Bruce Dern
June 4, 1936 (89 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 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2024 · Accidental Texan as Scheermeyer
- 2023 · Hunting Games as Henry
- 2023 · The Weapon as Doris
- 2022 · Death in Texas as Reynolds
- 2022 · The Most Dangerous Game as Whitney Tyler
- 2022 · Mid-Century as Emil Larson
- 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
- 2020 · Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 2013 · Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2010 · BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
- 1995 · Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- 1994 · Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
- 1993 · It's Nothing Personal as Billy Archer
- 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
- 1987 · World Gone Wild as Ethan
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1985 · Toughlove as Rob Charters
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Lander
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
- 1976 · The Twist as William
- 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- 1971 · Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- 1969 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- 1960 · Wild River as Jack Roper
- Future · All Day Happy Dance as Gramps
- 2026 · The Way Things Seem to Be as Self
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2025 · Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man as
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 2024 · Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Skeet
- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2023 · Hands That Bind as Hank
- 2023 · Old Dads as Richie Jacobs
- 2023 · Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) as Death
- 2023 · Butch vs. Sundance as Mike Cassidy
- 2022 · The Hater as Frank
- 2022 · Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- 2019 · Nation's Fire as PopPop
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2019 · Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2018 · Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- 2017 · Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- 2017 · The Lears as Davenport Lear
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2016 · Goliath as Frank Zax
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as General Sandy Smithers
- 2015 · The Millionaires' Unit as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Northern Borders as Austin Kittredge Sr.
- 2014 · Cut Bank as Georgie Wits
- 2013 · Fighting for Freedom as Christian Dobbe
- 2013 · Nebraska as Woody Grant
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- 2012 · Hitting the Cycle as James
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2011 · Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 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
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2008 · The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- 2008 · Swamp Devil as Howard Blaime
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
- 2007 · The Cowboys: Together Again as Himself
- 2007 · The Cake Eaters as Easy
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 2003 · Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
- 2003 · Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
- 2002 · 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self (achive footage)
- 2002 · 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' as Self
- 2002 · Afterthoughts as Self
- 2001 · The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Judge
- 1999 · If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- 1999 · The Haunting as Mr. Dudley
- 1999 · Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
- 1998 · Small Soldiers as Link Static (voice)
- 1998 · Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 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
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 1991 · Carolina Skeletons as Junior Stoker
- 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
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 1988 · 1969 as Cliff Denny
- 1987 · The Big Town as M. Edwards
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Augustine St. Claire
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1978 · The Driver as The Detective
- 1978 · Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde
- 1976 · Family Plot as George Lumley
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Posse as Jack Strawhorn
- 1975 · Smile as Big Bob
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
- 1973 · The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- Future · Northbound as Arthur
- Future · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- 1972 · Thumb Tripping as Smitty
- 1972 · Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
- 1972 · The Cowboys as Long Hair
- 1972 · The Making of Silent Running as Self
- 1971 · The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
- 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 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1968 · Lancer as Lucas Thatcher
- 1968 · Lancer as Tom Nevill
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Thorg
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Miller
- 1968 · Psych-Out as Steve Davis
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- Future · CATnip as
- 1966 · Gallegher Goes West as Turk
- 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
- 1961 · The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac
- 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 · Crimes of Passion II as
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon