Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Known for
Acting
Born
June 4, 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

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Welcome Back Lounge poster

Welcome Back Lounge

Movie · as Gideon

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Crimes of Passion II

Crimes of Passion II

Movie

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CATnip poster

CATnip

Movie

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All Day Happy Dance

All Day Happy Dance

Movie · as Gramps

2026
Robot Dracula poster

Robot Dracula

Movie · as Van Sellsing

2026
Bad Men Must Bleed poster

Bad Men Must Bleed

Movie · as George Wells

2026
Northbound poster

Northbound

Movie · as Arthur

2026
The Way Things Seem to Be poster

The Way Things Seem to Be

Movie · as Self

2026
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern poster

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

Movie

2025
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch poster

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

Movie · as Mike Cassidy

2025
Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man poster

Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man

Movie

2025
Fractured poster

Fractured

Movie · as Papa Joe

2024
The Devil’s Trap poster

The Devil’s Trap

Movie · as Mr. Cohen

2024
Accidental Texan poster

Accidental Texan

Movie · as Scheermeyer

2024
Bloodline Killer poster

Bloodline Killer

Movie · as Dr. Lucien

2024
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman poster

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2024
Palm Royale poster

Palm Royale

TV · as Skeet · 3 eps

2023
The Weapon poster

The Weapon

Movie · as Doris

2023
Hunting Games poster

Hunting Games

Movie · as Henry

2023
Butch vs. Sundance poster

Butch vs. Sundance

Movie · as Mike Cassidy

2023
Old Dads poster

Old Dads

Movie · as Richie Jacobs

2023
Hands That Bind poster

Hands That Bind

Movie · as Hank

2023
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) poster

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

Movie · as Death

2022
Mid-Century poster

Mid-Century

Movie · as Emil Larson

2022
Hellblazers poster

Hellblazers

Movie · as Bill Unger

2022
The Hater poster

The Hater

Movie · as Frank

2022
The Most Dangerous Game poster

The Most Dangerous Game

Movie · as Whitney Tyler

2022
Death in Texas poster

Death in Texas

Movie · as Reynolds

2021
Christmas vs The Walters poster

Christmas vs The Walters

Movie · as Cliff Walters

2021
Last Shoot Out poster

Last Shoot Out

Movie · as Blair Callahan

2021
The Gateway poster

The Gateway

Movie · as Marcus

2021
Last Call poster

Last Call

Movie · as Coach Finnegan

2021
Overrun poster

Overrun

Movie · as Arkadi Dubkova

2020
The Artist's Wife poster

The Artist's Wife

Movie · as Richard Smythson

2020
Ravage poster

Ravage

Movie · as Mallincrkordt

2020
Emperor poster

Emperor

Movie · as Levi Coffin

2020
I Am Burt Reynolds poster

I Am Burt Reynolds

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon poster

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Movie · as Carl

2019
The Mustang poster

The Mustang

Movie · as Myles

2019
Freaks poster

Freaks

Movie · as Mr. Snowcone

2019
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood poster

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood

Movie · as George Spahn

2019
Remember Me poster

Remember Me

Movie · as Claude

2019
Badland poster

Badland

Movie · as Reginald Cooke

2019
Inherit the Viper poster

Inherit the Viper

Movie · as Clay Carter

2019
Nation's Fire poster

Nation's Fire

Movie · as PopPop

2019
QT8: The First Eight poster

QT8: The First Eight

Movie · as Self

2019
Black Monday poster

Black Monday

TV · as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski · 2 eps

2019
The Hateful Eight poster

The Hateful Eight

TV · as General Sanford Smithers · 4 eps

2018
Chappaquiddick poster

Chappaquiddick

Movie · as Joseph Kennedy

2018
Nostalgia poster

Nostalgia

Movie · as Ronnie Ashemore

2018
White Boy Rick poster

White Boy Rick

Movie · as Grandpa Roman Wershe

2018
Warning Shot poster

Warning Shot

Movie · as Calvin

2018
Lez Bomb poster

Lez Bomb

Movie · as Grandpa

