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

The Simpsons
2008
Desperate Housewives
2007
Breaking Bad
2013
Twin Peaks
2017
Better Call Saul
2020
Heroes
2007
Murder, She Wrote
1986
Numb3rs
2006
Magnum, P.I.
1985
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2015
Knight Rider
1985
Last Man Standing
2012

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
192
Directing
1
Producing
3
Crew
1
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
Better Call Saul
as Ed
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
Phil
as Bing Fisk
2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Ed
2019
QT8: The First Eight
as Self
2018
The Big Take
as Detective Aborn
2018
Small Town Crime
as Steve Yendel
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018
What They Had
as Burt
2018
Bigger
as Joe Weider (2008)
2018
Damsel
as Old Preacher
2017
Small Crimes
as Joe Denton Sr.
2017
The Case for Christ
as Walter Strobel
2017
Acts of Vengeance
as Chuck
2017
Bad Binoculars
as Self
2017
Behind the Red Curtain
as Self
2017
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
as Self
2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as Self
2017
Twin Peaks
as Frank Truman
2016
London Has Fallen
as General Edward Clegg
2016
Too Late
as Gordy Lyons
2016
The American Side
as Sterling Whitmore
2016
The Confirmation
as Otto
2016
Bus Driver
as General Sorbin
2016
Divorce
as Donald
2015
The Program
as Michael
2015
Home
as Man
2015
Survivor
as Bill Talbot
2015
Art of the Prank
2015
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
2015
The Bridge Partner
as Don Whalen
2015
Childrens Hospital
as Donald
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Kurtzman (voice)
2014
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014
Automata
as Robert Bold
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
2013
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
as General Edward Clegg
2013
Somewhere Slow
as Chris McConville
2013
Coffee, Kill Boss
as Walt Ford
2013
La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
2013
Breaking Bad
as Ed
2013
Ironside
as Michael Burke
2013
NTSF:SD:SUV::
as Booth Whitman
2012
Hotel Noir
as Jim
2012
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
as Franlin/Death
2012
Last Man Standing
as Bud Baxter
2012
Transformers: Prime
as General Bryce (voice)
2012
The Soul Man
as Father James Ignatius
2011
The Descendants
as Scott Thorson
2011
American Grindhouse
as Himself - Narrator
2011
Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Dodge
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
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
as Sergeant Volkom
2009
Thick as Thieves
as Lt. Weber
2009
Middle Men
as Louie LA LA
2008
Touching Home
as Jim "Perk" Perkins
2008
Expecting Love
as George Patten
2008
Would Be Kings
2008
Jack and Jill vs. The World
as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
2008
The Simpsons
as Lucky Jim (voice)
2007
Dragon Wars: D-War
as Jack
2007
Rise: Blood Hunter
as Lloyd
2007
Cleaner
as Arlo Grange
2007
Grampa's Cabin
as Grampa
2007
Desperate Housewives
as Nick Delfino
2007
Heroes
as Arthur Petrelli
2007
Army Wives
as General Grayson
2006
Lucky Number Slevin
as Murphy
2006
Wild Seven
as Wilson
2006
Firewall
as Harry
2006
13 Graves
as Tom Ferris
2006
Numb3rs
as Agent Thomas Larson
2005
The Hunt for the BTK Killer
as Detective Jason Magida
2005
The Spaghetti West
as Narrator
2005
Justice League Unlimited
as The President (voice)
2005
Tilt
as Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2004
Grand Theft Parsons
as Stanley Parsons
2004
Clubhouse
as Burt Austin
2003
Confidence
as Morgan Price
2003
Undefeated
as Scott Green
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Roger Wixon
2003
Karen Sisco
as Marshall Sisco
2003
Street Time
as Tony DeAngelo
2002
Like Mike
as Coach Wagner
2002
Strange Hearts
as Jack Waters
2002
Murder in Greenwich
as Steve Carroll
2002
Lone Hero
as Gus
2002
Due East
as Jesse Rapple
2002
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
2002
Fastlane
as Ray-Ray
2001
Human Nature
as Nathan's Father
2001
Mulholland Drive
as Detective McKnight
2001
Finder's Fee
as Campbell
2001
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
as Ken "Pappa" Kimes
2001
The Joe Spinell Story
as Self
2000
Supernova
as A.J. Marley
2000
It's the Rage
as Tyler
2000
Diamond Men
as Eddie Miller
2000
Lakeboat
as Joe
2000
The Magic of Marciano
as Henry
2000
Me, Myself & Irene
as Colonel Partington
1999
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Sal Fortuna
1999
Family Tree
as Henry Musser
1998
Rear Window
as Detective Moore
1998
Outside Ozona
as Odell Parks
1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1998
Psycho
as Dr. Simon
1997
Jackie Brown
as Max Cherry
1997
American Perfekt
as Jake
1997
Night Vision
as Teak Taylor
1997
Demolition University
as Gentry
1997
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Lane Tillman
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
1995
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Ricky Ricketts
1995
Murder, She Wrote
as Frank Roussel
1995
One West Waikiki
1994
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
as Bob Sibley
1993
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
as Sid (uncredited)
1993
South Beach
as Det. Ted Coleman
1993
American Yakuza
as Littman
1993
Cover Story
as Therapist
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
Committed
as Dr. Desmond Moore
1991
In Between
as Vinnie
1991
Diplomatic Immunity
as Stonebridge
1991
Jake and the Fatman
as Ed Delaney
1991
P.S. I Luv U
1990
The Banker
as Dan
1990
Checkered Flag
as Jack Cotton
1990
Peacemaker
as Yates
1989
Satan's Princess
as Lou Cherney
1989
Esmeralda Bay
as Madero
1989
Crossbow: The Movie
as Aymong
1989
Jesse Hawkes
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Counterforce
as The Dictator
1988
Crossbow
as Aymong
1987
Once a Hero
as Gumshoe
1987
Hotel
as Steve Cameron
1987
Once a Hero
as Gumshoe
1987
Tales from the Darkside
as Garry Cooley
1986
The Delta Force
as Abdul
1986
Hollywood Harry
as Harold "Harry" Petry
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Gilbert Gaston
1985
Walking the Edge
as Jason Walk
1985
Magnum, P.I.
as Tyler Peabody McKinney
1983
Vigilante
as Eddie Marino
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as Coach Alan Arnoldi
1981
Goliath Awaits
as Comdr. Jeff Selkirk
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
1976
Gibbsville
1975
Police Story
1975
Medical Story
as David Corbin
1974
Nakia
as Deputy Nakia Parker
1974
The Death Squad
as Eric Benoit
1974
Nakia
1973
The Don Is Dead
as Frank Regalbuto
1972
Journey Through Rosebud
as Frank
1972
Banyon
as Miles C. Banyon
1971
Banyon
as Miles C. Banyon
1970
Pieces of Dreams
as Gregory Lind
1970
Cover Me Babe
as Tony Hill
1969
Medium Cool
as John
1969
Justine
as Narouz
1968
The Stalking Moon
as Nick Tana
1968
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Pvt. L.G. Williams
1963
Kraft Mystery Theatre