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 · The Way Things Seem to Be as Self
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 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
- 2022 · Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- 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 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2017 · The Lears as Davenport Lear
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 2013 · Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1994 · Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam
- 1993 · It's Nothing Personal as Billy Archer
- 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 · 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
- 1985 · Toughlove as Rob Charters
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1976 · The Twist as William
- 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- 1971 · Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- 1969 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1968 · Psych-Out as Steve Davis
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- Future · Northbound as Arthur
- 2026 · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- 2026 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2025 · Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man as Tom
- 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
- 2021 · Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- 2019 · The Hateful Eight - Extended Version as General Sanford Smithers
- 2019 · Nation's Fire as PopPop
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2019 · Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2018 · Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- 2017 · Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2016 · Goliath as Frank Zax
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder
- 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
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 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
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' 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 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Randy Strickland (voice)
- 1996 · Last Man Standing as Sheriff Ed Galt
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as The Chief
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
- 1995 · Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · The Driver as The Detective
- 1978 · Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Lander
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
- 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)
- 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
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
- 1969 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as James Bates
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
- Future · CATnip as
- 1969 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 1968 · Lancer as Lucas Thatcher
- 1968 · Lancer as Tom Nevill
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Thorg
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Miller
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- 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 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- 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
- 1960 · Wild River as Jack Roper
- 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 · All Day Happy Dance as Gramps
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon
- Future · Crimes of Passion II as