Robert Forster

Also known as Robert Wallace Foster, Jr.

American actor (1941–2019)

Film & TV

Rochester, New York, USA

Robert Forster (born Robert Wallace Foster Jr.; July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969) and as Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Known for

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective — Self2022
Grave Intentions — Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")2021
The Wolf of Snow Hollow — Sheriff Hadley Marshall2020
Amazing Stories — Joe Harris2020
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie — Self2019
Phil — Bing Fisk2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie — Ed2019
QT8: The First Eight — Self2019
The Big Take — Detective Aborn2018
Small Town Crime — Steve Yendel2018

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Key facts

Born: Robert Wallace Foster Jr. , ( 1941-07-13 ) July 13, 1941, Rochester, New York , U.S.
Died: October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11) (aged 78), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
Alma mater: University of Rochester
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1965–2019
Spouses: June Forster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) Zivia Forster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1980 )
Partner: Denise Grayson (2004–his death)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Robert
Family name: Forster
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Rochester
Place of death: Los Angeles
Occupation: film director
Educated at: University of Rochester
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Saturn Awards
Field of work: acting
Image: Robert Forster 2009.jpg
Number of children: 4

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date of birth: 1942-00-00
nominated for: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Commons category: Robert Forster
start of work period: 1967-00-00
date of death: 2019-10-11
cause of death: brain tumor
name in native language: Robert Forster
birth name: Robert Wallace Forster Jr.
different from: Robert Förster
writing language: English language
member of: Screen Actors Guild
manner of death: natural causes
end of work period: 2019-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Wallace Foster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019), known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor. He made his screen debut as Private L.G. Williams in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), followed by a starring role as news reporter John Cassellis in the landmark New Hollywood film Medium Cool (1969). For his portrayal of bail bondsman Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Forster played a variety of both leading and supporting roles in over 100 films, including Captain Dan Holland in The Black Hole (1979), Detective David Madison in Alligator (1980), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), Colonel Partington in Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Scott Thorson in The Descendants (2011), General Edward Clegg in Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), Norbert Everhardt in What They Had (2018), and Sheriff Hadley in The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020).

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