Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker
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Vida
Nacimientu	Longview ^(es) , 15 de xunetu de 1961[1] (63 años)
Nacionalidá	Estaos Xuníos
Llingua materna	inglés
Familia
Casáu con	Keisha Nash ^(en) (1996 – div. 2021)
Fíos/es	True Whitaker ^(en) Sonnet Noel Whitaker ^(en) otom whitaker ^(en) Osian Whitaker ^(en)
Estudios
Estudios	Universidá Estatal Politéunica de California en Pomona Universidá de Nueva York Escuela de Artes Dramáticas de la USC ^(es) Drama Studio London ^(en) Universidá del Sur de California Escuela Preparatoria Palisades Charter ^(es)
Llingües falaes	inglés[2]
Oficiu
Oficiu	actor, productor de cine, actor de cine, direutor de televisión, direutor de cine, actor de televisión, karateka, actor de voz
Participante Xunta Añal del Foru Económicu Mundial 2017
Premios	ver Premios Emmy NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award Estrella del Paséu de la Fama de Hollywood Premiu del Festival de Cannes al meyor actor  (1988) : Bird BAFTA al meyor actor  (2007) : The Last King of Scotland Óscar al meyor actor  (2007) : The Last King of Scotland Globu d'Oru al meyor actor dramáticu  (2007) : The Last King of Scotland Crystal Award  (2017) [3] comendador de les Artes y les Lletres  (8 payares 2021) [4] Global Citizen Awards  (2022) [5]
Nominaciones	ver Óscar al meyor actor (23 xineru 2007): The Last King of Scotland
Xéneru artísticu	cine de comedia drama
Creencies
Partíu políticu	Partíu Demócrata
IMDb	nm0001845

Forest Steven Whitaker (15 de xunetu de 1961, Longview ^(es) ) ye un actor, productor y direutor de cine d'Estaos Xuníos. La so actuación como'l dictador ugandés Idi Amin nel filme The Last King of Scotland valió-y múltiples reconocencies, ente ellos un Óscar, un Globu d'Oru y un Premiu BAFTA. Ye'l quintu afroamericanu que llogra'l Óscar al meyor actor, depués de que lo llograren Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman y Jamie Foxx.

Infancia, mocedá y estudios

Whitaker nació en Longview, Texas, los sos padres fueron Forest Whitaker Jr., seguru de vida asegurador y fíu del novelista Forest Whitaker Sr., y Laura Francis Smith, maestra. Forest nació cuando'l so madre cursaba la universidá y llogró dos maestríes mientres criaba a los sos fíos (Forest tien hermanos menores y una hermana mayor). La familia camudar al área de Los Angeles cuando Whitaker yera namái un neñu. Whitaker estudió na secundaria de Palisades, onde foi derribador defensivu nel equipu de fútbol americanu. El quarterback d'esti equipu foi Jay Schroeder, futuru xugador de la NFL.

Whitaker asistió a la Universidá Politéunica Estatal de California, Pomona, con una beca de fútbol americanu, pero tuvo qu'abandonala por cuenta de una mancadura. Sicasí, foi aceptáu na Universidá del Sur de California pa estudiar ópera como tenor nel Conservatoriu de Drama. Tamién llogró una beca pa la sede del Drama Studio London en Berkeley (California).

Carrera

Whitaker debutó en pantalla na película de 1982 Aquel escitante cursu, xunto con Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn y Phoebe Cates. En 1986 apaeció en The Color of Money, dirixida por Martin Scorsese, y en Platoon, d'Oliver Stone. Al añu siguiente, actuó xunto a Robin Williams na comedia Good Morning, Vietnam.

En 1988 llogró'l papel principal en Bird, dirixida por Clint Eastwood, onde interpretó al músicu Charlie Parker. Como parte de la so preparación, zarrar nun desván con tan solo una cama, un canapé y un saxofón, amás de realizar una investigación bien estensa y tomar lleiciones de saxofón. La so actuación valió-y el premiu al meyor actor nel Festival Internacional de Cine de Cannes y una nominación al Globu d'Oru.

Whitaker siguió trabayando con dellos direutor de cine direutores de sonadía. Neil Jordan dirixir nel papel de "Jody" nel so filme de 1992, Xuegu de llárimes. En 1994 foi parte del repartu de la película de Robert Altman, Prêt-à-porter, que ganó'l primer National Board of Review Award por Meyor Repartu. Tamién actuó na adautación que realizó'l direutor Wayne Wang del llibru Smoke, de Paul Auster.

