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The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock.Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, its plot depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor.
The Last King of Scotland is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction and historical fact, is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ.
Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the historical drama The Last King of Scotland (2006). Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004).
His performances in the period dramas The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Atonement (2007) gained him nominations for the BAFTA Award. In 2011 he voiced the title characters in Arthur Christmas and Gnomeo & Juliet , and portrayed Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class , a role he reprised in future installments of the X-Men ...
Cinetic Media has signed Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald for management. Macdonald won the Academy Award for Best Documentary for “One Day in September,” a look at the 1972 murder of ...
He appeared in the films Wimbledon (2004) and Inside I'm Dancing (2004), before being cast as Mr. Tumnus in the 2005 fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on C. S. Lewis's 1950 novel. The following year, he starred in director Kevin Macdonald's drama film The Last King of Scotland.
The Last King of Scotland: Nominated 2011 Night Catches Us: Nominated 2013 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Django Unchained: Won Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Scandal: Won 2014 Won 2015 Nominated 2016 Nominated 2017 Nominated 2020 Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special ...
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