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 · Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Skeet
- 2023 · Old Dads as Richie Jacobs
- 2023 · Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) as Death
- 2023 · Hunting Games as Henry
- 2021 · The Gateway as Marcus
- 2021 · Last Call as Coach Finnegan
- 2020 · Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- 2019 · Badland as Reginald Cooke
- 2019 · Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- 2019 · The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- 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 · 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 · The Lears as Davenport Lear
- 2017 · American Violence as Richard Morton
- 2016 · Goliath as Frank Zax
- 2016 · The Cowboy as Self
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as General Sandy Smithers
- 2013 · Nebraska as Woody Grant
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- 2011 · Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2010 · Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom as Self
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Bennie
- 2009 · The Hole as Creepy Carl
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
- 2006 · Big Love as Frank Harlow
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Vet
- 2003 · Monster as Thomas
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2001 · The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Judge
- 1999 · The Haunting as Mr. Dudley
- 1998 · Small Soldiers as Link Static (voice)
- 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
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 1985 · Toughlove as Rob Charters
- 1985 · Space as Stanley Mott
- 1978 · The Driver as The Detective
- 1978 · Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde
- 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 · Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
- 1972 · The Cowboys as Long Hair
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 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
- 1968 · Lancer as Lucas Thatcher
- 1968 · Lancer as Tom Nevill
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Thorg
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Miller
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Wade
- 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 · 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
- 1960 · Route 66 as Albert
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Johnny Page
- 1960 · Thriller as Johnny Norton
- 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
- Future · Robot Dracula as Van Sellsing
- 2025 · Fractured as Papa Joe
- 2024 · Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- 2024 · Accidental Texan as Scheermeyer
- 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 · Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- 2020 · Emperor as Levi Coffin
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- 2019 · Remember Me as Claude
- 2019 · The Mustang as Myles
- 2018 · American Dresser as King
- 2018 · Warning Shot as Calvin
- 2017 · Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- 2015 · Northern Borders as Austin Kittredge Sr.
- 2014 · Cut Bank as Georgie Wits
- 2013 · Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
- 2013 · Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2011 · Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2010 · BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Cliff
- 2007 · The Cake Eaters as Easy
- 2006 · The Hard Easy as Gene
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Charlie
- 2005 · Madison as Harry Volpi
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 1999 · Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
- 1998 · Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- 1995 · Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- 1992 · Diggstown as John Gillon
- 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
- 1988 · 1969 as Cliff Denny
- 1987 · The Big Town as M. Edwards
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1981 · Tattoo as Karl Kinsky
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Lander
- 1976 · Family Plot as George Lumley
- 1975 · Posse as Jack Strawhorn
- 1973 · The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
- 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- 1972 · Thumb Tripping as Smitty
- 1971 · Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- 1971 · The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
- 1970 · Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- 1969 · Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 1967 · Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- 1967 · The Trip as John
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Hammond
- 1966 · The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew
- Future · Northbound as Arthur
- 2025 · Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man as
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2023 · Butch vs. Sundance as Mike Cassidy
- 2022 · The Hater as Frank
- 2021 · Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters
- 2021 · Hands That Bind as Hank
- 2021 · Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- 2020 · I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- 2018 · Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- 2017 · Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- 2015 · The Millionaires' Unit as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Fighting for Freedom as Christian Dobbe
- 2012 · Hitting the Cycle as James
- 2011 · Inside Out as Vic Small
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 2010 · America Lost and Found: The BBS Story as Self
- 2010 · Trim as Dale
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2008 · The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- 2008 · Swamp Devil as Howard Blaime
- 2007 · The Cowboys: Together Again as Himself
- 2006 · Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- 2006 · Walker Payne as Chester
- 2003 · Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 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 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
- 1999 · If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Comfort, Texas as
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
- 1994 · Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
- 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
- 1989 · Trenchcoat in Paradise as John Hollander
- 1987 · World Gone Wild as Ethan
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Augustine St. Claire
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
- 1968 · Psych-Out as Steve Davis
- Future · CATnip as
- 1987 · Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 1986 · On the Edge as Wes Holman
- 1982 · That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- 1980 · Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee
- 1972 · The Making of Silent Running as Self
- 1969 · The Cycle Savages as Keeg
- 1969 · Number One as Richie Fowler
- 1960 · Wild River as Jack Roper
- 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
- 1961 · The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac
- Future · Welcome Back Lounge as Gideon
- Future · Crimes of Passion II as



