Frederic Forrest
Frederic Fennimore Forrest, Jr. (born December 23, 1936 in Waxahachie , Texas ) is an American actor who has appeared in over 80 film and television productions.
life and career
Frederic Forrest began his acting career in the mid-1960s at the theater in New York. He had his first role in 1966 in the off-Broadway production Viet Rock . He later worked for the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club under director Tom O'Horgan in plays such as Futz and Tom Paine .
He played his first film role in The Filthy Five , a low-budget production . As a result, he became a busy actor, mostly in supporting roles. He worked repeatedly with director Francis Ford Coppola , who cast him in Der Dialog (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) and One with a Heart (1981), as well as The Stone Boy (1984) produced by Coppola .
Forrest was nominated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Rose (1979) . Directed by Wim Wenders , he played the title character of Dashiell Hammett in Hammett (1982) .
He became known to a younger audience in 1987 through the role of Captain Richard Jenko in the first season of the television series 21 Jump Street - Tatort Klassenzimmer at the side of Johnny Depp . In 1993 Forrest was seen in Joel Schumacher's thriller Falling Down - A normal day as a fascist owner of a military store. Johnny Depp cast him in 1997 in his directorial debut The Brave in the role of Lou senior . In 2006 Forrest retired from acting after playing a supporting role in the star-studded Hollywood film The Game of Power .
Forrest was married to his high school sweetheart, Nancy Ann Whittaker, from 1960 to 1963. His second wife was the actress Marilu Henner from 1980 to 1982 . Both marriages ended in divorce.
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Everything that eroticism can offer (The Filthy Five)
- 1972: When the Legends Die
- 1973: The Don is dead (The Don Is Dead)
- 1974: Dialogue (The Conversation)
- 1975: Permission to Kill
- 1976: Duel on the Missouri (The Missouri Breaks)
- 1978: The Cradle of Satan (It Lives Again)
- 1979: Apocalypse Now
- 1979: The Rose
- 1981: One from the Heart (One from the Heart)
- 1982: Hammett
- 1983: Valley Girl - The Girl and the Hot Guy (Valley Girl)
- 1985: Diana's Secret - Haunted by Ghosts (Return)
- 1985: Quo Vadis? (Television miniseries)
- 1986: Unlimited Suffering of a Mother (Where Are the Children?)
- 1987: 21 Jump Street - crime scene classroom ( 21 Jump Street , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1988: Tucker
- 1988: The Road to the Wild (Lonesome Dove)
- 1989: Hexenkessel Miami (Cat Chaser)
- 1989: My wonderful Cadillac (Valentino Returns)
- 1989: Music Box - The Whole Truth (Music Box)
- 1990: The Trail Leads Back - The Two Jakes (The Two Jakes)
- 1992: Rain Without Thunder
- 1993: Hidden Fears
- 1993: aura (trauma)
- 1993: Falling Down (Falling Down)
- 1993: Sacrificed in Cold Blood (Precious Victims)
- 1994: Mirror Image - In the mirror of fear (Double Obsession)
- 1994: Against the Wall (TV movie)
- 1994: Chasers - Too sexy for jail (Chasers)
- 1994: Lassie - Friends for Life (Lassie)
- 1995: A Hot Affair (One Night Stand)
- 1997: The Brave
- 1997: The End of Violence (The End of Violence)
- 1997: Crash Dive
- 1997: Denver PD - Die Kriegsteufel (One of Our Own)
- 1998: Point Blank - Over and Out (Point Blank)
- 1998: Hard Proof (Boogie Boy)
- 1998: Whatever (Whatever)
- 1998: Black Thunder - Die Welt am Abgrund (Black Thunder)
- 1998: The First 9 1/2 Weeks
- 1999: I kiss you, I kill you (Implicated)
- 2000: Militia
- 2000: Shadow Hours
- 2002: Death lurks next door (The House Next Door)
- 2006: The Game of Power (All the King's Men)
Theater (selection)
- 1966: Viet Rock (Martinique Theater)
- 1968: Futz! (Lucille Lortel Theater)
- 1968: Massachusetts Trust (La MaMa Experimental Theater Club)
- 1968: Tom Paine (La MaMa Experimental Theater Club)
- 1969: Silhouettes (Actors' Playhouse)
Web links
- Frederic Forrest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fred Forrest in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
- Frederic Forrest at filmreference.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Aljean Harmetz: A 'Rose' for Frederic Forrest . In: The New York Times of November 29, 1979.
- ^ The 52nd Academy Awards 1980 . In: oscars.org, accessed April 28, 2020.
- ↑ Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture . In: goldenglobes.com, accessed April 28, 2020.
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SURNAME | Forrest, Frederic |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forrest, Frederic Fennimore; Forrest, Frederic F .; Forrest, Fred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Waxahachie , Texas |