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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 13, 1941
Died
October 11, 2019
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Robert Wallace Foster Jr.
Robert Forster
1.5 Popularity
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
0.0
Sheriff Truman (archival footage)
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2025
2.0
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
4.4
Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Grave Intentions
2021
6.1
Sheriff Hadley Marshall
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
2020
7.4
Joe Harris
Amazing Stories
2020
7.0
Self
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
7.2
Self
QT8: The First Eight
2019
7.0
Ed
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
4.8
Bing Fisk
Phil
2019
6.6
Burt
What They Had
2018
Credits
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)
2025
0.0
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
2022
2.0
Grave Intentions
as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2021
4.4
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
2020
6.1
Amazing Stories
as Joe Harris
2020
7.4
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self
2019
7.0
QT8: The First Eight
as Self
2019
7.2
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Ed
2019
7.0
Phil
as Bing Fisk
2019
4.8
What They Had
as Burt
2018
6.6
Bigger
as Joe Weider (2008)
2018
6.9
The Big Take
as Detective Aborn
2018
4.9
King Cohen
as Self
2018
6.6
Damsel
as Old Preacher
2018
5.3
Small Town Crime
as Steve Yendel
2018
6.4
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as Self
2017
7.0
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
as Self
2017
7.0
Bad Binoculars
as Self
2017
8.0
Behind the Red Curtain
as Self
2017
6.2
Acts of Vengeance
as Chuck
2017
6.0
Small Crimes
as Joe Denton Sr.
2017
5.4
The Case for Christ
as Walter Strobel
2017
6.8
Divorce
as Donald
2016
6.5
Bus Driver
as General Sorbin
2016
5.2
The American Side
as Sterling Whitmore
2016
4.7
Too Late
as Gordy Lyons
2016
6.9
The Confirmation
as Otto
2016
6.4
London Has Fallen
as General Edward Clegg
2016
6.2
Home
as Man
2015
8.2
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
2015
0.0
🎬
The Program
as Michael
2015
0.0
Art of the Prank
2015
6.8
Survivor
as Bill Talbot
2015
5.7
The Bridge Partner
as Don Whalen
2015
6.8
Better Call Saul
as Ed
2015
8.7
Automata
as Robert Bold
2014
5.9
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
2014
7.2
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014
7.0
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
2013
8.4
La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
2013
6.0
Ironside
as Michael Burke
2013
5.1
Coffee, Kill Boss
as Walt Ford
2013
7.0
Olympus Has Fallen
as General Edward Clegg
2013
6.4
Somewhere Slow
as Chris McConville
2013
4.0
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
2013
6.7
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
as Franlin/Death
2012
0.0
Hotel Noir
as Jim
2012
5.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Kurtzman (voice)
2012
8.3
Alcatraz
as Ray Archer
2012
6.4
Last Man Standing
as Bud Baxter
2011
7.3
The Descendants
as Scott Thorson
2011
6.8
Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Dodge
2011
5.2
American Grindhouse
as Himself - Narrator
2011
6.8
Transformers: Prime
as General Bryce (voice)
2010
8.0
Kalamity
as Tom Klepack
2010
3.8
The Trial
as Ray
2010
5.7
The Bannen Way
as Mr. B
2010
4.5
The Bannen Way
as Mr. B
2010
5.3
Middle Men
as Louie LA LA
2009
6.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
as Sergeant Volkom
2009
6.0
Thick as Thieves
as Lt. Weber
2009
6.0
Childrens Hospital
as Donald
2008
7.2
Would Be Kings
2008
4.3
Touching Home
as Jim "Perk" Perkins
2008
6.5
Jack and Jill vs. The World
as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
2008
5.3
Expecting Love
as George Patten
2008
5.2
Breaking Bad
as Ed
2008
8.9
🎬
Grampa's Cabin
as Grampa
2007
0.0
Cleaner
as Arlo Grange
2007
6.1
Dragon Wars: D-War
as Jack
2007
4.5
Rise: Blood Hunter
as Lloyd
2007
5.3
13 Graves
as Tom Ferris
2006
4.4
Heroes
as Arthur Petrelli
2006
7.5
Lucky Number Slevin
as Murphy
2006
7.5
Firewall
as Harry
2006
5.8
Wild Seven
as Wilson
2006
4.0
The Hunt For the BTK Killer
as Detective Jason Magida
2005
5.2
The Spaghetti West
as Narrator
2005
6.0
Tilt
as Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2005
6.3
Numb3rs
as Agent Thomas Larson
2005
7.0
Desperate Housewives
as Nick Delfino
2004
7.9
Clubhouse
as Burt Austin
2004
3.5
Justice League Unlimited
as The President (voice)
2004
8.3
Grand Theft Parsons
as Stanley Parsons
2004
5.8
Karen Sisco
as Marshall Sisco
2003
7.0
Undefeated
as Scott Green
2003
2.8
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Roger Wixon
2003
5.5
Confidence
as Morgan Price
2003
6.3
Murder in Greenwich
as Steve Carroll
2002
4.5
Strange Hearts
as Jack Waters
2002
3.7
Fastlane
as Ray-Ray
2002
6.6
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
2002
7.7
Like Mike
as Coach Wagner
2002
6.1
Street Time
as Tony DeAngelo
2002
2.5
Lone Hero
as Gus
2002
3.6
Due East
as Jesse Rapple
2002
4.2
Human Nature
as Nathan's Father
2001
6.0
The Joe Spinell Story
as Self
2001
5.7
Finder's Fee
as Campbell
2001
6.1
Mulholland Drive
as Detective McKnight
2001
7.8
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
as Ken "Pappa" Kimes
2001
7.0
The Magic of Marciano
as Henry
2000
6.8
Diamond Men
as Eddie Miller
2000
5.9
Me, Myself & Irene
as Colonel Partington
2000
6.6
Lakeboat
as Joe
2000
4.7
Supernova
as A.J. Marley
2000
4.9
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Sal Fortuna
1999
3.0
It's the Rage
as Tyler
1999
5.3
Mulholland Dr.
