Actor, producer and film director. I've seen a few movies of it and really is a great performance. Shocked the world with his performance of Ugandan director Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" where he received the Oscar, Golden Globe, a Bafta, among others his excellent performance.
was a criminal who ends up winning the audience with his good heart and sense of reality in "Panic Room" with Jodie Foster.
Their project was to be a footballer, but had to leave due to injury. Finally decided to study at a prestigious music conservatory for tenor and for the things of life came to acting and ended in Drama Studio London.
Ridgemont with Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn and Phoebe Cates. In 1986 appeared in the film directed by Martin Scorsese, The Color of Money and Oliver Stone's Platoon. The following year, starred opposite Robin Williams in the comedy Good Morning, Vietnam.
In 1988 he landed the lead role in Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood, where he played the musician Charlie Parker. Whitaker was prepared for the role shutting himself in a garret with only a bed, a sofa and a saxophone, in addition to an extensive research and taking saxophone lessons. His performance earned him the Best Actor award at the International Festival Cannes Film and a Golden Globe nomination
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