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
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 2025 · Duster as Wade Ellis
- 2025 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
- 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
- 2022 · East New York as Duke Jacobs
- 2021 · The Hating Game as Bexley
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 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 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2018 · The Resident as Kyle Nevin
- 2017 · Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
- 2017 · American Gods as Vulcan
- 2017 · Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
- 2016 · The Elvis Room as Harker
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
- 2014 · Scorpion as Bob Connelly
- 2013 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
- 2009 · The League as Bruce
- 2009 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 2008 · Depth Charge as
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- 2006 · Psych as Henry Spencer
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Ira
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
- 2005 · Cuts as Jack Sherwood
- 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
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 2000 · Son of the Beach as
- 1999 · Third Watch as Carter Savage
- 1999 · The West Wing as Henry Shallick
- 1999 · Twice in a Lifetime as Roger Stovall / Bill Water
- 1998 · The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Zack Henley
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Ted Grant
- 1996 · The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
- 1995 · JAG as Captain Owen Sebring
- 1995 · Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1993 · The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
- 1986 · Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
- 1978 · Flying High as Dan Ellison
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1972 · The Waltons as Casey
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 2025 · Tow as Martin La Rosa
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2023 · Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
- 2022 · Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
- 2020 · First Lady as
- 2017 · Larceny as Price
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2008 · Vipers as Burton
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2005 · Twins as
- 2005 · Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
- 2005 · Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
- 2004 · Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1996 · The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 1987 · Hello Again as Jason Chadman
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- Future · The Yeti as
- 2025 · Marshmallow as Roy
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2018 · My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
- 2017 · Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
- 2017 · Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
- 2016 · In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
- 2016 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 2010 · Closets as Grant Erickson
- 2010 · Rust as
- 2010 · The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 2009 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 2006 · The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 2005 · Hi-Jinks as
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
- 2003 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 2000 · Battery Park as Michael
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
- 1998 · Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 1995 · A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
- 1995 · Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
- 1992 · Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- 2025 · Web of Life as Keith
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2020 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2017 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2013 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1995 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · Kali as Old Man
- Future · There There as