Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his roles as retired police detective Henry Spencer on USA Network's series Psych and it's subsequent TV movies, divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law and the TV movie, and Roger Dorn in the Major League trilogy. He also portrayed Jerry in Lay the Favorite (2012), Gil Gordon in The Big Year (2011), Harlan Dexter in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist I & II, and Jason Chadman in Hello Again (1987). He starred as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert on the series The Cape and Brett Sooner on the sitcom A Whole New Ballgame. He appeared recurring as Kyle Nevin on the FOX medical drama The Resident, Sinclair Dryden on Showtime's City on a Hill, Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler on the Magnum P.I. reboot, Milt Leakey on the CBS series Tommy, Anderson Schultz on the Netflix series Marvel's The Punisher, Chief Cantuck on Sundance TV's series Hap and Leonard, Michael Longworth on A&E's police drama The Glades, Jack Sherwood on UPN's sitcom Cuts, Captain Owen Sebring on JAG, Ken Graham on Ryan's Hope, and has had intermittent appearances as John Durant on General Hospital and Father Todd Williams on The Young and the Restless. He is the eldest son of Harry Bernsen Jr., a Hollywood producer, and veteran soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who appeared on The Young and the Restless.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 2025 · Duster as Wade Ellis
- 2025 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
- 2024 · Clipped as Pierce O'Donnell
- 2023 · Christmas at Keestone as Clint Baker
- 2023 · The Curse as Paul
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2023 · Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
- 2022 · East New York as Duke Jacobs
- 2022 · Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
- 2021 · The Hating Game as Bexley
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
- 2019 · The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Himself
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2018 · My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
- 2018 · The Resident as Kyle Nevin
- 2017 · Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
- 2017 · Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2017 · Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
- 2017 · American Gods as Vulcan
- 2017 · Larceny as Price
- 2017 · Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
- 2016 · In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
- 2016 · The Elvis Room as Harker
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
- 2014 · Scorpion as Bob Connelly
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2013 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2013 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 2010 · Closets as Grant Erickson
- 2010 · Rust as
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
- 2009 · The League as Bruce
- 2009 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 2008 · Vipers as Burton
- 2008 · Depth Charge as
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- 2006 · The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
- 2006 · Psych as Henry Spencer
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Ira
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
- 2005 · Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
- 2005 · Hi-Jinks as
- 2005 · Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
- 2004 · They Are Among Us as Norbert
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
- 2004 · Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
- 2003 · The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
- 2003 · Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 2000 · Battery Park as Michael
- 2000 · Son of the Beach as
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1999 · Third Watch as Carter Savage
- 1999 · The West Wing as Henry Shallick
- 1999 · Twice in a Lifetime as Roger Stovall / Bill Water
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Zack Henley
- 1998 · Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
- 1998 · Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1997 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Ted Grant
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1995 · JAG as Captain Owen Sebring
- 1995 · Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
- 1995 · A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1993 · The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
- 1992 · Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 1987 · Hello Again as Jason Chadman
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
- 1986 · Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1972 · The Waltons as Casey
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · The Yeti as
- 2025 · Tow as Martin La Rosa
- 2025 · Marshmallow as Roy
- 2024 · Memory Box as Father (voice)
- 2020 · First Lady as
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 2005 · Twins as
- 2005 · Cuts as Jack Sherwood
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2003 · Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2002 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1996 · The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1978 · Flying High as Dan Ellison
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- Future · Kali as Old Man
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2016 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World, On the Wing as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 2003 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 2025 · Web of Life as Keith
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2020 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2017 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2010 · The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- Future · There There as
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro