Frederic Forrest

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Frederic Forrest (1979)
Margaux Hemingway and Frederic Forrest filming Double Obsession (1993)

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)

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Aljean Harmetz: A 'Rose' for Frederic Forrest . In: The New York Times of November 29, 1979.
  2. ^ The 52nd Academy Awards 1980 . In: oscars.org, accessed April 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture . In: goldenglobes.com, accessed April 28, 2020.
personal data
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