Robert Wallace Foster Jr., 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 was born and raised in Rochester, New York. His mother was Italian American, while his father was of English and Irish descent. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Rochester. He performed in a number of plays in college, and decided to become an actor.
Forster added an "R" to his surname as there was another member of the Screen Actors Guild named Robert Foster.
| Date of Birth | 13th July 1941 |
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| Date of Death | 11th October 2019 |
| Age at Death | 78 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Rochester |
| Birth Place | Rochester |
| Death Place | Los Angeles |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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| University of Rochester |
| Occupation | actor, film actor, television actor, film director |
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