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Robert Forster. Jump to. 4 wins & 14 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1998 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Jackie Brown. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 2014 Winner Saturn Award. Best Guest Performance in a Television Series. Breaking Bad. 2009 Nominee Saturn Award.
- July 13, 1941
- October 11, 2019
Forster had lead roles in cult B-movies in the 1980s like Alligator (1980), Vigilante (1983), The Delta Force (1986), and The Banker (1989). Forster appeared in Jackie Brown as the character Max Cherry, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997.
Oct 11, 2019 · Forster worked steadily in films and television throughout the 1970s and ‘80s; then, in 1997, Forster was cast as bail bondsman Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino’s film Jackie Brown, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
After a seven-hour audition, Tarantino cast Forster as the tough but sympathetic bail bondsman Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), which netted him an Academy Award nomination and a measure of recognition, both nationwide and within his own profession, landing him more high-profile roles in such films as All the Rage (1999), Gus Van Sant 's Psych...
- January 1, 1
- Rochester, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Forster. Actor: Jackie Brown. Robert Forster was born Robert Wallace Foster, Jr. in Rochester, New York, to Grace Dorothy (Montanarella) and Robert Wallace Foster, Sr., who worked as an elephant trainer and baking supply company executive. He was of English, Irish, and Italian descent. Forster first became interested in acting while attending Rochester's Madison High School, where he ...
- July 13, 1941
- October 11, 2019
70 Acting Winners. Previous Academy Award recipients gather together on stage. Helen Hunt. Best Actress winner for As Good As It Gets. Jack Nicholson. Best Actor winner for As Good As It Gets. View More Memorable Moments.
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Oct 11, 2019 · 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.
