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Robert Bockstael

Robert Bockstael

Actor · Born May 2, 1960 (66) · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Robert was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He attended Lacerte French School until 1969 when his family moved to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. He spent three years at the International School of Tanganyika. After high school in Ottawa Ontario, Robert began performing in musical theater and then children's touring theater. Following a long association with The Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa where he acted in and directed main stage theater, Robert pursued a career in front of the camera beginning with guest appearances on series like Street Legal, Forever Knight and Counterstrike. By the early 1990's Robert was playing lead roles in TV series. First, as RCMP officer Brian Fletcher in the popular series North of 60. Several other series followed in rapid succession, often overlapping. Wind at my Back for Sullivan Entertainment, Our Hero for CBC, The Famous Jett Jackson for Disney, Nero Wolfe for A&E and others. A long list of feature films and television movies continued as Robert pursued his parallel career as a voice artist providing the voice of Robocop for the Marvel animated series as well as characters in Sailor Moon, The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, X men, Maxie's World, Super Mario Brothers, Dennis the Menace, Max and Ruby, Monster Force and many more. Robert co-wrote the screenplay for the short film This One Night. His series, Bob, was development with Big Motion Pictures and Global Television. Robert is a widely published author of short fiction and his debut novel, Willow's Run, is available worldwide. He makes his home in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.

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Born
May 2, 1960 (66)
From
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Works as
Actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 34% in 30 days

What are Robert Bockstael's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Self
27%
Survival
18%
Morality
15%
Power
6%
Society
5%
Ideas
1%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Herald
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3
Threshold guardian
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
6
Tense
6
Hopeful
3
Warm
4
Joyful
2
Other
12

How their films linger

Hopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet4
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Robert Bockstael's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Bockstael's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

57 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

  • Fatman(2020)

    as Captain Jacobs

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Citizen Gangster(2011)

    as Bank Manager (Robbery 3 & 4)

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Girl(2010)

    as Photo Editor

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning(2008)

    as Overseer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Flashpoint(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Time Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Black

  • Friends and Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 13 episodes · as Antonius

  • Canada Russia '72 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Stuart Gibbons

  • Plain Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as George Calloway

  • Lives of the Saints (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Nathan Cordingley

  • Reversible Errors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Detective

  • This Is Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Air Crash Investigation(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Pearson

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Playmakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story(2003)

    as Dr. Corbett

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • My Name Is Tanino(2002)

    as Michael Garfield

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story(2003)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Thoughtcrimes(2003)

    as Dr. Galbraith

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Scream Team(2002)

    as Richard Carlyle

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Trudeau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • A Wind at My Back Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Jim Flett

  • Stolen Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Captain Terry Dougan

  • The Day Reagan Was Shot(2001)

    as Dick Allen

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Jenifer(2001)

    as Researcher

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Walter and Henry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Dr. Rothstein

  • Jett Jackson: The Movie(2001)

    as Mr Dupree

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Snap Decision(2001)

    as Martin Schneider

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Agent Stahl · as Announcer · as Colonel Dickey · as David Leeson · as District Attorney T. Bowen · as Gregory Jett · as Jimmy Donovan · as Kurt Bottweil · as Max Maslow · as Mr. Wenger · as Paul Schuster · as Solomon Dexter · as Timothy Quayle

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Our Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 26 episodes · as Joey Stiglic

  • The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery(2000)

    as Paul Kuffner

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Forget Me Never(1999)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Relic Hunter(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Malcolm

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story(1999)

    as Daniel

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Cpl. Brian Fletcher

  • Top of the Food Chain(1999)

    as Jan Bathgate

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Defenders: Taking the First(1998)

    as Karl Munro

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Highlander: The Raven(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Donald Magnus

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • All I Wanna Do!(1998)

    as Frank Dewey

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • His Bodyguard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Al

  • Thanks of a Grateful Nation(1998)

    as Dr. Lavigello

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Silver Surfer(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · as Pip the Troll (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • A Father for Brittany(1998)

    as Atty. Sam Turturro

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Any Mother's Son(1997)

    as Captain Dinsmore

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • La Femme Nikita(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Oliver Price

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • FX: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Nicholas Breen

  • Haunted Houses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Sheriff Corwin

  • Monster Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • The Birthday Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Father / Boss (voice)

  • The Hidden Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Shepard

  • The Midday Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Bron Mueller

  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!(1989)

    Show as Additional Voices

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • RoboCop: The Animated Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 12 episodes · Actor

  • The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 65 episodes · Actor

  • Meerkats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as (voice)

  • The Tin Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as King Rat / Rat #2 / Rat #4 (voice)

  • Rumpelstiltskin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)

  • Lion of Ain-Jaloot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 54 titles, 53 of them dated from 1985 to 2020; peak year 2002.

Biggest box office

Fatman (2020)

$1.7M worldwide

Highest rated

A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)

Film career

19852020

Peak 2002 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1988Screen debut· RoboCop: The Animated Series
  • 1998First film· Strike!

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 54: 54 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

By decade

1980s5 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s27 · acting2010s2 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Robert Bockstael's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 22; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 30 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)

82nd percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000)

Midcredits 94th · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Robert Bockstael's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Robert Bockstael work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Bockstael's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aron Tager shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers