Robert Forster

Robert Forster

Birthdate
July 13, 1941 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Date of Death
October 11, 2019
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
July 13, 1941 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Date of Death
October 11, 2019
Known For
Acting

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.

Robert Forster's LGBTQ+ Titles

Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
Detective McKnight

Acting (188)

2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
2021
Grave Intentions as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2020
The Wolf of Snow Hollow as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
2020
Amazing Stories as Joe Harris (1 episode)
2019
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self
2019
QT8: The First Eight as Self
2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Ed
2019
Phil as Bing Fisk
2018
What They Had as Burt
2018
Bigger as Joe Weider (2008)
2018
The Big Take as Detective Aborn
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
2018
Damsel as Old Preacher
2018
Small Town Crime as Steve Yendel
2017
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks as Self
2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
2017
Behind the Red Curtain as Self
2017
Bad Binoculars as Self
2017
Acts of Vengeance as Chuck
2017
Small Crimes as Joe Denton Sr.
2017
The Case for Christ as Walter Strobel
2016
Bus Driver as General Sorbin
2016
The American Side as Sterling Whitmore
2016
Too Late as Gordy Lyons
2016
The Confirmation as Otto
2016
London Has Fallen as General Edward Clegg
2015
Home as Man
2015
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
2015
The Program as Michael
2015
Art of the Prank
2015
Survivor as Bill Talbot
2015
The Bridge Partner as Don Whalen
2015
Better Call Saul as Ed (1 episode)
2014
Automata as Robert Bold
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Actor
2014
That Guy Dick Miller as Himself
2013
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
2013
La última película de Jess Franco as Self
2013
Ironside as Michael Burke (1 episode)
2013
Coffee, Kill Boss as Walt Ford
2013
Olympus Has Fallen as General Edward Clegg
2013
Somewhere Slow as Chris McConville
2012
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
2012
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated as Franlin/Death
2012
Hotel Noir as Jim
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Kurtzman (voice) (2 episodes)
2012
Alcatraz as Ray Archer (13 episodes)
2011
Last Man Standing as Bud Baxter (10 episodes)
2011
The Descendants as Scott Thorson
2011
Hawaiian Style as Self
2011
Girl Walks Into a Bar as Dodge
2011
American Grindhouse as Himself - Narrator
2010
Transformers: Prime as General Bryce (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Kalamity as Tom Klepack
2010
The Trial as Ray
2010
The Bannen Way as Mr. B (16 episodes)
2009
Middle Men as Louie LA LA
2009
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Sergeant Volkom
2009
Thick as Thieves as Lt. Weber
2008
Childrens Hospital as Donald (1 episode)
2008
Would Be Kings
2008
Touching Home as Jim "Perk" Perkins
2008
Jack and Jill vs. The World as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
2008
Expecting Love as George Patten
2008
Breaking Bad as Ed (1 episode)
2007
Grampa's Cabin as Grampa
2007
Cleaner as Arlo Grange
2007
Dragon Wars: D-War as Jack
2007
Rise: Blood Hunter as Lloyd
2006
13 Graves as Tom Ferris
2006
Heroes as Arthur Petrelli (10 episodes)
2006
Lucky Number Slevin as Murphy
2006
Firewall as Harry
2006
Wild Seven as Wilson
2005
The Hunt For the BTK Killer as Detective Jason Magida
2005
The Spaghetti West as Narrator
2005
Tilt as Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne (2 episodes)
2005
Numb3rs (1 episode)
2004
Desperate Housewives (1 episode)
2004
Clubhouse as Burt Austin (1 episode)
2004
Justice League Unlimited as The President (voice) (2 episodes)
2004
Grand Theft Parsons as Stanley Parsons
2003
Karen Sisco as Marshall Sisco (10 episodes)
2003
Undefeated as Scott Green
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Roger Wixon
2003
Confidence as Morgan Price
2002
Murder in Greenwich as Steve Carroll
2002
Strange Hearts as Jack Waters
2002
