Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

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Lived 1941–2019, aged 78United States

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1941–2019
Aged 78

Summary

Updated 2026-05-29

Actor who broke through in the New Hollywood era and caught a late-career Oscar nod for Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. His 1969 turn in Medium Cool marked him as a face of the era before a decades-long grind through character roles.

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Robert Wallace Foster Jr., 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.

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