And along with jumping across genres—from war dramas like Platoon to musical biopics like Respect to sci-fi blockbusters like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story—as a performer, Whitaker has also branched out into directing, with 1995’s Waiting to Exhale, 1998’s Hope Floats and 2004’s First Daughter.
But is Forest the only Whitaker that’s been popping up on the big screen as of late? A popular new theatrical release has movie fans wondering about who Forest Whitaker’s brothers are, so let’s dive into the star’s family details and sort out all of the confusion.
However, Miller and Whitaker are not related, which the former cleared up during a 2008 interview with Chris Yandek: “This is something that’s on Wikipedia and I don’t know who put it up there, but I need to dispute it openly, I am not related to Forest Whitaker. Forest is a friend of mine. He is a great guy…Forest and I, we’re the only people who think we don’t look alike yet the world is convinced I am a younger version of him and I am absolutely fine with that.”
Who are Forest Whitaker’s brothers?
Now that we got that out of the way, let’s meet Whitaker’s actual siblings. Forest is the eldest of the three Whitaker boys—the Oscar winner was born on July 15, 1961, with his younger brother Kenn Whitaker following two years later on June 8, 1963 (unlike his other brothers, he was born in Texas, not California, with the family returning to Cali when he was a toddler), and his little bro Damon Whitaker bringing up the rear seven years later on Oct. 21, 1970 in Los Angeles. The trio also have an older sister named Deborah Whitaker.
Forest Whitaker, (center) and Damon Whitaker, (right) (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)Damon Whitaker
Damon is the youngest brother of Forest Whitaker and he, like middle brother Kenn, was also seemingly bitten by the acting bug. “I was raised in the arts, so my family has always been writing and painting and acting and singing,” Damon said at the premiere of One Warm Night in 2012. “It’s just natural for us. I’ve been acting since I was in kindergarten.”
Elsewhere, the 54-year-old actor has appeared in big-screen titles like in 2010's The Lazarus Papers, 2012's Filly Brown, 2016's The Tell-Tale Heart and The Asian Connection, and 2019's Triple Threat and Haphazard, as well as TV series such as Strangely Tranquil, in which he writes and acts.
Who are Forest Whitaker’s parents?
Despite the fact that Forest and his three siblings have all felt the pull towards Hollywood, his parents—father Forest Whitaker, Jr. and mother Laura Francis—had decidedly normal and unglamorous jobs. Dad was an insurance salesman and mom, a special education teacher who earned two Master’s degrees while raising the Whitaker brood. Whitaker’s grandfather was also named Forest (that’s Forest Whitaker, Sr.) and was a novelist.
According to Forest, his dad wasn’t initially supportive of his acting dreams “My father wanted me to go to West Point — that was a high calling to him — and couldn’t believe I wanted to study acting or music,” Forest told TheLos Angeles Times in 2013. However, when Forest thanked his parents while taking home that coveted Oscar statuette, surely dad could proudly believe it then.
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