Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 13, 1941
Place of Birth:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Robert Forster
Biography
Robert Forster (born Robert Wallace Foster Jr.; July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969) and as Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | I Know Catherine, the Log Lady | Sheriff Truman (archival footage) |
| 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self |
| 2021 | Grave Intentions | Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner") |
| 2020 | The Wolf of Snow Hollow | Sheriff Hadley Marshall |
| 2019 | The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self |
| 2019 | Phil | Bing Fisk |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Ed |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self |
| 2018 | The Big Take | Detective Aborn |
| 2018 | Small Town Crime | Steve Yendel |
| 2018 | King Cohen | Self |
| 2018 | What They Had | Burt |
| 2018 | Bigger | Joe Weider (2008) |
| 2018 | Damsel | Old Preacher |
| 2017 | Small Crimes | Joe Denton Sr. |
| 2017 | The Case for Christ | Walter Strobel |
| 2017 | Acts of Vengeance | Chuck |
| 2017 | Bad Binoculars | Self |
| 2017 | Behind the Red Curtain | Self |
| 2017 | A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks | Self |
| 2017 | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | General Edward Clegg |
| 2016 | Too Late | Gordy Lyons |
| 2016 | The American Side | Sterling Whitmore |
| 2016 | The Confirmation | Otto |
| 2016 | Bus Driver | General Sorbin |
| 2015 | The Program | Michael |
| 2015 | Home | Man |
| 2015 | Survivor | Bill Talbot |
| 2015 | Art of the Prank | |
| 2015 | The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster | 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy |
| 2015 | The Bridge Partner | Don Whalen |
| 2014 | That Guy Dick Miller | Self |
| 2014 | Automata | Robert Bold |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor |
| 2013 | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | General Edward Clegg |
| 2013 | Somewhere Slow | Chris McConville |
| 2013 | Coffee, Kill Boss | Walt Ford |
| 2013 | La última película de Jess Franco | Self |
| 2013 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self |
| 2012 | Hotel Noir | Jim |
| 2012 | Grimm Fairy Tales Animated | Franlin/Death |
| 2011 | The Descendants | Scott Thorson |
| 2011 | American Grindhouse | Himself - Narrator |
| 2011 | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Dodge |
| 2010 | Kalamity | Tom Klepack |
| 2010 | The Trial | Ray |
| 2010 | The Bannen Way | Mr. B |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Sergeant Volkom |
| 2009 | Thick as Thieves | Lt. Weber |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Louie LA LA |
| 2008 | Touching Home | Jim "Perk" Perkins |
| 2008 | Expecting Love | George Patten |
| 2008 | Would Be Kings | |
| 2008 | Jack and Jill vs. The World | Norman / Narrator (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Dragon Wars: D-War | Jack |
| 2007 | Rise: Blood Hunter | Lloyd |
| 2007 | Cleaner | Arlo Grange |
| 2007 | Grampa's Cabin | Grampa |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Murphy |
| 2006 | Wild Seven | Wilson |
| 2006 | Firewall | Harry |
| 2006 | 13 Graves | Tom Ferris |
| 2005 | The Hunt For the BTK Killer | Detective Jason Magida |
| 2005 | The Spaghetti West | Narrator |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Parsons | Stanley Parsons |
| 2003 | Confidence | Morgan Price |
| 2003 | Undefeated | Scott Green |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Roger Wixon |
| 2002 | Like Mike | Coach Wagner |
| 2002 | Strange Hearts | Jack Waters |
| 2002 | Murder in Greenwich | Steve Carroll |
| 2002 | Lone Hero | Gus |
| 2002 | Due East | Jesse Rapple |
| 2002 | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Self |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Nathan's Father |
| 2001 | Mulholland Drive | Detective McKnight |
| 2001 | Finder's Fee | Campbell |
| 2001 | Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Ken "Pappa" Kimes |
| 2001 | The Joe Spinell Story | Self |
| 2000 | Supernova | A.J. Marley |
| 2000 | Diamond Men | Eddie Miller |
| 2000 | Lakeboat | Joe |
| 2000 | The Magic of Marciano | Henry |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Colonel Partington |
| 1999 | It's the Rage | Tyler |
| 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Sal Fortuna |
| 1999 | Mulholland Dr. | Detective McKnight |
| 1999 | Family Tree | Henry Musser |
| 1998 | Rear Window | Detective Moore |
| 1998 | Outside Ozona | Odell Parks |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self |
