# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/forest-whitaker
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:06:37.457Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/forest-whitaker"
name: "Forest Whitaker"
slug: "forest-whitaker"
description: "Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Honorary Palme d'Or."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Forest_Whitaker_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7679495999131031
  historical:           28.299516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ForestWhitaker"
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    handle:    "forestwhitaker"
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    handle:    "ForestWhitaker"
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    handle:    "nm0001845"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump