Nickname:	DeForest Whitaker /
Known for:	Platoon, The Crying Game, The Last King of Scotland
Birth name:	Forest Steven Whitaker
Birthday:	15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA
Height:	6' 2½" (1.89 m)

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Forest Whitaker & Keisha (wifie) 79th Annual Acade...

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Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker was stabbed while working as a doorman at a nightclub - but lived to tell the tale. The Last King of Scotland star is used to violence on the movie set - acting in films such as Blown Away and The Shield - but wasn't so happy when he sustained a multitude of injuries in real-life.


Oscar-winner FOREST WHITAKER was once forced to risk his life wrestling a knife-wielding mental patient to the ground.The Last King Of Scotland star worked in a home for the mentally disabled before he became an actor, and had to restrain an escapee who had fled the institution.And Whitaker credits his fighting skills with his successful
Oscar-winning actor FOREST WHITAKER was stabbed while working as a doorman at a nightclub - but lived to tell the tale.The Last King of Scotland star is used to violence on the movie set - acting in films such as Blown Away and The Shield - but wasn’t so happy when he sustained a multitude
Forest Whitaker was delighted when he discovered his namesake, Denzel Whitaker, was playing his son in new movie The Great Debaters - because he could finally dispel reports the young actor is related to him in real life.


FOREST WHITAKER was delighted when he discovered his namesake, DENZEL WHITAKER, was playing his son in new movie THE GREAT DEBATERS - because he could finally dispel reports the young actor is related to him in real life.The Oscar winner admits he has been unable to change internet sites which list Denzel as his real-life
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is to portray the heroic basketball coach who led his Louisiana high school team to the state championships in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.


Oscar winner FOREST WHITAKER is to portray the heroic basketball coach who led his Louisiana high school team to the state championships in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.The Last King of Scotland star has signed up to play Al Collins in Patriots.Against all the odds, Collins drove the John Ehret High School team to glory,
(Tue. 25th) Drawing inspiration from the true story of a temperamental debate coach who molded the students of a small East Texas college into a formidable team that gave Harvard's squad a run for their money in the 1930s, Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters features the director himself as the ambitious educator, and Forest Whitaker as the resentful father... Continue Summary

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Oscar winner FOREST WHITAKER has teamed up with soda giants Pepsi-Cola to promote soft drink Mountain Dew in a new online game.The Last King Of Scotland actor conceived and produced upcoming web game Dewmocracy, which allows consumers to create their own flavour of Mountain Dew - to be released next year (08).Whitaker has also directed
The Notorious B.I.G will be played by an undiscovered actor, producers of a biopic about the murdered rapper have announced.

Producers say they took the decision to cast an unknown after realising only Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker could "capture [Biggie's] essence", but he was too old to play Biggie (real name Christopher Wallace) who died aged 24.

Biggies's mother, Voletta Wallace, and his two former managers, Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts, will help choose the actor to portray the rapper.
Filming on THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND was put at risk when cast and crew members contracted near-fatal tropical diseases - with one unfortunate still suffering.The film, which saw Forest Whitaker pick up an Academy Award earlier this year (07) for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, was almost never completed on time because
Actors FOREST WHITAKER, HUGH GRANT and KEIRA KNIGHTLEY have signed up to perform on a special charity edition of hit US TV talent show, AMERICAN IDOL.They will be joined by Daniel Radcliffe, Helena Bonham Carter and Desperate Housewives star Terri Hatcher on American Idol Gives Back, a one-off programme to raise money for children in
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker started his first trip to South Africa in style yesterday - by meeting his hero Nelson Mandela. The star met with the former South African leader as part of a family trip to the country. Whitaker, his wife and their three daughters are touring Africa as guests of the country's tourism officials.


Oscar winner FOREST WHITAKER started his first trip to South Africa in style yesterday (20Apr07) - by meeting his hero Nelson Mandela.The Last King Of Scotland star met with the former South African leader as part of a family trip to the country.Whitaker, his wife and their three daughters are touring Africa as guests of
AP - Forest Whitaker met Nelson Mandela on Friday and received a rapturous welcome from university students at the start of his visit to the country.
"I remember as a kid coming to the Walk of Fame. It was like a field trip and very exciting to us," said the 45-year-old actor-director at the ceremony for the Walk's 2,335th star.
The Last King of Scotland is based on Giles Foden's novel detailing the brutal reign of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin as seen through the eyes of his personal physician. James McAvoy stars as the doctor who slowly realizes that he is trapped in an inescapable nightmare, and Forest Whitaker assumes the role of the notorious despot. Also on DVD: Freedom Writers, Smokin' Aces, Notes On A Scandal, and The History Boys.
AP - Forest Whitaker snagged Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild trophies this year for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." On Monday he cemented his winning streak with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Oscar winners Forest Whitakerand Denzel Washington are to team up in a new fact-based drama about a group of college debaters from a small Texas school who challenged the brains of Harvard University.


Oscar winner FOREST WHITAKER is set for another major 2007 honour - a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND star will unveil the 2,335th star on the famous Hollywood Boulevard landmark on Monday (16APR07), where pals like KIEFER SUTHERLAND and ANGELA BASSETT will pay tribute to him.Movie & Entertainment News

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