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
- 2022 · Mid-Century as Emil Larson
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- 2016 · Goliath as Frank Zax
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as General Sandy Smithers
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- 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
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Randy Strickland (voice)
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1971 · The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Miller
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Pfc. Byron Landy
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Virgil Roy Phipps
- 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
- 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 Outer Limits as Ben Garth
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as
- 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
- 1960 · Route 66 as Albert
- 1960 · Thriller as Johnny Norton
- 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
- Future · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Skeet
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 2019 · Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2018 · Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- 2017 · The Lears as Davenport Lear
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 2013 · Fighting for Freedom as Christian Dobbe
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2010 · BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 2002 · 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self (achive footage)
- 2001 · The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- 1999 · If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- 1999 · The Haunting as Mr. Dudley
- 1998 · Small Soldiers as Link Static (voice)
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as The Chief
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- 1995 · Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- 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
- 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 1978 · The Driver as The Detective
- 1978 · Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
- 1976 · Family Plot as George Lumley
- 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
- 1972 · The Making of Silent Running as Self
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
- 1969 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1968 · Lancer as Lucas Thatcher
- 1968 · Lancer as Tom Nevill
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Thorg
- 1968 · Psych-Out as Steve Davis
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 1965 · The Loner as Lud Grant
- 1965 · Laredo as Joe Durkee
- 1965 · Branded as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
- 1964 · Marnie as Sailor
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Vernon
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as E.J. Stocker
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Joe Krajac
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Eddie Light
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Johnny Page
- 1959 · The Detectives as Jud Treadwell
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Doyle Phleger
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Judd Print
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Lou Stone
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Guerin
- Future · CATnip as
- 2026 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2025 · Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man as
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 2024 · Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2024 · Accidental Texan as Scheermeyer
- 2023 · Old Dads as Richie Jacobs
- 2023 · Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) as Death
- 2023 · Butch vs. Sundance as Mike Cassidy
- 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 · The Hater as Frank
- 2022 · Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- 2021 · Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- 2021 · Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters
- 2021 · Hands That Bind as Hank
- 2021 · The Gateway as Marcus
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2021 · Last Call as Coach Finnegan
- 2020 · I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2020 · Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2019 · Nation's Fire as PopPop
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2017 · Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 2015 · The Millionaires' Unit as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Hitting the Cycle as James
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2011 · Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 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
- 2007 · The Cake Eaters as Easy
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 2003 · Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
- 2003 · Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
- 2002 · 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' as Self
- 2002 · Afterthoughts as Self
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Judge
- 1999 · Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
- 1998 · Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1996 · Last Man Standing as Sheriff Ed Galt
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
- 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
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 1989 · Trenchcoat in Paradise as John Hollander
- 1988 · 1969 as Cliff Denny
- 1987 · World Gone Wild as Ethan
- 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
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1985 · Toughlove as Rob Charters
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Lander
- 1976 · The Twist as William
- 1975 · Posse as Jack Strawhorn
- 1975 · Smile as Big Bob
- 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 · The Immortal as Luther Seacombe
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- 1969 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as James Bates
- 1969 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- 1966 · Gallegher Goes West as Turk
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- Future · Northbound as Arthur
- 1961 · The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac
- 1960 · Wild River as Jack Roper
- Future · All Day Happy Dance as Gramps
- Future · Crimes of Passion II as
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon