Robert Forster

Personal Info

Birthday

July 13, 1941

Day of Death

2019-10-11

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Also Known As

Robert Wallace Foster Jr.

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

Breaking Bad

The Simpsons

Desperate Housewives

Better Call Saul

Murder, She Wrote

Twin Peaks

Heroes

Magnum, P.I.

Filmography

2025
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)
2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
2021
Grave Intentions
as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2020
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
2019
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self
QT8: The First Eight
as Self
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Ed
Phil
as Bing Fisk
2018
What They Had
as Burt
Bigger
as Joe Weider (2008)
The Big Take
as Detective Aborn
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
Damsel
as Old Preacher
Small Town Crime
as Steve Yendel
2017
Behind the Red Curtain
as Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as Self
Bad Binoculars
as Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
as Self
Acts of Vengeance
as Chuck
Small Crimes
as Joe Denton Sr.
The Case for Christ
as Walter Strobel
2016
Bus Driver
as General Sorbin
The American Side
as Sterling Whitmore
Too Late
as Gordy Lyons
The Confirmation
as Otto
London Has Fallen
as General Edward Clegg
2015
Home
as Man
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
The Program
as Michael
Survivor
as Bill Talbot
The Bridge Partner
as Don Whalen
2014
Automata
as Robert Bold
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2013
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
Coffee, Kill Boss
as Walt Ford
Olympus Has Fallen
as General Edward Clegg
Somewhere Slow
as Chris McConville
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
2012
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
as Franlin/Death
Hotel Noir
as Jim
2011
The Descendants
as Scott Thorson
Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Dodge
American Grindhouse
as Himself - Narrator
2010
Kalamity
as Tom Klepack
The Trial
as Ray
2009
Middle Men
as Louie LA LA
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
as Sergeant Volkom
Thick as Thieves
as Lt. Weber
2008
Touching Home
as Jim "Perk" Perkins
Jack and Jill vs. The World
as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
Expecting Love
as George Patten
2007
Grampa's Cabin
as Grampa
Cleaner
as Arlo Grange
Dragon Wars: D-War
as Jack
Rise: Blood Hunter
as Lloyd
2006
13 Graves
as Tom Ferris
Lucky Number Slevin
as Murphy
Firewall
as Harry
Wild Seven
as Wilson
2005
The Hunt For the BTK Killer
as Detective Jason Magida
The Spaghetti West
as Narrator
2004
Grand Theft Parsons
as Stanley Parsons
2003
Undefeated
as Scott Green
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Roger Wixon
Confidence
as Morgan Price
2002
Murder in Greenwich
as Steve Carroll
Strange Hearts
as Jack Waters
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
Like Mike
as Coach Wagner
Lone Hero
as Gus
Due East
as Jesse Rapple
2001
Human Nature
as Nathan's Father
The Joe Spinell Story
as Self
Finder's Fee
as Campbell
Mulholland Drive
as Detective McKnight
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
as Ken "Pappa" Kimes
2000
The Magic of Marciano
as Henry
Diamond Men
as Eddie Miller
Me, Myself & Irene
as Colonel Partington
Lakeboat
as Joe
Supernova
as A.J. Marley
1999
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Sal Fortuna
It's the Rage
as Tyler
Mulholland Dr.
as Detective McKnight
Family Tree
as Henry Musser
1998
Outside Ozona
as Odell Parks
Psycho
as Dr. Simon
Rear Window
as Detective Moore
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1997
Jackie Brown
as Max Cherry
Demolition University
as Gentry
American Perfekt
as Jake
Night Vision
as Teak Taylor
1996
Uncle Sam
as Congressman Alvin Cummings
Original Gangstas
as Detective Slatten
The Method
as Christian's father
Hindsight
as Michael Donahue
1995
Guns & Lipstick
as Captain Dimaggio
Scanner Cop II
as Captain Jack Bitters
1994
Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction
as Bob Sibley
1993
American Yakuza
as Littman
Cover Story
as Therapist
South Beach
as Det. Ted Coleman
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
as Sid (uncredited)
1992
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
as Dr. Powell
In the Shadow of a Killer
as Charles Galbis
1991
29th Street
as Sgt. Tartaglia
Diplomatic Immunity
as Stonebridge
Committed
as Dr. Desmond Moore
In Between
as Vinnie
1990
Peacemaker
as Yates
Checkered Flag
as Jack Cotton
1989
The Banker
as Dan
Satan's Princess
as Lou Cherney
Esmeralda Bay
as Madero
Crossbow: The Movie
as Aymong
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Counterforce
as The Dictator
1986
Hollywood Harry
as Harold "Harry" Petry
The Delta Force
as Abdul
1985
Walking the Edge
as Jason Walk
1982
Vigilante
as Eddie Marino
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as Coach Alan Arnoldi
1980
Alligator
as David
1979
The Black Hole
as Captain Dan Holland
The Lady in Red
as Turk (uncredited)
The Darker Side of Terror
as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
1978
Avalanche
as Nick Thorne
Standing Tall
as Luke Shasta
1977
Stunts
as Glen Wilson
The City
as Lt. Matt Lewis
1976
Royce
as Royce
1974
Nakia
as Deputy Nakia Parker
The Death Squad
as Eric Benoit
1973
The Don Is Dead
as Frank Regalbuto
1972
Journey Through Rosebud
as Frank
1970
Cover Me Babe
as Tony Hill
Pieces of Dreams
as Gregory Lind
1969
Medium Cool
as John
Justine
as Narouz
1968
The Stalking Moon
as Nick Tana
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Pvt. L.G. Williams