Vida personal

En 1996, Forest casóse cola actriz Keisha Nash, cola que tuvo dos fíos, llamaes Sonnet y True. Tien un fíu d'una rellación anterior, llamáu Ocean, y una fiyasca, llamada Autumn, d'una rellación anterior de Keisha.

Intereses

• Foi llamáu pa escribir y dirixir una película d'aición qu'afixera la serie de dibuxos animaos de Bill Cosby El gordu Alberto, pero estremes ente ellos fixeron que Forest abandonara la producción.

• Foi la inspiración del raperu Brother Ali pal cantar Forest Whitaker, del so álbum debú, Shadows on the Sun. Al paecer, el cantar llámase asina pol gran paecíu ente l'actor y el raperu, inda cuando Ali ye albino.

• Carez ptosis palpebral (blefaroptosis) nel güeyu esquierdu. Whitaker declaró que ye hereditariu y que consideró operase pa correxir el problema, non por razones estétiques sinón porque afecta la so visión.

Filmografía

Cine

Actor

Añu	Títulu	Personaxe	Notes
1982	Tag: The Assassination Game	Gowdy's Bodyguard
	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Charles Jefferson
1985	Vision Quest	Balldozer
	North and South	Cuffey
1986	Color of Money, TheThe Color of Money	Amos
	North and South, Book II	Cuffey
	Pelotón	Big Harold
1987	Stakeout	Jack Pismo
	Good Morning, Vietnam	Edward Garlick
1988	Bird	Charlie 'Bird' Parker	Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
	Bloodsport	Rawlins
1989	Johnny Handsome	Dr. Steven Fisher
1990	Downtown	Dennis Curren
1991	Diary of a Hitman	Dekker
	Rage in Harlem, AA Rage in Harlem	Jackson
1992	Article 99	Dr. Sid Handleman
	Crying Game, TheThe Crying Game	Jody
	Consenting Adults	David Duttonville
1993	Bank Robber	Officer Battle
	Body Snatchers	Major Collins
1994	Blown Away	Anthony Franklin
	Prêt-à-Porter	Cy Bianco	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
	Jason's Lyric	Maddog
1995	Species	Dan Smithson, Empath
	Smoke
1996	Phenomenon	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1998	Body Count	Crane
1999	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Ghost Dog
	Light It Up	Officer Dante Jackson
	Witness Protection	US Marshal Steven Beck
2000	Battlefield Earth	Ker	Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Mr. Ellington
2001	Fourth Angel, TheThe Fourth Angel	Agent Jules Bernard
	The Hire: The Follow	The Employer	uncredited
	Green Dragon	Addie
2002	Panic Room	Burnham	Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Phone Booth[6]	Captain Ed Ramey	Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
2004	First Daughter	Narrator	also directed
2005	A Little Trip to Heaven	Abe Holt
	American Gun	Carter	Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
	Mary	Ted Younger
2006	Even Money	Clyde Snow
	The Marsh	Geoffrey Hunt
	Everyone's Hero	Lonnie Brewster (voice)
	Last King of Scotland, TheThe Last King of Scotland	Idi Amin	Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BET Award for Best Actor Black Reel Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Hollywood Film Award for Actor of the Year Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor Nominated — BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film Nominated — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2007	Air I Breathe, TheThe Air I Breathe	Happiness
	Ripple Effect	Philip
	Great Debaters, TheThe Great Debaters	James L. Farmer, Sr.	Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
2008	Vantage Point	Howard Lewis
	Street Kings	Capt. Jack Wander
	Dragon Hunters	Lian Chu (voice — English version)
2009	Powder Blue	Charlie
	Winged Creatures	Charlie Archenault
	Where the Wild Things Are	Roxura (voice)	Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Voice Performance
	Lullaby for Pi
	Hurricane Season	Al Collins
2010	Repo Men	Jake Freivald
	My Own Love Song	Joey
	Experiment, TheThe Experiment	Barris
	Our Family Wedding	Bradford Boyd
2011	Catch .44	Ronny
2012	Freelancers	Dennis LaRue
	A Dark Truth	Francisco Francis
2013	The Last Stand	Agent John Bannister
	Zulu	Ali Sokhela
	Pawn	Will
	The Butler	Cecil Gaines	African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Pending — Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble Cast NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	Black Nativity	Reverend Cornell
	Out of the Furnace	Wesley Barnes
	Ernest & Celestine	Ernest (voice)
2014	Repentance[7]	Angel Sanchez
	Two Men in Town	William Garnett
2015	Taken 3	Franck Dotzler
	Southpaw	Titus "Tick" Wills	Filming

Direutor

Añu	Títulu	Notes
1993	Strapped
1995	Waiting to Exhale
1998	Hope Floats	Nominated — Black Film Award for Best Direutor
2004	First Daughter

Televisión

Añu	Títulu	Personaxe	Notes
1982	Making The Grade		Episode "Marriage David Style"
1983	Cagney & Lacey	Night Manager	Episode "The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All"
1984	Trapper John, M.D.	Lewis Jordan	Episode "School Nurse"
1984	Hill Street Blues	Floyd Green	Episode "Blues for Mr. Green"
1985	Diff'rent Strokes	Herman	Episode "Bully for Arnold"
1985	Grand Baby, TheThe Grand Baby		Television movie
1985	Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy	Friend	Episode "Spring Break"
1986	Amazing Stories	Jerry	Episode "Gather Ye Acorns"
1987	Hands of a Stranger	Sergeant Delaney	Television movie
1990	Criminal Justice	Jessie Williams	Television movie
1993	Lush Life	Buddy Chester	Television movie
1993	Last Light	Fred Whitmore	Television movie Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
1994	The Enemy Within	Colonel MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey	Television movie Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1996	Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault	Mr. Rucker	Television movie
1999	Witness Protection	Steven Beck	Television movie
2001	Feast of All Saints	Daguerreotypist Picard	Television movie
2003	Deacons for Defense	Marcus Clay	Television movie Black Reel Award for Best Actor: T.V. Movie/Cable Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2002– 2003	Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone	Host / Narrator	44 episodes
2006– 2007	ER	Curtis Ames	6 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
2006– 2007	The Shield	Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh	(Seasons 5 and 6) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2007– 2009	American Dad!	Daniel Turlington	3 episodes
2010	Criminal Minds	Sam Cooper	Episode "The Fight"
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Sam Cooper	Spin-off
2013	Africa	Narrator	Documentary Series

Premios

Óscar

Añu	Categoría	Película	Resultáu
2006	Meyor actor	The Last King of Scotland	Ganador

Globu d'Oru

Añu	Categoría	Película	Resultáu
2006	Meyor actor - Drama	The Last King of Scotland	Ganador
1988	Meyor actor - Drama	Bird	Nomáu

Premios BAFTA

Añu	Categoría	Película	Resultáu
2006	Meyor actor	The Last King of Scotland	Ganador

Premios del Sindicatu d'Actores

Añu	Categoría	Película	Resultáu
2013	Meyor actor	El Mayordomu	Nomáu
2006	Meyor actor	The Last King of Scotland	Ganador
1994	Meyor actor de televisión - Miniserie o telefilme	The Enemy Within	Nomáu

Satellite Awards^[8]

Añu	Categoría	Película	Resultáu
2006	Meyor Actor - Drama	The Last King of Scotland	Ganador

Referencies

1. Afirmao en: Gemeinsame Normdatei. Data de consulta: 27 abril 2014. Llingua de la obra o nome: alemán. Autor: Biblioteca Nacional d'Alemaña.
2. Identificador CONOR.SI: 7436131. Afirmao en: CONOR.SI.
3. URL de la referencia: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/davos-2017-crystal-shakira-forest-whitaker-anne-sophie-mutter/. Data de consulta: 16 abril 2020.
4. URL de la referencia: https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Forest-Whitaker-un-geant-honore-par-la-France-1768719. Data de consulta: 13 payares 2021.
5. URL de la referencia: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/flagship-event/global-citizen-awards/previous-gca-recipients/.
6. Theatrical release was delayed due to the Beltway sniper attacks in October 2002.
7. «REPENTANCE - IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 28, 2014». Codeblack.com. Archiváu dende l'orixinal, el 2015-07-02. Consultáu'l 8 de febreru de 2014.
8. Satellite Awards

Enllaces esternos

• Wikimedia Commons acueye conteníu multimedia sobre Forest Whitaker.
• Forest Whitaker na Internet Movie Database (n'inglés)
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