Robert Forster
Known for acting · Born 13 July 1941 · Died 11 October 2019 · aged 78 · Rochester, New York, USA
194 credits
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
Mulholland Drive
2001
Jackie Brown
1997
London Has Fallen
2016
Thick as Thieves
2009
The Black Hole
1979
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
2020
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
Supernova
2000
Automata
2014
Alligator
1980
Twin Peaks
1990
Acting (190)
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelfFilm
2021Grave IntentionsDon Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")Film
2020The Wolf of Snow HollowSheriff Hadley MarshallFilm
2020Amazing StoriesJoe HarrisSeries
2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieEdFilm
2019QT8: The First EightSelfFilm
2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieSelfFilm
2019PhilBing FiskFilm
2018Small Town CrimeSteve YendelFilm
2018DamselOld PreacherFilm
2018What They HadBurtFilm
2018BiggerJoe Weider (2008)Film
2018The Big TakeDetective AbornFilm
2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelfFilm
2017Acts of VengeanceChuckFilm
2017The Case for ChristWalter StrobelFilm
2017Small CrimesJoe Denton Sr.Film
2017The Man with the Gray Elevated HairSelfFilm
2017A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin PeaksSelfFilm
2017Bad BinocularsSelfFilm
2017Behind the Red CurtainSelfFilm
2016London Has FallenGeneral Edward CleggFilm
2016The ConfirmationOttoFilm
2016Too LateGordy LyonsFilm
2016DivorceDonald · 2 episodesSeries
2016The American SideSterling WhitmoreFilm
2016Bus DriverGeneral SorbinFilm
2015Better Call SaulEdSeries
2015SurvivorBill TalbotFilm
2015Art of the PrankFilm
2015The Bridge PartnerDon WhalenFilm
2015HomeManFilm
2015The ProgramMichaelFilm
2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'James Burke' as Lt. Frank MurphyFilm
2014AutomataRobert BoldFilm
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsSelf - ActorFilm
2014That Guy Dick MillerSelfFilm
2013Olympus Has FallenGeneral Edward CleggFilm
2013No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking BadSelfFilm
2013IronsideMichael BurkeSeries
2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of FilmmakingSelfFilm
2013Somewhere SlowChris McConvilleFilm
2013Coffee, Kill BossWalt FordFilm
2013La última película de Jess FrancoSelfFilm
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesKurtzman (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2012Hotel NoirJimFilm
2012The Soul ManFather James IgnatiusSeries
2012Grimm Fairy Tales AnimatedFranlin/DeathFilm
2011The DescendantsScott ThorsonFilm
2011Last Man StandingBud Baxter · 10 episodesSeries
2011Girl Walks Into a BarDodgeFilm
2011American GrindhouseHimself - NarratorFilm
2011NTSF:SD:SUV::Booth WhitmanSeries
2010Transformers: PrimeGeneral Bryce (voice)Series
2010The TrialRayFilm
2010The Bannen WayMr. B · 16 episodesSeries
2010KalamityTom KlepackFilm
2010The Bannen WayMr. BFilm
2009Ghosts of Girlfriends PastSergeant VolkomFilm
2009Thick as ThievesLt. WeberFilm
2009Middle MenLouie LA LAFilm
2008Breaking BadEdSeries
2008Childrens HospitalDonaldSeries
2008Jack and Jill vs. The WorldNorman / Narrator (uncredited)Film
2008Touching HomeJim "Perk" PerkinsFilm
2008Expecting LoveGeorge PattenFilm
2008Would Be KingsFilm
2007CleanerArlo GrangeFilm
2007Dragon Wars: D-WarJackFilm
2007Rise: Blood HunterLloydFilm
2007Army WivesGeneral GraysonSeries
2007Grampa's CabinGrampaFilm
2006Lucky Number SlevinMurphyFilm
2006HeroesArthur Petrelli · 10 episodesSeries
2006FirewallHarryFilm
2006Wild SevenWilsonFilm
200613 GravesTom FerrisFilm
2005Numb3rsAgent Thomas LarsonSeries
2005The Hunt for the BTK KillerDetective Jason MagidaFilm
2005TiltJimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne · 2 episodesSeries
2005The Spaghetti WestNarratorFilm
2004Desperate HousewivesNick DelfinoSeries
2004Justice League UnlimitedThe President (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2004Grand Theft ParsonsStanley ParsonsFilm
2004ClubhouseBurt AustinSeries
2003Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleRoger WixonFilm
