Forest Whitaker and Shaun Toub at event of Skydas (2002)
				
				
						 Caption: Forest Whitaker and Shaun Toub at event of Skydas (2002)
																																				
						Actor, Producer, Director
						Born: July 15, 1961
						Star sign: Cancer
						Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
						Known for: Platoon (1986), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013), Phone Booth (2002)
						Source: IMDB
						Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland, and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, following in ...