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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
Joe Tielemans
for Joe Tielemans in The Trail to Hell
Suggested by jakubduda
Old man Gordon Tielemans has been running the Sierra Isabella family ranch for 60 years, which was named after his grandfather, who named it after his wife. The Tielemens family gained great fame in the area and supplied all the towns in the area, leading to many enemies. Now Gordon is old, so when he receives an order worth not to be refused, it is clear to him that he alone is not enough to do it with his younger brother and his two sons. He doesn't have any more men available because the last three expeditions ended in a bloody shootout when the wagons were stopped by Milton's gang who took over the town of Hotpoint years ago and now they have the whole area under their thumb, raiding all supplies of food, leather, wood, alcohol. They have an unrivaled environment, where everything is imported only by their affiliated or owned companies. Gang is run by Sam Milton, and his brother is sheriff of Albertown. Gordon procures 10 men to supplement them and help them get the wagons to Cedarwood. Along the way they are attacked many times and loses some men, everything is complicated by the situation when they notice the Hartword family under attack by Indians. During this heroic war, all 3 wagons are damaged, so Gordon, accompanied by his sons, has to go down to Rolling station on horseback and agree with his old friend Abe that he will send a train for them, on which they will load all and take it to Cedarwood. of course, even a train ride is not without a gang attack.
