Frederic Forrest (born December 23, 1936 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American actor. December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Waxahachie is a city located in Ellis County, Texas. ...
He is famous for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, It Lives Again and Falling Down and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film. He was Oscar-nominated twice in the Supporting Actor category for his roles in Apocalypse Now and The Rose. His other notable film roles were in Promise Him Anything (TV), One For The Heart and The Stone Boy. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ... Falling Down DVD Falling Down is a 1993 film by Joel Schumacher about an unemployed missile engineer played by Michael Douglas making an attempt to go home for his daughters birthday after his car breaks down in traffic on the hottest day of the year. ... Raymond Chandler, in The Simple Art of Murder Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. ...
FredericForrest seemed destined for stardom earlier in his career, but circumstance has led him to become a well-respected supporting/character actor who only occasionally plays leads.
Forrest then worked in experimental theater with such groups as Tom O'Horgan's La Mama; it is with this troupe that he made his first film appearance in Futz (1969).
Forrest has also done a lot of television work and has been particularly notable in such offerings as Lonesome Dove and Saigon, Year of the Cat.
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