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Robert Forster

1941 - 2019

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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 Casellis 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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Forster is the 143rd most popular actor (down from 127th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from United States (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Actor.

Robert Forster is most famous for his role as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Forster ranks 143 out of 13,578. Before him are Tyrone Power, Robert Duvall, Jason Statham, Michael Gambon, Christopher Lloyd, and Pran. After him are Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, Michael York, Demi Moore, Susan Sarandon, and Rita Hayworth.

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Among people born in 1941, Robert Forster ranks 15. Before him are Bernardo Bertolucci, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Cesária Évora, Riccardo Muti, Lee Myung-bak, and Fethullah Gülen. After him are Richard Dawkins, Bernie Sanders, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Bruno Ganz, George Smith, and Vivienne Westwood. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Forster ranks 11. Before him are David J. Thouless, Mohamed Morsi, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Robert Mugabe, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Jeffrey Epstein. After him are Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, Nuon Chea, Peter Mayhew, Frank Lucas, and Manfred Eigen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Forster ranks 337 out of 20,380. Before him are Edith Roosevelt (1861), P. T. Barnum (1810), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Andrew Johnson (1808), and George S. Patton (1885). After him are Herman Melville (1819), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Mel Gibson (1956), Henry Clay (1777), John Cage (1912), and Tom Petty (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Forster ranks 77. Before him are Orson Welles (1915), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Paulette Goddard (1910), Tyrone Power (1914), Robert Duvall (1931), and Christopher Lloyd (1938). After him are Mel Gibson (1956), Demi Moore (1962), Susan Sarandon (1946), Rita Hayworth (1918), Spencer Tracy (1900), and Ava Gardner (1922).

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