How old was Forest Whitaker in the movie The Last King of Scotland?

Forest Whitaker was 43 in The Last King of Scotland when he played the character 'Idi Amin'.

That was over 18 years ago in 2006.

Today he is 62, and has starred in 123 movies in total, 63 of those since The Last King of Scotland was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Last King of Scotland, I think Forest Whitaker looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Kevin Macdonald has worked with Forest Whitaker just once in his career.
  • Forest Whitaker's first movie was as 'Gowdy's Bodyguard' in Tag: The Assassination Game, released in 1982 when he was 19
  • The Last King of Scotland scores 7.44 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker's other movies