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

Filmography

• 2025Garden of Eden — Matheo Eden
• 2024Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse — David Richards
• 2021Jakob's Wife — Tom Low
• 2021Pretty Boy — Edward
• 2021The Manor — George
• 2018Concrete Kids — Jerry
• Light as a Feather — Mr. Morris
• 2018The Debt Collector — Tarva
• 2018The Wedding Do Over — Gary
• S.W.A.T. — Moretti
• 2017The Unwilling — Rich
• 2016Blood Feast — Fuad Ramses
• 2015Tales of Halloween — Mr. Blake
• 2013Black Asylum — Producer, Screenplay, Director
• 2011Delivered — Wiggs
• 2008LA LA Land — Jerry Flaxman
• 2007Agenda — Alec Foster
• 2006Surveillance — Ben Palmer
• 2006The Hunt — Atticus Monroe
• The Unit — Colonel
• Bones — Hunter Sherman
• Medium — David Barrington
• The Closer — Joe White
• 2004The Whole Ten Yards — Policeman #2
• 2003Air Strike
• Cold Case — Lt. Nash Cavanaugh
• NCIS — Curtis Teague
• 24 — Hank
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Orgoth
• Snoops — Jake Hammersmith
• Mike Hammer, Private Eye
• Babylon 5 — Warren Keffer
• 1993Amityville: A New Generation — Ray
• Angel Falls — Toby Riopelle
• 1992Crisis in the Kremlin — Jack Reilly
• 1992Final Embrace — Kyle Lambton
• 1991Sometimes They Come Back — Lawson
• The Outsiders — Tim Shepherd
• 1989Shag — Buzz Ravenel
• 1987Tonight's the Night — Kenny Costner
• 1986Dangerously Close
• 1986Thrashin' — Tommy Hook
• 1986Vamp — AJ
• 1985A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge — Ron Grady
• 1985Weird Science — Max
• Murder, She Wrote — Pete Menteer
• The Facts of Life
• The Last Days of Belle Starr — W. H. H. Clayton
• Wine Thief — Tobin James

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2024In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 — Self
• 2022FredHeads: The Documentary — Himself
• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self
• 2020In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self
• 2019Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street — Self
• 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever — Self
• 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy — Self