Cast & creator
Robert Forster
Best known for The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, Desperate Housewives
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.
Also known as: Robert Wallace Foster Jr.
150
film credits
47
television credits
192
1961–2022 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (197)
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The Simpsons
Lucky Jim (voice)
1989
Breaking Bad
Ed
2008
Desperate Housewives
Nick Delfino
2004
Twin Peaks
Frank Truman
1990
Better Call Saul
Ed
2015Better Call Saul
In Memory Of
2015
Heroes
Arthur Petrelli
2006
Murder, She Wrote
Gilbert Gaston
1984Murder, She Wrote
Frank Roussel
1984
Numb3rs
Agent Thomas Larson
2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Kurtzman (voice)
2012
Magnum, P.I.
Tyler Peabody McKinney
1980
Knight Rider
Executive Producer
1982
Last Man Standing
Bud Baxter
2011
Army Wives
General Grayson
2007
Hotel
Steve Cameron
1982
Jake and the Fatman
Ed Delaney
1987
Childrens Hospital
Donald
2008
Tales from the Darkside
Garry Cooley
1984
Walker, Texas Ranger
Ricky Ricketts
1993Walker, Texas Ranger
Lane Tillman
1993
Justice League Unlimited
The President (voice)
2004
Transformers: Prime
General Bryce (voice)
2010
Police Story
1973
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Street Time
Tony DeAngelo
2002
The Soul Man
Father James Ignatius
2012
Mulholland Drive
Detective McKnight
2001
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Booth Whitman
2011
Olympus Has Fallen
General Edward Clegg
2013
Fastlane
Ray-Ray
2002
Divorce
Donald
2016
Crossbow
Aymong
1987
Me, Myself & Irene
Colonel Partington
2000
Lucky Number Slevin
Murphy
2006
Amazing Stories
Joe Harris
2020
London Has Fallen
General Edward Clegg
2016
Jackie Brown
Max Cherry
1997
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Roger Wixon
2003
One West Waikiki
1994
The Descendants
Scott Thorson
2011
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Ed
2019
Medical Story
David Corbin
1975
P.S. I Luv U
1991
The Delta Force
Abdul
1986
The Case for Christ
Walter Strobel
2017
Tilt
Jimmy 'Gentleman Jim' Towne
2005
Ironside
Michael Burke
2013
Banyon
Miles C. Banyon
1972
Automata
Robert Bold
2014
Cleaner
Arlo Grange
2007
Survivor
Bill Talbot
2015
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Clubhouse
Burt Austin
2004
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Sergeant Volkom
2009
Karen Sisco
Marshall Sisco
2003
QT8: The First Eight
Self
2019
The Black Hole
Captain Dan Holland
1979
Like Mike
Coach Wagner
2002
Acts of Vengeance
Chuck
2017
Goliath Awaits
Comdr. Jeff Selkirk
1981
Supernova
A.J. Marley
2000
Psycho
Dr. Simon
1998
Dragon Wars: D-War
Jack
2007
The Bannen Way
Mr. B
2010
Gibbsville
1976
Human Nature
Nathan's Father
2001
Rise: Blood Hunter
Lloyd
2007
Firewall
Harry
2006
Confidence
Morgan Price
2003
What They Had
Burt
2018
Thick as Thieves
Lt. Weber
2009
Alligator
David
1980
Middle Men
Louie LA LA
2009
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Sheriff Hadley Marshall
2020
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Dr. Powell
1992
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
Bob Sibley
1994
Finder's Fee
Campbell
2001
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Self
2013
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Self
2019
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Dodge
2011
Vigilante
Eddie Marino
1983
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
2014
Damsel
Old Preacher
2018
The Confirmation
Otto
2016
Small Town Crime
Steve Yendel
2018
Rear Window
Detective Moore
1998
The Stalking Moon
Nick Tana
1968
Hotel Noir
Jim
2012
Bigger
Joe Weider (2008)
2018
The Lady in Red
Turk (uncredited)
1979
Medium Cool
John
1969
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Pvt. L.G. Williams
1967
The Banker
Dan
1990
Too Late
Gordy Lyons
2016
Avalanche
Nick Thorne
1978
It's the Rage
Tyler
2000
The Hunt for the BTK Killer
Detective Jason Magida
2005
29th Street
Sgt. Tartaglia
1991
Jack and Jill vs. The World
Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
2008
American Yakuza
Littman
1993
The Don Is Dead
Frank Regalbuto
1973
Lakeboat
Joe
2000
Jesse Hawkes
1989
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2014
Uncle Sam
Congressman Alvin Cummings
1996
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self
2002
Small Crimes
Joe Denton Sr.