2018
American Dresser poster

American Dresser

Movie · as King

2018
Trumbull Land poster

Trumbull Land

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Class Rank poster

Class Rank

Movie · as Oswald Flannigan

2017
Our Souls at Night poster

Our Souls at Night

Movie · as Dorlan

2017
American Violence poster

American Violence

Movie · as Richard Morton

2017
The Lears poster

The Lears

Movie · as Davenport Lear

2017
Hickok poster

Hickok

Movie · as Doc Rivers O'Roark

2017
Borderland

Borderland

Movie · as Cowboy

2017
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.

V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.

Movie · as Harry Rodgers

2017
Mr. Mercedes poster

Mr. Mercedes

TV · as John Rothstein · 8 eps

2016
Goliath poster

Goliath

TV · as Frank Zax · 8 eps

2016
The Cowboy poster

The Cowboy

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Northern Borders poster

Northern Borders

Movie · as Austin Kittredge Sr.

2015
The Hateful Eight poster

The Hateful Eight

Movie · as General Sandy Smithers

2015
The Millionaires' Unit poster

The Millionaires' Unit

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2014
Cut Bank poster

Cut Bank

Movie · as Georgie Wits

2013
Coffin Baby poster

Coffin Baby

Movie · as Vance Henrickson

2013
Nebraska poster

Nebraska

Movie · as Woody Grant

2013
Pete's Christmas poster

Pete's Christmas

Movie · as Grandpa

2013
Fighting for Freedom poster

Fighting for Freedom

Movie · as Christian Dobbe

2012
Hitting the Cycle poster

Hitting the Cycle

Movie · as James

2012
Django Unchained poster

Django Unchained

Movie · as Old Man Carrucan

2011
Inside Out poster

Inside Out

Movie · as Vic Small

2011
Twixt poster

Twixt

Movie · as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

2011
Miller's Tale poster

Miller's Tale

Movie · as Self

2011
Choose poster

Choose

Movie · as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

2011
Corman's World poster

Corman's World

Movie · as Self - Actor

2010
Trim poster

Trim

Movie · as Dale

2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom poster

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom

Movie · as Self

2010
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance poster

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

Movie · as Self

2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

Movie · as Self

2009
The Hole poster

The Hole

Movie · as Creepy Carl

2009
The Lightkeepers poster

The Lightkeepers

Movie · as Bennie

2009
American Cowslip poster

American Cowslip

Movie · as Cliff

2008
The Golden Boys poster

The Golden Boys

Movie · as Capt. Perez Ryder

2008
Swamp Devil poster

Swamp Devil

Movie · as Howard Blaime

2008
The Making of 'Rebecca' poster

The Making of 'Rebecca'

Movie · as Self

2007
The Astronaut Farmer poster

The Astronaut Farmer

Movie · as Hal

2007
The Cake Eaters poster

The Cake Eaters

Movie · as Easy

2007
The Death and Life of Bobby Z poster

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

Movie · as Narrator

2007
The Cowboys: Together Again

The Cowboys: Together Again

Movie · as Himself

2006
Believe in Me poster

Believe in Me

Movie · as Ellis Brawley

2006
The Hard Easy poster

The Hard Easy

Movie · as Gene

2006
Walker Payne poster

Walker Payne

Movie · as Chester

2006
Big Love poster

Big Love

TV · as Frank Harlow · 29 eps

2005
Down in the Valley poster

Down in the Valley

Movie · as Charlie

2005
Madison poster

Madison

Movie · as Harry Volpi

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Vet · 1 ep

2003
Monster poster

Monster

Movie · as Thomas

2003
Masked and Anonymous poster

Masked and Anonymous

Movie · as Editor

2003
Hard Ground poster

Hard Ground

Movie · as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota poster

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Movie · as Sean McNally

2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King poster

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Movie · as Self

2003
A Decade Under the Influence poster

A Decade Under the Influence

Movie · as Self

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull poster

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

Movie · as Self (achive footage)

