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
- 2026 · The Yeti as Merriell Sunday Sr.
- 2026 · Tow as Martin La Rosa
- 2026 · The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins as Duck Donovan
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2020 · First Lady as King Max
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2016 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 2004 · They Are Among Us as Norbert
- 2004 · Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
- 2003 · The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 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
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1992 · Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 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
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- Future · There There as
- 2026 · Woodstockers as Lenny
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 2025 · Bagworm as Rusty
- 2025 · Web of Life as Keith
- 2025 · Duster as Wade Ellis
- 2025 · Marshmallow as Roy
- 2025 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
- 2024 · Memory Box as Father (voice)
- 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 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2020 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 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
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Himself
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 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 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 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 · Billions as Bill McGann
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
- 2014 · Scorpion as Bob Connelly
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 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
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2010 · Closets as Grant Erickson
- 2010 · Rust as
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
- 2010 · The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
- 2009 · The League as Bruce
- 2009 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 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 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 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
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2006 · The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2006 · Psych as Henry Spencer
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Ira
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
- 2005 · Twins as
- 2005 · Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
- 2005 · Hi-Jinks as
- 2005 · Cuts as Jack Sherwood
- 2005 · Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
- 2003 · Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
- 2003 · Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
- 2003 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 2000 · Battery Park as Michael
- 2000 · Son of the Beach as
- 1999 · Third Watch as Carter Savage
- 1999 · The West Wing as Henry Shallick
- 1999 · Twice in a Lifetime as Roger Stovall / Bill Water
- 1998 · The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Zack Henley
- 1998 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 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 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1996 · The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
- 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 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 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 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 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 · Love & War as
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 1988 · Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1987 · Hello Again as Jason Chadman
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
- 1986 · Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1978 · Flying High as Dan Ellison
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1972 · The Waltons as Casey
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · Kali as Old Man