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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2025
as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)
An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks".

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, tol...

Grave Intentions
2021
as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
In this anthology of chills, thrills, and kills, a practitioner of the magical arts teaches the basics of her craft. The most important lesson? You mu...

The Wolf of Snow Hollow
2020
as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing ...

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Self
Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and other cast members, producers and crew share stories and footage from the making of "El Camino."

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Ed
In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

Phil
2019
as Bing Fisk
A depressed dentist in mid-life crisis tries to learn why one of his happiest patients suddenly commits suicide, and a dark comedic adventure ensues.

What They Had
2018
as Burt
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

Bigger
2018
as Joe Weider (2008)
The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme pov...

The Big Take
2018
as Detective Aborn
A reclusive movie star hires a private detective after he's anonymously blackmailed. Things turn violent when an aspiring writer is fingered for the c...

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
as Self
A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," ...

Damsel
2018
as Old Preacher
Oregon, a small town near the sea, around 1870. Henry, a grieving man who aspires to preach as a way to overcome his unfortunate past, reunites with e...

Small Town Crime
2018
as Steve Yendel
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turn...

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
2017
as Self
Behind the scenes of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, with a focus on the work of David Lynch directing the actors.

Behind the Red Curtain
2017
as Self
Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

Bad Binoculars
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
2017
as Self
One week in the making of David Lynch's 2017 continuation of his groundbreaking television series TWIN PEAKS, capturing the cast and crew as they revi...

Acts of Vengeance
2017
as Chuck
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his...

Small Crimes
2017
as Joe Denton Sr.
A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mes...

The Case for Christ
2017
as Walter Strobel
Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills...

Bus Driver
2016
as General Sorbin
A high school bus on its way to a retreat blows a tire and stops at the nearest ranch for help. The driver, five troubled students, and their ridiculo...

The American Side
2016
as Sterling Whitmore
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist,...

Too Late
2016
as Gordy Lyons
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.

The Confirmation
2016
as Otto
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

London Has Fallen
2016
as General Edward Clegg
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

Home
2015
as Man
Two young brothers living in rural isolation struggle to survive in the wake of a mysterious attack, only to have their fragile world shattered by the...
The Program
2015
as Michael
Two men, an ex-priest and an afflicted firefighter, lead an underground intervention group for ordinary people suffering from demonic possession.

The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
2015
as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
Feature compilation of four Biffle and Shooster comedy shorts--"The Biffle Murder Case," "Imitation of Wife," "Schmo Boat" and "Bride of Finklestein"-...

Art of the Prank
2015
The great media prankster, Joey Skaggs, wants to fool the world media AGAIN, and, with the most complex hoax of his career in the pipeline, he now mus...

Survivor
2015
as Bill Talbot
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for cri...

The Bridge Partner
2015
as Don Whalen
A timid housewife is jolted into a fight for her survival or sanity when she thinks she hears her new partner at a weekly bridge game whisper a shocki...

Automata
2014
as Robert Bold
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have prof...

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actor
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yor...

That Guy Dick Miller
2014
as Self
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu...

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
as Self
A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.

La última película de Jess Franco
2013
as Self

Coffee, Kill Boss
2013
as Walt Ford
When ten executives secretly meet to sell off their company, they're murdered one by one in this darkly comedic romp through the halls of corporate Am...

Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as General Edward Clegg
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former President...

Somewhere Slow
2013
as Chris McConville
When Anna Thompson gets mixed-up in a convenience store robbery, she makes a split-decision to walk out of her life and into the unknown. On her trave...

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
as Self
Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, stars and master filmmakers alike as well as a tribute...

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
2012
as Franlin/Death
Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

Hotel Noir
2012
as Jim
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occu...

The Descendants
2011
as Scott Thorson
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to co...

Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011
as Dodge
A sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one e...

American Grindhouse
2011
as Himself - Narrator
This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema...

Kalamity
2010
as Tom Klepack
Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he fin...

The Trial
2010
as Ray
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assign...

The Bannen Way
2010
as Mr. B

Middle Men
2009
as Louie LA LA
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobste...

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
as Sergeant Volkom
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead lives life in the fast lane, committed to lifelong bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women....

Thick as Thieves
2009
as Lt. Weber
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job ...

Would Be Kings
2008
Best friends Patrick (Currie Graham) and Jamie (Ben Bass) are also cousins and cops determined to keep the streets safe and provide for their families...

Touching Home
2008
as Jim "Perk" Perkins
The true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.

Jack and Jill vs. The World
2008
as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
Jack and Jill's Manifesto of Rules to Live By Rule 1 Be honest Rule 2 Believe in fairy tales Rule 3 Accept time as our friend Rule 4 Make sure the noo...

