Robert Broski Explained

Birth Place:	18 December 1952

Robert Broski (born December 18, 1952) is an American actor best known for portraying the Woodsman in Twin Peaks: The Return and for multiple media appearances as Abraham Lincoln.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

After years of working in construction, Broski first pursued acting in his fifties after being informed of his resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. Broski regularly portrays Lincoln at Civil War reenactment events and on television series such as The Haunted Hathaways and Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.^{[4] [5] [6]}

In 2017, Broski appeared as the Woodsman in Part 8 of Twin Peaks: The Return.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Grace Bedell	Abraham Lincoln	Short film	^[8]
2014	Linclone	Abraham Linclone	Short film	^[9]
2016	Pee-wee's Big Holiday	Abraham Lincoln
2019	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Abraham Lincoln	Uncredited
2020	Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	Abraham Lincoln		^[10]
	BAB	Chief Brogue
2022	Vengeance Turns	Bad Guy Link
2023	The Last Stop in Yuma County	Truck Driver		^[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Lincoln@Gettysburg	Abraham Lincoln	TV movie	^[12]
2014	The Haunted Hathaways	Abraham Lincoln	1 episode
2017	Twin Peaks: The Return	The Woodsman	1 episode
	U.S. Grant: American Warrior	Abraham Lincoln	TV movie
	Nickelodeon's Not So Valentine's Special	Abraham Lincoln	TV special
2018	Dumped	Ron	1 episode
2019	Tempo	Man in Black	1 episode
2020	L.A. Macabre	Smiley	9 episodes
	Abe and Trump Being Frank	Abraham Lincoln	TV miniseries
	Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun	Abraham Lincoln	1 episode	^[13]
2021	Shock Docs	Abraham Lincoln	1 episode
2022	I Was There	Abraham Lincoln	1 episode
2023	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Amish	1 episode

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Wigs	Abe
2023	Dhar Mann	Various	4 episodes	^[14]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role
2012	"I Have Become Almost Invisible, to Some Extent Like a Dead Man."	The Caretaker	Abraham Lincoln
2017	"You Be Love"	Avicii featuring Billy Raffoul	Angry Man 2
2024	"Shopper"	IU	Store Owner

Notes and References

1. Web site: n.a. . About . Abraham Lincoln Lives . 3 April 2024.
2. News: Bradley . Laura . Meet the Soft-Spoken Actor Behind the Scariest Twin Peaks Moment Yet . 3 April 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter.
3. News: Holzer . Harold . How Lincoln modernized political communication . 2 May 2024 . The Dallas Morning News.
4. News: Bruzda . Natalie . Civil War buffs from around West relive history at Spring Mountain Ranch . 3 April 2024 . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
5. News: Meller . Greg . He's a Lot Like Lincoln, Honest . 3 April 2024 . The Orange County Register.
6. News: Norman . Benjamin . 'I Feel Like This Is My Destiny.' Inside an Annual Gathering of Abraham Lincoln Impersonators . 3 April 2024 . TIME.
7. News: Wigler . Josh . ‘Twin Peaks’: Meet the Man Behind David Lynch’s New Nightmare . 3 April 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter.
8. Web site: Robert Broski - Resume . Actor's Access . 2 May 2024.
9. Web site: Satterberg . Eric . LinClone - Tribeca Film Festival . YouTube . 2 May 2024.
10. Web site: Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates — 2020 . The A.V. Club.
11. News: Ramachandran . Naman . Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Richard Brake, Faizon Love, Michael Abbott Jr., Headline Crime Thriller ‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ (EXCLUSIVE) . 2 May 2024 . Variety.
12. Web site: Lincoln at Gettysburg . Prime Video . 2 May 2024.
13. Web site: Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun . American Film Institute . 2 May 2024.
14. Web site: MILLIONAIRE Lives LIKE A BEGGAR, What Happens Next Is Shocking Dhar Mann Studios . YouTube . 2 May 2024.