2002
Afterthoughts poster

Afterthoughts

Movie · as Self

2002
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' poster

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'

Movie · as Self

2001
The Glass House poster

The Glass House

Movie · as Alvin Begleiter

2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures poster

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Movie · as Self

2001
Plotting 'Family Plot' poster

Plotting 'Family Plot'

Movie · as Self

2000
All the Pretty Horses poster

All the Pretty Horses

Movie · as Judge

1999
The Haunting poster

The Haunting

Movie · as Mr. Dudley

1999
If... Dog... Rabbit poster

If... Dog... Rabbit

Movie · as McGurdy

1999
Hard Time: The Premonition poster

Hard Time: The Premonition

Movie · as Winston

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Link Static (voice)

1998
Perfect Prey poster

Perfect Prey

Movie · as Capt. Swaggert

1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western poster

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Movie · as Self

1997
Comfort, Texas

Comfort, Texas

Movie

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Randy Strickland (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Mulholland Falls poster

Mulholland Falls

Movie · as The Chief

1996
Down Periscope poster

Down Periscope

Movie · as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

1996
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

Movie · as Sheriff Ed Galt

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Wild Bill poster

Wild Bill

Movie · as Will Plummer

1995
Mrs. Munck poster

Mrs. Munck

Movie · as Patrick Leary

1995
A Mother's Prayer poster

A Mother's Prayer

Movie · as John Walker

1994
Dead Man's Revenge poster

Dead Man's Revenge

Movie · as Payton McCay

1994
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight poster

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

Movie · as George Putnam

1993
It's Nothing Personal poster

It's Nothing Personal

Movie · as Billy Archer

1992
Diggstown poster

Diggstown

Movie · as John Gillon

1991
Carolina Skeletons poster

Carolina Skeletons

Movie · as Junior Stoker

1991
Into the Badlands poster

Into the Badlands

Movie · as T.L. Barston

1990
After Dark, My Sweet poster

After Dark, My Sweet

Movie · as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson poster

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Movie · as Scout Ed Higgins

1989
The 'Burbs poster

The 'Burbs

Movie · as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

1989
Trenchcoat in Paradise poster

Trenchcoat in Paradise

Movie · as John Hollander

1988
1969 poster

1969

Movie · as Cliff Denny

1987
World Gone Wild poster

World Gone Wild

Movie · as Ethan

1987
Roses Are for the Rich poster

Roses Are for the Rich

Movie · as Douglas Osborne

1987
The Big Town poster

The Big Town

Movie · as M. Edwards

1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin poster

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Movie · as Augustine St. Claire

1987
Roses Are for the Rich poster

Roses Are for the Rich

TV · as Douglas Osborne · 2 eps

1986
On the Edge poster

On the Edge

Movie · as Wes Holman

1985
Tough Love poster

Tough Love

Movie · as Rob Charters

1985
Space poster

Space

TV · as Stanley Mott · 5 eps

1982
Harry Tracy, Desperado poster

Harry Tracy, Desperado

Movie · as Harry Tracy

1982
That Championship Season poster

That Championship Season

Movie · as George Sitkowski

1981
Tattoo poster

Tattoo

Movie · as Karl Kinsky

1980
Middle Age Crazy poster

Middle Age Crazy

Movie · as Bobby Lee

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1978
The Driver poster

The Driver

Movie · as The Detective

1978
Coming Home poster

Coming Home

Movie · as Capt. Bob Hyde

1977
Black Sunday poster

Black Sunday

Movie · as Lander

1976
Family Plot poster

Family Plot

Movie · as George Lumley

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Movie · as Grayson Potchuck

1976
The Twist poster

The Twist

Movie · as William

1975
Smile poster

Smile

Movie · as Big Bob

1975
Posse poster

Posse

Movie · as Jack Strawhorn

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

1975
Midi Première poster

Midi Première

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Tom Buchanan

1973
The Laughing Policeman poster

The Laughing Policeman

Movie · as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid poster

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Movie · as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

