Bruce Dern
June 4, 1936 (90 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013). His other major film appearances include Silent Running (1972), The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), The Cowboys (1972), Posse (1975), Family Plot (1976), Black Sunday (1977), Tattoo (1981), Monster (2003), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · The Way Things Seem to Be as Self
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 2024 · Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Skeet
- 2023 · Old Dads as Richie Jacobs
- 2023 · Hunting Games as Henry
- 2020 · Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- 2019 · The Hateful Eight as General Sanford Smithers
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2019 · Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2018 · Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- 2017 · Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- 2016 · Goliath as Frank Zax
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as General Sandy Smithers
- 2015 · Northern Borders as Austin Kittredge Sr.
- 2014 · Cut Bank as Georgie Wits
- 2013 · Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
- 2013 · Nebraska as Woody Grant
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2011 · Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2001 · The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Judge
- 1999 · The Haunting as Mr. Dudley
- 1998 · Small Soldiers as Link Static (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Randy Strickland (voice)
- 1996 · Last Man Standing as Sheriff Ed Galt
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as The Chief
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- 1993 · It's Nothing Personal as Billy Archer
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 1985 · Tough Love as Rob Charters
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1978 · The Driver as The Detective
- 1976 · The Twist as William
- 1976 · Family Plot as George Lumley
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Smile as Big Bob
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1972 · Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
- 1972 · The Cowboys as Long Hair
- 1971 · Film '72 as Self
- 1970 · The Immortal as Luther Seacombe
- 1969 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as James Bates
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 1968 · Lancer as Lucas Thatcher
- 1968 · Lancer as Tom Nevill
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Thorg
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Miller
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Pfc. Byron Landy
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Virgil Roy Phipps
- 1965 · The Loner as Lud Grant
- 1965 · Laredo as Joe Durkee
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Follet
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Dixon
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Clovis
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Gabe Skeels
- 1965 · The Big Valley as John Weaver
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Alex Ryder
- 1965 · Branded as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as TSgt. Frank Jones
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Lt. Michaels
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Lt. Danton
- 1964 · Marnie as Sailor
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Maynard
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Hank
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Cody
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Hutch
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Charley
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Deputy Martin
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Vernon
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Ben Garth
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as E.J. Stocker
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Roy Bullock
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jesse
- 1962 · The Virginian as Pell
- 1962 · The Virginian as Lee Darrow
- 1962 · The Virginian as Bert Kramer
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Billy Harris
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Joe Krajac
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Eddie Light
- 1960 · Route 66 as Albert
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Johnny Page
- 1960 · Thriller as Johnny Norton
- 1959 · The Detectives as Jud Treadwell
- 1959 · Bonanza as Cully Maco
- 1959 · Bonanza as Bayliss
- 1959 · Rawhide as Ed Rankin
- 1958 · Naked City as Nicky
- 1958 · Sea Hunt as FBI Agent John Furillo
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Wilkins
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Jud Fisher
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Doyle Phleger
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Judd Print
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Lou Stone
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Guerin
- Future · Borderland as Cowboy
- 2026 · Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern as
- 2026 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2025 · Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man as
- 2024 · Accidental Texan as Scheermeyer
- 2023 · The Weapon as Doris
- 2022 · Death in Texas as Reynolds
- 2022 · The Most Dangerous Game as Whitney Tyler
- 2022 · The Hater as Frank
- 2021 · Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- 2021 · Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters
- 2021 · The Gateway as Marcus
- 2021 · Last Call as Coach Finnegan
- 2020 · I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
- 2019 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 2007 · The Cake Eaters as Easy
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2003 · Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
- 1999 · Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 1991 · Carolina Skeletons as Junior Stoker
- 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
- 1988 · 1969 as Cliff Denny
- 1987 · The Big Town as M. Edwards
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1978 · Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Lander
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
- 1975 · Posse as Jack Strawhorn
- 1973 · The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
- 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- 1972 · Thumb Tripping as Smitty
- 1971 · Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- 1969 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1968 · Psych-Out as Steve Davis
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon
- 1960 · Wild River as Jack Roper
- Future · All Day Happy Dance as Gramps
- Future · Northbound as Arthur
- 2026 · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2023 · Hands That Bind as Hank
- 2023 · Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) as Death
- 2023 · Butch vs. Sundance as Mike Cassidy
- 2022 · Mid-Century as Emil Larson
- 2022 · Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2019 · Nation's Fire as PopPop
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2017 · The Lears as Davenport Lear
- 2015 · The Millionaires' Unit as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Fighting for Freedom as Christian Dobbe
- 2012 · Hitting the Cycle as James
- 2010 · BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- 2010 · Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom as Self
- 2010 · America Lost and Found: The BBS Story as Self
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2008 · The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- 2008 · Swamp Devil as Howard Blaime
- 2007 · The Cowboys: Together Again as Himself
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2003 · Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
- 2002 · 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' as Self
- 2002 · 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self (achive footage)
- 2002 · Afterthoughts as Self
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 1999 · If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- 1998 · Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 1995 · Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- 1994 · Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam
- 1991 · Into the Badlands as T.L. Barston
- 1990 · The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Scout Ed Higgins
- 1989 · Trenchcoat in Paradise as John Hollander
- 1987 · World Gone Wild as Ethan
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Augustine St. Claire
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Making of Silent Running as Self
- 1971 · The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
- 1969 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1966 · Gallegher Goes West as Turk
- 1961 · The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac
- Future · The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- Future · CATnip as
- Future · Crimes of Passion II as