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.

David Arquette is a famous American film producer, actor, TV producer, fashion producer, designer, TV director, voice actor, film director and even a wrestler. Today David is known as one of the richer personalities in show business with an estimated net worth of $18 million. Despite his variety of activities, the main amount of money Arquette has earned is through acting and wrestling. David Arquette was born on September 8 1971 in Bentoville, Virginia. His mother was Brenda Olivia “Mardi”, Jewish poet, actress and acting teacher, while his father, Lewis Arquette, was an actor. When David with his brothers were young, their family lived on a commune in California, but later moved to Los Angeles so his older brother Rosanna could start his career as an actor.

David Arquette Net Worth $18 Million

The Arquette family is closely associated with actingin films and the theatre, so when David decided to be an actor too, no one was surprised. The first serious success and then popularity came to David Arquette in the 1990’s when he started to appear in Hollywood movies, such as a Western movie about the last days of Wild Bill Hickok called “Wild Bill”; American TV series about battle against vampires, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”; and the American slasher film “Scream”.

As a professional wrestler David Arquette started his career in 2000 after filming in the WCW – World Championship Wrestling for a movie “Ready to Rumble”. Later all the money he earned in this sphere Arquette started to donate to the families of Owen Hart, famous Canadian wrestler who died on May 23, 1999 during an Over the Edge pay-per-view event. Also Arquette donated some money to families of wrestlers Brian Pillman and Darren Drozdov.

Although David Arquette’s career and success were rising safely, but gradually, it is believed that he  became a household name after appearing in the famous “Scream” movie where he portrayed Deputy Dwight “Dewey” Riley. By the way, during the shooting of “Scream”, the famous actor and wrestler also met the co-star of the movie – now Courtney Cox Arquette. The couple began dating when “Scream 2” was being produced and arrived from their honeymoon period just in time to act in “Scream 3”. Together they have a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette (she was born on June 13, 2004), but on October 11, 2010 the couple announced a trial separation even though they “still love each other deeply”. Many people think that this separation was nothing more than a show to increase Arquette’s net worth even more. If this assumption is true, then David and Courtney went over with a bang. However, the couple conclusively divorced in 2012. One of the reasons for the break-up was Christina McLarty – “Entertainment Tonight” correspondent and David’s new girlfriend. On April 28, 2014 their son was born. The couple named him Charlie West.

During his acting career David Arquette has appeared in more than 60 movies and in many TV shows and now also takes part in filming movies, such as “Hemlock Drive” and “Mile High”. Until today he is just in great demand and it looks like David’s net worth is going to rise even more.