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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
Saw Gerrera
for Saw Gerrera in Star Wars: Kestis
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FIRST SEASON: 5 years after the formation of the Galactic Empire and the Great Jedi Purge, former Padawan Cal Kestis is discovered by the Inquisitorius after saving a friend. Now on the run, Cal joins former Jedi Knight Cere Junda and Latero pilot Greez Dritus on their quest to find a Holocron containing a list of Force-sensitives before the Empire does. SECOND SEASON: Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, they've taken down Inquisitors and bounty hunters. But when their mission goes awry and they are forced to escape, they encounter Fret, a former stormtrooper that has defected from the Empire, who seeks to help the crew in their fight against the Empire. THIRD SEASON: Jedi Knight Cal Kestis and his friends have parted ways, the young Jedi continuing the fight against the tyranny of the Galactic Empire. However, after a job on Coruscant gone wrong, Cal discovers Dagan Gera, a former Jedi from the High Republic era preserved for over 200 years, and must reunite the crew of the Stinger Mantis alongside freelance mercenary Bode Akuna to race against Gera's army of Bedlam Raiders to find a lost planet hidden behind a nebula.
