Steven Whitaker, a forest actor, was born on July 15, 1961, in the US.
Numerous awards, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a British Academy Film Award, and more, have been given to him.
In addition to his acting career, Whitaker is highly known for his humanitarian work and campaigning. He was awarded a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 2011 and then elevated to Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation while serving as the CEO of the nonprofit Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI).
Where did Forest Whitaker go to college and high school? Did Forest Whitaker go to film school?
Whitaker participated in the football team and choir at Palisades Charter High School, where he earned his diploma in 1979. He was given a football scholarship to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, but had to change his major to music because of a back injury (singing).
He traveled to England in 1980 with the Cal Poly Chamber Singers. He briefly changed his Cal Poly major while still a student to acting. He later changed schools to the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music to pursue an opera tenor degree, where he was later accepted into the Drama Conservatory.
He earned his BFA in acting from USC in 1982. Then he signed up for a class at the Drama Studio London’s now-defunct California location.
