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Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, director, and producer.
He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird, Platoon, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Lee Daniels' The Butler, for his work in independent films and for his recurring role as LAPD Internal Affairs Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the Emmy Award-winning television series The Shield.
Whitaker won the Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, Golden Globe Award, National Board of Review Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and various critics groups awards for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland.
Whitaker was born July 15, 1961, in Longview, Texas. His family moved to Carson, California when he was four. His father, Forest Steven Jr., was an insurance salesman. Forest's mother, Laura Francis (née Smith), was a special education teacher who put herself through college and earned two master's degrees while raising her children. Whitaker has two younger brothers, Kenn and Damon, and an older sister, Deborah.
Yeah, you turned me on
Felt like I was born
Into a new life but now I am on my own
It`s been a wild time
Didn`t see the sunshine
Now I just like to be on my own
Think I`ve been blinded
Didn`t realize me behind
Your game changed my feelings
And gave me new wings
Like a bird I was sailing
Through the waves I felt save
In your lovely arms
But I didn`t believe
What I got to give
For this emotional flight
You tried to shine on your light
On me made me blind
My head I couldn`t find my soul
Yeah, it`s been a nice dream
Didn`t wake up and I seem
Loosing my mind left all of my life behind
Couldn`t see clearly
Knocked out my brain nearly