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Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. 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. After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), The Great Debaters (2007), The Butler (2013), Arrival (2016), and Respect (2021). He has also appeared in blockbusters, such as Panic Room (2002), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Saw Gerrera, and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. For his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the British historical drama film The Last King of Scotland (2006), Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor. 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). Apart from his film career, Whitaker is also known for his humanitarian work and activism. In 2011, he was inducted as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, later receiving a promotion to Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, and serves as the CEO of Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), a non-profit outreach program.
The story would follow a rookie prison guard who begins his first day on the job in a high-security prison in the southern United States. During a tour of the facility before starting his shift, a violent riot led by the most dangerous inmates in the jail breaks out. The guard, who is trapped inside the prison, is forced to pose as an inmate in order to survive and avoid discovery by the dangerous riot leaders. Meanwhile, the riot continues and the hostage negotiation team works to reach an agreement with the rioting inmates. The undercover guard joins a group of inmates trying to escape from jail, and together they fight to survive while facing the violence and brutality of the riot. As the guard discovers more about prison life and the inmates' motivations, he realizes that all is not as it seems. Ultimately, the guard must make difficult decisions to protect the other prisoners and get out of jail alive.
