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Biography

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…more

Born

7/15/1961, Longview, Texas (USA)

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Star (2)

Role
- Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  Unit Chief Sam Cooper
  - S 1: Ep 13 Death by a Thousand Cuts
    5/25/11
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Girl in the Blue Mask
    5/18/11
  - S 1: Ep 11 Strays
    5/11/11
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Time is Now
    5/4/11
  - S 1: Ep 9 Smother
    4/13/11
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 44 Burned
    5/21/03
  - S 1: Ep 43 Sunrise
    5/21/03
  - S 1: Ep 42 Homecoming
    5/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 41 The Executions of Grady Finch
    5/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 40 Developing
    4/30/03
  - + 39 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- ER
  Curtis Ames
  - S 13: Ep 14 Murmurs of the Heart
    2/1/07
  - S 13: Ep 13 A House Divided
    1/11/07
  - S 13: Ep 10 Tell Me No Secrets...
    11/30/06
  - S 13: Ep 7 Jigsaw
    11/9/06
  - S 13: Ep 6 Heart of the Matter
    11/2/06
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Shield
  Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh
  - S 5: Ep 10 Of Mice and Lem
    3/14/06
  - S 5: Ep 9 Smoked
    3/7/06
  - S 5: Ep 8 Kavanaugh
    2/28/06
  - S 5: Ep 7 Man Inside
    2/21/06
  - S 5: Ep 6 Rap Payback
    2/14/06
  - + 5 More Credits
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 61 March 7, 2011
    3/7/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 115 Forest Whitaker/Teresa Palmer
    2/24/11
  - S 6: Ep 29 Forest Whitaker/Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman/A Fine Frenzy
    10/15/09
  - S 4: Ep 101 Forest Whitaker/Jean-Michel Cousteau/Your Lips Your Lips
    4/1/08
  - S 3: Ep 13 Forest Whitaker/Julie Walters/Shang Forbes
    9/27/06
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 107 February 16, 2011
    2/16/11
  - S 22: Ep 25 October 12, 2009
    10/12/09
  - S 20: Ep 113 February 21, 2008
    2/21/08
  - S 19: Ep 28 October 12, 2006
    10/12/06
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 212 Episode #2.212
    5/12/09
- American Dad!
  Turlington
  - S 5: Ep 11 Live and Let Fry
    3/1/09
  - S 5: Ep 8 Chimdale
    1/25/09
  - S 4: Ep 2 Meter Made
    10/7/07
- American Idol
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 29 Idol Gives Back 2008
    4/9/08
- History Alive
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 King
    4/6/08
- HBO First Look
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 5 City of Fallen Angels: Making 'Street Kings'
    4/4/08
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 209 Forest Whitaker, B-52s
    4/4/08
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 80: Ep 1 The 80th Annual Academy Awards
    2/24/08
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 7 Bruce Forsyth, Forest Whitaker, Agyness Deyn, Elbow.
    2/22/08
- Canada AM
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 94 January 10, 2008
    1/10/08
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 80 December 12, 2007
    12/12/07
  - S 3: Ep 31 February 26, 2007
    2/26/07
  - S 3: Ep 30 February 23, 2007
    2/23/07
- The Shield
  Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh
  - S 6: Ep 2 Baptism by Fire
    4/10/07
  - S 6: Ep 1 On the Jones
    4/3/07
  - S 5: Ep 11 Postpartum
    3/21/06
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 79: Ep 1 The 79th Annual Academy Awards
    2/25/07
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 13 Forest Whitaker/Keith Urban
    2/10/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 146 Forest Whitaker; America Ferrera; Daniel Powter
    1/31/07
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 85 Show #2694
    1/23/07
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 56: Ep 17 January 23, 2007
    1/23/07
- Inside the Actors Studio
  himself
  - S 13: Ep 1 Forest Whitaker
    12/11/06
- Shootout
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 Forrest Whitaker, Tom Rothman
    10/8/06
- Last Call with Carson Daly
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 60 Forest Whitaker/Jasper Redd/Switchfoot
    1/27/06
  - S 1: Ep 33 Forest Whitaker, The Roots
    3/26/02
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 2: Ep 88 1/22/04
    1/22/04
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 30: Ep 1 The 30th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/11/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 165 Kathy Ireland, Forest Whitaker, and Tom Rhodes
    2/28/00
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 101 Forest Whitaker
    2/28/00
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 166 Show #408
    5/20/98
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 76 January 12, 1990
    1/12/90
- Amazing Stories
  Jerry
  - S 1: Ep 16 Gather Ye Acorns
    2/2/86
- Diff'rent Strokes
  Herman
  - S 8: Ep 3 Bully for Arnold
    10/4/85
- Hill Street Blues
  Floyd Green
  - S 5: Ep 7 Blues for Mr. Green
    11/15/84
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Lewis Jordan
  - S 6: Ep 5 School Nurse
    11/4/84
- Cagney & Lacey
  Night Manager
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All
    1/17/83
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Criminal Minds
  SSA Sam Cooper
  - S 5: Ep 18 The Fight
    4/7/10
Consulting Producer (1)

Role
- The Twilight Zone
  Consulting Producer
  - S 1: Ep 43 Sunrise
    5/21/03
  - S 1: Ep 41 The Executions of Grady Finch
    5/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 40 Developing
    4/30/03
  - S 1: Ep 39 Eye of the Beholder
    4/30/03
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Pharaoh's Curse
    4/23/03
  - + 30 More Credits
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- Brick City
  Executive Producer

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- The nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards were announced by Forest Whitaker on Thursday, January 22 2009.
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- In 1995, 2004 and 2007, Forest was nominated for SAG Awards. In 1995, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries" for The Enemy Within. In 2004, Forest was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries" for Deacons for Defense. In 2007, he won the SAG Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role" for his movie The Last King of Scotland.
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- In preparation for his role as the ruthless Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland Forest visited Uganda.
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- Forest: It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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- Forest (on accepting his 2007 Best Actor Oscar): When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in. It wasn't my reality to think I would be acting in movies, so receiving this honour tonight tells me that it's possible.
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- Forest: My eye? It's a genetic thing. My dad had it and now I have it. You know, I just found out that it may be correctable a little bit, because it does impair my vision. When I look up, I lose sight in this eye. I think maybe for other people, it informs the way they see me. But I don't really think about this eye, other than the times people talk about it, or when people take photographs of me sometimes they might say stuff about it. I don't think it makes me look bad or anything. It just is.
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