Robert Forster

Total Box Office:
 $469.6M
Highest Rated:
95% Medium Cool (1969)
Lowest Rated:
0% Kalamity (2010)
Birthday:
Jul 13
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
Describing his career as a "five-years upwards first act and a 25-year sliding second act," actor Robert Forster finally got to settle into a satisfying third act when Quentin Tarantino worked his '70s resurrection magic by casting Forster in Jackie Brown (1997). Born and raised in Rochester, NY,…

Filmography


MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
47% Olympus Has Fallen
  • General Edward Clegg
$98.9M 2013
Somewhere Slow
  • Actor
-- 2013
10 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • Actor
-- 2013
13% Hotel Noir
  • Actor
-- 2012
89% The Descendants
  • Scott
$82.6M 2011
Girl Walks Into a Bar
  • Dodge
-- 2011
The Trial
  • Actor
-- 2011
The Trial
  • Ray Morrison
-- 2010
0% Kalamity
  • Tom Klepack
-- 2010
Bannen Way
  • Actor
-- 2010
40% Middle Men
  • Louie LA LA
$0.7M 2010
86% American Grindhouse
  • Narrator
-- 2009
26% The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
  • Sgt. Volkom
$55.2M 2009
Thick as Thieves (The Code)
  • Actor
-- 2008
46% Touching Home
  • Perk
-- 2008
Would Be Kings
  • Actor
-- 2008
25% Jack and Jill vs. the World
  • Norman
-- 2007
17% Cleaner
  • Actor
-- 2007
26% Dragon Wars
  • Jack
$11.0M 2007
Wild Seven
  • Wilson
-- 2006
33% Rise: Blood Hunter
  • Actor
$59.4k 2006
19% Firewall
  • Harry Romano
$48.7M 2006
The Hunt for the BTK Killer
  • Detective Jason Magida
-- 2005
A Most Deadly Family
  • Actor
-- 2004
71% Confidence
  • Morgan Price
$12.1M 2003
Undefeated
  • Actor
-- 2003
44% Grand Theft Parsons
  • Stanley Parsons
-- 2003
44% Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle
  • Roger Wixon
$100.7M 2003
Lone Hero
  • Gus
-- 2002
57% Like Mike
  • Actor
$51.4M 2002
Murder in Greenwich
  • Steve Carroll
-- 2002
Due East
  • Jesse Rapple
-- 2002
81% Mulholland Drive
  • Det. Harry McKnight
$7.1M 2001
60% Finder's Fee
  • Officer Campbell
-- 2001
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (A Most Deadly Family)
  • Actor
-- 2001
Roads to Riches
  • Jack Waters
-- 2001
49% Human Nature
  • Nathan's Father
$0.7M 2001
10% Supernova
  • Captain A.J. Marley
-- 2000
81% Diamond Men
  • Actor
-- 2000
48% Me, Myself & Irene
  • Col. Partington
$0.6M 2000
Family Tree
  • Henry Musser
-- 2000
Magic of Marciano
  • Henry
-- 2000
83% Lakeboat
  • Joe
-- 2000
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 1999
27% It's the Rage
  • Tyler
-- 1999
25% Outside Ozona
  • Odell Parks
-- 1998
37% Psycho
  • Dr. Simon
-- 1998
36% Rear Window
  • Det. Moore
-- 1998
Night Vision
  • Actor
-- 1998
American Perfekt
  • Jake
-- 1997
Demolition University
  • Actor
-- 1997
86% Jackie Brown
  • Max Cherry
-- 1997
The Method
  • The Father
-- 1997
56% Uncle Sam
  • Actor
-- 1997
50% Original Gangstas
  • Detective Slatten
-- 1996
Hindsight
  • Actor
-- 1995
Guns and Lipstick
  • Actor
-- 1995
American Yakuza
  • Actor
-- 1994
Scanner Cop II (Scanners: The Showdown)
  • Actor
-- 1994
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
  • Actor
-- 1994
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
  • Dr. Powell
-- 1993
South Beach
  • Actor
-- 1993
Sex, Love And Cold Hard Cash
  • Actor
-- 1993
Night Caller
  • Detective Ted Coleman
-- 1992
80% 29th Street
  • Sergeant Tartaglia
-- 1992
In Between
  • Actor
-- 1992
Committed
  • Dr. Desmond Moore
-- 1991
Diplomatic Immunity
  • Stonebridge
-- 1991
Peacemaker
  • Yates
-- 1990
Satan's Princess
  • Lou Cherney
-- 1990
The Banker
  • Dan
-- 1989
Committed
  • Actor
-- 1988
Once a Hero
  • Actor
-- 1988
Crossbow
  • Actor
-- 1987
Counterforce
  • The Dictator
-- 1987
20% The Delta Force
  • Abdul
-- 1986
Hollywood Harry (Harry's Kingdom)(Harry's Machine)
  • Producer
  • Harry Petry
  • Director
-- 1985
Guns and Lipstick
  • Actor
-- 1985
Panther Squad
  • Actor
-- 1985
Walking the Edge
  • Jason Walk
-- 1984
Vigilante
  • Eddie
-- 1983
Goliath Awaits
  • Actor
-- 1981
Heartbreak High
  • Actor
-- 1981
67% Alligator
  • David Madison
-- 1980
The Lady in Red
  • Actor
-- 1979
44% The Black Hole
  • Capt. Dan Holland
-- 1979
Standing Tall
  • Actor
-- 1978
Avalanche
  • Nick Thorne
-- 1978
Stunts
  • Glen Wilson
-- 1977
The City
  • Actor
-- 1977
Death Squad
  • Actor
-- 1973
The Don Is Dead
  • Frank
-- 1973
Journey Through Rosebud
  • Frank
-- 1972
Cover Me Babe (Run Shadow Run)
  • Tony Hall
-- 1970
Justine
  • Narouz
-- 1969
95% Medium Cool
  • John
-- 1969
The Stalking Moon
  • Nick Tana
-- 1968
57% Reflections in a Golden Eye
  • Pvt. Williams
-- 1967
Red Princess Blues
  • Actor
--


TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
CSI: NY
2004-2013
Heroes
  • Arthur Petrelli
2006-2010
Last Man Standing
  • Bud Baxter
2011-2013
Alcatra
  • Actor
Numb3rs
  • Thomas Lawson
2005-2010
58% Alcatraz
  • Ray Archer
2012-2012
Desperate Housewives
  • Nick Delfino
2004-2012

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Quotes from Robert Forster's Characters

    1. General Edward Clegg: I am ordering you to stand down!
    2. Speaker Allan Trumbull: News flash, asshole, I don't work for you.
    From Olympus Has Fallen. Submitted by Nick F (3 days ago)
    1. Ordell Robbie: Fuck's wrong with you, knockin' on the door like the goddamned police?
    2. Ordell Robbie: You lookin' to get shot?
    3. Max Cherry: I thought you might be asleep.
    4. Ordell Robbie: You keep fuckin' with me, you the one gonna be asleep. Forever.
    From Jackie Brown. Submitted by Tracey M (8 months ago)
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