Age: 64
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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.
Forest Whitaker
Wizard Shazam
for Wizard Shazam in Shazam: Gods Among Us
Suggested by mr95
Circa 1200 BC in Ancient Egypt, the Wizard Shazam was a high priest to the pharaoh Tut III of Egypt. As the Wizard grew older he searched for his successor, a champion worthy of inheriting the Wizard’s powers. Young prince Teth-Adam of Kahndaq impressed the Wizard and was chosen to become the new champion. However instead of being blessed with the Wizard’s powers, when Teth-Adam spoke the name ‘Shazam’ he was blessed with the powers of six other Egyptian Gods. While becoming a powerful demigod, he was filled with anger and rage unlike the heroic champions that came before. Given himself the name ‘Black Adam’, he decided to rule the world, starting with overthrowing and murdering the Pharaoh. The Wizard punished him by banishing his powers and banishing Teth-Adam out of existence.
