Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

191

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-07-13

Deathday

2019-10-11 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Also Known As

Robert Wallace Foster Jr.

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

8.9%

Breaking Bad

Jan 20, 2008

8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

6.4%

Olympus Has Fallen

Mar 20, 2013

7.4%

Jackie Brown

Dec 25, 1997

7.8%

Mulholland Drive

Jun 6, 2001

8.7%

Better Call Saul

Feb 8, 2015

7.0%

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Oct 11, 2019

6.2%

London Has Fallen

Mar 2, 2016

7.5%

Lucky Number Slevin

Feb 24, 2006

6.6%

Me, Myself & Irene

Jun 22, 2000

5.5%

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Jun 25, 2003

6.8%

The Descendants

Sep 9, 2011

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Acting

2025

I Know Catherine, The Log Lady as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)

2022

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self

2021

Grave Intentions as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

2020		The Wolf of Snow Hollow as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
2020		Amazing Stories as Joe Harris

2019		The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 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 as Self
2018		Damsel as Old Preacher
2018		Small Town Crime as Steve Yendel

2017		The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
2017		A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks as Self
2017		Behind the Red Curtain as Self
2017		Bad Binoculars as Self
2017		Acts of Vengeance as Chuck
2017		Small Crimes as Joe Denton Sr.
2017		The Case for Christ as Walter Strobel

2016		Divorce as Donald
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
2015		Better Call Saul as Ed

2014		Automata as Robert Bold
2014		Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Actor
2014		That Guy Dick Miller as Self

2013		No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
2013		La última película de Jess Franco as Self
2013		Ironside as Michael Burke
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 Filmmaking as Self

2012		Grimm Fairy Tales Animated as Franlin/Death
2012		Hotel Noir as Jim
2012		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Kurtzman (voice)
2012		Alcatraz as Ray Archer

2011		Last Man Standing as Bud Baxter
2011		The Descendants as Scott Thorson
2011		Girl Walks Into a Bar as Dodge
2011		American Grindhouse as Himself - Narrator

2010		Transformers: Prime as General Bryce (voice)
2010		Kalamity as Tom Klepack
2010		The Trial as Ray
2010		The Bannen Way as Mr. B
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		Childrens Hospital as Donald
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
2008		Breaking Bad as Ed

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		Heroes as Arthur Petrelli
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
2005		Tilt as Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2005		Numb3rs as Agent Thomas Larson

2004		Desperate Housewives as Nick Delfino
2004		Clubhouse as Burt Austin
2004		Justice League Unlimited as The President (voice)
2004		Grand Theft Parsons as Stanley Parsons

2003		Karen Sisco as Marshall Sisco
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		Fastlane as Ray-Ray
2002		Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
2002		Like Mike as Coach Wagner
2002		Street Time as Tony DeAngelo
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 of Sante and Kenny Kimes 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 Charlie Moore
1998		Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self

1997		Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
1997		Demolition University as Gentry
1997		American Perfekt as Jake Nyman
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		One West Waikiki
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)
1993		Walker, Texas Ranger as Ricky Ricketts
1993		Walker, Texas Ranger as Lane Tillman

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		P.S. I Luv U
1991		Diplomatic Immunity as Stonebridge
1991		Committed as Dr. Desmond Moore
1991		In Between as Vinnie

1990		Peacemaker as Yates
1990		Twin Peaks as Frank Truman
1990		Checkered Flag as Jack Cotton

1989		The Banker as Dan
1989		The Simpsons as Lucky Jim (voice)
1989		Satan's Princess as Lou Cherney
1989		Esmeralda Bay as Madero
1989		Jesse Hawkes
1989		Crossbow: The Movie as Aymong

1988		John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988		Counterforce as The Dictator

1987		Jake and the Fatman as Ed Delaney
1987		Once a Hero as Gumshoe
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

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Gilbert Gaston
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Frank Roussel
1984		Tales from the Darkside as Garry Cooley

1982		Hotel as Steve Cameron
1982		Vigilante as Eddie Marino

1981		Goliath Awaits as Comdr. Jeff Selkirk
1981		The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Coach Alan Arnoldi

1980		Magnum, P.I.
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		Gibbsville
1976		Royce as Royce

1975

Medical Story

1974		Nakia
1974		Nakia as Deputy Nakia Parker
1974		The Death Squad as Eric Benoit

1973		The Don Is Dead as Frank Regalbuto
1973		Police Story

1972		Banyon as Miles C. Banyon
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
1967		Judd for the Defense

1961

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Directing

1986

Hollywood Harry as Director

Production

2000

Diamond Men as Executive Producer

1986

Hollywood Harry as Producer

1982

Knight Rider as Executive Producer