Robert Forster

1941–2019 · American actor

Robert Wallace Foster Jr., known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor. He made his screen debut as Private L.G. Williams in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), followed by a starring role as news reporter John Cassellis in the landmark New Hollywood film Medium Cool (1969). For his portrayal of bail bondsman Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Robert Forster, in order

1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye: acted · directed by John Huston
1968 The Stalking Moon: acted · directed by Robert Mulligan
1969 Justine: acted · directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick · audiences 43%
1969 Medium Cool: acted · directed by Haskell Wexler
1970 Cover Me Babe: acted · directed by Noel Black
1970 Pieces of Dreams: acted · directed by Daniel Haller
1972 Banyon (TV series): acted
1972 Journey Through Rosebud: acted · directed by Tom Gries
1973 The Don Is Dead: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
1974 Nakia (TV series): acted
1974 The Death Squad: acted
1977 Stunts: acted · directed by Mark L. Lester
1977 The City (TV movie): acted · directed by Harvey Hart
1978 Avalanche: acted · directed by Corey Allen
1979 The Black Hole: acted · directed by Gary Nelson · critics 43%, audiences 46% · streaming on Disney+
1979 The Lady in Red: acted · directed by Lewis Teague
1980 Alligator: acted · directed by Lewis Teague
1981 Goliath Awaits (TV movie): acted · directed by Kevin Connor
1982 Vigilante: acted · directed by William Lustig
1985 Walking the Edge: acted · directed by Norbert Meisel
1986 Hollywood Harry: directed, produced, acted
1986 The Delta Force: acted · directed by Menahem Golan · critics 14%, audiences 50% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, MGM+
1987 Once a Hero (TV series): acted · directed by Kevin Hooks
1988 Escuadrón: acted · directed by José Antonio de la Loma
1989 The Banker: acted · directed by William Webb
1990 Satan's Princess: acted · directed by Bert Ira Gordon
1991 Committed: acted · directed by William A. Levey
1991 Diplomatic Immunity: acted · directed by Peter Maris
1991 In Between: acted · directed by Thomas Constantinides
1993 Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence: acted · directed by Joel Soisson and William Lustig
1993 South Beach: acted · directed by Fred Williamson
1993 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series): acted · directed by Aaron Norris and Alexander Singer · streaming on Roku Channel, Philo
1994 Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III: acted · directed by Jim Wynorski
1996 Original Gangstas: acted · directed by Larry Cohen
1996 Uncle Sam: acted · directed by William Lustig
1997 American Perfekt: acted · directed by Paul Chart
1997 Demolition University: acted · directed by Kevin S. Tenney
1997 Jackie Brown: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 88%, audiences 85%
1998 Outside Ozona: acted · directed by J. S. Cardone
1998 Psycho: acted · directed by Gus Van Sant
1998 Rear Window (TV movie): acted · directed by Jeff Bleckner
1999 It's the Rage: acted · directed by James D. Stern
1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye: acted · directed by Lyndon Chubbuck
2000 Diamond Men: acted · directed by Dan Cohen
2000 Me, Myself & Irene: acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · critics 47%, audiences 57% · streaming on fuboTV
2000 Supernova: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Sholder
2001 Finder's Fee: acted · directed by Jeff Probst
2001 Human Nature: acted · directed by Michel Gondry · critics 48%, audiences 61%
2001 Mulholland Drive: acted · directed by David Lynch · critics 84%, audiences 87%
2002 Fastlane (TV series): acted
2002 Like Mike: acted · directed by John Schultz
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle: acted · directed by McG · critics 41%, audiences 40% · streaming on Paramount+
2003 Confidence: acted · directed by James Foley
2003 Grand Theft Parsons: acted · directed by David Caffrey
2003 Karen Sisco (TV series): acted
2004 Desperate Housewives (TV series): acted
2005 Cursed: acted · directed by Wes Craven
2005 The Hunt for the BTK Killer (TV movie): acted · directed by Stephen Kay
2006 Firewall: acted · directed by Richard Loncraine · critics 19%, audiences 37%
2006 Lucky Number Slevin: acted · directed by Paul McGuigan · critics 52%, audiences 87% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
2007 Cleaner: acted · directed by Renny Harlin
2007 D-War: acted · directed by Shim Hyung-rae
2007 Jack and Jill vs. the World: acted · directed by Vanessa Parise
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
2008 Breaking Bad (TV series): acted · directed by Adam Bernstein and Bronwen Hughes
2008 Expecting Love: acted · directed by Łukasz Karwowski
2008 Touching Home: acted · directed by Logan Miller and Noah Miller
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: acted · directed by Mark Waters · critics 27%, audiences 40%
2009 Middle Men: acted · directed by George Gallo
2009 Thick as Thieves: acted · directed by Mimi Leder
2010 The Trial: acted · directed by Gary Wheeler
2011 Girl Walks into a Bar: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
2011 The Descendants: acted · directed by Alexander Payne · critics 87%, audiences 79%
2012 Hotel Noir: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
2013 Olympus Has Fallen: acted · directed by Antoine Fuqua · critics 49%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Shout! Factory TV
2013 Somewhere Slow: acted · directed by Jeremy O'Keefe
2014 Autómata: acted · directed by Gabe Ibáñez
2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films: acted · directed by Mark Hartley
2014 That Guy Dick Miller: acted · directed by Elijah Drenner
2015 Survivor: acted · directed by James McTeigue
2015 Too Late: acted · directed by Dennis Hauck
2016 London Has Fallen: acted · directed by Babak Najafi · critics 28%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, AMC+, Shout! Factory TV
2016 The Confirmation: acted · directed by Bob Nelson
2017 Acts of Vengeance: acted · directed by Isaac Florentine
2017 Small Town Crime: acted
2017 The Case for Christ: acted · directed by Jon Gunn
2017 Twin Peaks (TV series): acted · directed by David Lynch and Mark Frost
2018 What They Had: acted · directed by Elizabeth Chomko
2019 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie: acted · directed by Vince Gilligan · critics 92%, audiences 81% · streaming on Netflix
2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow: acted · directed by Jim Cummings