As expected, Whitaker won best actor Sunday for his frightful yet charismatic performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the movie – The Last King of Scotland.
”Receiving this honor tonight tells me that it’s possible, it is possible for a kid from East Texas, raised in South Central L.A. and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen,” Whitaker said as he accepted his award.
It was a memorable but not completely triumphant Oscars night for black actors as Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson won trophies but Eddie Murphy lost in an upset.