Personal Info
Birth date
1950-06-03 (75 Years)
Day of death
2015-03-30
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Bobby Z'dar
Robert Darcy
Robert J. Zdarsky
Robert West
Robert Z'Dar
Biography
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.
Filmography
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
7.2
Overview:
Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.Moonlighting
7.5
Overview:
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.The Flash
7.4
Overview:
When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry Allen, transforming him into the fastest man alive--The Flash.Cyberkidz
7.333
Overview:
After proving themselves to be the best players of a video game by the name of Cyberkidz, four children are given headsets that enable them to enter the virtual reality of Cyberland, and are tasked with saving it from the dictatorial and violent rule of Zorak (Heinrich James) and his powerful, large-chinned lackey Zeist (Robert Z'Dar). In Cyberland, the children are provided with gloves that give them unbelievable powers, powers that Zorak believes he could use to invade Earth.Tango & Cash
6.468
Overview:
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.Hot Chili
3.6
Overview:
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.Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
4.6
Overview:
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!Total Force
4.3
Overview:
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.Cherry 2000
6
Overview:
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.Maniac Cop 2
5.9
Overview:
After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down those that wronged him.Mobsters
6.3
Overview:
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...Maniac Cop
6.097
Overview:
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.Flesh and Bullets
4.8
Overview:
Two men who meet in a bar in Las Vegas discover that they have one big problem in common, their wives. They decide to do something drastic about it.Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas
2.944
Overview:
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!Samurai Cop
4.5
Overview:
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.Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
5.2
Overview:
When Kate Sullivan storms a hostage situation, the whole incident is captured on tape by an unscrupulous media crew who edit the footage to show her killing a helpless victim. "Maniac Cop" takes it upon himself to exact revenge upon those who smeared her name.Hellhole
4.9
Overview:
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!A Gnome Named Gnorm
4.6
Overview:
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.Zombiegeddon
2.667
Overview:
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..Grotesque
4.2
Overview:
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...High on the Hog
2.6
Overview:
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.Silent Fury
6
Overview:
After his friend is caught and killed by some drug dealers, a former commander of special forces search revenge.Gypsy
2.667
Overview:
An ex-soldier saves wild horses from being slaughtered and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.The Big Sweat
1.75
Overview:
An ex-con, just released from jail, returns home only to become immediately embroiled in a robbery. A tenacious FBI agent hounds him every step of the way.Blood Money
5.8
Overview:
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.Frogtown II
3.2
Overview:
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.Guns of El Chupacabra
5
Overview:
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.Fatal Pursuit
2.75
Overview:
A rugged P.I. and a gorgeous insurance investigator search for diamonds stolen in a brutal robberyActing
2020Awesomely Righteous & Radical as (segment, "Samurai Cop trailer") (archive footage)
2019High on the Hog as Mayor Dewey
2016Chasing Gold as Roger Gleason
2015A Blood Story as Gerry the Jaw
2014Super Hell 3 as Granny Bob
2014Easter Sunday as Sheriff Arkin
2014Rock n' Roll Cops Lite as Dieter (archive footage)