Expecting Love
2008
as George Patten
A successful Los Angeles lawyer discovers that a short-term affair could have long-term consequences when a woman he had a brief affair with claims th...
Grampa's Cabin
2007
as Grampa
Short drama

Cleaner
2007
as Arlo Grange
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban ...

Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
as Jack
Ethan learns he carries the spirit of a warrior who battled dragons in 16th-century Korea -- and one day he'll find a tattooed girl carrying the spiri...

Rise: Blood Hunter
2007
as Lloyd
A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She goes on a personal vendetta against a grou...

13 Graves
2006
as Tom Ferris
An ex-treasure hunter's search for his missing brother coincides with a quest for buried Incan gold.

Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as Murphy
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get ...

Firewall
2006
as Harry
State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a ...

Wild Seven
2006
as Wilson
In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus ...

The Hunt For the BTK Killer
2005
as Detective Jason Magida
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.

The Spaghetti West
2005
as Narrator
A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.

Grand Theft Parsons
2004
as Stanley Parsons
There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential mus...

Undefeated
2003
as Scott Green
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie ...

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
as Roger Wixon
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Progra...

Confidence
2003
as Morgan Price
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting ...

Murder in Greenwich
2002
as Steve Carroll
The story of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970s. Her murder went unsolved for 25 years.

Strange Hearts
2002
as Jack Waters
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same ...

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
as Self
A making-of documentary for the 1997 film "Jackie Brown."

Like Mike
2002
as Coach Wagner
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to ...

Lone Hero
2002
as Gus
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.

Due East
2002
as Jesse Rapple
Mary Faith Rapple, a bright high school senior, has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a night class, cares for her widowed father and pre...

Human Nature
2001
as Nathan's Father
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the ...

The Joe Spinell Story
2001
as Self
The Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable ...

Finder's Fee
2001
as Campbell
Friends Tepper, Quigley, Fishman, and Bolan get together for a weekly poker night with two simple rules: Everyone contributes a lottery ticket to the ...

Mulholland Drive
2001
as Detective McKnight
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s...

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001
as Ken "Pappa" Kimes
The real-life case based on the horrific crimes of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the mother and son duo who specialized in theft, fraud and murder.

The Magic of Marciano
2000
as Henry
A 10-year-old boy shares an intense bond with his mentally ill mother. The youth's life is turned upside down when his mother lapses into violent psyc...

Diamond Men
2000
as Eddie Miller
After 30 years on the road, a veteran jewellery salesman is forced to show his young replacement the tricks of the trade. But when the kid introduces ...

Diamond Men
2000
Executive Producer
After 30 years on the road, a veteran jewellery salesman is forced to show his young replacement the tricks of the trade. But when the kid introduces ...

Me, Myself & Irene
2000
as Colonel Partington
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more f...

Lakeboat
2000
as Joe
A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.

Supernova
2000
as A.J. Marley
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. Wha...

Kiss Toledo Goodbye
1999
as Sal Fortuna
After learning his biological father was a crime lord, an Ohio investment adviser must secretly try to prevent a gang war.

It's the Rage
1999
as Tyler
A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of it all are Helen and Warren Harding,...

Mulholland Dr.
1999
as Detective McKnight

Family Tree
1999
as Henry Musser
A lonely young boy, overshadowed by his older brother, picked on by other boys at school and ignored by his businessman father, finds strength and com...

Outside Ozona
1998
as Odell Parks
A widowed trucker fends off isolation in the company of a dog named Girl, two bickering sisters try to reconcile their differences and a down-and-out ...

Psycho
1998
as Dr. Simon
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Rear Window
1998
as Detective Moore
Jason Kemp, a recently paralyzed architect, lives in a high-tech apartment filled with assistive technology. As a quadriplegic confined to his home, h...

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does mar...

Jackie Brown
1997
as Max Cherry
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use J...

Demolition University
1997
as Gentry
College students on a field trip encounter terrorists planning to poison the city's water supply.

American Perfekt
1997
as Jake
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be m...

Night Vision
1997
as Teak Taylor
A psycho serial killer who videotapes each of his bloody conquests is on the loose, and it's up to alcoholic motorcycle cop Dak and his new tough-as-n...

Uncle Sam
1996
as Congressman Alvin Cummings
It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.

Original Gangstas
1996
as Detective Slatten
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police informati...

The Method
1996
as Christian's father
Christian, Damian, Jack and Alex are four aspiring actors who will stop at nothing to be the best. In a theatrical production where they are cast as b...

Hindsight
1996
as Michael Donahue
Things heat up when a promising young actor begins an affair with a glamorous model in order to advance his career.

