Gender: Male
Birthplace: Longview, Texas (USA)
Birthday: 7-15-1961
His parents are Forest Whitaker Jr and Laura Francis Smith.Whitaker has an eye condition called strabismus, often incorrectly referred to as 'lazy eye'.Initially Forest was a football player at Cal...
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| film | Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | |
| film | Powder Blue (2009) | |
| film | The Patriots (2008) | |
| film | Street Kings (2008) | |
| film | Vantage Point (2008) | |
| film | The Air I Breathe (2008) | |
| film | The Great Debaters (2007) | |
| film | Even Money (2007) |
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Now for something completely different. To go from Eddie Murphy to Forest Whitaker is like going from a giant F to a proud A. Forest has done it all, he has taking a lot of chances, has put up really strong performances and has come to be known as...
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Posted mar 29, 2008 4:50 pm pt
I think that Forest Whitaker is a very, very good actor. You can see him acting and you can really believe that the role he is doing is fantastic. I like his style and I think that he is one of the best actors around to stay. I like him in the...
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Posted feb 25, 2007 12:33 pm pt
Forest Whitaker is a true actor. You really believe that he got into acting because he loves it for what it is. You'll never see him in any tabloids and you won't hear any gossip about him. In his roles, you sense more realism than many other...
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Posted feb 9, 2007 8:22 am pt
a very good actor that gets no credit for his work was real good in ghost dog and is doin a amazing job in the shield this actor should get more movie roles so everybody can see how great he is one of my favorite actors since i seen ghost dog...
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Posted feb 9, 2006 5:06 am pt
Forest Whitaker is one of those actors that is an absolute pleasure to watch. I just don't get why he hasn't become more famous than he is now, but I guess it's just the curse of the character actor. They beef up and carry the movies for the...
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Posted feb 7, 2006 2:24 pm pt
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| 1. | Where the Wild Things Are | 2009 |
| 2. | Vision Quest | 1985 |
| 3. | Article 99 | 1992 |
| 4. | Winged Creatures (working title) | |
| 5. | Powder Blue | 2009 |
| 6. | Waiting to Exhale | 1995 |
| 7. | Bloodsport | 1988 |
| 8. | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1982 |
| 9. | The Great Debaters | 2007 |
| 10. | Platoon | 1986 |