Robert Forster | |
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 Forster in 2009 | |
| Born | Robert Wallace Foster Jr. July 13, 1941 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 2019 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967–2019 |
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| Partner | Denise Grayson (2004–2019) |
| Children | 4 |
Robert Wallace Foster Jr.[1][2] (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 Casellis in the landmark[3] 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 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).
He also had prominent roles in television series such as Banyon (1971–73), Nakia (1974), Karen Sisco (2003–04), Heroes (2007–08), the third season of Twin Peaks (2017) and the Breaking Bad episode "Granite State" as Ed "The Disappearer" Galbraith, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. He reprised the role in the film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) and Better Call Saul (2020).
- ^ "Forster, Robert 1941–". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ Vigdor, Neil (October 12, 2019). "Robert Forster, Oscar Nominee for 'Jackie Brown,' Dies at 78". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved September 5, 2024.