ACTOR

Robert Forster

1941 - 2019

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Robert Wallace Foster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019), known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969), Captain Dan Holland in The Black Hole (1979), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), and Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Forster has received more than 7,360,615 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Robert Forster is the 127th most popular actor (up from 192nd in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from United States (up from 353rd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Actor.

Robert Forster is most famous for his role as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Forsters by language

Over the past year Robert Forster has had the most page views in the with 777,791 views, followed by German (54,827), and Spanish (41,134). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (89.16%), Southern Azerbaijani (74.11%), and Basque (47.45%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Forster ranks 127 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean Gabin, Diane Keaton, Audie Murphy, Charlton Heston, Simone Signoret, and Klaus Kinski. After him are Joe Pesci, Lee Van Cleef, Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest, Salman Khan, and Bruno Ganz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Robert Forster ranks 13. Before him are Joan Baez, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Cesária Évora, Václav Klaus, and Krzysztof Kieślowski. After him are Plácido Domingo, Bruno Ganz, Richard Dawkins, Lee Myung-bak, Martha Argerich, and Fethullah Gülen. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Forster ranks 9. Before him are Karl Lagerfeld, Niki Lauda, Agnès Varda, Robert Mugabe, Jeffrey Epstein, and Rutger Hauer. After him are Bruno Ganz, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mohamed Morsi, Nuon Chea, Peter Fonda, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Forster ranks 252 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip K. Dick (1928), David Lynch (1946), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Jay Leno (1950), Barbra Streisand (1942), and Emily Dickinson (1830). After him are Joe Pesci (1943), Pearl S. Buck (1892), George Gershwin (1898), Lee Van Cleef (1925), John Howard Northrop (1891), and Dianne Wiest (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Forster ranks 62. Before him are Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Peter Falk (1927), Kevin Costner (1955), Diane Keaton (1946), Audie Murphy (1925), and Charlton Heston (1923). After him are Joe Pesci (1943), Lee Van Cleef (1925), Dianne Wiest (1946), Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), and Robert Duvall (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Me, Myself & Irene
Colonel Partington
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
Jun 22o 20006.591 / 10
Mulholland Drive
Detective Harry McKnight
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Jun 6o 20017.83 / 10
Jackie Brown
Max Cherry
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
Dec 25o 19977.356 / 10