Robert Forster
Born July 13, 1941Died October 11, 2019
Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Actor (192 credits)
Movies
I Know Catherine, the Log LadySheriff Truman (archival footage)
2025American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf
2022Grave IntentionsDon Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2021The Wolf of Snow HollowSheriff Hadley Marshall
2020The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieSelf
2019PhilBing Fisk
2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieEd
2019QT8: The First EightSelf
2019The Big TakeDetective Aborn
2018Small Town CrimeSteve Yendel
2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelf
2018What They HadBurt
2018BiggerJoe Weider (2008)
2018DamselOld Preacher
2018Small CrimesJoe Denton Sr.
2017The Case for ChristWalter Strobel
2017Acts of VengeanceChuck
2017The Man with the Gray Elevated HairSelf
2017Behind the Red CurtainSelf
2017Bad BinocularsSelf
2017A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin PeaksSelf
2017London Has FallenGeneral Edward Clegg
2016Too LateGordy Lyons
2016The American SideSterling Whitmore
2016The ConfirmationOtto
2016Bus DriverGeneral Sorbin
2016The ProgramMichael
2015HomeMan
2015SurvivorBill Talbot
2015Art of the Prank
2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
2015The Bridge PartnerDon Whalen
2015That Guy Dick MillerSelf
2014AutomataRobert Bold
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsSelf - Actor
2014No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking BadSelf
2013Olympus Has FallenGeneral Edward Clegg
2013Somewhere SlowChris McConville
2013Coffee, Kill BossWalt Ford
2013La última película de Jess FrancoSelf
2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of FilmmakingSelf
2013Hotel NoirJim
2012Grimm Fairy Tales AnimatedFranlin/Death
2012The DescendantsScott Thorson
2011American GrindhouseHimself - Narrator
2011Girl Walks Into a BarDodge
2011KalamityTom Klepack
2010The TrialRay
2010The Bannen WayMr. B
2010Ghosts of Girlfriends PastSergeant Volkom
2009Thick as ThievesLt. Weber
2009Middle MenLouie LA LA
2009Touching HomeJim "Perk" Perkins
2008Expecting LoveGeorge Patten
2008Would Be Kings
2008Jack and Jill vs. The WorldNorman / Narrator (uncredited)
2008Dragon Wars: D-WarJack
2007Rise: Blood HunterLloyd
2007CleanerArlo Grange
2007Grampa's CabinGrampa
2007Lucky Number SlevinMurphy
2006Wild SevenWilson
2006FirewallHarry
200613 GravesTom Ferris
2006The Hunt For the BTK KillerDetective Jason Magida
2005The Spaghetti WestNarrator
2005Grand Theft ParsonsStanley Parsons
2004ConfidenceMorgan Price
2003UndefeatedScott Green
2003Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleRoger Wixon
2003Like MikeCoach Wagner
2002Strange HeartsJack Waters
2002Murder in GreenwichSteve Carroll
2002Lone HeroGus
2002Due EastJesse Rapple
2002Jackie Brown: How It Went DownSelf
2002Human NatureNathan's Father
2001Mulholland DriveDetective McKnight
2001Finder's FeeCampbell
2001Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny KimesKen "Pappa" Kimes
2001The Joe Spinell StorySelf
2001SupernovaA.J. Marley
2000Diamond MenEddie Miller
2000LakeboatJoe
2000The Magic of MarcianoHenry
2000Me, Myself & IreneColonel Partington
2000It's the RageTyler
1999Kiss Toledo GoodbyeSal Fortuna
1999Family TreeHenry Musser
1999Rear WindowDetective Moore
1998Outside OzonaOdell Parks
1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des ErfolgsSelf
1998PsychoDr. Simon
1998Jackie BrownMax Cherry
1997American PerfektJake
1997Night VisionTeak Taylor
1997Demolition UniversityGentry
1997Uncle SamCongressman Alvin Cummings
1996Original GangstasDetective Slatten
1996The MethodChristian's father
1996HindsightMichael Donahue
1996Guns & LipstickCaptain Dimaggio
1995Scanner Cop IICaptain Jack Bitters
1995Body Chemistry III: Point of SeductionBob Sibley
1994Sex, Love and Cold Hard CashSid (uncredited)
1993South BeachDet. Ted Coleman
1993American YakuzaLittman
1993Cover StoryTherapist
1993Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceDr. Powell
1992In the Shadow of a KillerCharles Galbis
199229th StreetSgt. Tartaglia
1991CommittedDr. Desmond Moore
1991In BetweenVinnie
1991Diplomatic ImmunityStonebridge
1991Checkered FlagJack Cotton
1990PeacemakerYates
1990The BankerDan
1989Satan's PrincessLou Cherney
1989Esmeralda BayMadero
1989Crossbow: The MovieAymong
1989John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988CounterforceThe Dictator
1988Once a HeroGumshoe
1987The Delta ForceAbdul
1986Hollywood HarryHarold "Harry" Petry
1986Walking the EdgeJason Walk
1985VigilanteEddie Marino
1983The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom PussycatsCoach Alan Arnoldi
1981AlligatorDavid
1980The Black HoleCaptain Dan Holland
1979The Lady in RedTurk (uncredited)
1979The Darker Side of TerrorProf. Paul Corwin / The Clone
1979AvalancheNick Thorne
1978Standing TallLuke Shasta
1978StuntsGlen Wilson
1977The CityLt. Matt Lewis
1977RoyceRoyce
1976NakiaDeputy Nakia Parker
1974The Death SquadEric Benoit
1974The Don Is DeadFrank Regalbuto
1973Journey Through RosebudFrank
1972BanyonMiles C. Banyon
1971Pieces of DreamsGregory Lind
1970Cover Me BabeTony Hill
1970Medium CoolJohn
1969JustineNarouz
1969The Stalking MoonNick Tana
1968Reflections in a Golden EyePvt. L.G. Williams
1967Tv
Amazing StoriesJoe Harris
2020DivorceDonald
2016Better Call SaulEd
2015IronsideMichael Burke
2013AlcatrazRay Archer
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesKurtzman (voice)
2012The Soul ManFather James Ignatius
2012Last Man StandingBud Baxter
2011The Bannen WayMr. B
2010Transformers: PrimeGeneral Bryce (voice)
2010Breaking BadEd
2008Childrens HospitalDonald
2008Army WivesGeneral Grayson
2007HeroesArthur Petrelli
2006Numb3rsAgent Thomas Larson
2005TiltJimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2005Desperate HousewivesNick Delfino
2004Justice League UnlimitedThe President (voice)
2004ClubhouseBurt Austin
2004Karen SiscoMarshall Sisco
2003FastlaneRay-Ray
2002Street TimeTony DeAngelo
2002One West Waikiki
1994Walker, Texas RangerRicky Ricketts
1993Walker, Texas RangerLane Tillman
1993P.S. I Luv U
1991Twin PeaksFrank Truman
1990The SimpsonsLucky Jim (voice)
1989Jesse Hawkes
1989Jake and the FatmanEd Delaney
1987Once a HeroGumshoe
1987Murder, She WroteGilbert Gaston
1984Murder, She WroteFrank Roussel
1984Tales from the DarksideGarry Cooley
1984HotelSteve Cameron
1982Goliath AwaitsComdr. Jeff Selkirk
1981Magnum, P.I.Tyler Peabody McKinney
1980Gibbsville
1976Medical Story
1975Nakia
1974Police Story
1973BanyonMiles C. Banyon
1972Judd for the Defense
1967Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961Director (1 credits)
Producer (3 credits)
Misc. (1 credits)
