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Robert Rusler

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Robert Rusler

Born September 20, 1965 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA31 films

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

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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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Weird Science posterFirst watchWeird Science19856.5as MaxTwo unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer.View film

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31 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Last Days of Belle StarrW. H. H. Clayton
  2. TBAWine ThiefTobin James
  3. 2025Garden of EdenMatheo Eden
  4. 2024Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost HorseDavid Richards
  5. 2021The ManorGeorge
  6. 2021Pretty BoyEdward
  7. 2021Jakob's WifeTom Low
  8. 2018Concrete KidsJerry
  9. 2018The Debt CollectorTarva
  10. 2018The Wedding Do OverGary
  11. 2017The UnwillingRich
  12. 2016Blood FeastFuad Ramses
  13. 2015Tales of HalloweenMr. Blake
  14. 2011DeliveredWiggs
  15. 2008LA LA LandJerry Flaxman
  16. 2007AgendaAlec Foster
  17. 2006SurveillanceBen Palmer
  18. 2006The HuntAtticus Monroe
  19. 2004The Whole Ten YardsPoliceman #2
  20. 2003Air Strike
  21. 1993Amityville: A New GenerationRay
  22. 1992Final EmbraceKyle Lambton
  23. 1992Crisis in the KremlinJack Reilly
  24. 1991Sometimes They Come BackLawson
  25. 1989ShagBuzz Ravenel
  26. 1987Tonight's the NightKenny Costner
  27. 1986Thrashin'Tommy Hook
  28. 1986VampAJ
  29. 1986Dangerously Close
  30. 1985A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's RevengeRon Grady
  31. 1985Weird ScienceMax