Robert A. Silverman (born February 24, 1938) is a Canadian actor known for his collaborations with director David Cronenberg.
Silverman received a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for The Brood, and was nominated in 2003 for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series in The Eleventh Hour.
Silverman has been cast by Cronenberg in the following films:
eXistenZ (1999) as D'Arcy Nader
Naked Lunch (1991) as Hans
Scanners (1981) as Benjamin Pierce
The Brood (1979) as Jan Hartog
Rabid (1977) as Man In Hospital
