Robert Forster is an American actor and he has an estimated net worth of $12 million. He is widely recognized as John Cassellis in Medium Cool and Max Cherry in Jackie Brown.
Forster was born on July 13, 1941 in Rochester, New York, USA, and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While in school, he starred in Bye Bye Birdie, which led to his pursuing an acting career.
Forster played supporting roles in two major Hollywood films, Reflections in a Golden Eye and The Stalking Moon. He then had a starring role in the 1969 film Medium Cool, as well in cult movies like Alligator, Vigilante, The Delta Force and The Banker. He then had supporting roles in a number of horror and action films, such as The Black Hole.
Robert Forster had a critically acclaimed performance in the 1997 film Jackie Brown, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From then, he had a number of film projects, including Like Mike; Mulholland Drive; Me, Myself and Irene; Lucky Number Slevin and Firewall. His recent projects included The Descendants where he appeared as George Clooney’s father-in-law and Olympus Has Fallen as an Army general.