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
- 2025 · Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man as
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2024 · Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- 2022 · Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- 2021 · The Gateway as Marcus
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2020 · Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2013 · Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2011 · Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2008 · The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- 2008 · Swamp Devil as Howard Blaime
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2003 · Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
- 2002 · 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' as Self
- 2001 · The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Judge
- 1999 · If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
- 1993 · It's Nothing Personal as Billy Archer
- 1991 · Carolina Skeletons as Junior Stoker
- 1989 · Trenchcoat in Paradise as John Hollander
- 1988 · 1969 as Cliff Denny
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Posse as Jack Strawhorn
- 1973 · The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
- 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- 1972 · Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
- 1972 · The Making of Silent Running as Self
- 1971 · Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- 1970 · The Immortal as Luther Seacombe
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
- 1969 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1969 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1968 · Psych-Out as Steve Davis
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- 1965 · The Loner as Lud Grant
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- 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
- Future · All Day Happy Dance as Gramps
- 2025 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Skeet
- 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 · Mid-Century as Emil Larson
- 2022 · The Hater as Frank
- 2021 · Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- 2021 · Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters
- 2021 · Hands That Bind as Hank
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2021 · Last Call as Coach Finnegan
- 2020 · I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- 2019 · Nation's Fire as PopPop
- 2019 · Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2018 · Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- 2017 · Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2017 · The Lears as Davenport Lear
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 2016 · Goliath as Frank Zax
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 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
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- 2012 · Hitting the Cycle as James
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 2010 · BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- 2010 · America Lost and Found: The BBS Story as Self
- 2010 · Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom as Self
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
- 2007 · The Cake Eaters as Easy
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
- 2002 · 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self (achive footage)
- 2002 · Afterthoughts as Self
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
- 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 · King of the Hill as Randy Strickland (voice)
- 1996 · Last Man Standing as Sheriff Ed Galt
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as The Chief
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1995 · Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- 1994 · Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 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
- 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
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1985 · Toughlove as Rob Charters
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 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
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- Future · Crimes of Passion II as
- 1976 · The Twist as William
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Smile as Big Bob
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1972 · Thumb Tripping as Smitty
- 1972 · The Cowboys as Long Hair
- 1971 · The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
- 1969 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as James Bates
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- 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 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 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 · 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 · 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 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
- 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 · Northbound as Arthur
- Future · CATnip as
- Future · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon