Robert Forster

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-07-13 (78 years old)

Deathday

2019-10-11

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

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.

Acting

1997

Jackie Brown

as Max Cherry

2006

2001

Human Nature

as Nathan's Father

2001

Mulholland Drive

as Detective McKnight

2006

Wild Seven

as Wilson

1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Pvt. L.G. Williams

2000

Supernova

as A.J. Marley

2003

Confidence

as Morgan Price

2021

Grave Intentions

as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

2001

Finder's Fee

as Campbell

2002

Like Mike

as Coach Wagner

1998

Rear Window

as Detective Moore

1982

Vigilante

as Eddie Marino

1999

2005

The Hunt For the BTK Killer

as Detective Jason Magida

2009

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

as Sergeant Volkom

2006

Firewall

as Harry

1979

The Black Hole

as Captain Dan Holland

2007

Cleaner

as Arlo Grange

2015

The Program

as Michael

1989

1993

Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash

as Sid (uncredited)

2000

Diamond Men

as Eddie Miller

1969

1969

Justine

as Narouz

1968

The Stalking Moon

as Nick Tana

1991

29th Street

as Sgt. Tartaglia

2009

Thick as Thieves

as Lt. Weber

1986

2002

Strange Hearts

as Jack Waters

2004

Grand Theft Parsons

as Stanley Parsons

2011

The Descendants

as Scott Thorson

1979

The Lady in Red

as Turk (uncredited)

2011

American Grindhouse

as Himself - Narrator

1977

Stunts

as Glen Wilson

2008

Touching Home

as Jim "Perk" Perkins

1997

2002

Murder in Greenwich

as Steve Carroll

1970

Pieces of Dreams

as Gregory Lind

1973

The Don Is Dead

as Frank Regalbuto

2002

Lone Hero

as Gus

2010

Kalamity

as Tom Klepack

2003

Undefeated

as Scott Green

1989

Satan's Princess

as Lou Cherney

1985

Walking the Edge

as Jason Walk

1998

Outside Ozona

as Odell Parks

2013

Olympus Has Fallen

as General Edward Clegg

1999

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

as Sal Fortuna

2012

1991

Committed

as Dr. Desmond Moore

1993

South Beach

as Det. Ted Coleman

1995

Guns & Lipstick

as Captain Dimaggio

1978

Avalanche

as Nick Thorne

2013

Somewhere Slow

as Chris McConville

2000

Lakeboat

as Joe

2013

Coffee, Kill Boss

as Walt Ford

1979

The Darker Side of Terror

as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone

1977

The City

as Lt. Matt Lewis

1990

Checkered Flag

as Jack Cotton

1974

Nakia

as Deputy Nakia Parker

1997

Night Vision

as Teak Taylor

2002

Due East

as Jesse Rapple

1988

Counterforce

as The Dictator

1991

In Between

as Vinnie

2009

Middle Men

as Louie LA LA

2015

Home

as Man

1989

Esmeralda Bay

as Madero

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as Colonel Partington

1996

Uncle Sam

as Congressman Alvin Cummings

1998

Psycho

as Dr. Simon

2014

Automata

as Robert Bold

1996

Original Gangstas

as Detective Slatten

1970

Cover Me Babe

as Tony Hill

1995

Scanner Cop II

as Captain Jack Bitters

2016

London Has Fallen

as General Edward Clegg

2010

The Trial

as Ray

1978

Standing Tall

as Luke Shasta

2006

13 Graves

as Tom Ferris

2015

Survivor

as Bill Talbot

2007

2016

Too Late

as Gordy Lyons

2016

The American Side

as Sterling Whitmore

2018

The Big Take

as Detective Aborn

1999

Mulholland Dr.

as Detective McKnight

1986

Hollywood Harry

as Harold "Harry" Petry

1996

The Method

as Christian's father

2016

1990

Peacemaker

as Yates

2017

Small Crimes

as Joe Denton Sr.

1989

2018

Small Town Crime

as Steve Yendel

2015

The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster

as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy

2016

Bus Driver

as General Sorbin

2017

The Case for Christ

as Walter Strobel

2008

Expecting Love

as George Patten

2017

1996

Hindsight

as Michael Donahue

1974

The Death Squad

as Eric Benoit

2018

1991

Diplomatic Immunity

as Stonebridge

1987

Once a Hero

as Gumshoe

2018

Bigger

as Joe Weider (2008)

2018

Damsel

as Old Preacher

1992

In the Shadow of a Killer

as Charles Galbis

1999

Family Tree

as Henry Musser

1993

American Yakuza

as Littman

1976

Royce

as Royce

2019

Phil

as Bing Fisk

2015

The Bridge Partner

as Don Whalen

2012

2005

2008

Jack and Jill vs. The World

as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)

1971

Banyon

as Miles C. Banyon

1980

Alligator

as David

2020

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

as Sheriff Hadley Marshall

1993

Cover Story

as Therapist

2017

2010

2025

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)

Production

1986

Hollywood Harry

as Producer

2000

Diamond Men

as Executive Producer

1986

Hollywood Harry

as Director

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