Robert Z'Dar

Acting

Robert Z'Dar

Born — Died

1950-06-03 — 2015-03-30

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Robert J. Zdarsky (June 3, 1950 – March 30, 2015), better known by his stage name Robert Z'Dar, was an American actor and film producer, best known for his role as officer Matt Cordell in the cult horror film Maniac Cop and its two sequels. Due to his unique facial structure, he is often referred to as "The Chin". Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Z'Dar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas poster
3.1

Caesar and Otto are employed with Xmas Enterprises and have run into a little problem. It seems a disgruntled Santa (employee) has a new list this year…instead of checking who’s Naughty or Nice…he has Who’s Next on the Kill List. That’s right Santa is on a Killing Spree and looks to blame Caesar and Otto!

Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas

2012

Chasing Gold poster
NR

Alone after losing his family in a car accident, a retiring police commander attempts to help a daughter he never knew escape heroin addiction and a past that endangers her, while investigating his best friend's murder.

Chasing Gold

2016

High on the Hog poster
4.3

With a potent strain of pot sweeping the City, DTA agents attempt to infiltrate a small town farming operation that has a strong leader and interesting family members.

High on the Hog

2019

No artwork available
NR

A Chicago Police Detective is being investigated by Internal Affairs for misconduct following his confession of ghost sightings.

The Voices from Beyond

2012

A Blood Story poster
2.2

Three strangers find themselves at a villa, each with the same goal of discovering the Fountain of Youth, rumored to be nearby. One by one they succumb to the carnal perversions and depraved delights provided by the villa, unaware they are pawns in the resurrection of a centuries old evil.

A Blood Story

2015

Not Another B Movie poster
4.8

An adept spoof of cinema's behind-the-scenes experiences, Not Another B Movie combines frightening and disgusting zombies with frightening and disgusting hack directions to tell a hilarious story! With a cast that includes Ed Asner, Joe Estevez and David Faustino, it's an insightful romp through the horror film industry and the horrors of the film industry.

Not Another B Movie

2011

2000s · 8 titles

Zombiegeddon poster
3.2

These zombies are a human-like race created by Satan. When the "zombie-looking freaks" begin taking over the world, dirty cops Jeff and Cage find themselves in the unenviable position of having to stop them before it's too late. Jeff soon learns that he alone has the power to defeat them if he's up to the task. As the body count piles up and internal affairs officers investigate Jeff and Cage for their prior wrongdoings, time is running out..

Zombiegeddon

2003

Trance poster
4.5

Catherine Leoni is a connoisseur of the illusionary arts. She learned her craft from her grandfather, Henry Santorini, a master magician with a disgraced past. Now in search of the fine line between reality and magic, she travels to Death Valley with her gangster husband Robert to meet Taylor Black, a mysterious magician who is about to replicate Santorini’s ruinous past. Adding to the mystery is Wally, who claims he can smell ectoplasm, and Robert’s hit man Bongo. Under Black’s power, Catherine is forced to make a choice…find her own power or succumb to the TRANCE and the seduction of magic. This was the Best Fantasy Feature winner at the New York International Independent Film Festival yet remains obscure.

Trance

2002

No artwork available
2.0

A number of supernatural creatures and space aliens create a disruptive atmosphere. Some humans and their living-dead companions are confused by it all.

Super Hell

2004

The Rockville Slayer poster
3.4

A series of small-town murders with no apparent connection leads two detectives towards a horrific discovery in this terrifying tale starring Linnea Quigley, Robert Z'Dar and Joe Estevez, and directed by Marc Selz. When two young couples are viciously murdered in the small town of Rockville, the police are baffled and the citizens are terrified. Now, as the body count continues to mount and police investigation hits a standstill, it's up to two detectives to find the missing link and bring the murderous madman to justice

The Rockville Slayer

2004

Deadly Memories poster
2.7

Two years after a women is killed in a fatal car crash, the trio of teenagers responsible for her death are suddenly being murdered - one by one. Each of them faces a horrible, bizarre death apparently devised by the dead woman's husband, a deranged two truck driver.

Deadly Memories

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lost Girls

2009

Scary Tales: The Return of Mr. Longfellow poster
4.0

After the events in the first Scary Tales movie, Mr Longfellow (Joel D. Wynkoop) has moved on from his bogus job placement agency to a new venture, to allow him to tell his fantastical tales. Welcome to "Mr. Longfellow's Used Car Lot."

Scary Tales: The Return of Mr. Longfellow

2003

Drawing Blood poster
4.6

Bodies begin to pile up the moment George Adam's wife leaves town for the weekend. George's past comes back to him, but its nothing like his current life in a safe, calm suburban home.

Drawing Blood

2005

1990s · 34 titles

Maniac Cop 2 poster
5.9

Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.

Maniac Cop 2

1990

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time poster
4.7

The Beastmaster Dar is forced to travel to earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb, and turning their native land from a desert into... well... a desert!

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

1991

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence poster
5.4

A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

1992

Frogtown II poster
3.7

In the sequel to Hell Comes to Frogtown, the Mutant-Frog leader of Frogtown kidnaps a professor and forces him to make a serum that will turn everyone into Frogs, they also kidnap some people to test the serum on. And courageous Sam Hell will have to save them.

