Robert Forster

ActorCrewProducerDirector Jul 13 (died age 78) Rochester, New York, USA 1961–2025 (64 year career)

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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

Film

Better Call Saul

In Memory Of

Film

Mulholland Drive

Detective McKnight

Film

Jackie Brown

Max Cherry

Film

Lucky Number Slevin

Murphy

Film

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Film

Olympus Has Fallen

General Edward Clegg

Film

Me, Myself & Irene

Colonel Partington

Film

The Descendants

Scott Thorson

Filmography

Acting (191)

Movies (148)

Twin Peaks: The Return

2025

as Sheriff Frank Truman

10.0

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022

as Self

5.5

Grave Intentions

2021

as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

4.7

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

2020

as Sheriff Hadley Marshall

6.1

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Ed

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

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

as Self

Phil

as Bing Fisk

Damsel

as Old Preacher

What They Had

as Burt

Bigger

as Joe Weider (2008)

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

as Self

The Big Take

as Detective Aborn

Small Town Crime

as Steve Yendel

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

as Self

Acts of Vengeance

as Chuck

The Case for Christ

as Walter Strobel

Bad Binoculars

as Self

Small Crimes

as Joe Denton Sr.

Behind the Red Curtain

2017

as Self

6.2

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks

2017

as Self

7.0

London Has Fallen

2016

as General Edward Clegg

The Confirmation

as Otto

Too Late

as Gordy Lyons

Bus Driver

as General Sorbin

The American Side

as Sterling Whitmore

Survivor

as Bill Talbot

The Bridge Partner

as Don Whalen

The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster

2015

as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy

The Program

2015

as Michael

Home

as Man

Art of the Prank

Automata

as Robert Bold

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Self - Actor

That Guy Dick Miller

as Self

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

as Self

8.4

La última película de Jess Franco

2013

as Self

6.0

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

as General Edward Clegg

6.4

Coffee, Kill Boss

2013

as Walt Ford

7.0

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

as Self

Somewhere Slow

as Chris McConville

Hotel Noir

as Jim

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

2012

as Franlin/Death

The Descendants

2011

as Scott Thorson

6.8

Girl Walks Into a Bar

2011

as Dodge

5.1

American Grindhouse

2011

as Himself - Narrator

The Bannen Way

as Mr. B

Kalamity

as Tom Klepack

The Trial

as Ray

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

as Sergeant Volkom

Thick as Thieves

as Lt. Weber

Middle Men

as Louie LA LA

Touching Home

as Jim "Perk" Perkins

6.5

Expecting Love

2008

as George Patten

5.2

Jack and Jill vs. The World

2008

as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)

Would Be Kings

Cleaner

as Arlo Grange

Grampa's Cabin

as Grampa

Dragon Wars: D-War

as Jack

Rise: Blood Hunter

as Lloyd

Lucky Number Slevin

as Murphy

Firewall

as Harry

13 Graves

as Tom Ferris

Wild Seven

as Wilson

The Hunt For the BTK Killer

2005

as Detective Jason Magida

The Spaghetti West

as Narrator

Grand Theft Parsons

as Stanley Parsons

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

as Roger Wixon

Confidence

as Morgan Price

Undefeated

as Scott Green

Like Mike

as Coach Wagner

Lone Hero

as Gus

Strange Hearts

as Jack Waters

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

as Self

Murder in Greenwich

as Steve Carroll

Due East

as Jesse Rapple

Mulholland Drive

as Detective McKnight

Human Nature

as Nathan's Father

Finder's Fee

as Campbell

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

2001

as Ken "Pappa" Kimes

7.0

The Joe Spinell Story

2001

as Self

5.1

Me, Myself & Irene

2000

as Colonel Partington

Supernova

as A.J. Marley

Lakeboat

as Joe

Diamond Men

as Eddie Miller

The Magic of Marciano

as Henry

All the Rage

as Tyler

Family Tree

as Henry Musser

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

as Sal Fortuna

Psycho

as Dr. Simon

Rear Window

as Detective Moore

Outside Ozona

as Odell Parks

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

as Self

Jackie Brown

as Max Cherry

American Perfekt

as Jake

Night Vision

as Teak Taylor

Demolition University

as Gentry

Hindsight

as Michael Donahue

Original Gangstas

as Detective Slatten

Uncle Sam

as Congressman Alvin Cummings

4.8

The Method

1996

as Christian's father

3.2

Scanner Cop II

1995

as Captain Jack Bitters

5.3

Guns & Lipstick

1995

as Captain Dimaggio

3.0

Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction

as Bob Sibley

American Yakuza

as Littman

South Beach

as Det. Ted Coleman

Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash

as Sid (uncredited)

Cover Story

as Therapist

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

1992

as Dr. Powell

5.2

In the Shadow of a Killer

as Charles Galbis

Committed

as Dr. Desmond Moore

29th Street

as Sgt. Tartaglia

Diplomatic Immunity

as Stonebridge

In Between

as Vinnie

Peacemaker

as Yates

Checkered Flag

as Jack Cotton

Crossbow: The Movie

as Aymong

The Banker

as Dan

Esmeralda Bay

as Madero

Satan's Princess

as Lou Cherney

Counterforce

as The Dictator

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.9

Once a Hero

1987

as Gumshoe

The Delta Force

1986

as Abdul

5.9

Hollywood Harry

1986

as Harold "Harry" Petry

Walking the Edge

as Jason Walk

Vigilante

as Eddie Marino

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

1981

as Coach Alan Arnoldi

Alligator

1980

as David

6.1

The Black Hole

1979

as Captain Dan Holland

5.8

The Lady in Red

1979

as Turk (uncredited)

5.6

The Darker Side of Terror

1979

as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone

Avalanche

as Nick Thorne

Standing Tall

as Luke Shasta

Stunts

as Glen Wilson

The City

as Lt. Matt Lewis

Royce

as Royce

Nakia

1974

as Deputy Nakia Parker

The Death Squad

as Eric Benoit

The Don Is Dead

as Frank Regalbuto

Journey Through Rosebud

1972

as Frank

Banyon

1971

as Miles C. Banyon

Pieces of Dreams

as Gregory Lind

Cover Me Babe

as Tony Hill

Medium Cool

as John

Justine

as Narouz

The Stalking Moon

as Nick Tana

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967

as Pvt. L.G. Williams

6.4

Television (43)

Amazing Stories

as Joe Harris

Divorce

as Donald

Better Call Saul

as Ed

Ironside

as Michael Burke

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Kurtzman (voice)

Alcatraz

as Ray Archer

The Soul Man

as Father James Ignatius

Last Man Standing

as Bud Baxter

Transformers: Prime

as General Bryce (voice)

The Bannen Way

as Mr. B

Breaking Bad

as Ed

Childrens Hospital

as Donald

Army Wives

as General Grayson

Heroes

as Arthur Petrelli

Numb3rs

as Agent Thomas Larson

7.0

Tilt

2005

as Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne

6.8

Desperate Housewives

2004

as Nick Delfino

7.9

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as The President (voice)

Clubhouse

as Burt Austin

Karen Sisco

as Marshall Sisco

Fastlane

as Ray-Ray

Street Time

as Tony DeAngelo

One West Waikiki

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Ricky Ricketts

P.S. I Luv U

Twin Peaks

as Frank Truman

The Simpsons

as Lucky Jim (voice)

Jesse Hawkes

Crossbow

as Aymong

Jake and the Fatman

as Ed Delaney

Once a Hero

as Gumshoe

Murder, She Wrote

as Gilbert Gaston

Tales from the Darkside

as Garry Cooley

Hotel

as Steve Cameron

Goliath Awaits

as Comdr. Jeff Selkirk

6.8

Magnum, P.I.

1980

as Tyler Peabody McKinney

Gibbsville

Medical Story

Nakia

Police Story

Banyon

as Miles C. Banyon

Judd for the Defense

Kraft Mystery Theatre

1961

6.3

Crew (5)

Movies (3)

Diamond Men

Executive Producer

Hollywood Harry

Director

Hollywood Harry

Producer

Television (2)

Better Call Saul

In Memory Of

Knight Rider

Executive Producer