ABOUT FOREST WHITAKER
Best Actor Oscar winner for his portrayal of dictator Idi Amin in 2006's The Last King of Scotland . His other notable films include Battlefield Earth, Taken 3, Rogue One and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.
In high school, he was a member of the football team alongside future NFL player, Jay Schroeder.
He was in The Great Debaters , he played a rogue cop in Street Kings, and he also acted opposite Jude Law in Repo Men.
He married actress Keisha Whitaker from 1996-2018 and they had four children.
Before his death, Frank Zappa worked with him.
