For other people named Robert Forster, see Robert Forster (disambiguation).
American actor (1941–2019)
Robert Forster
Forster in 2009
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 (B.A.)
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1967–2019
Spouses
June Provenzano
(m. 1966; div. 1975)
Zivia Forster
(m. 1978; div. 1980)
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, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969), Captain Dan Holland in The Black Hole (1979), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), and Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Forster's varied filmography includes: Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Alligator (1980), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Descendants (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), What They Had (2018), and The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020).
He also had prominent roles in television series such as Banyon (1971–1973), Heroes (2007–2008), Twin Peaks (2017) and the Breaking Bad episode "Granite State" as Ed 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.
^"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.
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