For the better part of three decades, film and television actor Robert Forster struggled to make a name for himself in a seemingly endless string of B-movies and short-lived television series. After making somewhat of a splash in John Huston's "Reflections of a Golden Eye" (1967) and Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool" (1969), Forster's career seemed assured. But he was soon lost in the shuffle after a couple of failed television series - "Banyon" (NBC, 1972-73) and "Nakia" (ABC, 1974) - that were tailor-made for his rugged sensibilities, but never caught on with audiences. Even a seemingly surefire hit like Disney's space opus "The Black Hole" (1979) failed to generate more than passing interest, leaving Forster to make a living in films like "The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats" (1981) and "Satan's Princess" (1990). His fortunes changed overnight, however, when director Quentin Tarantino cast him as a forlorn bail bondsman in "Jackie Brown" (1997), a role that revived his career and earned him his first-ever Academy Award nomination. After the "Jackie Brown" comeback, the rejuvenated Forster appeared in numerous high-profile film and television projects like "Me, Myself & Irene" (2000) and...

For the better part of three decades, film and television actor Robert Forster struggled to make a name for himself in a seemingly endless string of B-movies and short-lived television series. After making somewhat of a splash in John Huston's "Reflections of a Golden Eye" (1967) and Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool" (1969), Forster's career seemed assured. But he was soon lost in the shuffle after a couple of failed television series - "Banyon" (NBC, 1972-73) and "Nakia" (ABC, 1974) - that were tailor-made for his rugged sensibilities, but never caught on with audiences. Even a seemingly surefire hit like Disney's space opus "The Black Hole" (1979) failed to generate more than passing interest, leaving Forster to make a living in films like "The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats" (1981) and "Satan's Princess" (1990). His fortunes changed overnight, however, when director Quentin Tarantino cast him as a forlorn bail bondsman in "Jackie Brown" (1997), a role that revived his career and earned him his first-ever Academy Award nomination. After the "Jackie Brown" comeback, the rejuvenated Forster appeared in numerous high-profile film and television projects like "Me, Myself & Irene" (2000) and "Heroes" (NBC, 2006-2010), proving that will and determination were equally as important to success as talent.

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