Person · Actor · Active since 1989
Ahmed Best
b. 1973, New York City
American actor, born in New York City. Appeared in Lean on Me (1989), Mother and Child (2009) and Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (2004). Of the actors and directors on this site, Ahmed Best shares the most films with Morgan Freeman (1 film), Samuel L. Jackson (1) and Naomi Watts (1) (18 in all).
Best likewise collaborated with director George Lucas in three films and seven episodes of the animated show Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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He won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production for portraying Jar Jar Binks in Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.
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In their own words
I’m in there. You can’t have Gollum without Jar Jar. You can’t have the Na’vi in ‘Avatar’ without Jar Jar. You can’t have Thanos or the Hulk without Jar Jar. I was the signal for the rest of this art form, and I’m proud of Jar Jar for that, and I’m proud to be a part of that. I’m in there!
About how influential Jar Jar is to CGI in The Actor Who Played Jar Jar Binks Is Proud of His ‘Star Wars’ Legacy in New York Times (2024 May 3) · Wikiquote: Ahmed Best · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Partners by shared films
Who Ahmed Best made films with
Directors
One film together
Co-stars
One film together
- Lean on Me 1989Morgan Freeman, Tony Todd, Michael Imperioli, Robert Guillaume
- Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! 2004Jeff Bennett, Phil LaMarr
- Mother and Child 2009Samuel L. Jackson, Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, David Morse, Britt Robertson, Amy Brenneman, Tatyana Ali, Cherry Jones, Jimmy Smits, Marc Blucas
Films in this guide
1980s
- Lean on Me (1989)actor