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
- 2024 · The Beldham as
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2022 · Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · First Lady as
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2016 · The Elvis Room as Harker
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 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
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2010 · Rust as
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 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 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 2000 · Battery Park as Michael
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1998 · Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1997 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 1995 · A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 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
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 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 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2023 · Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
- 2022 · East New York as Duke Jacobs
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 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 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 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 · On the Wing 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
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Closets as
- 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
- 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
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 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 · They Are Among Us as Norbert
- 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 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 2001 · The Mole as
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 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 Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 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 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 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 · The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 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 · 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
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 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
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 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
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- Future · Tow as
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 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 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 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
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 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
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · Marshmallow as
- Future · There There as