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Robert Forster

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 13, 1941 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

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
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf
2021Grave IntentionsDon Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2020The Wolf of Snow HollowSheriff Hadley Marshall
2020Amazing StoriesJoe Harris
2019The 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
2018The Big TakeDetective Aborn
2018Small Town CrimeSteve Yendel
2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelf
2018What They HadBurt
2018BiggerJoe Weider (2008)
2018DamselOld Preacher
2017Small CrimesJoe Denton Sr.
2017The Case for ChristWalter Strobel
2017Acts of VengeanceChuck
2017Bad BinocularsSelf
2017Behind the Red CurtainSelf
2017The Man with the Gray Elevated HairSelf
2017A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin PeaksSelf
2016London Has FallenGeneral Edward Clegg
2016Too LateGordy Lyons
2016The American SideSterling Whitmore
2016The ConfirmationOtto
2016Bus DriverGeneral Sorbin
2016DivorceDonald
2015The ProgramMichael
2015HomeMan
2015SurvivorBill Talbot
2015Art of the Prank
2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
2015The Bridge PartnerDon Whalen
2015Better Call SaulEd
2014That Guy Dick MillerSelf
2014AutomataRobert Bold
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsSelf - Actor
2013No 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
2013IronsideMichael Burke
2012Hotel NoirJim
2012Grimm Fairy Tales AnimatedFranlin/Death
2012AlcatrazRay Archer
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesKurtzman (voice)
2012The Soul ManFather James Ignatius
2011The DescendantsScott Thorson
2011American GrindhouseHimself - Narrator
2011Girl Walks Into a BarDodge
2011Last Man StandingBud Baxter
2010KalamityTom Klepack
2010The TrialRay
2010The Bannen WayMr. B
2010The Bannen WayMr. B
2010Transformers: PrimeGeneral Bryce (voice)
2009Ghosts of Girlfriends PastSergeant Volkom
2009Thick as ThievesLt. Weber
2009Middle MenLouie LA LA
2008Touching HomeJim "Perk" Perkins
2008Expecting LoveGeorge Patten
2008Would Be Kings
2008Jack and Jill vs. The WorldNorman / Narrator (uncredited)
2008Breaking BadEd
2008Childrens HospitalDonald
2007Dragon Wars: D-WarJack
2007Rise: Blood HunterLloyd
2007CleanerArlo Grange
2007Grampa's CabinGrampa
2007Army WivesGeneral Grayson
2006Lucky Number SlevinMurphy
2006Wild SevenWilson
2006FirewallHarry
200613 GravesTom Ferris
2006HeroesArthur Petrelli
2005The Hunt For the BTK KillerDetective Jason Magida
2005The Spaghetti WestNarrator
2005Numb3rsAgent Thomas Larson
2005TiltJimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2004Grand Theft ParsonsStanley Parsons
2004Desperate HousewivesNick Delfino
2004Justice League UnlimitedThe President (voice)
2004ClubhouseBurt Austin
2003ConfidenceMorgan Price
2003UndefeatedScott Green
2003Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleRoger Wixon
2003Karen SiscoMarshall Sisco
2002Like MikeCoach Wagner
2002Strange HeartsJack Waters
2002Murder in GreenwichSteve Carroll
2002Lone HeroGus
2002Due EastJesse Rapple
2002Jackie Brown: How It Went DownSelf
2002FastlaneRay-Ray
2002Street TimeTony DeAngelo
2001Human 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
2000SupernovaA.J. Marley
2000Diamond MenEddie Miller
2000LakeboatJoe
2000The Magic of MarcianoHenry
2000Me, Myself & IreneColonel Partington
1999All the RageTyler
1999Kiss Toledo GoodbyeSal Fortuna
1999Family TreeHenry Musser
1998Rear WindowDetective Moore
1998Outside OzonaOdell Parks
1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des ErfolgsSelf
1998PsychoDr. Simon
1997Jackie BrownMax Cherry
1997American PerfektJake
1997Night VisionTeak Taylor
1997Demolition UniversityGentry
1996Uncle SamCongressman Alvin Cummings
1996Original GangstasDetective Slatten
1996The MethodChristian's father
1996HindsightMichael Donahue
1995Guns & LipstickCaptain Dimaggio
1995Scanner Cop IICaptain Jack Bitters
1994Body Chemistry III: Point of SeductionBob Sibley
1994One West Waikiki
1993Sex, Love and Cold Hard CashSid (uncredited)
1993South BeachDet. Ted Coleman
1993American YakuzaLittman
1993Cover StoryTherapist
1993Walker, Texas RangerRicky Ricketts
1993Walker, Texas RangerLane Tillman
1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceDr. Powell
1992In the Shadow of a KillerCharles Galbis
199129th StreetSgt. Tartaglia
1991CommittedDr. Desmond Moore
1991In BetweenVinnie
1991Diplomatic ImmunityStonebridge
1991P.S. I Luv U
1990Checkered FlagJack Cotton
1990PeacemakerYates
1990Twin PeaksFrank Truman
1989The BankerDan
1989Satan's PrincessLou Cherney
1989Esmeralda BayMadero
1989Crossbow: The MovieAymong
1989The SimpsonsLucky Jim (voice)
1989Jesse Hawkes
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988CounterforceThe Dictator
1987Once a HeroGumshoe
1987Jake and the FatmanEd Delaney
1987Once a HeroGumshoe
1987CrossbowAymong
1986The Delta ForceAbdul
1986Hollywood HarryHarold "Harry" Petry
1985Walking the EdgeJason Walk
1984Murder, She WroteGilbert Gaston
1984Murder, She WroteFrank Roussel
1984Tales from the DarksideGarry Cooley
1983VigilanteEddie Marino
1982HotelSteve Cameron
1981The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom PussycatsCoach Alan Arnoldi
1981Goliath AwaitsComdr. Jeff Selkirk
1980AlligatorDavid
1980Magnum, P.I.Tyler Peabody McKinney
1979The Black HoleCaptain Dan Holland
1979The Lady in RedTurk (uncredited)
1979The Darker Side of TerrorProf. Paul Corwin / The Clone
1978AvalancheNick Thorne
1978Standing TallLuke Shasta
1977StuntsGlen Wilson
1977The CityLt. Matt Lewis
1976RoyceRoyce
1976Gibbsville
1975Medical Story
1974NakiaDeputy Nakia Parker
1974The Death SquadEric Benoit
1974Nakia
1973The Don Is DeadFrank Regalbuto
1973Police Story
1972Journey Through RosebudFrank
1972BanyonMiles C. Banyon
1971BanyonMiles C. Banyon
1970Pieces of DreamsGregory Lind
1970Cover Me BabeTony Hill
1969JustineNarouz
1969Medium CoolJohn
1968The Stalking MoonNick Tana
1967Reflections in a Golden EyePvt. L.G. Williams
1967Judd for the Defense
1961Kraft Mystery Theatre
Production
2000Diamond MenExecutive Producer
1986Hollywood HarryProducer
1982Knight RiderExecutive Producer
Directing
1986Hollywood HarryDirector
Crew
2015Better Call SaulIn Memory Of