Forest Whitaker Wins Best Actor | 79th Oscars (2007) 

One of my favorite actor ..I luv to watch any movie he acts in....but Repo Man is my favorite...I had to watch it a couple times to understand how if F' up his buddy life for sheer fun or he was jealous of his life,

He doesnt have to fake it? ermm.. i got some bad news about what Acting is my man

Agreed. Amazing actor..sooo talented.

@@immune18 What do you mean?

Acting is literally the definition of faking it 😂

It's funny that God-fearing is an admirable trait

God fearing?? .... That's not a quality..... God loving is...

To me it is. It is a virtue. It is a good moral quality. May God bless you, Sunny Singh. I hope you continue to receive all that you need and desire. :)

allah is the moon god of the mid east

cinema gamer oh nigga please....lol

Speaking of good sports, forgot to mention how DiCaprio and Gosling gave him a standing ovation.

+Hassaan Mirza Will Smith also gave Forest Whittaker a handshake and standing ovation.

like they had a choice

It may be just me but it often seems like Gosling does not really care about awards, considering his reaction when both winning and losing. He seems like a pretty chill guy

Ryan stood up for him bcuz it was probably one of the best an well deserved oscar ever not to mention his speech 👏

Johnny Montalvo joe Pesci’s was better

@@lzi9452 simply Thank You!

adrian's was the best

Johnny Montalvo literally felt every second of sincerity

Joaquin's was great too

Yes

Beautiful and talented man

it s a life

Stefan Siljanoski Absolutely. Or greatness of Forest Whitaker.

and what about Ridley Scott? Fml

At least Peter O Toole won an honorary oscar.

That is not true. They are both great actors. DiCaprio has been doing great work for decades, from Gilbert Grape, Basketball Diaries all the way to Wolf and Reverent.

James McAvoy is a huge talent. Waiting for his Oscar also.

Would’ve thought Forrest would be support and James lead. Leo up for blood diamond instead of departed is odd too.

He had a crazy performance in split

Mccvoy didn't stand a chance infront of Whittaker

He should have had several nominations already. His performances in The Last King of Scotland, Atonement and Split were incredible.

Facts !

I’m a sucker for acceptance speeches! Especially of my favorite actors. I love movies!

@@suzyq3040 Same

Me too

Totally agree.

You are correct sir, he and Russell Crow, when he won for gladiator, two of the best I ever heard.

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Yeah I'm just seeing this speech for the first. This is one of the best Oscar speeches I've seen.

Eddie VIII Still won every major acting award that year for Best Actor. He was amazing. Just watched that movie. He deserved it. I would've loved to see Will Smith win it too.

Eddie VIII Pretty much every performance that year is forgettable then. I just watched The Last King Of Scotland, I know for damn sure I will never forget his performance. Leo's is forgettable. Will Smith's was great, but not Oscar worthy, O'toole is great, but certainly not his best, more like a late career gem. Gosling gave a great performance, but it is certainly forgettable as well. Whittaker's performance is not forgettable. Maybe for you, but anyone who has seen that movie will surely not forget his performance. He deserved the trophy. More so than anyone else that year. Did you come here to this video just to hate on him?

Eddie VIII Let me tell you how pissed I am about Edward Norton not winning best actor for American History X, that is a crime in my book. Leo is quite overrated. His performance is What's Eating Gilbert Grape is amazing, and I loved him in Wolf of Wall Street. But he isn't all he is made out to be for sure.

Movie was good and his acting way above super. Had my eye on him since first saw in small role in platoon and he is great whatever role he does. Idi Amin was made for him. Eddie im sorry it wasnt Transformers part X for you...

Eddie VIII Geez you’ve got such a hate-boner for a lot of things, you need to fucking cool it.

how weird it is, that to hear from the Idi Amin, for me, very weird

Arya Stark yer I know right, Split was legit, the foundation of acting.... I can only assumed James has pissed off someone BIG from the film industry or that he just hasn’t been a ‘yes man’ like other fakers.

It's a new age, with new challenges; to have faith now is more of a struggle than it was 5 years ago when "atheism" was just a mumbled idea rather than a pseudo-movement

Roy Batty "Pseudo-movement?" lol

Luisan Falconi It's a false movement; people think atheism is new, fresh and exciting when it's been around since the dawn of religion. It's nothing new, it's nothing special, and most importantly history shows it also culminates in not much at all.

Roy Batty Well effen said!

lmao. By that logic, nothing is new because most, if not all ideas have always existed.

right. Will, Leonardo, and James McAvoy looked like they were about to cry

Rachel Stoutamire looool

I think they picked the right choice but that’s a tough one

​@@amosonyoutube it is very picky that year

+Daniel Shamu right? holy sh*t what a spectacular lineup, like, I'm happy Forest won because I love his performances so much, but every single one of the other nominees had won, they'd still be worthy winners... Seriously though, I hope DiCaprio gets his Oscar next time, because we've been sleeping on his talent a few times (I say that remembering his performances in blood diamond, wolf of wall street, even django unchained as a supporting actor...)

man, that IS a trip

+MokosChannel Blood diamond

You ever heard of Peter O'Toole? Lol. Both Great Actors.

He should have won Oscar long long ago... for The Lion in Winter (1968). But his best performance is in Lawrance of Arabia (1962). That year, Oscar-winner Gregory Peck also delivered one of the finest performances of all time....

sorry but peter o'toole not win an Oscar and died

alberto Cine That is a much bigger shame

alberto Cine Peter O'Toole receieved an Honorary Oscar.

Jan Schönfeld But not a normal oscar.

alberto Cine He got an honorary Oscar

both great movies!!

+Jérémie Bradette agree

She's average

Broad shoulders

Jérémie Bradette Agreed. She’s beautiful

An average white girl

This is beautiful

Come on! You really think that a celebrity can become President? ... Oh! Wait!

@@Big-guy1981 Reagan and Trump became POTUS and were celebrities before taking the job. Reagan had some prior experience as the SAG President and Governor of California and Trump was CEO of his company. Arnold Schwarzenegger was Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and Governor of California.

Damn straight he was. I really thought he WAS Idi Amin. By the way, Forest won no less than 26 awards for his role, including all 5 major award groups (Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critic's Choice, and Screen Actors Guild).

Yeah he truley is something special indeed may god bless him and us all .

don't you feel he played more of a supporting character

A supporting charachter of who? James Mcavoy? lol

030terror Yeah James Mcavoy was clearly the lead character.

I actually agree to this 100%

+Mikey Trahant If he should have won an oscar for any role, it should have been that one. Hasn't been better in a role since then, honestly.

+MDkid1 I have watched The Revenant 3 times. I am shocked at how much I like that movie. Does Leo deserve to win for this? Maybe. Should he have won for Gilbert Grape. Definitely.

+MDkid1 hasn't been in a better role since then? Lol you serious?

+Mikey Trahant Ralph Fiennes deserved to win that year not Leo, but had it gone to either one of them I would've been satisfied.

_Poozer_ 😂

He should be nominated more

@@lexkanyima2195 Right! : )

no, what?

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He did not win because if he won here it would have been the most obvious pity Oscar in existence. I mean it would have been embarrassing for O'Toole if he won over Whitaker this time.

Michael Colby like when Al Pacino won his Oscar in his 8th nomination when clearly RDJ should have won for CHAPLIN. Pacino was good but he only won because of the pity of the Academy

óli austfjörð I think either Robert, Clint, or Denzel should have won. They were all stunning.

Michael Colby very true but in my opinion that should have gone to RDJ. such an amazing perfromance

I know right and we lost him this year :(

i love how happy he got