Robert Forster
Robert Forster (born July 13, 1941) is an American actor, best known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, and as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the latter of which gaining him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Forster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 13, 1941 In Rochester, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 175
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Not Me, It's A Trap
- Latest Project:
- Movie I Know Catherine, the Log Lady 2025-04-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Not Me, It's A Trap | Professor Whyze (VO) | 2026 |
| Movie | I Know Catherine, the Log Lady | Sheriff Truman (archival footage) | 2025-04-09 |
| Movie | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self | 2022-08-15 |
| Movie | The Wolf of Snow Hollow | Sheriff Hadley Marshall | 2020-10-23 |
| Movie | Phil | Bing Fisk | 2019-07-05 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self | 2019-10-28 |
| Movie | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Ed | 2019-10-11 |
| Movie | Small Town Crime | Steve Yendel | 2018-01-19 |
| Movie | King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen | Self | 2018-07-07 |
| Movie | Damsel | Old Preacher | 2018-06-22 |
| Movie | Bigger | Joe Weider (2008) | 2018-10-13 |
| Movie | What They Had | Burt | 2018-10-19 |
| Movie | The Big Take | Detective Aborn | 2018-09-04 |
| Movie | Small Crimes | Joe Denton Sr. | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | The Case for Christ | Walter Strobel | 2017-04-07 |
| Movie | Acts of Vengeance | Chuck | 2017-10-27 |
| Movie | Bad Binoculars | Self | 2017-12-05 |
| Movie | A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks | Self | 2017-12-05 |
| Movie | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self | 2017-12-05 |
| Movie | Behind the Red Curtain | Self | 2017-12-05 |
| Movie | London Has Fallen | General Edward Clegg | 2016-03-02 |
| Movie | The Confirmation | Otto | 2016-03-18 |
| Movie | Too Late | Gordy Lyons | 2016-03-25 |
| Movie | Bus Driver | General Sorbin | 2016-10-04 |
| Movie | The American Side | Sterling Whitmore | 2016-04-14 |
| Movie | Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream | Himself/Narrator | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | Art of the Prank | 2015-07-29 | |
| Movie | Survivor | Bill Talbot | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | The Program | Michael | 2015-08-16 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster | 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy | 2015-08-16 |
| Movie | Home | Man | 2015-08-17 |
| Movie | That Guy Dick Miller | Self | 2014-03-07 |
| Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 2014-10-06 |
| Movie | Automata | Robert Bold | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self | 2013-01-10 |
| Movie | Somewhere Slow | Chris McConville | 2013-03-02 |
| Movie | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | General Edward Clegg | 2013-03-20 |
| Movie | La última película de Jess Franco | Self | 2013-10-11 |
| Movie | Coffee, Kill Boss | Walt Ford | 2013-08-30 |
| Series | Alcatraz | Ray Archer | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Hotel Noir | Jim | 2012-10-09 |
| Movie | Grimm Fairy Tales Animated | Franlin/Death | 2012-10-15 |
| Movie | American Grindhouse | Himself - Narrator | 2011-02-04 |
| Movie | The Descendants | Scott Thorson | 2011-09-09 |
| Movie | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Dodge | 2011-03-07 |
| Series | Last Man Standing | Bud Baxter | 2011-10-11 |
| Series | The Bannen Way | Mr. B | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | The Trial | Ray | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Kalamity | Tom Klepack | 2010-10-22 |
| Movie | Thick as Thieves | Lt. Weber | 2009-01-09 |
| Movie | Middle Men | Louie LA LA | 2009-05-17 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Sergeant Volkom | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | Expecting Love | George Patten | 2008-02-29 |
| Series | Breaking Bad | Ed | 2008-01-20 |
| Movie | Jack and Jill vs. The World | Norman / Narrator (uncredited) | 2008-04-04 |
| Movie | Touching Home | Jim "Perk" Perkins | 2008-04-29 |
| Movie | Would Be Kings | 2008-08-27 | |
| Movie | Rise: Blood Hunter | Lloyd | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Dragon Wars: D-War | Jack | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Grampa's Cabin | Grampa | 2007-11-03 |
| Movie | Cleaner | Arlo Grange | 2007-09-11 |
| Movie | Wild Seven | Wilson | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Firewall | Harry | 2006-02-08 |
| Movie | 13 Graves | Tom Ferris | 2006-11-18 |
| Movie | Lucky Number Slevin | Murphy | 2006-02-24 |
| Series | Heroes | Arthur Petrelli | 2006-09-25 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Movie | The Hunt For the BTK Killer | Detective Jason Magida | 2005-10-09 |
| Movie | The Spaghetti West | Narrator | 2005-09-01 |
| Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | Grand Theft Parsons | Stanley Parsons | 2004-06-18 |
| Series | Justice League Unlimited | The President of the United States | 2004-07-31 |
| Series | Clubhouse | Burt Austin | 2004-09-26 |
| Movie | Confidence | Morgan Price | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Undefeated | Scott Green | 2003-07-26 |
| Movie | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Roger Wixon | 2003-06-25 |
| Series | Karen Sisco | Marshall Sisco | 2003-10-01 |
