Robert Forster

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 183

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-07-13

Day of Death 2019-10-11 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Rochester, New York, USA

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Роберт Форстер

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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

Acting

2022

as Self

2021

as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

2020		The Wolf of Snow Hollow as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
2020		Amazing Stories (1 episode) as Joe Harris

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 Himself
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 (1 episode) as Ed

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		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		Alcatraz (13 episodes) as Ray Archer

2011		Last Man Standing (10 episodes) as Bud Baxter
2011		The Descendants as Scott Thorson
2011		Girl Walks Into a Bar as Dodge
2011		American Grindhouse as Himself - Narrator

2010		Transformers: Prime (1 episode) as General Bryce (voice)
2010		Kalamity as Tom Klepack
2010		The Trial as Ray
2010		The Bannen Way (16 episodes) as Mr. B

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 (1 episode) as Donald
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 (1 episode) as Ed

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 (10 episodes) as Arthur Petrelli
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 (2 episodes) as Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2005		Numb3rs (1 episode)

2004		Desperate Housewives (1 episode)
2004		Clubhouse (1 episode) as Burt Austin
2004		Justice League Unlimited (2 episodes) as The President (voice)
2004		Grand Theft Parsons as Stanley Parsons

2003		Karen Sisco (10 episodes) as Marshall Sisco
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 (2 episodes) as Ray-Ray
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 Harry 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 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		Scanner Cop II 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 (1 episode) as Lane Tillman (1 episode) as Ricky Ricketts
1993		Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence as Dr. Powell

1992

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

1990		Peacemaker as Yates
1990		Twin Peaks (10 episodes) as Sheriff Frank Truman
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

as The Dictator

1987		Jake and the Fatman (2 episodes)
1987		Once a Hero (1 episode) as Gumshoe
1987		Once a Hero as Gumshoe

1986		Hollywood Harry as Harold "Harry" Petry
1986		The Delta Force as Abdul

1985

as Jason Walk

1984		Tales from the Darkside (1 episode) as Garry Cooley
1984		Murder, She Wrote (1 episode) as Frank Roussel (1 episode) as Gilbert Gaston

1982		Hotel (1 episode)
1982		Vigilante as Eddie Marino

1981		Goliath Awaits (2 episodes) as Comdr. Jeff Selkirk
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

as Royce

1975

(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 (15 episodes) as Miles C. Banyon
1972		Journey Through Rosebud as Frank

1971

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

as Nick Tana

1967		Reflections in a Golden Eye as Pvt. L.G. Williams
1967		Judd for the Defense (1 episode)

1961

(1 episode)

Production

2000

… Executive Producer

1986

… Producer

Directing

1986

… Director

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