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6 unusual facts about Forest Whitaker


C. Bernard Jackson

The facility nurtured the careers of numerous performers including Beah Richards, George Takei, Edward James Olmos, Nobu McCarthy and Forest Whitaker.

Deacons for Defense and Justice

Produced by Showtime starring academy-award winner Forest Whitaker, Ossie Davis, and Jonathan Silverman, the film is based on the struggle of the actual Deacons for Defense against the Jim Crow South in a powerful area of Louisiana controlled by the Ku Klux Klan.

Giles Foden

The 2006 feature film, The Last King of Scotland starring Forest Whitaker, is based on Foden's novel with considerable differences, and Foden himself makes a brief cameo as a journalist at one of Amin's press conferences.

Michael Finley

Finley was one of the producers of the 2013 film Lee Daniels' The Butler, which stars Forest Whitaker.

Sam Cooper

Samuel "Sam" Cooper is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, portrayed by Forest Whitaker.

Tender Lover

"Soon as I Get Home" also appeared in the 2010 film, Our Family Wedding which starred Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera.


Adam Donshik

As an actor, Donshik's career has led him to work with directors Milton Katselas, Forest Whitaker, Charles Haid, Dwight Little, Gene Reynolds and actors Katie Holmes, Michael Keaton, Skeet Ulrich, Kiefer Sutherland, Howard Storm, Ron Livingston and Joseph Ruskin.

Billinjer C. Tran

Billinjer had a major supporting role in the film Green Dragon opposite Forest Whitaker and Patrick Swayze.

Eric Garcia

In June 2007, it was announced that Jude Law and Forest Whitaker would star in Repo Men, a movie co-written by Garcia with Garrett Lerner, a writer for Fox Broadcasting's House.

Johnny Sanchez

The film received some very cold reviews among critics although it had a great cast that included Danny DeVito, Kim Basinger, Kelsey Grammer, Ray Liotta, and Forest Whitaker.

Kenn Whitaker

Kenn has two brothers, Forest Whitaker (b. 1961) and Damon Whitaker (b. 1970) and a sister, Deborah Whitaker, who are all also actors.

Tyler Collins

She played the role of Tina in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem, starring Gregory Hines and Forest Whitaker.


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Bad Books

"Forest Whitaker" was also featured on hit comedy How I Met Your Mother towards the end of the season 9 episode Bass Player Wanted.

Vivian Schilling

In 2006 she portrayed feminist and author Gertrude Atherton (b. 1857–1948) opposite Campbell Scott's Ambrose Bierce (b. 1842–1915?) in the film anthology Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories. In 2012, Schilling provided the voice of Buttercup in Toys in the Attic alongside co-stars Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack and Cary Elwes.