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Robert Forster, born Robert Wallace Foster Jr. on July 13, 1941, in New York City, carved out a career marked by understated authority and compelling screen presence. His breakthrough came with the politically charged drama "Medium Cool" (1969), followed by a career renaissance in Quentin Tarantino's neo-noir crime caper "Jackie Brown" (1997), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Forster's performances often navigated the gray areas of morality, offering nuanced, restrained portrayals that left a lasting impression on audiences and critics alike.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Wolf of Snow Hollow | Sheriff Hadley Marshall | Film |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self | Film |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Ed | Film |
| 2017 | Small Crimes | Joe Denton Sr. | Film |
| 2016 | Too Late | Gordy Lyons | Film |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | General Edward Clegg | Film |
| 2015 | Survivor | Bill Talbot | Film |
| 2014 | Automata | Robert Bold | Film |
| 2013 | Coffee, Kill Boss | Walt Ford | Film |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | General Edward Clegg | Film |
| 2013 | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | Film |
| 2013 | Somewhere Slow | Chris McConville | Film |
| 2013 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self | Film |
| 2012 | Hotel Noir | Jim | Film |
| 2011 | American Grindhouse | Himself - Narrator | Film |
| 2011 | The Descendants | Scott Thorson | Film |
| 2011 | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Dodge | Film |
| 2010 | Kalamity | Tom Klepack | Film |
| 2010 | The Trial | Ray | Film |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Louie LA LA | Film |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Sergeant Volkom | Film |
| 2009 | Thick as Thieves | Lt. Weber | Film |
| 2008 | Expecting Love | George Patten | Film |
| 2008 | Would Be Kings | Film | |
| 2008 | Touching Home | Jim "Perk" Perkins | Film |
| 2008 | Jack and Jill vs. The World | Norman / Narrator (uncredited) | Film |
| 2007 | Dragon Wars: D-War | Jack | Film |
| 2007 | Cleaner | Arlo Grange | Film |
| 2007 | Rise: Blood Hunter | Lloyd | Film |
| 2006 | Firewall | Harry | Film |
| 2006 | Wild Seven | Wilson | Film |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Murphy | Film |
| 2005 | The Spaghetti West | Narrator | Film |
| 2005 | The Hunt for the BTK Killer | Detective Jason Magida | Film |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Parsons | Stanley Parsons | Film |
| 2003 | Karen Sisco | Marshall Sisco | TV |
| 2003 | Undefeated | Scott Green | Film |
| 2003 | Confidence | Morgan Price | Film |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Roger Wixon | Film |
| 2002 | Lone Hero | Gus | Film |
| 2002 | Strange Hearts | Jack Waters | Film |
| 2002 | Like Mike | Coach Wagner | Film |
| 2002 | Murder in Greenwich | Steve Carroll | Film |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Nathan's Father | Film |
| 2001 | Finder's Fee | Campbell | Film |
| 2001 | Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Ken "Pappa" Kimes | Film |
| 2001 | The Joe Spinell Story | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Mulholland Drive | Detective McKnight | Film |
| 2000 | Lakeboat | Joe | Film |
| 2000 | Diamond Men | Eddie Miller | Film |
| 2000 | Supernova | A.J. Marley | Film |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Colonel Partington | Film |
| 1999 | All the Rage | Tyler | Film |
| 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Sal Fortuna | Film |
| 1998 | Rear Window | Detective Moore | Film |
| 1998 | Psycho | Dr. Simon | Film |
| 1998 | Outside Ozona | Odell Parks | Film |
| 1997 | Demolition University | Gentry | Film |
| 1997 | American Perfekt | Jake | Film |
| 1997 | Jackie Brown | Max Cherry | Film |
| 1997 | Night Vision | Teak Taylor | Film |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Detective Slatten | Film |
| 1996 | Uncle Sam | Congressman Alvin Cummings | Film |
| 1995 | Scanner Cop II | Captain Jack Bitters | Film |
| 1995 | Guns & Lipstick | Captain Dimaggio | Film |
| 1994 | Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III | Bob Sibley | Film |
| 1993 | American Yakuza | Littman | Film |
| 1993 | South Beach | Det. Ted Coleman | TV |
| 1993 | Cover Story | Therapist | Film |
| 1992 | Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence | Dr. Powell | Film |
| 1991 | Committed | Dr. Desmond Moore | Film |
| 1991 | Diplomatic Immunity | Stonebridge | Film |
| 1991 | 29th Street | Sgt. Tartaglia | Film |
| 1990 | Peacemaker | Yates | Film |
| 1989 | The Banker | Dan | Film |
| 1989 | Satan's Princess | Lou Cherney | Film |
| 1988 | Counterforce | The Dictator | Film |
| 1987 | Once a Hero | Gumshoe | TV |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Abdul | Film |
| 1985 | Walking the Edge | Jason Walk | Film |
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