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 · Tow as Martin La Rosa
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · First Lady as King Max
- 2019 · The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2017 · Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
- 2016 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 2009 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2008 · Vipers as Burton
- 2008 · Depth Charge as
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 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
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- Future · Kali as Old Man
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- Future · The Yeti as
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- Future · There There 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
- 2020 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Himself
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 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 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 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 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
- 2014 · Scorpion as Bob Connelly
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2013 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2013 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 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 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 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 · 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
- 2003 · The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
- 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 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 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 · 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 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 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 · 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 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Ted Grant
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 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
- 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 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 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 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 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 · Love & War as
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 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 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 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
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1978 · Flying High as Dan Ellison
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 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