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61 wins & 76 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. Best Ensemble Cast. The Butler.
- July 15, 1961
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 .
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Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the historical drama The Last King of Scotland (2006). Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004).
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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- Longview, Texas, USA
Aug 9, 2007 · LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award for best actor on Sunday for a critically hailed performance as Ugandan ruler Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," beating...
Nov 12, 2021 · The Oscar winner talks about his work around the world to empower youth and the role that inspired his activism.
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- Matt Zabriskie
