Robert Rusler

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

52

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-09-20 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Robert Rusler

Biography

Robert Rusler (born September 20, 1965) is an American film and television actor.

Rusler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Maria Elena (née Varela) and Richard C. Rusler. He moved to Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, where he started surfing and skateboarding on a semi-professional level, competiting in local tournaments. Then he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he studied martial arts and entered many competitions. After high school, Robert wanted to try his hand as an actor and began taking acting classes at the Loft Studio with Peggy Feury and William Taylor.

His first film was the 1985 hit comedy film Weird Science as Max; he is also well known for his role in the 1985 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge as Grady and Richard Lawson in the 1991 TV film Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back. Rusler has starred on some television series, such as the short lived 1990 series The Outsiders as Tim Shepard, and in the 1993 short lives series Angel Falls, but his best known TV role was in the 1990s hit science fiction series Babylon 5 as Warren Keffer in season 2 (1994-1995). He has acted in the 1995 sci-fi video game flight simulator, Wing Commander IV which starred Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell. He also recently appeared in an episode of the TV series The Unit.

Rusler has made guest appearances on television shows ranging from The Facts of Life, Snoops, Cold Case, Medium, The Unit, The Closer, 24, Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Enterprise in the season 3 episode "Anomaly" as Orgoth. He has appeared in a Heineken commercial directed by Oliver Stone.

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Known For

Bones
8.2%

Bones

Sep 13, 2005

NCIS
7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

24
7.8%

24

Nov 6, 2001

S.W.A.T.
8.1%

S.W.A.T.

Nov 2, 2017

Weird Science
6.6%

Weird Science

Aug 1, 1985

The Whole Ten Yards
5.7%

The Whole Ten Yards

Apr 7, 2004

Star Trek: Enterprise
7.6%

Star Trek: Enterprise

Sep 26, 2001

Babylon 5
8.0%

Babylon 5

Jan 26, 1994

Medium
7.5%

Medium

Jan 3, 2005

Tales of Halloween
5.8%

Tales of Halloween

Oct 16, 2015

Cold Case
7.8%

Cold Case

Sep 28, 2003

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Acting

Garden of Eden as Matheo Eden
The Last Days of Belle Starr as W. H. H. Clayton
2024
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 as Self - Interviewee
2024
Wildfire as David Richards
2022
FredHeads: The Documentary as Himself
2021
The Manor as George
2021
Pretty Boy as Edward
2021
Jakob's Wife as Tom Low
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
2019
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street as Self
2018
Light as a Feather as Mr. Morris
2018
Concrete Kids as Jerry
2018
The Debt Collector as Tarva
2018
The Wedding Do Over as Gary
2017
S.W.A.T. as Moretti
2017
The Unwilling as Rich
2016
Blood Feast as Fuad Ramses
2015
Tales of Halloween as Mr. Blake
2012
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever as Self
2011
Delivered as Wiggs
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
2008
LA LA Land as Jerry Flaxman
2007
Agenda as Alec Foster
2006
Surveillance as Ben Palmer
2006
The Hunt as Atticus Monroe
2006
The Unit
2005
Bones as Hunter Sherman
2005
The Closer as Joe White
2005
Medium as David Barrington
2004
The Whole Ten Yards as Policeman #2
2003
Air Strike
2003
Cold Case as Lt. Nash Cavanaugh
2003
NCIS as Curtis Teague
2001
24 as Hank
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise as Orgoth
1997
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1994
Babylon 5 as Warren Keffer
1993
Amityville: A New Generation as Ray
1993
Angel Falls as Toby Riopelle
1992
Final Embrace as Kyle Lambton
1992
Crisis in the Kremlin as Jack Reilly
1991
Sometimes They Come Back as Lawson
1990
The Outsiders as Tim Shepherd
1989
Shag as Buzz Ravenel
1987
Tonight's the Night as Kenny Costner
1986
Thrashin' as Tommy Hook
1986
Vamp as AJ
1986
Dangerously Close
1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge as Ron Grady
1985
Weird Science as Max
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Pete Menteer
1979
The Facts of Life

Directing

2013
Black Asylum as Director

Production

2013
Black Asylum as Producer

Writing

2013
Black Asylum as Screenplay
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