---
name: "Frederick Forsyth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederick-forsyth"
fi1m_id: "frederick-forsyth"
imdb_id: "nm0287046"
tmdb_id: 39948
wikidata_id: "Q249197"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 August 1938"
died: "9 June 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:51.506398+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Frederick Forsyth

## Identity

Frederick Forsyth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frederick-forsyth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frederick-forsyth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0287046
- **TMDB ID:** 39948
- **Wikidata ID:** Q249197
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Forsyth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249197, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39948

Writer. Born 25 August 1938 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK. Died 9 June 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 August 1938, Ashford, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 9 June 2025
- **Active:** 1973–1987
- **Also known as:** Frederick McCarthy Forsyth
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (1), 1980s 57 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Forsyth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249197, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39948

## Biography

Frederick Forsyth was an English novelist and former journalist. Born in Ashford, Kent, he was educated at Tonbridge School, served in the Royal Air Force, and worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters and the BBC before publishing his first novel.

His thriller *The Day of the Jackal* (1971) was adapted into a 1973 film. Forsyth wrote the screenplay for the 1987 film of his novel *The Fourth Protocol* (1984). Other works include *The Odessa File* (1972) and *The Dogs of War* (1974). He died in 2025.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Fi1m 57, Executive Producer, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Fi1m 84, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Day of the Jackal* (2024), series, Novel, Consulting Producer
- *The Shepherd* (2023), Novel
- *Love Never Dies* (2012), Novel, Musical, Writer
- *Avenger* (2006), Novel
- *Frederick Forsyth's Icon* (2005), series, Novel
- *Icon* (2005), Novel
- *Trigger Happy TV* (2000), series, Actor
- *Code Name: Wolverine* (1996), Story
- *Day of the Devil* (1994), Novel
- *The Price of the Bride* (1990), Story
- *A Little Piece of Sunshine* (1990), Executive Producer, Story
- *Pride and Extreme Prejudice* (1990), Story
- *Death Has a Bad Reputation* (1990), Story, Executive Producer
- *A Casualty of War* (1989), Writer
- *Frederick Forsyth Presents* (1989), series, Presenter
- *Just Another Secret* (1989), Writer
- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Novel, Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *The Dogs of War* (1980), Novel
- *Cry of the Innocent* (1980), Story
- *The Odessa File* (1974), Novel
- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Novel — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)

## Gallery

- ![Photograph of the English writer Frederick Forsyth during his visit to Finland. He shows a bullet that grazed his head in Biafra war.](https://film.one/media/person/155023/gallery-275abf6574b3.jpg) Photograph of the English writer Frederick Forsyth during his visit to Finland. He shows a bullet that grazed his head in Biafra war. — Hannu Lindroos / Helsingin Sanomat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Frederick-Forsyth-1972.jpg/1280px-Frederick-Forsyth-1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frederick Forsyth](https://film.one/media/person/155023/gallery-8068490162a6.jpg) Frederick Forsyth — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- Cartier Diamond Dagger 2012: Cartier Diamond Dagger (won)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1996: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 1983: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (won)
- Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation 1972: Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation (won), for *The Day of the Jackal*
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel 1972: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (won), for *The Day of the Jackal*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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