzed by a stroke after being admitted for a cough; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

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