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
- 2026 · The Yeti as Merriell Sunday Sr.
- 2026 · Tow as Martin LaRosa
- 2026 · Woodstockers as Lenny
- 2026 · The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins as Duck Donovan
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 2025 · Bagworm as Rusty
- 2025 · Web of Life as Keith
- 2025 · Duster as Wade Ellis
- 2025 · Marshmallow as Roy
- 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 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2023 · Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
- 2022 · East New York as Duke Jacobs
- 2022 · Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
- 2021 · The Hating Game as Bexley
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2020 · A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
- 2020 · When We Last Spoke as Walt
- 2020 · Cadia: The World Within as George
- 2020 · A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2020 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2020 · First Lady as King Max
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
- 2019 · The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Himself
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2018 · My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
- 2018 · The Resident as Kyle Nevin
- 2017 · Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
- 2017 · Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2017 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 2017 · Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
- 2017 · American Gods as Vulcan
- 2017 · Larceny as Price
- 2017 · Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
- 2016 · In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
- 2016 · The Elvis Room as Harker
- 2016 · Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2016 · Billions as Bill McGann
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
- 2014 · Scorpion as Bob Connelly
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2013 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2013 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 2010 · Closets as Grant Erickson
- 2010 · Rust as
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
- 2010 · The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
- 2009 · The League as Bruce
- 2009 · Trapped as Edward Hutton
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
- 2009 · Castle as Lance Hastings
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2008 · Depth Charge as
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- 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
- 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 · Twins as
- 2005 · Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
- 2005 · Hi-Jinks as
- 2005 · Cuts as Jack Sherwood
- 2005 · Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
- 2004 · They Are Among Us as Norbert
- 2004 · Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
- 2003 · Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
- 2003 · Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
- 2003 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 2000 · Rangers as Senator
- 2000 · Battery Park as Michael
- 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
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Zack Henley
- 1998 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 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 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1996 · The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Ted Grant
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
- 1995 · Temptress as Nick
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1995 · JAG as Owen Sebring
- 1995 · Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
- 1995 · A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
- 1995 · Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1993 · The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
- 1992 · Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 1988 · Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- 1987 · Hello Again as Jason Chadman
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
- 1986 · Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1978 · Flying High as Dan Ellison
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1972 · The Waltons as Casey
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · There There as
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2009 · Dead Air as Dr. F
- 2008 · Vipers as Burton
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 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 · The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 1998 · Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 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 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2016 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 1995 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- Future · Kali as Old Man