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 · Marshmallow as Roy
- 2025 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
- 2024 · Memory Box as Father (voice)
- 2023 · The Curse as Paul
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 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
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2020 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
- 2019 · The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 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 · The Resident as Kyle Nevin
- 2017 · Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
- 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 · 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 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul 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
- 2013 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 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 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 2008 · Vipers as Burton
- 2008 · Depth Charge as
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2006 · The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
- 2006 · Psych as Henry Spencer
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Ira
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
- 2005 · Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
- 2003 · Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
- 2003 · Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 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 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Zack Henley
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Ted Grant
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 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 · JAG as Captain Owen Sebring
- 1995 · Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
- 1995 · Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1993 · The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro
- 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
- 2024 · Clipped as Pierce O'Donnell
- 2023 · Christmas at Keestone as Clint Baker
- 2023 · Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2020 · First Lady as
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2017 · Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 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 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2010 · Closets as Grant Erickson
- 2010 · Rust as
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 2005 · Twins as
- 2005 · Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
- 2005 · Cuts as Jack Sherwood
- 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 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
- 1998 · Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
- 1998 · Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1997 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2017 · Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World, On the Wing as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 2009 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2005 · Hi-Jinks as
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2000 · Battery Park as Michael
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1995 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
- 1992 · Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- 1987 · Hello Again as Jason Chadman
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2018 · My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
- 2017 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- Future · There There as
- Future · Kali as Old Man
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member