EXCLUSIVE: 10 Things You (Probably) Never Knew About Forest Whitaker – Including Why He Locked Himse

Screen veteran Forest Whitaker, who won a Best Actor Oscar for portraying Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 2006’s The Last King of Scotland, continues to demonstrate his hard work and commitment to his craft. Born in Longview, Texas, to special education teacher Laura and insurance salesman Forest E. Whitaker Jr., he has ptosis, a condition that causes a droopy left eyelid. He was originally cast as Sawyer in the 2004 TV show Lost but left to direct and narrate the comedy drama film First Daughter, featuring Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton. For his role as musician Charlie Parker in Clint Eastwood’s 1988 film Bird, Whitaker isolated himself in a loft, equipped only with a bed, couch, and saxophone. They wed in 1996 and have two daughters, Sonnet and True, along with his son, Ocean, and her daughter, Autumn, from previous relationships; Whitaker filed for divorce in 2018.

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