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Robert Forster

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

13/07/1941

Day of Death

11/10/2019
(78) years old

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

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

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

Grave Intentions

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

QT8: The First Eight

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Phil

What They Had

Bigger

Filmography

Cast

2025

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)

2022

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retros...

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...

as Self

2019

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

2019

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Ed

2019

Phil

as Bing Fisk

2018

What They Had

as Burt

2018

Bigger

as Joe Weider (2008)

2018

The Big Take

as Detective Aborn

2018

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker ...

as Self

2018

Damsel

as Old Preacher

2018

Small Town Crime

as Steve Yendel

2017

Bad Binoculars

as Self

2017

Behind the Red Curtain

as Self

2017

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Pe...

as Self

2017

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

as Self

2017

Acts of Vengeance

as Chuck

2017

Small Crimes

as Joe Denton Sr.

2017

The Case for Christ

as Walter Strobel

2016

Bus Driver

as General Sorbin

2016

The American Side

as Sterling Whitmore

2016

Too Late

as Gordy Lyons

2016

The Confirmation

as Otto

2016

London Has Fallen

as General Edward Clegg

2015

Home

as Man

2015

The Program

as Michael

2015

The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster

as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy

2015

Art of the Prank

2015

Survivor

as Bill Talbot

2015

The Bridge Partner

as Don Whalen

2014

Automata

as Robert Bold

2014

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Stor...

as Self - Actor

2014

That Guy Dick Miller

as Self

2013

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Sea...

as Self

2013

La última película de Jess Franco

as Self

2013

Coffee, Kill Boss

as Walt Ford

2013

Olympus Has Fallen

as General Edward Clegg

2013

Somewhere Slow

as Chris McConville

2013

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmakin...

as Self

2012

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

as Franlin/Death

2012

Hotel Noir

as Jim

2011

The Descendants

as Scott Thorson

2011

Girl Walks Into a Bar

as Dodge

2011

American Grindhouse

as Himself - Narrator

2010

Kalamity

as Tom Klepack

2010

The Trial

as Ray

2010

The Bannen Way

as Mr. B

2009

Middle Men

as Louie LA LA

2009

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

as Sergeant Volkom

2009

Thick as Thieves

as Lt. Weber

2008

Would Be Kings

2008

Touching Home

as Jim "Perk" Perkins

2008

Jack and Jill vs. The World

as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)

2008

Expecting Love

as George Patten

2007

Grampa's Cabin

as Grampa

2007

Cleaner

as Arlo Grange

2007

Dragon Wars: D-War

as Jack

2007

Rise: Blood Hunter

as Lloyd

2006

13 Graves

as Tom Ferris

2006

Lucky Number Slevin

as Murphy

2006

Firewall

as Harry

2006

Wild Seven

as Wilson

2005

The Hunt For the BTK Killer

as Detective Jason Magida

2005

The Spaghetti West

as Narrator

2004

Grand Theft Parsons

as Stanley Parsons

2003

Undefeated

as Scott Green

2003

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

as Roger Wixon

2003

Confidence

as Morgan Price

2002

Murder in Greenwich

as Steve Carroll

2002

Strange Hearts

as Jack Waters

2002

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

as Self

2002

Like Mike

as Coach Wagner

2002

Lone Hero

as Gus

2002

Due East

as Jesse Rapple

2001

Human Nature

as Nathan's Father

2001

The Joe Spinell Story

as Self

2001

Finder's Fee

as Campbell

2001

Mulholland Drive

as Detective McKnight

2001

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story ...

as Ken "Pappa" Kimes

2000

The Magic of Marciano

as Henry

2000

Diamond Men

as Eddie Miller

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as Colonel Partington

2000

Lakeboat

as Joe

2000

Supernova

as A.J. Marley

1999

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

as Sal Fortuna

1999

It's the Rage

as Tyler

1999

Mulholland Dr.

as Detective McKnight

1999

Family Tree

as Henry Musser

1998

Outside Ozona

as Odell Parks

1998

Psycho

as Dr. Simon

1998

Rear Window

as Detective Moore

1998

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erf...

as Self

1997

Jackie Brown

as Max Cherry

1997

Demolition University

as Gentry

1997

American Perfekt

as Jake

1997

Night Vision

as Teak Taylor

1996

Uncle Sam

as Congressman Alvin Cummings

1996

Original Gangstas

as Detective Slatten

1996

The Method

as Christian's father

1996

Hindsight

as Michael Donahue

1995

Guns & Lipstick

as Captain Dimaggio

1995

Scanner Cop II

as Captain Jack Bitters

1994

Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction

as Bob Sibley

1993

American Yakuza

as Littman

1993

Cover Story

as Therapist

1993

South Beach

as Det. Ted Coleman

1993

Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash

as Sid (uncredited)

1992

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

as Dr. Powell

1992

In the Shadow of a Killer

as Charles Galbis

1991

29th Street

as Sgt. Tartaglia

1991

Diplomatic Immunity

as Stonebridge

1991

Committed

as Dr. Desmond Moore

1991

In Between

as Vinnie

1990

Peacemaker

as Yates

1990

Checkered Flag

as Jack Cotton

1989

The Banker

as Dan

1989

Satan's Princess

as Lou Cherney

1989

Esmeralda Bay

as Madero

1989

Crossbow: The Movie

as Aymong

1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Ma...

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Counterforce

as The Dictator

1987

Once a Hero

as Gumshoe

1986

Hollywood Harry

as Harold "Harry" Petry

1986

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 Pussyc...

as Coach Alan Arnoldi

1980

Alligator

as David

1979

The Black Hole

as Captain Dan Holland

1979

The Lady in Red

as Turk (uncredited)

1979

The Darker Side of Terror

as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone

1978

Avalanche

as Nick Thorne

1978

Standing Tall

as Luke Shasta

1977

Stunts

as Glen Wilson

1977

The City

as Lt. Matt Lewis

1976

Royce

as Royce

1974

Nakia

as Deputy Nakia Parker

1974

The Death Squad

as Eric Benoit

1973

The Don Is Dead

as Frank Regalbuto

1972

Journey Through Rosebud

as Frank

1971

Banyon

as Miles C. Banyon

1970

Cover Me Babe

as Tony Hill

1970

Pieces of Dreams

as Gregory Lind

1969

Medium Cool

as John

1969

Justine

as Narouz

1968

The Stalking Moon

as Nick Tana

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Pvt. L.G. Williams

Crew

2000

Diamond Men

as Executive Producer

1986

Hollywood Harry

as Producer

1986

Hollywood Harry

as Director