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
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 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 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2020 · First Lady as King Max
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2019 · The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2016 · In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
- 2016 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2009 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2008 · Depth Charge as
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2006 · The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2004 · They Are Among Us as Norbert
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
- 2003 · The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
- 2003 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- Future · There There as
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2016 · The Elvis Room as Harker
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2013 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2009 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1995 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- 2026 · Woodstockers as Lenny
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 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 · White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
- 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 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2018 · My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Himself
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · The Resident as Kyle Nevin
- 2017 · Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
- 2017 · Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
- 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.
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 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 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 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
- 2010 · The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
- 2009 · The League as Bruce
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 2008 · Vipers as Burton
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 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
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 2004 · Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
- 2003 · Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
- 2003 · Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2002 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 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
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 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 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 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 · Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 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 · 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
- 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 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1993 · The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
- 1992 · Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- 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