2014Monsters on Main Street as Harvey Seth
2012The Perfect Candidate as Robert Z'Dar
2012Death from Above as Bronson
2012Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas as Himself (Uncredited)
2012Little Creeps as Professor Cordell
2012The Voices from Beyond as Albert Graves
2012Rogue Assassin as Unknown
2011The Girl as Officer Ben Maynor
2011Not Another B Movie as Actor #2
2010Mountain Mafia as Sheriff Dumas
2010Post-Mortem as Cameron
2010Salvador's Deli as Salvador
2010The Waiter as Lester Maleck
2009Lost Girls as Carl
2009Untitled Horror Comedy as Smokes Callahan
2008Deeflowered as Detective Chavez
2007Yin Yang Insane as The Gangster
2006Voices from the Graves as Albert Graves
2005Meltdown as Crazy Eddie
2005Drawing Blood as James Burns
2004Super Hell as Granny Bob
2004The Rockville Slayer as The Man
2004Vampire Boulevard as Frankenblade
2003The Rock 'n Roll Cops as Dieter
2003Zombiegeddon as Det. Bobby Romero
2003Scary Tales: The Return of Mr. Longfellow as Officer Cordell
2002When Heaven Comes Down as Doyle McGinty
2002The Thief & the Stripper as Ralph
2002Mob Daze as Bobby
2002Trance as Bongo
2002Deadly Memories as Shop Owner
2000Broken Rose as Anthony
1999Bad Trip as Assface
1998Guns of El Chupacabra 2: The Unseen as Z-Man Lord Invader
1998Heat of Las Vegas as Moz
1998Armageddon Boulevard as Mr. Rinaldi
1998Decay as Turk
1998No Rest for the Wicked as Dino
1998Maximum Justice as Turk Tonasea
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1 Episode) as Jay (segment "Ring Toss")
1997Guns of El Chupacabra as Z-Man Lord Invader
1997Pocket Ninjas as Cobra Khan
1997Future War as Cyborg Master
1997Hollywood Cops as Sergeant Dieter
1996Fugitive X: Innocent Target as Unknown
1996Total Force as Test Subject
1996Lone Tiger as King
1996Dangerous Cargo as Igor
1996Shotgun Boulevard as The Gangster
1996The Searcher as Unknown
1996Stormy Nights as Alan
1995Red Line as Gene
1995Enter the Blood Ring as Sal D'Angelo
1995Destination Vegas as Killer Cop
1995Professional Affair as Serano
1995Apache County War as Jacoby
1995Fatal Pursuit as Franco
1995Run Like Hell as Warden
1995Equal Impact as Ray Tobin
1995Point Dume as Lucky
1994Night Realm as Lord Jonquin
1994Cyberkidz (13 Episodes) as Zeist
1994The Mosaic Project as Harry
1994Double Blast as Mongoose
1994Queen of Lost Island as Steven
1994Silent Fury as Unknown
1994The Devil's Pet as Unknown
1993American Chinatown as Eric
1993European Night as Fritz Brumbacher
1993Wild Cactus as Officer Grady
1993Marked for Murder as Biker Convict
1993Marching Out of Time as Muck
1993It's Showtime as Jack
1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence as Matt Cordell
1992Frogtown II as Sam Hell
1992The Legend of Wolf Mountain as Jocko Painter
1992The Divine Enforcer as Kain
1992Demon Lover as Walsh
1992Shadow of the Dragon as Captain Washington
1991Samurai Cop as Yamashita
1991Quiet Fire as Russo
1991Mobsters as Rocco
1991Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time as Zavic
1991The Big Sweat as Troudou
1991A Gnome Named Gnorm as Reggie
1991Blood Money as Miller Richardson
1990The Final Sanction as Sgt. Sergei Schvackov
1990Soultaker as Angel of Death
1990Gypsy as Unknown
1990The Flash (1 Episode) as Bodey Nuff
1990Maniac Cop 2 as Matt Cordell
1990Dragonfight as Lochaber
1990The Other Side as Coroner of Manhattan
1989Tango & Cash as Face
1989Young Rebels as Joey Vincenzo
1989Trained To Kill as Walter Majyk
1988Dead End City as Maximum
1988Killing American Style as Tony Stone
1988Evil Altar as Sheriff O'Connell
1988Grotesque as Eric
1988Fresh Kill as Manny
1988Maniac Cop as Matt Cordell
1988The Killing Game as Antonio
1987Code Name: Zebra as Shigaru
1987Cherry 2000 as Chet
1986The Night Stalker as Chuck Sommers
1985Hot Chili as Bruno
1985Flesh and Bullets as Don
1985Hellhole as Brad
1985Moonlighting (1 Episode) as Security Guard (as Robert Zdar)
Production
2006Voices from the Graves ... Producer
2004The Rockville Slayer ... Associate Producer
2003Scary Tales: The Return of Mr. Longfellow ... Associate Producer
1998Armageddon Boulevard ... Producer