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		79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007

		Also Credited As: Forest Steven Whitaker Born: on 07/15/1961 in Longview, Texas Job Titles: Actor, Director, Producer Family Brother: Damon Whitaker. born c. 1971; played Charlie Parker as a young boy in "Bird" Brother: Kenn Whitaker. Daughter: Sonnet Noel Whitaker. born on October 3, 1996; mother, Keisha Nash Daughter: True Isabella Summer Whitaker. born on July 2, 1998; mother, Keisha Nash Father: Forest Whitaker Jr. Mother: Laura Whitaker. put herself through college and earned two masters degrees while raising her family Son: Ocean Alexander Whitaker. from a previous relationship; born c. 1990; was ring bearer at Whitaker-Nash wedding Step-daughter: Autumn. Keisha Nash's daughter from a previous relationship; born c. 1991; flower girl at Whitaker-Nash nuptials Forest Whitaker Biography Soft-spoken but carrying a talent every bit as huge as his imposing bear-like physique, Forest Whitaker started college on an athletic scholarship, but the charismatic African-American all-league defensive standout soon dropped football, studying first to become a classical tenor before shifting to acting. After playing high school athletes in a few ambitious teen flicks ("Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982; "Vision Quest" 1985), Whitaker gained notice as a charmingly duplicitous billiards opponent of Paul Newman in Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" (1986). Feature supporting roles followed in films like "Platoon" (1986), "Stakeout" and "Good Morning, Vietnam" (both 1987), in which he shone as Robin Williams' sidekick, a likable big man too timid for his own body. Whitaker graduated to leading man status under the direction of Clint Eastwood for the dark biopic "Bird" (1988), earning Best Actor honors at the Cannes Film Festival for his deft portrayal of jazz legend Charlie Parker. Whitaker played a kindly plastic surgeon in "Johnny Handsome" (1989), and the actor's heavy-lidded, unhurried delivery suggested the naiveté of his Mama's Boy character in "A Rage in Harlem" (1991) and the skeptical intelligence of his insurance investigator in "Consenting Adults" (1992). All three projects showed how easily he could rise above otherwise bland material. He displayed a mesmerizing depth in "Diary of a Hitman" (1991, released in the USA in 1992), the feature directing debut of acting coach Roy London. Hired to knock off the wife and child of a born-again commodities broker who claims his wife is a drug addict and the infant crack baby not his, Whitaker goes about saving the intended victim (and himself) when he discovers the broker lied in this modest, expertly-acted indie. He was also quietly, irresistibly sympathetic as a British soldier kidnapped by the IRA in Neil Jordan's highly praised "The Crying Game" (1992).