Robert Forster

Actor

Robert Forster

Born July 13, 1941 in Rochester, New York, USADied October 11, 2019122 films

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.

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Alligator posterFirst watchAlligator19806.0as DavidA leading role.A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Medium Cool poster6.6Medium Cool1969Vigilante poster6.1Vigilante1983Small Crimes poster5.4Small Crimes2017Thick as Thieves poster6.0Thick as Thieves2009The Wolf of Snow Hollow poster6.1The Wolf of Snow Hollow2020What They Had poster6.5What They Had2018The Black Hole poster5.8The Black Hole1979The Stalking Moon poster5.9The Stalking Moon1968

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American Yakuza poster5.8American Yakuza1993El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie poster7.1El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019Jackie Brown poster7.4Jackie Brown1997

Filmography

122 films as actor
  1. 2021Grave IntentionsDon Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
  2. 2020The Wolf of Snow HollowSheriff Hadley Marshall
  3. 2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieEd
  4. 2019PhilBing Fisk
  5. 2018What They HadBurt
  6. 2018BiggerJoe Weider (2008)
  7. 2018The Big TakeDetective Aborn
  8. 2018DamselOld Preacher
  9. 2018Small Town CrimeSteve Yendel
  10. 2017Acts of VengeanceChuck
  11. 2017Small CrimesJoe Denton Sr.
  12. 2017The Case for ChristWalter Strobel
  13. 2016Bus DriverGeneral Sorbin
  14. 2016The American SideSterling Whitmore
  15. 2016Too LateGordy Lyons
  16. 2016The ConfirmationOtto
  17. 2016London Has FallenGeneral Edward Clegg
  18. 2015HomeMan
  19. 2015The ProgramMichael
  20. 2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
  21. 2015SurvivorBill Talbot
  22. 2015The Bridge PartnerDon Whalen
  23. 2014AutomataRobert Bold
  24. 2013Coffee, Kill BossWalt Ford
  25. 2013Olympus Has FallenGeneral Edward Clegg
  26. 2013Somewhere SlowChris McConville
  27. 2012Grimm Fairy Tales AnimatedFranlin / Death
  28. 2012Hotel NoirJim
  29. 2011The DescendantsScott Thorson
  30. 2011Girl Walks Into a BarDodge
  31. 2010KalamityTom Klepack
  32. 2010The TrialRay
  33. 2010The Bannen WayMr. B
  34. 2009Ghosts of Girlfriends PastSergeant Volkom
  35. 2009Thick as ThievesLt. Weber
  36. 2008Would Be Kings
  37. 2008Touching HomeJim "Perk" Perkins
  38. 2008Jack and Jill vs. The WorldNorman / Narrator (uncredited)
  39. 2008Expecting LoveGeorge Patten
  40. 2007Grampa's CabinGrampa
  41. 2007CleanerArlo Grange
  42. 2007Dragon Wars: D-WarJack
  43. 2007Rise: Blood HunterLloyd
  44. 200613 GravesTom Ferris
  45. 2006Lucky Number SlevinMurphy
  46. 2006FirewallHarry
  47. 2006Wild SevenWilson
  48. 2005The Hunt for the BTK KillerDetective Jason Magida
  49. 2004Grand Theft ParsonsStanley Parsons
  50. 2003UndefeatedScott Green
  51. 2003Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleRoger Wixon
  52. 2003ConfidenceMorgan Price
  53. 2002Murder in GreenwichSteve Carroll
  54. 2002Strange HeartsJack Waters
  55. 2002Like MikeCoach Wagner
  56. 2002Lone HeroGus
  57. 2002Due EastJesse Rapple
  58. 2001Human NatureNathan's Father
  59. 2001Finder's FeeCampbell
  60. 2001Mulholland DriveDetective McKnight
  61. 2001Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny KimesKen "Pappa" Kimes
  62. 2000The Magic of MarcianoHenry
  63. 2000Diamond MenEddie Miller
  64. 2000It's the RageTyler
  65. 2000Me, Myself & IreneColonel Partington
  66. 2000LakeboatJoe
  67. 2000SupernovaA.J. Marley
  68. 1999Kiss Toledo GoodbyeSal Fortuna
  69. 1999Family TreeHenry Musser
  70. 1998Outside OzonaOdell Parks
  71. 1998PsychoDr. Simon
  72. 1998Rear WindowDetective Moore
  73. 1997Jackie BrownMax Cherry
  74. 1997Demolition UniversityGentry
  75. 1997American PerfektJake
  76. 1997Night VisionTeak Taylor
  77. 1996Uncle SamCongressman Alvin Cummings
  78. 1996Original GangstasDetective Slatten
  79. 1996The MethodChristian's father
  80. 1996HindsightMichael Donahue
  81. 1995Guns & LipstickCaptain Dimaggio
  82. 1995Scanner Cop IICaptain Jack Bitters
  83. 1993American YakuzaLittman
  84. 1993South BeachDet. Ted Coleman
  85. 1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceDr. Powell
  86. 1992In the Shadow of a KillerCharles Galbis
  87. 199129th StreetSgt. Tartaglia
  88. 1991Diplomatic ImmunityStonebridge
  89. 1991CommittedDr. Desmond Moore
  90. 1991In BetweenVinnie
  91. 1990Checkered FlagJack Cotton
  92. 1990PeacemakerYates
  93. 1990The BankerDan
  94. 1989Satan's PrincessLou Cherney
  95. 1989Esmeralda BayMadero
  96. 1989Crossbow: The MovieAymong
  97. 1988CounterforceThe Dictator
  98. 1987Once a HeroGumshoe
  99. 1986The Delta ForceAbdul
  100. 1985Walking the EdgeJason Walk
  101. 1983VigilanteEddie Marino
  102. 1981The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom PussycatsCoach Alan Arnoldi
  103. 1980AlligatorDavid
  104. 1979The Black HoleCaptain Dan Holland
  105. 1979The Lady in RedTurk (uncredited)
  106. 1979The Darker Side of TerrorProf. Paul Corwin / The Clone
  107. 1978AvalancheNick Thorne
  108. 1978Standing TallLuke Shasta
  109. 1977StuntsGlen Wilson
  110. 1977The CityLt. Matt Lewis
  111. 1976RoyceRoyce
  112. 1974NakiaDeputy Nakia Parker
  113. 1974The Death SquadEric Benoit
  114. 1973The Don Is DeadFrank Regalbuto
  115. 1972Journey Through RosebudFrank
  116. 1971BanyonMiles C. Banyon
  117. 1970Cover Me BabeTony Hill
  118. 1970Pieces of DreamsGregory Lind
  119. 1969Medium CoolJohn
  120. 1969JustineNarouz