Fastlane as Ray-Ray (2 episodes)
2002
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
2002
Like Mike as Coach Wagner
2002
Street Time (1 episode)
2002
Lone Hero as Gus
2002
Due East as Jesse Rapple
2001
Human Nature as Nathan's Father
2001
The Joe Spinell Story as Self
2001
Finder's Fee as Campbell
2001
Mulholland Drive as Detective McKnight
2001
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes as Ken "Pappa" Kimes
2000
The Magic of Marciano as Henry
2000
Diamond Men as Eddie Miller
2000
Me, Myself & Irene as Colonel Partington
2000
Lakeboat as Joe
2000
Supernova as A.J. Marley
1999
Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Sal Fortuna
1999
It's the Rage as Tyler
1999
Mulholland Dr. as Detective McKnight
1999
Family Tree as Henry Musser
1998
Outside Ozona as Odell Parks
1998
Psycho as Dr. Simon
1998
Rear Window as Detective Charlie Moore
1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
1997
Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
1997
Demolition University as Gentry
1997
American Perfekt as Jake Nyman
1997
Night Vision as Teak Taylor
1996
Uncle Sam as Congressman Alvin Cummings
1996
Original Gangstas as Detective Slatten
1996
The Method as Christian's father
1996
Hindsight as Michael Donahue
1995
Guns & Lipstick as Captain Dimaggio
1995
Scanners: The Showdown as Captain Jack Bitters
1994
One West Waikiki (1 episode)
1994
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III as Bob Sibley
1993
American Yakuza as Littman
1993
Cover Story as Therapist
1993
South Beach as Det. Ted Coleman
1993
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash as Sid (uncredited)
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Lane Tillman (1 episode)
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Ricky Ricketts (1 episode)
1993
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence as Dr. Powell
1992
In the Shadow of a Killer as Charles Galbis
1991
29th Street as Sgt. Tartaglia
1991
P.S. I Luv U (1 episode)
1991
Diplomatic Immunity as Stonebridge
1991
Committed as Dr. Desmond Moore
1991
In Between as Vinnie
1990
Peacemaker as Yates
1990
Twin Peaks as Frank Truman (10 episodes)
1990
Checkered Flag as Jack Cotton
1989
The Banker as Dan
1989
The Simpsons (1 episode)
1989
Satan's Princess as Lou Cherney
1989
Esmeralda Bay as Madero
1989
Jesse Hawkes (1 episode)
1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
Crossbow: The Movie as Aymong
1988
Counterforce as The Dictator
1987
Jake and the Fatman (2 episodes)
1987
Once a Hero as Gumshoe (1 episode)
1987
Once a Hero as Gumshoe
1986
Hollywood Harry as Harold "Harry" Petry
1986
The Delta Force as Abdul
1985
Walking the Edge as Jason Walk
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Frank Roussel (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Gilbert Gaston (1 episode)
1984
Tales from the Darkside as Garry Cooley (1 episode)
1982
Hotel (1 episode)
1982
Vigilante as Eddie Marino
1981
Goliath Awaits as Comdr. Jeff Selkirk (2 episodes)
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Coach Alan Arnoldi
1980
Magnum, P.I. (2 episodes)
1980
Alligator as David
1979
The Black Hole as Captain Dan Holland
1979
The Lady in Red as Turk (uncredited)
1979
The Darker Side of Terror as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
1978
Avalanche as Nick Thorne
1978
Standing Tall as Luke Shasta
1977
Stunts as Glen Wilson
1977
The City as Lt. Matt Lewis
1976
Royce as Royce
1975
Medical Story (1 episode)
1974
Nakia (14 episodes)
1974
Nakia as Deputy Nakia Parker
1974
The Death Squad as Eric Benoit
1973
The Don Is Dead as Frank Regalbuto
1973
Police Story (5 episodes)
1972
Banyon as Miles C. Banyon (15 episodes)
1972
Journey Through Rosebud as Frank
1971
Banyon as Miles C. Banyon
1970
Cover Me Babe as Tony Hill
1970
Pieces of Dreams as Gregory Lind
1969
Medium Cool as John
1969
Justine as Narouz
1968
The Stalking Moon as Nick Tana
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye as Pvt. L.G. Williams
1967
Judd for the Defense (1 episode)
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1 episode)

Directing (1)

1986
Hollywood Harry • Director
• Director

Production (2)

2000
Diamond Men • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1986
Hollywood Harry • Producer
• Producer