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
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 2024 · Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Skeet
- 2024 · Accidental Texan as Scheermeyer
- 2023 · Old Dads as Richie Jacobs
- 2023 · Hunting Games as Henry
- 2023 · The Weapon as Doris
- 2022 · Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- 2021 · The Gateway as Marcus
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2021 · Last Call as Coach Finnegan
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2020 · Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2019 · Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 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 · Nebraska as Woody Grant
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- 2011 · Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2008 · Swamp Devil as Howard Blaime
- 2007 · The Cake Eaters as Easy
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 2003 · Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
- 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 · Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 1991 · Carolina Skeletons as Junior Stoker
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1978 · Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Lander
- 1976 · The Twist as William
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Smile as Big Bob
- 1975 · Posse as Jack Strawhorn
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
- 1972 · Thumb Tripping as Smitty
- 1972 · The Cowboys as Long Hair
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
- 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 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 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
- 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 · Northbound as Arthur
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2023 · Butch vs. Sundance as Mike Cassidy
- 2022 · Death in Texas as Reynolds
- 2022 · The Most Dangerous Game as Whitney Tyler
- 2022 · Mid-Century as Emil Larson
- 2022 · The Hater as Frank
- 2021 · Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- 2020 · I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2018 · Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- 2017 · Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 2013 · Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 2002 · Afterthoughts as Self
- 2001 · The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Judge
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as The Chief
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
- 1988 · 1969 as Cliff Denny
- 1987 · World Gone Wild as Ethan
- 1987 · The Big Town as M. Edwards
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1978 · The Driver as The Detective
- 1976 · Family Plot as George Lumley
- 1973 · The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- 1972 · Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
- 1971 · Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- 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 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- 1964 · Marnie as Sailor
- 1961 · The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac
- 1960 · Wild River as Jack Roper
- Future · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- 2025 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2025 · Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man as
- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2023 · Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) as Death
- 2021 · Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters
- 2021 · Hands That Bind as Hank
- 2019 · Nation's Fire as PopPop
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 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
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 2008 · The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 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
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
- 1999 · If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- 1999 · Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
- 1998 · Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 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
- 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 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Augustine St. Claire
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1985 · Toughlove as Rob Charters
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
- Future · CATnip as
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Making of Silent Running as Self
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1969 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- Future · All Day Happy Dance as Gramps
- 1966 · Gallegher Goes West as Turk
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon
- Future · Crimes of Passion II as