2017
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
Coach Alan Arnoldi
1981
The Trial
Ray
2010
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
Franlin/Death
2012
American Grindhouse
Himself - Narrator
2011
The Big Take
Detective Aborn
2018
Grand Theft Parsons
Stanley Parsons
2004Once a Hero
Gumshoe
1987
Nakia
1974
Phil
Bing Fisk
2019
American Perfekt
Jake
1997
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self
2013
In the Shadow of a Killer
Charles Galbis
1992
Committed
Dr. Desmond Moore
1991
The Spaghetti West
Narrator
2005
Would Be Kings
2008
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
2013
The Darker Side of Terror
Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
1979
Scanner Cop II
Captain Jack Bitters
1995
Bad Binoculars
Self
2017
Satan's Princess
Lou Cherney
1989
Original Gangstas
Detective Slatten
1996
South Beach
Det. Ted Coleman
1993
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
2018
Justine
Narouz
1969
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Ken "Pappa" Kimes
2001
Outside Ozona
Odell Parks
1998
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Self
2017
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
Diplomatic Immunity
Stonebridge
1991
Night Vision
Teak Taylor
1997
Home
Man
2015
The Bannen Way
Mr. B
2010
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Self
2017
The Bridge Partner
Don Whalen
2015
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
2022
Behind the Red Curtain
Self
2017
Guns & Lipstick
Captain Dimaggio
1995
The Magic of Marciano
Henry
2000
Undefeated
Scott Green
2003Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
Sid (uncredited)
1993
13 Graves
Tom Ferris
2006
The American Side
Sterling Whitmore
2016
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Sal Fortuna
1999
Due East
Jesse Rapple
2002
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
2015
Stunts
Glen Wilson
1977
Walking the Edge
Jason Walk
1985
Cover Me Babe
Tony Hill
1970
The City
Lt. Matt Lewis
1977
Banyon
Miles C. Banyon
1971
Crossbow: The Movie
Aymong
1989
Standing Tall
Luke Shasta
1978
Wild Seven
Wilson
2006
The Death Squad
Eric Benoit
1974
Art of the Prank
2015
The Joe Spinell Story
Self
2001
Journey Through Rosebud
Frank
1972
Checkered Flag
Jack Cotton
1990
Grave Intentions
Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2021
Coffee, Kill Boss
Walt Ford
2013
Lone Hero
Gus
2002
Diamond Men
Eddie Miller
2000Diamond Men
Executive Producer
2000
In Between
Vinnie
1991
Hindsight
Michael Donahue
1996
Cover Story
Therapist
1993
Esmeralda Bay
Madero
1989
Strange Hearts
Jack Waters
2002
Demolition University
Gentry
1997
Peacemaker
Yates
1990
Family Tree
Henry Musser
1999
Pieces of Dreams
Gregory Lind
1970
Somewhere Slow
Chris McConville
2013
Murder in Greenwich
Steve Carroll
2002
Counterforce
The Dictator
1988
The Method
Christian's father
1996
Touching Home
Jim "Perk" Perkins
2008
Bus Driver
General Sorbin
2016
Once a Hero
Gumshoe
1987
Expecting Love
George Patten
2008
Hollywood Harry
Harold "Harry" Petry
1986Hollywood Harry
Producer
1986Hollywood Harry
Director
1986Royce
Royce
1976
Nakia
Deputy Nakia Parker
1974
Kalamity
Tom Klepack
2010Grampa's Cabin
Grampa
2007The Program
Michael
2015