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  1. 49 wins & 32 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2007 Winner Oscar. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Forest Whitaker. BET Awards. 2007 Winner BET Award. Best Actor. Forest Whitaker. 2007 Nominee BET Award. Best Actress. Kerry Washington. Shared with: I Think I Love My Wife · Little Man. Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.

  2. Whitaker won in the leading actor category at the Academy Awards, the British Academy Film Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

  3. Reese Witherspoon presenting the Best Actor Oscar® to Forest Whitaker for his performance in "The Last King of Scotland" -the 79th Annual Academy Awards® in ...

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  4. Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the historical drama The Last King of Scotland (2006). Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004).

  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Actor Forest Whitaker won an Oscar for his portrayal of dictator Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” He’s also known for films “Bird” and “The Butler.”

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  6. Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award for best actor on Sunday for a critically hailed performance as Ugandan ruler Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," beating out 74-year-old screen...

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  8. Whitaker should win an Oscar for best actor, I've never seen a better performance in my life. Also notable is the Nicholas Garrigan character who is written and acted very skilfully to draw the (non-African) spectator into the world of Uganda and Amin.