Frogtown II

1992

Mobsters poster
6.3

The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...

Mobsters

1991

Samurai Cop poster
4.5

When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza — Joe Marshall, aka "The Samurai." With his fearless swagger and rock hard jaw, The Samurai tears a two-fisted hole through the mob and doesn't stop until the job is done.

Samurai Cop

1991

A Gnome Named Gnorm poster
4.7

A young Los Angeles police officer and a mysterious gnome become unlikely partners as they track a killer. When a sting operation goes awry, officer Casey is blamed for the murder of his colleague and Gnorm the gnome is the only witness.

A Gnome Named Gnorm

1991

Quiet Fire poster
5.2

Loner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the murder of his best friend, in order to bring down a corrupt U.S. Senate candidate.

Quiet Fire

1991

Demon Lover poster
4.8

Jenny Harris has a rather difficult time with the men in her life: her husband is an abusive clown who cheats on her, and her boss is a rude jerk. Her new neighbor Rebecca proposes that finding herself a fantasy lover is the way to solve her problems. A little séance later, and Jenny does in fact have her very own dream lover. Despite him being a beer-bellied guy with a creepy face, he seems rather irresistible and at first improves Jenny's mood quite a bit. What our heroine doesn't suspect is that her dream lover is in fact an incubus.

Demon Lover

1992

Shadow of the Dragon poster
4.7

Tony Baker (Jimmy Williams), a Vietnam vet who is now an L.A. detective, is on the trail of the 'Mekong Dragon', assisted by his partner Brian O'Malley (Sandy Palm) and police Captain Washington (Robert Z'Dar).

Shadow of the Dragon

1992

Bad Trip poster
4.1

In this off-the-wall road comedy, John (Ethan Suplee) and Sam (Kevin Connolly) are a pair of close friends who are in need of a vacation, so they hit the road from their hometown of Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, hoping to check out the action at Mardi Gras. Along the way, however, they manage to run over someone with their car; their victim, Tyrone (Coolio), is an escaped convict who dies shor

Bad Trip

1999

Fatal Pursuit poster
3.6

A rugged P.I. and a gorgeous insurance investigator search for diamonds stolen in a brutal robbery

Fatal Pursuit

1995

Wild Cactus poster
3.6

A married couple vacationing in the desert are held hostage by a pair of psychopaths.

Wild Cactus

1993

The Legend of Wolf Mountain poster
4.9

Three children are kidnapped and taken to the forest by escaped convicts. There they escape but are pursued by the convicts. Forest rangers and police set out to rescue them.

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

1992

Blood Money poster
5.6

A Los Angeles police officer and a female FBI agent team-up to foil a counterfeiting gang in operation. The counterfeiter in question turns out to be an army veteran friend who saved the male cop during their time together in Vietnam.

Blood Money

1991

Total Force poster
6.0

An evil scientist creates a device that controls humans. With a press of the button, the subject will explode. A special forces team called "Total Force" must seek out and destroy the scientist and his lab. Later on in the film they are supported by terrorist Jack O'Hara, played by Frank Stallone. 'Comic relief' is provided by a corrupt senator, whose character is not at all funny.

Total Force

1996

Future War poster
2.5

A runaway human slave from Earth's future escapes to the present day.

Future War

1997

Gypsy poster
2.2

An ex-soldier saves wild horses from being slaughtered and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.

Gypsy

1990

Double Blast poster
5.8

Two kids with martial arts training and their black belt father rescue a professor from gangsters who want a stone tablet that she has discovered may lead to untold riches.

Double Blast

1994

Hollywood Cops poster
3.8

International Action Star Scott Shaw stars as hard boiled Detective Jake Blade. He's joined by action star David Heavener and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman. They join forces to clean up the Hollywood underworld. Penthouse Pet and B-Movie Queen Julie Strain appears in this film, as do Scream Queen Linnea Quigley and the ultimate Hollywood bad guys, Robert Z'Dar and William Smith.

Hollywood Cops

1997

Marked for Murder poster
5.7

Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing by the rules, and he's frustrated with the corruption and impotence of the police. When he takes action against a local drug lord, the conflict becomes personal.

Marked for Murder

1993

Lone Tiger poster
8.0

Kurenai travels to Las Vegas to search for his father's killer. Broke and with nowhere to stay he seeks refuge in an alley where he hears cries for help from vicious bikers. Kurenai defeats the bikers and is invited to the warehouse where Rita and Chico live with other runaways. Meanwhile in another part of Las Vegas, an underground wrestling match is being fought where the stakes are high and the only rule is, the loser dies! Fight organizer Rossner needs fresh blood for his fights and hires Jane Costello to find him a new champion.

Lone Tiger

1996

Destination Vegas poster
4.5

When an attorney discovers her client committed murder to close a deal she flees to Las Vegas pursued to two relentless hitmen.

Destination Vegas

1995

Apache County War poster
6.0

A botanist has a run in with a group of cocaine dealers and is kidnapped, but not before calling on her brother for help.

