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Robert Rusler

Robert Rusler

Born: 1965-09-20 • Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

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.

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Filmography
Garden of Eden poster
Garden of Eden
2025 • Matheo Eden
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 poster
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024 • Self
Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse poster
Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse
2024 • David Richards
FredHeads: The Documentary poster
FredHeads: The Documentary
2022 • Himself
The Manor poster
The Manor
2021 • George
Pretty Boy poster
Pretty Boy
2021 • Edward
Jakob's Wife poster
Jakob's Wife
2021 • Tom Low
In Search of Darkness: Part II poster
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 • Self
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street poster
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
2019 • Self
Concrete Kids poster
Concrete Kids
2018 • Jerry
The Debt Collector poster
The Debt Collector
2018 • Tarva
The Wedding Do Over poster
The Wedding Do Over
2018 • Gary
The Unwilling poster
The Unwilling
2017 • Rich
Blood Feast poster
Blood Feast
2016 • Fuad Ramses
Tales of Halloween poster
Tales of Halloween
2015 • Mr. Blake
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever poster
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
2012 • Self
Delivered poster
Delivered
2011 • Wiggs
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 • Self
LA LA Land poster
LA LA Land
2008 • Jerry Flaxman
Agenda poster
Agenda
2007 • Alec Foster
Surveillance poster
Surveillance
2006 • Ben Palmer
The Hunt poster
The Hunt
2006 • Atticus Monroe
The Whole Ten Yards poster
The Whole Ten Yards
2004 • Policeman #2
Air Strike poster
Air Strike
2003
Amityville: A New Generation poster
Amityville: A New Generation
1993 • Ray
Final Embrace poster
Final Embrace
1992 • Kyle Lambton
Crisis in the Kremlin poster
Crisis in the Kremlin
1992 • Jack Reilly
Sometimes They Come Back poster
Sometimes They Come Back
1991 • Lawson
Shag poster
Shag
1989 • Buzz Ravenel
Tonight's the Night poster
Tonight's the Night
1987 • Kenny Costner
Thrashin' poster
Thrashin'
1986 • Tommy Hook
Vamp poster
Vamp
1986 • AJ
Dangerously Close poster
Dangerously Close
1986
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge poster
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985 • Ron Grady
Weird Science poster
Weird Science
1985 • Max
The Last Days of Belle Starr poster
The Last Days of Belle Starr
— • W. H. H. Clayton