It’s called ptosis
Though Whitaker has considered getting surgery to correct his ptosis – not because of the way it looks, but because it “impairs my vision” – he’s otherwise pretty zen about it.
Whitaker knows that the eye “informs” the way some people see him, but he doesn’t “think it makes me look bad or anything. It just is”.
It affects his left eye
After almost four decades, it would be difficult to imagine Whitaker without the droop; hell, some critics have even said it adds to his performances.