2003ConfidenceMorgan PriceFilm
2003Karen SiscoMarshall Sisco · 10 episodesSeries
2003UndefeatedScott GreenFilm
2002Like MikeCoach WagnerFilm
2002FastlaneRay-Ray · 2 episodesSeries
2002Jackie Brown: How It Went DownSelfFilm
2002Murder in GreenwichSteve CarrollFilm
2002Lone HeroGusFilm
2002Due EastJesse RappleFilm
2002Strange HeartsJack WatersFilm
2002Street TimeTony DeAngeloSeries
2001Mulholland DriveDetective McKnightFilm
2001Human NatureNathan's FatherFilm
2001Finder's FeeCampbellFilm
2001The Joe Spinell StorySelfFilm
2001Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny KimesKen "Pappa" KimesFilm
2000Me, Myself & IreneColonel PartingtonFilm
2000SupernovaA.J. MarleyFilm
2000Diamond MenEddie MillerFilm
2000It's the RageTylerFilm
2000LakeboatJoeFilm
2000The Magic of MarcianoHenryFilm
1999Kiss Toledo GoodbyeSal FortunaFilm
1999Family TreeHenry MusserFilm
1998PsychoDr. SimonFilm
1998Rear WindowDetective MooreFilm
1998Outside OzonaOdell ParksFilm
1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des ErfolgsSelfFilm
1997Jackie BrownMax CherryFilm
1997American PerfektJakeFilm
1997Night VisionTeak TaylorFilm
1997Demolition UniversityGentryFilm
1996Uncle SamCongressman Alvin CummingsFilm
1996Original GangstasDetective SlattenFilm
1996HindsightMichael DonahueFilm
1996The MethodChristian's fatherFilm
1995Scanner Cop IICaptain Jack BittersFilm
1995Guns & LipstickCaptain DimaggioFilm
1994Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry IIIBob SibleyFilm
1994One West WaikikiSeries
1993Walker, Texas RangerRicky Ricketts, Lane TillmanSeries
1993American YakuzaLittmanFilm
1993South BeachDet. Ted ColemanFilm
1993Cover StoryTherapistFilm
1993Sex, Love and Cold Hard CashSid (uncredited)Film
1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceDr. PowellFilm
1992In the Shadow of a KillerCharles GalbisFilm
199129th StreetSgt. TartagliaFilm
1991Diplomatic ImmunityStonebridgeFilm
1991P.S. I Luv USeries
1991CommittedDr. Desmond MooreFilm
1991In BetweenVinnieFilm
1990Twin PeaksFrank Truman · 10 episodesSeries
1990The BankerDanFilm
1990PeacemakerYatesFilm
1990Checkered FlagJack CottonFilm
1989The SimpsonsLucky Jim (voice)Series
1989Satan's PrincessLou CherneyFilm
1989Esmeralda BayMaderoFilm
1989Crossbow: The MovieAymongFilm
1989Jesse HawkesSeries
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1988CounterforceThe DictatorFilm
1987Jake and the FatmanEd Delaney · 2 episodesSeries
1987CrossbowAymong · 2 episodesSeries
1987Once a HeroGumshoe · 7 episodesSeries
1987Once a HeroGumshoeFilm
1986The Delta ForceAbdulFilm
1986Hollywood HarryHarold "Harry" PetryFilm
1985Walking the EdgeJason WalkFilm
1984Murder, She WroteGilbert Gaston, Frank RousselSeries
1984Tales from the DarksideGarry CooleySeries
1983VigilanteEddie MarinoFilm
1982HotelSteve CameronSeries
1981Goliath AwaitsComdr. Jeff Selkirk · 2 episodesSeries
1981The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom PussycatsCoach Alan ArnoldiFilm
1980Magnum, P.I.Tyler Peabody McKinney · 2 episodesSeries
1980AlligatorDavidFilm
1979The Black HoleCaptain Dan HollandFilm
1979The Lady in RedTurk (uncredited)Film
1979The Darker Side of TerrorProf. Paul Corwin / The CloneFilm
1978AvalancheNick ThorneFilm
1978Standing TallLuke ShastaFilm
1977StuntsGlen WilsonFilm
1977The CityLt. Matt LewisFilm
1976GibbsvilleSeries
1976RoyceRoyceFilm
1975Medical StoryDavid CorbinSeries
1974The Death SquadEric BenoitFilm
1974Nakia · 14 episodesSeries
1974NakiaDeputy Nakia ParkerFilm
1973The Don Is DeadFrank RegalbutoFilm
1973Police Story · 5 episodesSeries
1972BanyonMiles C. Banyon · 15 episodesSeries
1972Journey Through RosebudFrankFilm
1971BanyonMiles C. BanyonFilm
1970Cover Me BabeTony HillFilm
1970Pieces of DreamsGregory LindFilm
1969Medium CoolJohnFilm
1969JustineNarouzFilm
1968The Stalking MoonNick TanaFilm
1967Reflections in a Golden EyePvt. L.G. WilliamsFilm
1967Judd, for the DefenseSeries
1961Kraft Mystery TheatreSeries
Crew (1)
2015Better Call SaulIn Memory OfSeries
Production (3)
2000Diamond MenExecutive ProducerFilm
1986Hollywood HarryProducer, DirectorFilm
1982Knight RiderExecutive ProducerSeries