Forest Whitaker - Famous Screenwriter

Forest Whitaker Net Worth

$25,000,000

Forest Whitaker is a famous American actor, producer and director who has a net worth of $25 million. Whitaker is known for his outstanding contribution in movies such as The Last King of Scotland, which earned him numerous awards as well as appearing in blockbusters such as Star Wars: Rogue One.

Key facts:

  • Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director who got his breakthrough role playing a high school football player in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
  • He had many noteworthy roles throughout the 90s in movies like Scorsese’s The Color of Money, Platoon, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Clint Eastwood's Bird, for which he won acclaim from critics.
  • In 2006 Forest Whitaker played the lead role in The Last King of Scotland and won many awards including the Academy Award for Best Actor
  • He has been involved in Television shows since the 80s, including Diff'rent Strokes, Amazing Stories and more recently, ER and an animated series Star Wars Rebels where he performed voice acting.
  • Aside from acting, Whitaker has extensive directing and producing experience, he directed his first movie in the 90s with films like A Rage in Harlem. He co-ran JuntoBox Films; was named as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, founded the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative and is a partner with PETA promoting the vegetarian lifestyle.

Basic Information About Forest Whitaker

Full NameForest Whitaker
CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Film director, Film Producer, Television producer, Voice Actor, Screenwriter
Net worth$25,000,000
Date of birth1961-07-15 (63 years old)
Place of birthLongview
NationalityUnited States of America
EducationCalifornia State Polytechnic University and USC
Curiosities and TrademarksHis left eye, which can not open fully due to the hereditary condition ptosis
Often plays characters that are, or are inspired by, historical figures
Often plays military/political/law enforcement roles
Transformative performances
FatherForest Steven Jr
MotherLaura Francis Smith
SiblingsKenn Whitaker, Damon Whitaker, and Deborah Whitaker
SpouseKeisha Whitaker - (4 MayΒ 1996 - present)Β (filed for divorce)Β (2 children)
KidsOcean Alexander, Autumn, Sonnet and True Whitaker
GenderMale
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ Instagram β†—οΈŽ Twitter β†—οΈŽ Facebook β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Forest Whitaker win?


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Forest Whitaker awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureWinnerBlack Panther2019
Gold Derby Award - Ensemble CastNomineeBlack Panther2019
Independent Spirit Award - Best First FeatureWinnerSorry to Bother You2019
Audience Award - NomineeSorry to Bother You2018
Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion PictureNomineeSouthpaw2016
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNomineeSouthpaw2016
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNomineeThe Crying Game1995
Black Reel - Theatrical - Best Supporting ActorNomineePanic Room2003
LAFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan2006
Oscar - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2007
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2007
AAFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2006
ACCA - Best Actor in a Leading RoleNomineeThe Last King of Scotland2006
BET Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2007
Black Reel - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2007
BSFC Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2006
Critics Choice Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2007
CFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2006
DFWFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2006
FFCC Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Last King of Scotland2006
Hollywood Award - Artist of the YearNomineeOut of the Furnace2014
Black Reel - Best Voice PerformanceNomineeWhere the Wild Things Are2010
Black Reel - Outstanding Motion PictureNomineeFruitvale Station2014
Independent Spirit Award - Best First FeatureWinnerFruitvale Station2014
Stanley Kramer Award - WinnerFruitvale Station2014
Independent Spirit Award - Best First FeatureNomineeSongs My Brothers Taught Me2016
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleNomineeThe Butler2014
AAFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Butler2013
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureWinnerThe Butler2014
Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Motion PictureNomineeThe Butler2014
Black Reel - Film: Best Supporting ActorNomineePhone Booth2004
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNomineePhone Booth2004
Sant Jordi - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)WinnerGood Morning, Vietnam1989
Black Film Award - Best DirectorNomineeHope Floats1999
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNomineePhenomenon1997
NBR Award - Best Acting by an EnsembleWinnerPrΓͺt-Γ -Porter1994
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesNomineeER2007
OFTA Television Award - Best Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesWinnerER2007
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama SeriesNomineeGodfather of Harlem2020
Image Award - Outstanding Drama SeriesNomineeGodfather of Harlem2019
Vision Award - Best Actor - DramaWinnerThe Shield2007
Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionNomineeThe Shield2006

Forest Whitaker roles

Movie / Series Role
Black PantherZuri
Sorry to Bother YouFirst Equisapien / Demarius
PlatoonBig Harold
SouthpawTick Wills
Taken 3Franck Dotzler
SpeciesDan Smithson
Rogue OneSaw Gerrera
Fast Times at Ridgemont HighCharles Jefferson
The Crying GameJody
Vision QuestBalldozer
Panic RoomBurnham
City of LiesJack Jackson
The Last King of ScotlandIdi Amin
Out of the FurnaceChief Wesley Barnes
ArrivalColonel Weber
DopeThe Narrator (voice)
Where the Wild Things AreIra (voice)
The Color of MoneyAmos
The Last StandAgent John Bannister
The ButlerCecil Gaines
RespectC. L. Franklin
Battlefield EarthKer
Street KingsCaptain Jack Wander
BloodsportRawlins
Phone BoothCaptain Ramey
How It EndsTom Sutherland
Vantage PointHoward Lewis
Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiGhost Dog
Good Morning, VietnamEdward Garlick
BurdenReverend Kennedy
Repo MenJake
Waiting to ExhaleDirector
The Great DebatersDr. James Farmer Sr.
Hope FloatsDirector
Mr. Holland's OpusBobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)
Finding Steve McQueenHoward Lambert
PhenomenonNate Pope
The ExperimentBarris
Blown AwayFranklin
StakeoutJack Pismo
Body SnatchersMajor Collins
Consenting AdultsDavid Duttonville
First DaughterDirector
First DaughterNarrator (voice)
The ForgivenDesmond Tutu
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneyJeronicus
PrΓͺt-Γ -PorterCy Bianco
FreelancersLaRue
Everyone's HeroLonnie Brewster (voice)
Powder BlueCharlie