as Detective McKnight
1999
7.8
Family Tree
as Henry Musser
1999
8.0
Outside Ozona
as Odell Parks
1998
5.1
Psycho
as Dr. Simon
1998
5.1
Rear Window
as Detective Moore
1998
5.5
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1998
3.0
Jackie Brown
as Max Cherry
1997
7.4
Demolition University
as Gentry
1997
2.9
American Perfekt
as Jake
1997
6.3
Night Vision
as Teak Taylor
1997
5.4
Uncle Sam
as Congressman Alvin Cummings
1996
4.8
Original Gangstas
as Detective Slatten
1996
5.6
The Method
as Christian's father
1996
3.2
Hindsight
as Michael Donahue
1996
3.7
Guns & Lipstick
as Captain Dimaggio
1995
1.5
Scanner Cop II
as Captain Jack Bitters
1995
5.3
One West Waikiki
1994
7.4
Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction
as Bob Sibley
1994
4.0
American Yakuza
as Littman
1993
5.6
Cover Story
as Therapist
1993
4.0
South Beach
as Det. Ted Coleman
1993
2.9
🎬
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
as Sid (uncredited)
1993
5.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Ricky Ricketts
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Lane Tillman
1993
7.0
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
as Dr. Powell
1992
5.2
In the Shadow of a Killer
as Charles Galbis
1992
1.0
29th Street
as Sgt. Tartaglia
1991
7.1
P.S. I Luv U
1991
5.8
Diplomatic Immunity
as Stonebridge
1991
3.4
Committed
as Dr. Desmond Moore
1991
5.0
In Between
as Vinnie
1991
7.0
Peacemaker
as Yates
1990
5.2
Twin Peaks
as Frank Truman
1990
8.3
Checkered Flag
as Jack Cotton
1990
2.0
The Banker
as Dan
1989
4.3
The Simpsons
as Lucky Jim (voice)
1989
8.0
Satan's Princess
as Lou Cherney
1989
2.6
Esmeralda Bay
as Madero
1989
4.4
Jesse Hawkes
1989
5.0
Crossbow: The Movie
as Aymong
1989
7.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
5.9
Counterforce
as The Dictator
1988
4.7
Jake and the Fatman
as Ed Delaney
1987
6.0
🎬
Once a Hero
as Gumshoe
1987
8.7
Once a Hero
as Gumshoe
1987
0.0
Hollywood Harry
as Harold "Harry" Petry
1986
2.3
The Delta Force
as Abdul
1986
6.0
Walking the Edge
as Jason Walk
1985
5.4
Tales from the Darkside
as Garry Cooley
1984
7.2
Murder, She Wrote
as Gilbert Gaston
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Frank Roussel
1984
7.5
Hotel
as Steve Cameron
1982
6.8
Vigilante
as Eddie Marino
1982
6.3
Goliath Awaits
as Comdr. Jeff Selkirk
1981
6.8
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as Coach Alan Arnoldi
1981
0.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Tyler Peabody McKinney
1980
7.3
Alligator
as David
1980
6.1
The Black Hole
as Captain Dan Holland
1979
5.8
The Lady in Red
as Turk (uncredited)
1979
5.8
The Darker Side of Terror
as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
1979
6.3
Avalanche
as Nick Thorne
1978
3.6
Standing Tall
as Luke Shasta
1978
4.0
Stunts
as Glen Wilson
1977
5.1
The City
as Lt. Matt Lewis
1977
6.6
Gibbsville
1976
0.0
🎬
Royce
as Royce
1976
0.0
🎬
Medical Story
1975
5.0
🎬
Nakia
1974
5.0
Nakia
as Deputy Nakia Parker
1974
0.0
The Death Squad
as Eric Benoit
1974
6.6
The Don Is Dead
as Frank Regalbuto
1973
6.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Banyon
as Miles C. Banyon
1972
7.0
🎬
Journey Through Rosebud
as Frank
1972
0.0
Banyon
as Miles C. Banyon
1971
0.0
Cover Me Babe
as Tony Hill
1970
4.6
Pieces of Dreams
as Gregory Lind
1970
4.0
Medium Cool
as John
1969
6.8
Justine
as Narouz
1969
4.1
The Stalking Moon
as Nick Tana
1968
5.9
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Pvt. L.G. Williams
1967
6.5
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
6.0