Robert Forster
Acting • Born 1941-07-13 – Died 2019-10-11
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.
Filmography
192 credits
Jackie Brown
Movie • 1997
Max Cherry
Lucky Number Slevin
Movie • 2006
Murphy
Human Nature
Movie • 2001
Nathan's Father
Mulholland Drive
Movie • 2001
Detective McKnight
Wild Seven
Movie • 2006
Wilson
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dragon Wars: D-War
Movie • 2007
Jack
Rise: Blood Hunter
Movie • 2007
Lloyd
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Movie • 1967
Pvt. L.G. Williams
Supernova
Movie • 2000
A.J. Marley
Confidence
Movie • 2003
Morgan Price
Grave Intentions
Movie • 2021
Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Finder's Fee
Movie • 2001
Campbell
Like Mike
Movie • 2002
Coach Wagner
Rear Window
Movie • 1998
Detective Moore
Vigilante
Movie • 1983
Eddie Marino
All the Rage
Movie • 1999
Tyler
The Hunt For the BTK Killer
Movie • 2005
Detective Jason Magida
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Movie • 2009
Sergeant Volkom
Firewall
Movie • 2006
Harry
The Black Hole
Movie • 1979
Captain Dan Holland
Cleaner
Movie • 2007
Arlo Grange
The Program
Movie • 2015
Michael
The Banker
Movie • 1989
Dan
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
Movie • 1993
Sid (uncredited)
Diamond Men
Movie • 2000
Eddie Miller
Medium Cool
Movie • 1969
John
Justine
Movie • 1969
Narouz
The Stalking Moon
Movie • 1968
Nick Tana
29th Street
Movie • 1991
Sgt. Tartaglia
Thick as Thieves
Movie • 2009
Lt. Weber
The Delta Force
Movie • 1986
Abdul
Strange Hearts
Movie • 2002
Jack Waters
Grand Theft Parsons
Movie • 2004
Stanley Parsons
The Descendants
Movie • 2011
Scott Thorson
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Movie • 1992
Dr. Powell
The Lady in Red
Movie • 1979
Turk (uncredited)
American Grindhouse
Movie • 2011
Himself - Narrator
Stunts
Movie • 1977
Glen Wilson
Touching Home
Movie • 2008
Jim "Perk" Perkins
American Perfekt
Movie • 1997
Jake
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie • 2019
Self
Murder in Greenwich
Movie • 2002
Steve Carroll
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Movie • 2013
Self
Pieces of Dreams
Movie • 1970
Gregory Lind
The Don Is Dead
Movie • 1973
Frank Regalbuto
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Movie • 2011
Dodge
Lone Hero
Movie • 2002
Gus
Kalamity
Movie • 2010
Tom Klepack
Undefeated
Movie • 2003
Scott Green
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
Movie • 1981
Coach Alan Arnoldi
Satan's Princess
Movie • 1989
Lou Cherney
Walking the Edge
Movie • 1985
Jason Walk
Outside Ozona
Movie • 1998
Odell Parks
Olympus Has Fallen
Movie • 2013
General Edward Clegg
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Movie • 1999
Sal Fortuna
Hotel Noir
Movie • 2012
Jim
Committed
Movie • 1991
Dr. Desmond Moore
South Beach
Movie • 1993
Det. Ted Coleman
Guns & Lipstick
Movie • 1995
Captain Dimaggio
Avalanche
Movie • 1978
Nick Thorne
Somewhere Slow
Movie • 2013
Chris McConville
Lakeboat
Movie • 2000
Joe
Coffee, Kill Boss
Movie • 2013
Walt Ford
The Darker Side of Terror
Movie • 1979
Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Movie • 1998
Self
The City
Movie • 1977
Lt. Matt Lewis
That Guy Dick Miller
Movie • 2014
Self
Checkered Flag
Movie • 1990
Jack Cotton
Nakia
Movie • 1974
Deputy Nakia Parker
Night Vision
Movie • 1997
Teak Taylor
La última película de Jess Franco
Movie • 2013
Self
The Magic of Marciano
Movie • 2000
Henry
Due East
Movie • 2002
Jesse Rapple
Counterforce
Movie • 1988
The Dictator
In Between
Movie • 1991
Vinnie
Middle Men
Movie • 2009
Louie LA LA
Home
Movie • 2015
Man
Esmeralda Bay
Movie • 1989
Madero
Me, Myself & Irene
Movie • 2000
Colonel Partington
Uncle Sam
Movie • 1996
Congressman Alvin Cummings
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Movie • 2022
Self
Psycho
Movie • 1998
Dr. Simon
Automata
Movie • 2014
Robert Bold
Original Gangstas
Movie • 1996
Detective Slatten
Cover Me Babe
Movie • 1970
Tony Hill
Scanner Cop II
Movie • 1995
Captain Jack Bitters
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor
London Has Fallen
Movie • 2016
General Edward Clegg
The Trial
Movie • 2010
Ray
Standing Tall
Movie • 1978
Luke Shasta
13 Graves
Movie • 2006
Tom Ferris
Survivor
Movie • 2015
Bill Talbot
Grampa's Cabin
Movie • 2007
Grampa
Too Late
Movie • 2016
Gordy Lyons
The American Side
Movie • 2016
Sterling Whitmore
The Big Take
Movie • 2018
Detective Aborn
Journey Through Rosebud
Movie • 1972
Frank
Art of the Prank
Movie • 2015
Hollywood Harry
Movie • 1986
Harold "Harry" Petry
The Method
Movie • 1996
Christian's father
The Confirmation
Movie • 2016
Otto
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Movie • 2003
Roger Wixon
Peacemaker
Movie • 1990
Yates
Small Crimes
Movie • 2017
Joe Denton Sr.
