Forest Whitaker is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist whose career spans more than four decades of critically acclaimed performances. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006) and previously earned the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Bird (1988). His other notable screen credits include Platoon, The Crying Game, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, The Shield, Arrival, and Black Panther. This tag page gathers news articles, interviews, and updates covering his film and television work, his projects as a director, his award nominations and wins, and his ongoing humanitarian efforts as a UNESCO peace ambassador and founder of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative.
