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 La Rosa
- 2026 · The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins as Duck Donovan
- 2025 · The Beldham as
- 2025 · Duster as Wade Ellis
- 2025 · Marshmallow as Roy
- 2025 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
- 2024 · Clipped as Pierce O'Donnell
- 2023 · The Curse as Paul
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
- 2023 · Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
- 2022 · East New York as Duke Jacobs
- 2021 · The Hating Game as Bexley
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
- 2020 · Tommy as Milt Leakey
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Himself
- 2018 · Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
- 2018 · The Resident as Kyle Nevin
- 2017 · Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
- 2017 · Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
- 2017 · Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
- 2017 · American Gods as Vulcan
- 2017 · Larceny as Price
- 2017 · Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
- 2016 · Billions as Bill McGann
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
- 2014 · The Last Straw as Mr. G
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
- 2014 · Scorpion as Bob Connelly
- 2013 · Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
- 2012 · Anger Management as Roger
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Jerry
- 2011 · The Big Year as Gil Gordon
- 2011 · Pizza Man as Criswell
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
- 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
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 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 · 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
- 2003 · Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
- 2003 · Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
- 2002 · The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
- 2002 · Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
- 2001 · Raptor as Dr. Hyde
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
- 2001 · Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
- 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
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
- 1998 · The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Zack Henley
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
- 1997 · Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
- 1996 · The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Ted Grant
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
- 1996 · The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
- 1996 · Baja as John Stone
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
- 1995 · Cover Me as Andre Solloway
- 1995 · JAG as Captain 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 · Temptress as Nick
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
- 1994 · The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
- 1994 · Savage Land as Quint
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
- 1994 · Major League II as Roger Dorn
- 1993 · The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
- 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
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Will Lee
- 1991 · Shattered as Jeb Scott
- 1991 · Roc as Jim Larson
- 1989 · Breaking Point as Pike
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1989 · Major League as Roger Dorn
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
- 1988 · Dear John as Blake McCarron
- 1988 · Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Webster
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
- 1986 · Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
- 1985 · Doubletake as Tennis Pro
- 1981 · S.O.B. as Unknown
- 1978 · Flying High as Dan Ellison
- 1976 · King Kong as Reporter
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Boy
- 1972 · The Waltons as Casey
- 1967 · Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · There There as
- 2026 · Woodstockers as Lenny
- 2025 · In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2025 · Bagworm as Rusty
- 2021 · Taking the Reins as Preston
- 2021 · Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
- 2020 · The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
- 2019 · All Good Things as Pop-pop
- 2019 · Swell as Harold
- 2018 · Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
- 2018 · Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
- 2015 · Midland as The Shepherd
- 2015 · Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
- 2012 · 3 Day Test as Tom
- 2011 · Miss December as District Attorney
- 2008 · For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
- 2008 · House of Fallen as Rowland
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
- 2007 · Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
- 2002 · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
- 1999 · Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
- 1999 · Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
- 1998 · Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
- 1998 · Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
- 1995 · Murderous Intent as Brice
- 1995 · In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
- 1995 · Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
- 1995 · Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
- 1994 · Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
- 1994 · A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
- Future · Happy Endings Funeral Parlor as
- 2025 · Web of Life as Keith
- 2024 · Memory Box as Father (voice)
- 2023 · Christmas at Keestone as Clint Baker
- 2023 · Herd as Robert Miller
- 2023 · Repeater as Edgar Mann
- 2022 · Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
- 2021 · Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
- 2020 · The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
- 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 · Mary for Mayor as Pat
- 2020 · First Lady as King Max
- 2019 · Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
- 2019 · The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
- 2019 · The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
- 2018 · Reach as Charles
- 2018 · My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
- 2017 · Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
- 2017 · Dead Man Rising as Buck
- 2017 · The Dynasty That Almost Was as
- 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 · God's Club as Max Graves
- 2016 · Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
- 2015 · It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Matt
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2014 · Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
- 2013 · Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
- 2013 · Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
- 2012 · Stolen Child as George
- 2011 · The Ascension as Carl
- 2011 · Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
- 2011 · 25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
- 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 · Vipers as Burton
- 2007 · Right to Die as Ira
- 2006 · Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
- 2006 · The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
- 2006 · Paid as William Montague
- 2006 · Submission as
- 2005 · Carpool Guy as Michael
- 2005 · Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
- 2004 · They Are Among Us as Norbert
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
- 2004 · Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
- 2003 · The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
- 2003 · Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
- 2002 · Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
- 2002 · Fangs as Carl Hart
- 2001 · The Tomorrow Man as Larry
- 2001 · Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
- 1999 · Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
- 1998 · The Fairy King as Rob Preston
- 1998 · Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
- 1998 · Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
- 1997 · Spacejacked as Barnes
- 1997 · An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
- 1997 · Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
- 1996 · Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
- 1996 · Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
- 1996 · The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
- 1995 · Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
- 1994 · Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
- 1994 · Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
- 1994 · Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
- 1994 · Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
- 1994 · I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
- 1993 · Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
- 1991 · Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
- 1991 · Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
- 1991 · Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
- 1989 · Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
- 1989 · Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
- 1987 · Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
- 1987 · Hello Again as Jason Chadman
- 1983 · Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
- Future · Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
- Future · Kali as Old Man