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Robert Rusler

Acting

Born September 20, 1965 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Biography

Robert Rusler (born September 20, 1965) is an American film and television actor. Rusler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Maria Elena (née Varela) and Richard C. Rusler. He moved to Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, where he started surfing and skateboarding on a semi-professional level, competiting in local tournaments. Then he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he studied martial arts and entered many competitions. After high school, Robert wanted to try his hand as an actor and began taking acting classes at the Loft Studio with Peggy Feury and William Taylor. His first film was the 1985 hit comedy film Weird Science as Max; he is also well known for his role in the 1985 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge as Grady and Richard Lawson in the 1991 TV film Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back. Rusler has starred on some television series, such as the short lived 1990 series The Outsiders as Tim Shepard, and in the 1993 short lives series Angel Falls, but his best known TV role was in the 1990s hit science fiction series Babylon 5 as Warren Keffer in season 2 (1994-1995). He has acted in the 1995 sci-fi video game flight simulator, Wing Commander IV which starred Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell. He also recently appeared in an episode of the TV series The Unit. Rusler has made guest appearances on television shows ranging from The Facts of Life, Snoops, Cold Case, Medium, The Unit, The Closer, 24, Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Enterprise in the season 3 episode "Anomaly" as Orgoth. He has appeared in a Heineken commercial directed by Oliver Stone. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography40 titles

Bones

2005as Hunter Sherman

S.W.A.T.

2017as Moretti

Babylon 5

1994as Warren Keffer

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024as Self

The Closer

2005as Joe White

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010as Self

Cold Case

2003as Lt. Nash Cavanaugh

24

2001as Hank

In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues

2020as Self

Light as a Feather

2018as Mr. Morris

NCIS

2003as Curtis Teague

Medium

2005as David Barrington

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001as Orgoth

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Pete Menteer

The Unit

2006as Colonel

The Facts of Life

1979

Concrete Kids

2018as Jerry

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

1997

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019as Self

Weird Science

1985as Max

Thrashin'

1986as Tommy Hook

Sometimes They Come Back

1991as Lawson

The Debt Collector

2018as Tarva

The Whole Ten Yards

2004as Policeman #2

Vamp

1986as AJ

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985as Ron Grady

Jakob's Wife

2021as Tom Low

Tales of Halloween

2015as Mr. Blake

The Wedding Do Over

2018as Gary

The Manor

2021as George

Pretty Boy

2021as Edward

Dangerously Close

1986

Air Strike

2003

Amityville: A New Generation

1993as Ray

FredHeads: The Documentary

2022as Himself

Blood Feast

2016as Fuad Ramses

The Unwilling

2017as Rich

Tonight's the Night

1987as Kenny Costner

Garden of Eden

2025as Matheo Eden

Delivered

2011as Wiggs