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Forest Whitaker

Also known as Forest Steven Whitaker

American actor

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Forest Whitaker is an acclaimed American actor known for his work in film and television. He matters because of his significant contributions to entertainment and his recognition as a talented performer in the industry.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 6

Top works

Repentance [DVD + Digital]
Duke Ellington
In too deep
Ghost dog
Hope floats

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1961-07-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5,961
Total plays: 34,174

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes
· 2015 · cited 6,209x
The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,226x
Predicting Obesity in Young Adulthood from Childhood and Parental Obesity
· 1997 · cited 2,994x
The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project
· 2011 · cited 2,859x
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,770x

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Quotes

“[About why he named his daughter True and son Ocean] I want those names to be their destiny, for my daughter to be honest and my son to be expansive. I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing. … being called Forest helped me find my identity.”
“Life is full of choices, and many years ago, I chose to become a vegetarian, and it was one of the best choices I’ve ever made.”

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Wikidata facts

Image: Forest Whitaker by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Forest Whitaker
date of birth: 1961-07-15
Commons gallery: Forest Whitaker
start of work period: 1982-00-00
birth name: Forest Steven Whitaker
name in native language: Forest Whitaker
social media followers: 224593
affiliation string: Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative
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Article

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, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Honorary Palme d'Or.

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. Whitaker starred in the Star Wars franchise as Saw Gerrera, appearing in the film Rogue One (2016) and would later reprise the role in the television series Star Wars: Rebels (2017) and Andor (2022–2025), as well as the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019).