ACTOR

Forest Whitaker

1961 - Today

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Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Forest Whitaker has received more than 13,538,490 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Forest Whitaker is the 564th most popular actor (down from 503rd in 2019), the 1,031st most popular biography from United States (down from 939th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular American Actor.

Forest Whitaker is most famous for his Oscar-winning performance in the film The Last King of Scotland.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Forest Whitakers by language

Over the past year Forest Whitaker has had the most page views in the with 1,783,374 views, followed by Spanish (242,008), and French (211,427). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (803.50%), Sinhalese (158.41%), and Uzbek (149.64%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Forest Whitaker ranks 564 out of 13,578. Before him are Kevin Kline, Gabriel Byrne, Hildegard Knef, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Jai White, and Milla Jovovich. After him are Brendan Gleeson, David Hasselhoff, R. Lee Ermey, Lillian Gish, Laurence Fishburne, and Danielle Darrieux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Forest Whitaker ranks 25. Before him are Robert Carlyle, Manu Chao, Joseph Kony, Nastassja Kinski, Samy Naceri, and Woody Harrelson. After him are Laurence Fishburne, Enzo Francescoli, Meg Ryan, James Gandolfini, António Costa, and Dennis Rodman.

Others Born in 1961

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forest Whitaker ranks 1,031 out of 20,380. Before him are Cass Elliot (1941), Michael Jai White (1967), Edward Tatum (1909), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Clifford D. Simak (1904), and Mary Jackson (1921). After him are Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), Randy Couture (1963), David Hasselhoff (1952), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), and Al Jarreau (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Forest Whitaker ranks 273. Before him are Louise Fletcher (1934), Mae West (1893), Woody Harrelson (1961), Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), and Michael Jai White (1967). After him are David Hasselhoff (1952), R. Lee Ermey (1944), Lillian Gish (1893), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Buck Henry (1930), and Lance Henriksen (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Butler
Cecil Gaines
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Aug 16o 20137.345 / 10
Taken 3
Inspector Frank Dotzler
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Dec 16o 20146.2 / 10
Arrival
Colonel G. T. Weber
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Nov 10o 20167.595 / 10