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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 Starkiller: The First Inquisitor
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The origin story series for Darth Vader’s apprentice Galen Marek, one of the most powerful force users in the history of the galaxy. Vader slaughtered his village on Ilum but as he was about to strike down the young Galen, he sensed his connection to the force and took him in, training him in the ways of the Dark Side, to eventually be his weapon to overthrow the Emperor. Galen became so powerful once he was in his late teens that he could pull star destroyers from the sky with ease, causing Vader to make him the first in an order of Inquisitors that were created to hunt down any surviving Jedi in the galaxy. Eventually he meets a former Jedi padawan Cal Kestis, who reveals to him the truth about the sigh and Vader, causing Galen to turn on the Empire that he considered to be his family.