Forest Whitaker's Quotes

  • I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.
  • [on his character in The Shield (2002)] I'm always blown away by people's negative reactions to Kavanaugh. He's a highly moral man who's brought to the breaking point. To me, he's like an angel. Yes, he's obsessive. Anal. Intense. But his goal is to get Vic Mackey off the street. This is somebody who beats people up on a weekly basis, steals money, blackmails people. But I'm the bad guy?
  • My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay with my grandfather on the farm in Longview {Texas]. He was retired from the railroad, and he had a small farm with some cows and some pigs. I remember part of my youth was feeding hogs and plowing fields and stuff, so that's a part of me. And my parents raised me to say "sir" and "ma'am"' to open doors, things like that. That's the way I was brought up. Also, unfortunately, I was taught not to question too much. I didn't really question my mom and dad. That's usually what they told me to do.
  • [on being a black actor] I have friends, African-American actors, who've had more of a struggle; hopefully they're starting to see some air and light now. But in my directing career, in my acting career, in my producing career, I haven't been bound by a lot of limitations. When I first started doing these kinds of unique characters, these diverse characters, there was hardly anybody doing them. So I had this open road.
  • [on his children's names - True and Ocean - and his name and how it affected his childhood] 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 . . . . Kids would tease me, calling me Little Bush". But . . . I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity.

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Interesting Facts about Forest Whitaker

  1. Brother of actors Kenn Whitaker and Damon Whitaker.
  2. Was set to direct a live-action film version of Fat Albert (2004) but disagreed with Bill Cosby and has since left the production. [April 2002]
  3. Attended University of Southern California (USC) School of Theater.
  4. He is the father of three children. He has two daughters, Sonnet Noel Whitaker (b. October 3rd 1996) and True Whitaker (b. July 2nd 1998), by his wife, Keisha Whitaker and a son, Ocean Whitaker (b. 1990), from a previous relationship. He also has Autumn (b. 1991), a stepdaughter through his marriage with Keisha.
  5. Born with an eye condition called ptosis, which translates to "drooping eyelid."
  6. Originally cast in the role of "Sawyer" on Lost (2004), but opted out of the role when 20th Century Fox green lighted his film First Daughter (2004).
  7. Brother-in-law of Jeffrey Nash and Kidada Jones.
  8. In 2003, Whitaker became Executive Director of the Nodance Film Festival, a festival that celebrates the alternative digital film culture with an emphasis on first-time filmmakers and digital filmmaking. Originally held in Park City, Utah, Nodance has recently relaunched in Los Angeles and holds the distinction of being the world's first DVD-projected film festival.
  9. He tried to be as bulky as possible to play Big Harold in Platoon (1986), but the vigorous boot-camping training, bad food and rough shoot caused him to lose a lot of weight. When he noticed Whitaker was getting thinner, Oliver Stone said to him, "What are you doing? You're supposed to be 'Big' Harold".
  10. Raised in Los Angeles by an insurance-salesman father and schoolteacher mother, the high school football star ditched his jersey and helmet after catching the acting bug in a production of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood".
  11. Whitaker hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) on February 10, 2007, during which his singing talent was featured in several sketches.
  12. Met his wife, actress Keisha Whitaker (nΓ©e Nash), on the set of Blown Away (1994).
  13. Spent a total of three and a half months in Uganda researching and filming The Last King of Scotland (2006). Uganda was his ever first visit to Africa.
  14. He and his daughter, True Whitaker, have recorded a public service announcement promoting vegetarianism on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
  15. Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003.
  16. Won 23 major awards for his portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006) including all the awards that are considered the biggest (except Cannes). He was also nominated for one more award, and won BET's "Best Actor" for the same year (presumably for the same film).
  17. He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2004 in Austin, Texas.
  18. Attended Cal Poly Pomona University, just like fellow actor Eric Martic.
  19. Presented French actress Marion Cotillard with the Best Actress Oscar for her lead in La Vie En Rose (2007).
  20. (March 27, 1993) Attended the 8th Annual Independent Spirit Awards.

Additional information of Forest Whitaker

ZodiacCancer
Lucky Number3
Lucky StoneMoonstone
Lucky ColorSilver
Best Match for MarriageTaurus, Pisces, Scorpio
DivorceKeisha Nash
Eye ColorBrown
Hair ColorBlack
EthnicityAfro-American
ReligionChristianity

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