
Frederic Forrest
Department: Acting
Biography
Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023) was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing prominent roles in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), One from the Heart (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979). Forrest came to public attention for his performance in When the Legends Die (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His other film credits include The Missouri Breaks (1976), Hammett (1982), Valley Girl (1983), The Two Jakes (1990), Falling Down (1993), and All the King's Men (2006), along with the television series 21 Jump Street, Lonesome Dove, and Die Kinder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederic Forrest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Apocalypse Now
1979

The Conversation
1974

Music Box
1989

One Night Stand
1995

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991

Andersonville
1996

Valentino Returns
1989

Against the Wall
1994

Militia
2000

Chasers
1994

The Brave
1997

It Lives Again
1978

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988

Hammett
1982

Cat Chaser
1989

One from the Heart
1982

The Missouri Breaks
1976

Gotham
1988

Lassie
1994

Trauma
1993

The Rose
1979

The End of Violence
1997

Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
2003

Valley Girl
1983

The Deliberate Stranger
1986

Point Blank
1998

Black Thunder
1998

The Dion Brothers
1974

The Don Is Dead
1973

Whatever
1998

Hidden Fears
1993

Permission to Kill
1975

Crash Dive
1997

Implicated
1999

The House Next Door
2002

Best Kept Secrets
1984

Futz
1969

Promise Him Anything
1975

Twin Sisters
1992

Where are the Children?
1986

Calamity Jane
1984

When the Legends Die
1972

Right to Kill?
1985

The Dream Studio
2004

Falling Down
1993

Alone
1997

Spreading Ground
2000

Rain Without Thunder
1993

Shadow Lake
1999

The Two Jakes
1990

The Survival of Dana
1979

Little Girl Lost
1988

Margaret Bourke-White
1989

Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983

Boogie Boy
1998

Return
1985

The Filthy Five
1968

Shadow Hours
2000

Who Will Love My Children?
1983

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986

Double Obsession
1992

Stacking
1987

Precious Victims
1993

The Stone Boy
1984

The Parade
1984

The First 9½ Weeks
1998

Ruby and Oswald
1978

One of Our Own
1998

Larry
1974

Citizen Cohn
1992

A Piece of Eden
2000

The Habitation of Dragons
1992

Path to War
2003

All the King's Men
2006

Double Jeopardy
1996

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988

Films to Die For
2025

Mrs. Columbo
1979

Murphy Brown
1988

Lonesome Dove
1989

Die Kinder
1990

Quo Vadis?
1985

21 Jump Street
1987

Andersonville
1996

$weepstake$
1979

The Deliberate Stranger
1986