Apache County War

1995

Guns of El Chupacabra poster
4.4

Guns of El Chupacabra is the Epic Saga of how Jack B. Quick, Space Sheriff (Scott Shaw) battles his way across the galaxy to defeat the intergalactic beats, El Chupacabra and emerges as the Reverend Doctor Saint Francis Blade.

Guns of El Chupacabra

1997

The Devil's Pet poster
5.0

Never officially released, this stars Jeff Conaway and Gini Dante as exploitation filmmakers having a little improvised "My Dinner With Andre" style conversation in a restaurant in hell. There are animated bits and Julie Strain has a co-starring part and gets to sodomize a man. Often confused with "Queen of Lost Island;" another Jackson film made around the same time that itself went unreleased for over a decade until it showed up on DVD under a different title.

The Devil's Pet

1994

Red Line poster
6.0

A car thief is seen stealing, and is blackmailed into stealing more cars for someone else's profit.

Red Line

1995

Queen of Lost Island poster
NR

Topless model Julie (Julie Strain) becomes possessed by a demon and lures other models to a remote island, where she goes after them with a samurai sword. Filmed in 1994 as "Queen of Lost Island," and screened briefly under that title, this didn't receive a home video release until 2007 when it popped up on DVD as "Elixir." Most online sources claim this is the same film as "The Devil's Pet," but that is incorrect.

Queen of Lost Island

1994

Run Like Hell poster
2.6

In the year of 2008, war and sickness have overtaken the planet. The deranged government declares single women a threat to the human race. Singles women are imprisoned. The corrupt warden is determined to keep the prisoners locked up.

Run Like Hell

1995

No Rest for the Wicked poster
3.8

Father William is an ambitious Catholic priest and former Vietnam veteran sucked into a world of crime, drugs, and duplicity. He investigates the murder of an old army buddy of his which leads him to a mysterious femme fatal, named Angelica. She draws him into a world of surreal weirdness while helping him look for his friend's killers.

No Rest for the Wicked

1998

Equal Impact poster
10.0

In this martial arts actioner, a pair of twins must utilize their considerable karate skills after they kill an enemy in self-defense. Stakes become higher and the situation more intense when one of them is abducted.

Equal Impact

1995

Enter the Blood Ring poster
6.7

For the first time ever in filmmaking... look deep into the shocking world of the Los Angeles under-ground martial arts scene. Just wait until you ENTER THE BLOOD RING... where every fight can only end one way... with one man standing.

Enter the Blood Ring

1995

Dangerous Cargo poster
4.5

A Russian gangster kidnaps a woman and her friend, an aging European deceived by a young lover.

Dangerous Cargo

1996

Marching Out of Time poster
5.0

Nazis, in an attempt to teleport themselves into England during World War II, are instead accidentally teleported forward in time into suburbia, United States, in the early 1990s.

Marching Out of Time

1993

1980s · 12 titles

Tango & Cash poster
6.5

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.

Tango & Cash

1989

Maniac Cop poster
6.1

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

Maniac Cop

1988

Cherry 2000 poster
6.0

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

Cherry 2000

1987

The Night Stalker poster
4.3

A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

The Night Stalker

1987

Hot Chili poster
3.7

A group of American teenage boys goes south of the border to work for the summer at a Mexican resort. There they encounter many wacky guests and have zany adventures involving a German dominatrix, a music teacher that gets hot when giving lessons, a buxom cook, and an uptight socialite that eventually thaws. More often than not they end up in bed with someone, but one of the teens is holding out for True Love.

Hot Chili

1985

Evil Altar poster
3.8

There is a border between good and evil... This town is on the edge of hell. In the small town of Red Rock, a devil-worshiping cult, in league with the local sheriff, kidnaps victims for sacrifice.

Evil Altar

1988

Trained To Kill poster
7.9

From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.

Trained To Kill

1989

Hellhole poster
5.0

An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk’s only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!

Hellhole

1985

Killing American Style poster
4.4

A gang of hot headed brutes lead by Tony Stone and sexual sadist John Lynch execute a robbery with some inside help. A bloody shoot-out with the LAPD ensues and the criminals are apprehended. After a brief stint in the slammer, the gang escapes a prison-bus with the help of Tony s brother Jesse who is critically wounded in the process. He needs a doctor, fast. A hospital visit too risky, they seek out other options. Now on the run, they commandeer a palatial residence, taking hostages. All - American good guy John Morgan returns home becoming a pawn; sent out to retrieve the doctor.

Killing American Style

1988

Young Rebels poster
3.7

From Amir Shervan, the director of SAMURAI COP, comes another great 90's action classic. One man (Johnny Greene) teams up with another (Tadashi Yamashita) to take down the cartel run and its evil leader (Robert Z'Dar).

Young Rebels

1989

Dead End City poster
3.2

The government's new urban renewal policy results in street gangs fighting for control of the inner cities. While most of the residents flee, one factory owner determines to fight the gangs for his property.

Dead End City

1988

Grotesque poster
4.3

A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through the snow, they slowly realize that some kind of murderous creature is chasing them...

Grotesque

1988

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