Crossbow: The Movie
Movie • 1989
Aymong
Small Town Crime
Movie • 2018
Steve Yendel
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
Movie • 2015
'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction
Movie • 1994
Bob Sibley
Bus Driver
Movie • 2016
General Sorbin
The Case for Christ
Movie • 2017
Walter Strobel
Expecting Love
Movie • 2008
George Patten
Would Be Kings
Movie • 2008
Acts of Vengeance
Movie • 2017
Chuck
Hindsight
Movie • 1996
Michael Donahue
Demolition University
Movie • 1997
Gentry
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Movie • 2018
Self
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Movie • 2001
Ken "Pappa" Kimes
The Death Squad
Movie • 1974
Eric Benoit
What They Had
Movie • 2018
Burt
Diplomatic Immunity
Movie • 1991
Stonebridge
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Movie • 2013
Self
Once a Hero
Movie • 1987
Gumshoe
Bigger
Movie • 2018
Joe Weider (2008)
Damsel
Movie • 2018
Old Preacher
In the Shadow of a Killer
Movie • 1992
Charles Galbis
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Movie • 2002
Self
Family Tree
Movie • 1999
Henry Musser
American Yakuza
Movie • 1993
Littman
Royce
Movie • 1976
Royce
Phil
Movie • 2019
Bing Fisk
The Bridge Partner
Movie • 2015
Don Whalen
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
Movie • 2012
Franlin/Death
The Spaghetti West
Movie • 2005
Narrator
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie • 2019
Ed
Jack and Jill vs. The World
Movie • 2008
Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
Banyon
Movie • 1971
Miles C. Banyon
Alligator
Movie • 1980
David
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Movie • 2020
Sheriff Hadley Marshall
Cover Story
Movie • 1993
Therapist
The Joe Spinell Story
Movie • 2001
Self
QT8: The First Eight
Movie • 2019
Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Movie • 2017
Self
Behind the Red Curtain
Movie • 2017
Self
Bad Binoculars
Movie • 2017
Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Movie • 2017
Self
The Bannen Way
Movie • 2010
Mr. B
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Gilbert Gaston
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Tyler Peabody McKinney
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Lucky Jim (voice)
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Agent Thomas Larson
Karen Sisco
TV • 2003
Marshall Sisco
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Nick Delfino
Fastlane
TV • 2002
Ray-Ray
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Ricky Ricketts
Hotel
TV • 1982
Steve Cameron
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Ed Delaney
Police Story
TV • 1973
Banyon
TV • 1972
Miles C. Banyon
P.S. I Luv U
TV • 1991
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
Medical Story
TV • 1975
Street Time
TV • 2002
Tony DeAngelo
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV • 1961
Nakia
TV • 1974
Jesse Hawkes
TV • 1989
Alcatraz
TV • 2012
Ray Archer
The Bannen Way
TV • 2010
Mr. B
Last Man Standing
TV • 2011
Bud Baxter
Breaking Bad
TV • 2008
Ed
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
The President (voice)
Heroes
TV • 2006
Arthur Petrelli
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Frank Roussel
Once a Hero
TV • 1987
Gumshoe
Clubhouse
TV • 2004
Burt Austin
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Garry Cooley
One West Waikiki
TV • 1994
Transformers: Prime
TV • 2010
General Bryce (voice)
Tilt
TV • 2005
Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Donald
Goliath Awaits
TV • 1981
Comdr. Jeff Selkirk
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Frank Truman
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Lane Tillman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV • 2012
Kurtzman (voice)
Ironside
TV • 2013
Michael Burke
Better Call Saul
TV • 2015
Ed
Amazing Stories
TV • 2020
Joe Harris
Divorce
TV • 2016
Donald
Gibbsville
TV • 1976
The Soul Man
TV • 2012
Father James Ignatius
Army Wives
TV • 2007
General Grayson
Crossbow
TV • 1987
Aymong