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 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 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 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2020 · First Lady as King Max
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2016 · In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
- 2016 · The Elvis Room as Harker
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2009 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 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 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 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
- 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 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 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 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 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
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- Future · There There as
- Future · The Yeti as
- Future · Kali as Old Man
- 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
- 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
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 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 · 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 Ascension as Carl
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 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 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
- 2002 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 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 · Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
- 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 · 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
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 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
- 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
- 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