Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest is one of those New Hollywood actors I admire more the longer I look. He never became a marquee star, but his collaborations with Coppola, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, Tucker, place him at the heart of a defining era. From small-town Waxahachie, Texas, he built a career on texture rather than glamour, the kind of character work that tightens the air in every scene he enters. He passed in 2023, but the roles endure. Films are made memorable by craftsmen like him, and I think his contribution is still underappreciated by casual audiences.

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Name (English)

Frederic Forrest

Name (Japanese)

フレデリック・フォレスト

Reading

ふれでりっく・ふぉれすと

Born

December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023

Origin

Waxahachie, Texas, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic%20Forrest
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719266

Tags

• Texas
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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