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This is a brilliant actor; his enlish accent in the Crying Game, for example, was so good that I actually thought he was a British actor!

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- "large, baby-faced black actor who has eluded stardom despite a number of varied leading roles." I think this quote is inappropriate for the introduction and worse yet, it's not cited.

Heh, I was thinking the same thing as soon as I saw it. If it's in quotes, it had better be cited. And I can't find anything on it, so I removed it. -- MrDolomite 16:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC).

Contents 1 Battlefield Earth language 2 Trivia deletion 3 DeForest Whitaker 4 GA comment 5 GA pass 6 eyelid 7 add Light It Up 8 Mentally Retarded?

[edit] Battlefield Earth language

With apologies to the author, I have hidden (rather than deleting outright) the following two sentences: "He also was cast in the 2000 film Battlefield Earth, which was critically panned, and performed poorly at the box office. He has since gone on record as regretting his participation in the film." My reasons: (1) relevance -- Whitaker has an extensive filmography. Is this the only film that he has regretted participating in? Or is it particularly important that an accomplished actor regrets participating in an infamously bad movie? (2) source -- if he has "gone on record," then the source should be cited; (3) flow -- this language doesn't fit with the structure and flow of the rest of the paragraph, which otherwise follows Whitaker's career in a logical progression. --Vbd 15:58, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Trivia deletion

See WP:AVTRIV. Also, trivia section of IMDb.com is not a very reliable source. If there is a better source to support that Whitaker turned down a part in "Lost," then add the information to the appropriate section of the main text of the article and provide the citation.--Vbd | (talk) 08:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DeForest Whitaker

From what I can tell, DeForest Whitaker is not his birth name, but he is sometimes credited under that name. If you can provide a reliable source that says it is his birth name, please provide it.--Vbd (talk) 07:55, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA comment

The copyrighted images need fair use rationales or the article will be quick failed. Look to other actor GA/FAs for examples. --Nehrams2020 22:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA pass

Good, good. I think a better image than the poster for The Last King of Scotland can be used, but good enough. Alientraveller 10:25, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] eyelid

The medical term for drooping eyelid is incorrect. the article calls it strabismus. That term refers to a condition where the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. Whitaker has the condition called ptosis of his left eyelid. Still a cool guy.69.122.62.231 19:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed and I corrected the section. None of the references made about the subject were actually about him and appear to be the error of the initial writer. I'll try to link the Wiki subject about ptosis, but I'm not very knowledgable about the format. --72.237.107.17 (talk) 21:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] add Light It Up

he was in the movie Light it Up 1999

72.187.112.172 (talk) 15:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mentally Retarded?

I heard he's a scientologist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.153.239 (talk) 08:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)