Table of Biography
Forest Whitaker is an American actor, director, producer as well and founder of the Whitaker Peace and Development initiative. Forest Whitaker is famous for acting in movies such as Platoon, Good Morning, Vietnam, Ready to Wear, The Last King of Scotland, etc.
Early Life and Childhood
Forest Whitaker was born into the world on July 15, 1961, in Longview, Texas, USA. As of 2022, he is 60 years old. His full name is Forest Steven Whitaker. His father’s name is Forest Steven Jr and his mother’s name is Laura Francis Smith.
He has three siblings brother Kenn Whitaker, Damon Whitaker, and sister Deborah Whitaker. He follows the Christian religion and belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity. His Zodiac sign is Cancer.
Talking about his education he enrolled at the Palisades Charter High School graduating in 1979. He played football as well as sang in the choir.
Later, he got a football scholarship at California State Polytechnic University and later transferred to Thorton School of Music due to injury. He later graduated from USC with a BFA in acting in 1982.
Forest Whitaker – Net Worth 2023
He has an estimated net worth of around $40 million. His sources of income are acting, producing, directing, etc. He has worked in many movies and TV series throughout his career and the sum of money is not surprising.
However, besides that, there is no information regarding his assets.
Caption: Forest Whitaker winning awards (Sources: Healthy Celeb)
Throughout his career, he has won many awards such as the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, Cannel Film Festival awards, etc.
Other than that he has won many awards as well as been nominated for many awards in his incredible career.
Forest Whitaker – Professional Life
Acting career
As an actor, he made his debut in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game in the role of a bodyguard in 1982. The same year he worked in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Moreover, he has worked in many films some of his major works are Vision Quest (1985), The Color of Money, Platoon (1986), Stakeout, Good Morning, (1987), Bloodsport, Bird (1988), Johnny Handsom (1989), Body Snacther (1993).
He also appeared in Blown Away, Pret-a-porter (1994), Phenomenon (1996), Light It Up, Witness Protection (1999), Four Dogs Playing Poker, Battlefield Earth (2000), The Fourth Angel (2001), ‘The Hire: The Follow (2001) and Green Dragon (2001).
Caption: Forest Whitaker and Usher for the movie Burden (Sources: NME)
Moreover, some of his other films are Panic Room, Phone Booth (2002), American Gun (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), The Great Debaters (2007), There the Wild Things Are (2009), and Lee Daniels The Butler.
Some of his other movies are Black Nativity, Out of the Furnace (2013), Southpaw (2015), Black Panther (2018), and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020).
Tv career
As a TV series actor, he has worked in many TV series, Some of his major TV series are Making the Grade (1982), Trapper John, M.D (1984), The Fall Guy, North and South (1985), North and South II (1986), Criminal Justice (1990), Last Light (1993), The Enemy Within (1994).
Moreover, he also appeared in Door to Door (2002), Deacons for Defense (2003), The Twilight Zone (2002-03), The Shield (2006-07), Brick City (2010), Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011), Empire (2017-18), Godfather of Harlem (2019-21).
As a Producer and Director
He produced movies such as Chasing Papi (2003), Powder Blue (2009), Fruitvale Station, Repentance (2013), Dope (2015), Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2016), Roxanne Roxanne (2017), Sorry to Brother You (2018), and Passing (2021).
As a Director he directed films such as Strapped (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004).
Forest Whitaker – Personal Life
He is single and straight. He was married to the actress Keisha Nash in 1996. The two met on the set of Blown Away. However, the two relationships didn’t last, and divorced in 2018. Together they have two children daughter Sonnet and True Whitaker.
Caption: Forest Whitaker and his ex-wife Keisha Nash (Sources: Ebony Magazine)
Moreover, he has two children named Ocean Alexander and daughter Autumn from another relationship. He has many charities for humanitarian work and founded the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative.
However, his other relationship data is not known. Besides that, there is no information regarding his rumors and controversy.
Social Media
He is active in social media. His Instagram account @forestwhitaker has more than 50.2k followers and his Twitter account @ForestWhitaker has more than 193k followers. He has more than 2.8 million followers on his Forest Whitaker Facebook account.
Body Measurement
Forest Whitaker is 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and has a body weight of 100 Kg (220 lbs). He has a body measurement of 46 inches chest, 40 inches waist, and 15 inches bicep with an average body. Moreover, he has black hair and a pair of brown color eyes.