| 1998 | Psycho | Dr. Simon |
| 1997 | Jackie Brown | Max Cherry |
| 1997 | American Perfekt | Jake |
| 1997 | Night Vision | Teak Taylor |
| 1997 | Demolition University | Gentry |
| 1996 | Uncle Sam | Congressman Alvin Cummings |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Detective Slatten |
| 1996 | The Method | Christian's father |
| 1996 | Hindsight | Michael Donahue |
| 1995 | Guns & Lipstick | Captain Dimaggio |
| 1995 | Scanner Cop II | Captain Jack Bitters |
| 1994 | Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction | Bob Sibley |
| 1993 | Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash | Sid (uncredited) |
| 1993 | South Beach | Det. Ted Coleman |
| 1993 | American Yakuza | Littman |
| 1993 | Cover Story | Therapist |
| 1992 | Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence | Dr. Powell |
| 1992 | In the Shadow of a Killer | Charles Galbis |
| 1991 | 29th Street | Sgt. Tartaglia |
| 1991 | Committed | Dr. Desmond Moore |
| 1991 | In Between | Vinnie |
| 1991 | Diplomatic Immunity | Stonebridge |
| 1990 | Checkered Flag | Jack Cotton |
| 1990 | Peacemaker | Yates |
| 1989 | The Banker | Dan |
| 1989 | Satan's Princess | Lou Cherney |
| 1989 | Esmeralda Bay | Madero |
| 1989 | Crossbow: The Movie | Aymong |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Counterforce | The Dictator |
| 1987 | Once a Hero | Gumshoe |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Abdul |
| 1986 | Hollywood Harry | Harold "Harry" Petry |
| 1985 | Walking the Edge | Jason Walk |
| 1982 | Vigilante | Eddie Marino |
| 1981 | The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Coach Alan Arnoldi |
| 1980 | Alligator | David |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | Captain Dan Holland |
| 1979 | The Lady in Red | Turk (uncredited) |
| 1979 | The Darker Side of Terror | Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone |
| 1978 | Avalanche | Nick Thorne |
| 1978 | Standing Tall | Luke Shasta |
| 1977 | Stunts | Glen Wilson |
| 1977 | The City | Lt. Matt Lewis |
| 1976 | Royce | Royce |
| 1974 | Nakia | Deputy Nakia Parker |
| 1974 | The Death Squad | Eric Benoit |
| 1973 | The Don Is Dead | Frank Regalbuto |
| 1972 | Journey Through Rosebud | Frank |
| 1971 | Banyon | Miles C. Banyon |
| 1970 | Pieces of Dreams | Gregory Lind |
| 1970 | Cover Me Babe | Tony Hill |
| 1969 | Medium Cool | John |
| 1969 | Justine | Narouz |
| 1968 | The Stalking Moon | Nick Tana |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Pvt. L.G. Williams |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Amazing Stories | Joe Harris |
| 2016 | Divorce | Donald |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Ed |
| 2013 | Ironside | Michael Burke |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Ray Archer |
| 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Kurtzman (voice) |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing | Bud Baxter |
| 2010 | The Bannen Way | Mr. B |
| 2010 | Transformers: Prime | General Bryce (voice) |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Ed |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Donald |
| 2006 | Heroes | Arthur Petrelli |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Agent Thomas Larson |
| 2005 | Tilt | Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Nick Delfino |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | The President (voice) |
| 2004 | Clubhouse | Burt Austin |
| 2003 | Karen Sisco | Marshall Sisco |
| 2002 | Fastlane | Ray-Ray |
| 2002 | Street Time | Tony DeAngelo |
| 1994 | One West Waikiki | |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Ricky Ricketts |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Lane Tillman |
| 1991 | P.S. I Luv U | |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Frank Truman |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Lucky Jim (voice) |
| 1989 | Jesse Hawkes | |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Ed Delaney |
| 1987 | Once a Hero | Gumshoe |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Gilbert Gaston |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Frank Roussel |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Garry Cooley |
| 1982 | Hotel | Steve Cameron |
| 1981 | Goliath Awaits | Comdr. Jeff Selkirk |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Tyler Peabody McKinney |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | |
| 1975 | Medical Story | |
| 1974 | Nakia | |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1972 | Banyon | Miles C. Banyon |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre |