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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:
180
First Appeared:
In the movie The Go-Betweens: Rock Arena 1987
Latest Project:
Movie American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective 2022-08-15
Known For
Poster of The Bannen Way
Poster of Jesse Hawkes
Poster of Once a Hero
Poster of Kraft Mystery Theatre
Filmography
Movie The Go-Betweens: Rock Arena 1987 2025
Movie American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective Self 2022-08-15
Movie Grave Intentions Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner") 2021-10-15
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 The Go-Betweens: Right Here Himself 2017-09-28
Movie Acts of Vengeance Chuck 2017-10-27
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 Bad Binoculars Self 2017-12-05
Movie London Has Fallen General Edward Clegg 2016-03-02
Movie The Confirmation Otto 2016-03-18
Movie The American Side Sterling Whitmore 2016-04-14
Movie Too Late Gordy Lyons 2016-03-25
Movie Bus Driver General Sorbin 2016-10-04
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 Somewhere Slow Chris McConville 2013-03-02
Movie Olympus Has Fallen General Edward Clegg 2013-03-20
Movie No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad Self 2013-11-26
Movie Coffee, Kill Boss Walt Ford 2013-08-30
Movie La última película de Jess Franco Self 2013-10-11
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 Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking Self 2012-11-20
Movie American Grindhouse Himself - Narrator 2011-02-04
Movie The Descendants Scott Thorson 2011-09-09
Series Last Man Standing Bud Baxter 2011-10-11
Movie Girl Walks Into a Bar Dodge 2011-03-07
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
Series Breaking Bad Ed 2008-01-20
Movie Expecting Love George Patten 2008-02-29
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 The Go-Betweens: Live at the Tivoli Self 2006-01-01
Movie Wild Seven Wilson 2006-01-01
Movie The Go-Betweens - The Acoustic Stories Self 2006-01-01
Movie 13 Graves Tom Ferris 2006-11-18
Series Heroes Arthur Petrelli 2006-09-25
Movie Lucky Number Slevin Murphy 2006-02-24
Movie Firewall Harry 2006-02-08
Series Numb3rs Unknown 2005-01-23
Movie The Spaghetti West Narrator 2005-09-01
Movie The Hunt For the BTK Killer Detective Jason Magida 2005-10-09
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
Series Desperate Housewives Unknown 2004-10-03
Movie Confidence Morgan Price 2003-04-25
Movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Roger Wixon 2003-06-25
Movie Undefeated Scott Green 2003-07-26
Series Karen Sisco Marshall Sisco 2003-10-01
Series Street Time Unknown 2002-06-23
Movie Due East Jesse Rapple 2002-04-11
Movie Lone Hero Gus 2002-04-12
Movie Like Mike Coach Wagner 2002-07-03
Movie Murder in Greenwich Steve Carroll 2002-11-15
Movie Jackie Brown: How It Went Down Self 2002-08-20
Movie Strange Hearts Jack Waters 2002-10-23
Series Fastlane Unknown 2002-09-18
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
Series Scrubs Unknown 2001-10-02
Movie Human Nature Nathan's Father 2001-09-12
Movie Finder's Fee Campbell 2001-06-19
Movie The Joe Spinell Story Self 2001-08-21
Movie Supernova A.J. Marley 2000-01-14
Movie Lakeboat Joe 2000-04-13
Movie Me, Myself & Irene Colonel Partington 2000-06-22
Movie The Magic of Marciano Henry 2000-11-26
Movie Diamond Men Eddie Miller 2000-10-11
Movie Mulholland Dr. Detective McKnight 1999-01-01
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 Charlie 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 Nyman 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 1990-07-02
Series Jesse Hawkes Unknown 1989-04-22
Movie Crossbow: The Movie Aymong 1989-01-01
Movie Esmeralda Bay Madero 1989-05-18
Movie The Banker Dan 1989-12-20
Series The Simpsons Unknown 1989-12-17
Movie Satan's Princess Lou Cherney 1989-12-01
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 1982-05-18
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 1980-07-02
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 Standing Tall Luke Shasta 1978-01-21
Movie Avalanche Nick Thorne 1978-09-29
Movie The City Lt. Matt Lewis 1977-01-12
Movie Stunts Glen Wilson 1977-06-01
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
Movie Journey Through Rosebud Frank 1972-03-02
Series Banyon Miles C. Banyon 1972-09-15
Movie Banyon Miles C. Banyon 1971-03-15
Movie Cover Me Babe Tony Hill 1970-10-01
Movie Pieces of Dreams Gregory Lind 1970-09-23
Movie Justine Narouz 1969-08-06
Movie Medium Cool John 1969-08-27
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