| Movie | Lone Hero | Gus | 2002-04-12 |
| Movie | Due East | Jesse Rapple | 2002-04-11 |
| Series | Street Time | Unknown | 2002-06-23 |
| Movie | Strange Hearts | Jack Waters | 2002-10-23 |
| Movie | Murder in Greenwich | Steve Carroll | 2002-11-15 |
| Movie | Like Mike | Coach Wagner | 2002-07-03 |
| Series | Fastlane | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Self | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Ken "Pappa" Kimes | 2001-05-20 |
| Movie | Mulholland Drive | Detective McKnight | 2001-06-06 |
| Movie | Human Nature | Nathan's Father | 2001-09-12 |
| Movie | Finder's Fee | Campbell | 2001-06-19 |
| Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
| Movie | The Joe Spinell Story | Self | 2001-08-21 |
| Movie | Supernova | A.J. Marley | 2000-01-14 |
| Movie | Lakeboat | Joe | 2000-04-13 |
| Movie | Diamond Men | Eddie Miller | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | The Magic of Marciano | Henry | 2000-11-26 |
| Movie | Me, Myself & Irene | Colonel Partington | 2000-06-22 |
| Movie | Family Tree | Henry Musser | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | It's the Rage | Tyler | 1999-09-11 |
| Movie | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Sal Fortuna | 1999-11-22 |
| Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Rear Window | Detective Moore | 1998-11-22 |
| Movie | Outside Ozona | Odell Parks | 1998-12-18 |
| Movie | Psycho | Dr. Simon | 1998-12-04 |
| Movie | Night Vision | Teak Taylor | 1997-02-28 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Max Cherry | 1997-12-25 |
| Movie | American Perfekt | Jake | 1997-06-11 |
| Movie | Demolition University | Gentry | 1997-10-27 |
| Movie | Hindsight | Michael Donahue | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Method | Christian's father | 1996-01-05 |
| Movie | Original Gangstas | Detective Slatten | 1996-05-10 |
| Movie | Uncle Sam | Congressman Alvin Cummings | 1996-11-13 |
| Movie | Guns & Lipstick | Captain Dimaggio | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Scanner Cop II | Captain Jack Bitters | 1995-01-25 |
| Movie | Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction | Bob Sibley | 1994-02-23 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash | Sid (uncredited) | 1993-05-13 |
| Movie | American Yakuza | Littman | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | Cover Story | Therapist | 1993-09-21 |
| Movie | South Beach | Det. Ted Coleman | 1993-08-04 |
| Movie | In the Shadow of a Killer | Charles Galbis | 1992-04-27 |
| Movie | Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence | Dr. Powell | 1992-12-10 |
| Movie | 29th Street | Sgt. Tartaglia | 1991-11-01 |
| Movie | Committed | Dr. Desmond Moore | 1991-04-18 |
| Movie | In Between | Vinnie | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | P.S. I Luv U | Unknown | 1991-09-15 |
| Movie | Diplomatic Immunity | Stonebridge | 1991-04-19 |
| Movie | Checkered Flag | Jack Cotton | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Peacemaker | Yates | 1990-05-14 |
| Series | Jesse Hawkes | Unknown | 1989-04-22 |
| Movie | Crossbow: The Movie | Aymong | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Esmeralda Bay | Madero | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | Satan's Princess | Lou Cherney | 1989-12-01 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | The Banker | Dan | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-10-24 |
| Movie | Counterforce | The Dictator | 1988-02-05 |
| Movie | Once a Hero | Gumshoe | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Once a Hero | Gumshoe | 1987-09-19 |
| Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Movie | The Delta Force | Abdul | 1986-02-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Harry | Harold "Harry" Petry | 1986-10-03 |
| Movie | Walking the Edge | Jason Walk | 1985-01-11 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Vigilante | Eddie Marino | 1983-01-04 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Series | Goliath Awaits | Comdr. Jeff Selkirk | 1981-11-11 |
| Movie | The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Coach Alan Arnoldi | 1981-08-28 |
| Movie | Alligator | David | 1980-11-14 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | The Darker Side of Terror | Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone | 1979-04-03 |
| Movie | The Lady in Red | Turk (uncredited) | 1979-07-01 |
| Movie | The Black Hole | Captain Dan Holland | 1979-12-18 |
| Movie | Avalanche | Nick Thorne | 1978-09-29 |
| Movie | Standing Tall | Luke Shasta | 1978-01-21 |
| Movie | Stunts | Glen Wilson | 1977-06-01 |
| Movie | The City | Lt. Matt Lewis | 1977-01-12 |
| Movie | Royce | Royce | 1976-05-21 |
| Series | Medical Story | Unknown | 1975-09-04 |
| Movie | The Death Squad | Eric Benoit | 1974-01-08 |
| Series | Nakia | 1974-09-21 | |
| Movie | Nakia | Deputy Nakia Parker | 1974-04-17 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Don Is Dead | Frank Regalbuto | 1973-11-14 |
| Series | Banyon | Miles C. Banyon | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | Journey Through Rosebud | Frank | 1972-03-02 |
| Movie | Pieces of Dreams | Gregory Lind | 1970-09-23 |
| Movie | Cover Me Babe | Tony Hill | 1970-10-01 |
| Movie | Medium Cool | John | 1969-08-27 |
| Movie | Justine | Narouz | 1969-08-06 |
| Movie | The Stalking Moon | Nick Tana | 1968-12-25 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Pvt. L.G. Williams | 1967-10-13 |
| Series | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Unknown | 1961-06-14 |