Robert Forster

Acting · Born 1941-07-13 in Rochester, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
• Lucky Number Slevin as Murphy
• Mulholland Drive as Detective McKnight
• The Case for Christ as Walter Strobel
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Ed
• Human Nature as Nathan's Father
• Wild Seven as Wilson
• John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Dragon Wars: D-War as Jack
• Rise: Blood Hunter as Lloyd

TV

• The Simpsons as Lucky Jim (voice)
• Desperate Housewives as Nick Delfino
• Breaking Bad as Ed
• Justice League Unlimited as The President (voice)
• Transformers: Prime as General Bryce (voice)
• Twin Peaks as Frank Truman
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Kurtzman (voice)
• Better Call Saul as Ed
• Murder, She Wrote as Gilbert Gaston
• Magnum, P.I. as Tyler Peabody McKinney