Forest Whitaker (b. 1961) is an Academy Award-winning actor renowned for his performance in The Last King of Scotland. He also played Curtis Ames on ER, hosted the 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone, and has hosted Saturday Night Live.
Whitaker voiced Ira in the Creature Shop movie Where the Wild Things Are. In the 44th season of Sesame Street, he demonstrates "imagination" as The Word of the Day with The Count.