1972
Silent Running poster

Silent Running

Movie · as Freeman Lowell

1972
The Cowboys poster

The Cowboys

Movie · as Long Hair

1972
The King of Marvin Gardens poster

The King of Marvin Gardens

Movie · as Jason Staebler

1972
Thumb Tripping poster

Thumb Tripping

Movie · as Smitty

1972
The Making of Silent Running poster

The Making of Silent Running

Movie · as Self

1971
Drive, He Said poster

Drive, He Said

Movie · as Coach Bullion

1971
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant poster

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

Movie · as Roger

1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? poster

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

Movie · as Deputy Doyle Pickett

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Bloody Mama poster

Bloody Mama

Movie · as Kevin Dirkman

1970
Rebel Rousers poster

Rebel Rousers

Movie · as J.J. Weston

1970
The Immortal poster

The Immortal

TV · as Luther Seacombe · 1 ep

1969
Support Your Local Sheriff! poster

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Movie · as Joe Danby

1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Movie · as James Bates

1969
Castle Keep poster

Castle Keep

Movie · as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

1969
The Cycle Savages poster

The Cycle Savages

Movie · as Keeg

1969
Number One poster

Number One

Movie · as Richie Fowler

1969
Then Came Bronson poster

Then Came Bronson

TV · as Bucky O'Neill · 1 ep

1968
Hang 'em High poster

Hang 'em High

Movie · as Miller

1968
Psych-Out poster

Psych-Out

Movie · as Steve Davis

1968
Land of the Giants poster

Land of the Giants

TV · as Thorg · 1 ep

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · as Lucas Thatcher, Tom Nevill · 1 ep

1967
Will Penny poster

Will Penny

Movie · as Rafe Quint

1967
The Trip poster

The Trip

Movie · as John

1967
The War Wagon poster

The War Wagon

Movie · as Hammond

1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre poster

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Movie · as Johnny May

1967
Waterhole #3 poster

Waterhole #3

Movie · as Deputy

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Wade · 1 ep

1966
The Wild Angels poster

The Wild Angels

Movie · as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

1966
Gallegher Goes West poster

Gallegher Goes West

Movie · as Turk

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Pfc. Byron Landy, Virgil Roy Phipps · 1 ep

1965
Laredo poster

Laredo

TV · as Joe Durkee · 1 ep

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Alex Ryder · 3 eps

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Follet, Dixon, Clovis, Gabe Skeels, John Weaver · 1 ep

1965
The Loner poster

The Loner

TV · as Lud Grant · 1 ep

1965
Branded poster

Branded

TV · as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw · 1 ep

1964
Marnie poster

Marnie

Movie · as Sailor

1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte poster

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Movie · as John Mayhew

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as TSgt. Frank Jones, Lt. Michaels, Lt. Danton · 1 ep

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Maynard · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Hank, Cody, Hutch, Charley, Deputy Martin · 1 ep

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · as Vernon · 1 ep

1963
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Ben Garth · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Pell, Lee Darrow, Bert Kramer · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · as E.J. Stocker · 32 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Roy Bullock, Jesse · 1 ep

1961
The Crimebusters poster

The Crimebusters

Movie · as Joe Krajac

1961
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk poster

The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

Movie · as Johnny Norton

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Joe Krajac, Eddie Light · 1 ep

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · as Billy Harris · 1 ep

1960
Wild River poster

Wild River

Movie · as Jack Roper

1960
Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6

TV · as Johnny Page · 1 ep

1960
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Johnny Norton · 1 ep

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · as Albert · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Ed Rankin · 1 ep

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Jud Treadwell · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Cully Maco, Bayliss · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Nicky · 1 ep

1958
Sea Hunt poster

Sea Hunt

TV · as FBI Agent John Furillo · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Wilkins, Jud Fisher · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Doyle Phleger, Judd Print, Lou Stone, Guerin · 1 ep