Forest Whitaker is a famous American actor, voice actor, film producer, TV and film director. Forest Steven Whitaker was born on July 15, 1961, in Longview, Texas. His main steps in his show business career Whitaker has made as an actor, not as a producer. At the beginning he mostly appeared in musicals, the first of them was “Fast Times at Ridgemon High” (released in 1982). Despite the fact Whitaker’s role in his first movie was really small, he showed himself as a talented actor and was noted by others.

Forest’s career to date has allowed him to accumulate net worth estimated at $40 million.

Forest Whitaker Net Worth $40 Million

In 1995 he proved his great acting talent and charisma when he both appeared in and produced the movie “Waiting to Exhale”. This romantic drama was also his film directorial debut, and received Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture award and several MTV movie awards too. Forest Whitaker really shot to prominence as an actor in 1998, after starring in the lead role in a  biographical film about the famous American musician Charlie “Bird” Parker, “Bird”, directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie itself scored 74% on “Rotten Tomatoes” – website devoted to film reviews. Moreover, the actor earned several awards and considerable critical acclaim. After this outstanding performance, Whitaker’s career rose even more.

One more of Whitaker’s big moments was in 2006 for the role of Idi Amin in the movie called “The Last King of Scotland”, for which he received an Academy Award as the Best Actor.

His most recent and notable appearance was in the movie entitled “The Butler”, released in 2013, which is an American historical drama based on the real life of Eugene Allen. Forest Whitaker starred as the main character Cecil Gaines, who dedicated his life to be a professional domestic worker. This movie received five different awards and added a huge amount of money to Whitaker’s net worth.

Today Forest Whitaker lives with his wife Keisha Nash Whitaker – the couple married in 1996. They raise four children: their daughters True and Sonnet, Forest’s son from the previous relationship and Keisha’s daughter.
Forest Whitaker is known to be a vegetarian and the supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Forest supports Barack Obama and is a chief among the Igbo community. Moreover, on June 21, 2011, Whitaker was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation in UNESCO. Today the famous actor supports all UNESCO’s activities and helps to empower young people to keep them away from the cycle of violence in the community. David Killion, UNESCO ambassador from United States, described Forest Whitaker as a person who feels compassion for every kind of humiliation and disgrace and he does his UNESCO job because it is the right thing to do.

Dave Franco is a famous American screenwriter, actor and film producer who has estimated net worth of $2 million. Today he is mostly known for his roles in movies the “21 Jump Street”, “Charlie St. Cloud”, “Fright Night” and “Now You See Me”. He also became well-known to audiences after appearing in the 9th season of the popular TV show “Scrubs”. Dave Franco was born on June 12 1985, in Palo Alto, California. He is the son of Betsy Verne, a poet, and Doug Franco, an editor. David grew up with two brothers – Tom and James. James Franco later also became famous thanks to his acting and producing.

Dave Franco Net Worth $2 Million

After graduation from school, David Franco attended the University of Southern California where he started to pursue a degree in Film and Psychology. Most likely he would have succeeded, but the actor in him chose to drop out of university and focus on his acting career. As an actor he made his debut in 2006, when life gave Dave an opportunity to portray a character in the TV show entitled “7th Heaven”. This performance was noted by the audience, and from that time Dave Franco started to appear in many others movies and TV shows. However, the first true recognition all around the world came to Dave in 2009, when he received one of the main roles in the American sitcom called “Scrubs”. Franco portrayed Cole Aaronson – a self-confident medical student, whose family paid a huge amount of money to secure his internship in Sacred Heart Hospital. He had an opportunity to play only in the last season, but by that time this TV show had become so amazingly popular that Dave’s popularity was also raised really quickly. Unfortunately, the 9th season of “Scrubs” was the last one and it didn’t become so beloved to audiences as all the previous ones, so Franco didn’t enjoy this role for very long.

David’s next  famous appearance was in 2011, when he was cast to play a role in the popular 3D comedy and horror film, the remake of Tom Holland’s movie with the same title – “Fright Night”. This movie received mostly positive reviews from critics all around the world and has made over $41 million worldwide. But that’s not all – in 2013 Dave Franco co-starred in the zombie romance movie called “Warm Bodies” and played Perry Kelvin.

Today France has also been chosen to play roles in movies which are going to be released in 2015. The actor is definitely going to appear in the upcoming comedy film “Business Trip”. The filming of this move began in mid-November 2013, and today this is one of Dave Franco’s main activities. In 2012 Franco with his brother James were ranked number 2 on the list of “the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world” by Shalom Life. After this nomination Dave stated he wasn’t as proud of the adjectives “intelligent”, “talented” and “funny”, as he was of the word “Jewish”.