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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Won
Nominated
Academy Award
Actor in a Leading Role
Won
British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Actor in a Leading Role
Won
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Won
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Forest Whitaker. Jump to. 61 wins & 77 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2007 Winner Oscar. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. The Last King of Scotland. Acapulco Black Film Festival. 2014 Nominee Hollywood Award. Artist of the Year. Out of the Furnace. The Butler. Black Nativity. Fruitvale Station. 2014 Nominee Hollywood Award.
This is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, director and producer Forest Whitaker. Over his career Whitaker has earned an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Apr 24, 2008 · Reese Witherspoon presenting the Best Actor Oscar® to Forest Whitaker for his performance in "The Last King of Scotland" -the 79th Annual Academy Awards® in 2007.
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He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, following in the footsteps of Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx.
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He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, following in the footsteps of Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006). In 2022 he won the Honorary Palme d'Or.
