{"id":4600,"date":"2025-11-05T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=4600"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:32:46","slug":"forest-whitaker-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/forest-whitaker-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Whitaker High School Yearbook Photo & Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forest Whitaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Actor, Producer, Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birthdate: <\/strong>Jul 15, 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High School:<\/strong> Palisades High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yearbooks:<\/strong> 1978 | 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yearbook photos of Forest Whitaker from Palisades High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forest Steven Whitaker<\/strong>\u00a0(born July 15, 1961), an American actor, producer, and director. He graduated with the class of 1979 from\u00a0Palisades High School\u00a0<\/a>in Palisades, CA. A young Forest Whitaker played on the Palisades football team and sang in the choir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitaker\u00a0is best known for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film\u00a0The Last King of Scotland<\/em>, for which he won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and a BAFTA for his outstanding performance. He has also starred in films\u00a0The Butler<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Bird<\/em>; starred on the hit show\u00a0The Shield;<\/em>\u00a0plus directed the film\u00a0Hope Floats.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2007, Whitaker’s name was added as the 2,335th<\/sup>\u00a0star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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