Guns & Lipstick
1995
as Captain Dimaggio
A female private investigator's latest client turns up murdered, and she is thrust into a deadly underworld of bi-sexual strippers, a Chinese Godfathe...

Scanner Cop II
1995
as Captain Jack Bitters
When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is det...

Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction
1994
as Bob Sibley
Movie producer Alan Clay wants to make a movie about Dr. Claire Archer and her amazing life story. Claire falls for Alan, and Alan cannot resist tempt...

American Yakuza
1993
as Littman
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza...

Cover Story
1993
as Therapist
Tale of erotic obsession about a man who's fixated on a deceased stripper (Tuesday Knight).

South Beach
1993
as Det. Ted Coleman
Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of t...
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
1993
as Sid (uncredited)
An ex-con whose share of a robbery disappeared joins forces with deluxe edition call-girl in order to get back the money she gave her accountant for i...

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992
as Dr. Powell
When Kate Sullivan storms a hostage situation, the whole incident is captured on tape by an unscrupulous media crew who edit the footage to show her k...

In the Shadow of a Killer
1992
as Charles Galbis
Courtroom drama involving the mafia inspired by true events.

29th Street
1991
as Sgt. Tartaglia
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police st...

Diplomatic Immunity
1991
as Stonebridge
Cole Hickel, a Marine, pursues his daughter's killer when he is allowed to go back to Paraguay because of "diplomatic immunity."

Committed
1991
as Dr. Desmond Moore
A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.

In Between
1991
as Vinnie
Three strangers - two women and one man - find themselves trapped inside an unfamiliar house with no recollection of how they got there. They soon dis...

Peacemaker
1990
as Yates
Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wo...

Checkered Flag
1990
as Jack Cotton
Unsold TV pilot about two young race car drivers compete on and off the track.

The Banker
1989
as Dan
High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at t...

Satan's Princess
1989
as Lou Cherney
A down-on-his-luck cop runs into harder times when he is searching for a missing woman

Esmeralda Bay
1989
as Madero
A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.

Crossbow: The Movie
1989
as Aymong
A made-for-tv movie based on tv series 'Crossbow'.

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

Counterforce
1988
as The Dictator
A team of specialists is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator who has designs on his country.

Once a Hero
1987
as Gumshoe
In a world gone mad, one man lives to turn wrong to right, bad to good, and despicable to black-and-blue. One man lives to beat back the forces of evi...

Hollywood Harry
1986
as Harold "Harry" Petry
Tongue-in-cheek account of a private eye hired to find a young porn actress.

Hollywood Harry
1986
Producer, Director
Tongue-in-cheek account of a private eye hired to find a young porn actress.

The Delta Force
1986
as Abdul
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take th...

Walking the Edge
1985
as Jason Walk
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.

Vigilante
1982
as Eddie Marino
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murd...

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
as Coach Alan Arnoldi
Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the openi...

Alligator
1980
as David
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic ...

The Black Hole
1979
as Captain Dan Holland
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposed...

The Lady in Red
1979
as Turk (uncredited)
A farm girl's life turns upside down after she moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.

The Darker Side of Terror
1979
as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
A psychological thriller about a research biologist who, angered when an associate is given a position over him based on stolen research findings, agr...

Avalanche
1978
as Nick Thorne
After an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort, a holiday at a winter wonderland turns into a game of survival for a group of vacationers.

Standing Tall
1978
as Luke Shasta
Set in Montana in the year 1934, a half-breed rancher and his wife are harassed by a ruthless land robber, who forces them to stand tall and defend th...

Stunts
1977
as Glen Wilson
After a stunt man dies while he is involved in the making of a motion picture, his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.

The City
1977
as Lt. Matt Lewis
Matt and Scott are two detectives trying to catch a crazy guy who has a beef with a country singer. Banks' problem with country singer, Wes Collins, i...
Royce
1976
as Royce

Nakia
1974
as Deputy Nakia Parker
An American Indian deputy sheriff is caught in the middle of a community dispute when the tribe tries to save an historic mission from a housing devel...

The Death Squad
1974
as Eric Benoit
When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals ...

The Don Is Dead
1973
as Frank Regalbuto
After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
Journey Through Rosebud
1972
as Frank
A young draft dodger helps militant Native Americans in their protest against the government at Wounded Knee.

Banyon
1971
as Miles C. Banyon
Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon'...

Cover Me Babe
1970
as Tony Hill
Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.

Pieces of Dreams
1970
as Gregory Lind
A young priest questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.

Medium Cool
1969
as John
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discove...

Justine
1969
as Narouz
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, ...

The Stalking Moon
1968
as Nick Tana
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sa...

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Pvt. L.G. Williams
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.