Biography
Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing featured 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, a Golden Globe Award, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, and received a National Society of Film Critics for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979), an honor that was also shared with his performance as Jay "Chef" Hicks in Apocalypse Now.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1980 · nominated
Filmography40 titles
Hidden Fears
Apocalypse Now
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Lonesome Dove
The Conversation
Falling Down
21 Jump Street
Music Box
Path to War
Alone
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andersonville
The Missouri Breaks
Murphy Brown
Where are the Children?
A Piece of Eden
Hammett
Lassie
Against the Wall
The Two Jakes
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Valley Girl
Quo Vadis?
One from the Heart
The Don Is Dead
All the King's Men
Trauma
It Lives Again
The End of Violence
Chasers
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Crash Dive
Cat Chaser
Boogie Boy
Point Blank
The Parade
Black Thunder
Rain Without Thunder
The First 9½ Weeks