Bruce Dern
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),...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2024
The Devil’s Trap
As: Mr. Cohen
- 2024
Bloodline Killer
As: Dr. Lucien
- 2024
Palm Royale
As: Skeet
- 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
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
As: Mike Cassidy
- 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
- 2022
Hellblazers
As: Bill Unger
- 2021
Last Shoot Out
As: Blair Callahan
- 2021
Christmas vs The Walters
As: Cliff Walters
- 2021
Hands That Bind
As: Hank
- 2021
The Gateway
As: Marcus
- 2021
Overrun
As: Arkadi Dubkova
- 2021
Last Call
As: Coach Finnegan
- 2020
The Artist's Wife
As: Richard Smythson
- 2020
Emperor
As: Levi Coffin
- 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
Remember Me
As: Claude
- 2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
As: George Spahn
- 2019
Nation's Fire
As: PopPop
- 2019
The Mustang
As: Myles
- 2019
Black Monday
As: Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- 2018
Lez Bomb
As: Grandpa
- 2018
American Dresser
As: King
- 2018
White Boy Rick
As: Grandpa Roman Wershe
- 2018
Warning Shot
As: Calvin
- 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
- 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
Pete's Christmas
As: Grandpa
- 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
Twixt
As: Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- 2011
Choose
As: Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- 2010
Trim
As: Dale
- 2009
The Lightkeepers
As: Bennie
- 2009
The Hole
As: Creepy Carl
- 2009
American Cowslip
As: Cliff
- 2008
The Golden Boys
As: Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2008
Swamp Devil
As: Howard Blaime
- 2007
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
As: Narrator
- 2007
The Cake Eaters
As: Easy
- 2007
The Astronaut Farmer
As: Hal
- 2006
The Hard Easy
As: Gene
- 2006
Believe in Me
As: Ellis Brawley
- 2006
Walker Payne
As: Chester
- 2006
Big Love
As: Frank Harlow
- 2005
Down in the Valley
As: Charlie
- 2005
Madison
As: Harry Volpi
- 2004
CSI: NY
As: Vet
- 2003
Monster
As: Thomas
- 2003
Masked and Anonymous
As: Editor
- 2003
Hard Ground
As: Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- 2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota
As: Sean McNally
- 2001
The Glass House
As: Alvin Begleiter
- 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
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
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
As: George Putnam
- 1994
Dead Man's Revenge
As: Payton McCay
- 1993
It's Nothing Personal
As: Billy Archer
- 1992
Diggstown
As: John Gillon
- 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
- 1989
The 'Burbs
As: Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- 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
- 1987
Roses Are for the Rich
As: Douglas Osborne
- 1986
On the Edge
As: Wes Holman
- 1985
Toughlove
As: Rob Charters
- 1985
Space
As: Stanley Mott
- 1982
That Championship Season
As: George Sitkowski
- 1982
Harry Tracy, Desperado
As: Harry Tracy
- 1981
Tattoo
As: Karl Kinsky
- 1980
Middle Age Crazy
As: Bobby Lee
- 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
The Twist
As: William
- 1976
Family Plot
As: George Lumley
- 1975
Smile
As: Big Bob
- 1975
Posse
As: Jack Strawhorn
- 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
The King of Marvin Gardens
As: Jason Staebler
- 1972
Thumb Tripping
As: Smitty
- 1972
Silent Running
As: Freeman Lowell
- 1972
The Cowboys
As: Long Hair
- 1971
Drive, He Said
As: Coach Bullion
- 1971
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
As: Roger
- 1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
As: Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1970
The Immortal
As: Luther Seacombe
- 1970
Rebel Rousers
As: J.J. Weston
- 1970
Bloody Mama
As: Kevin Dirkman
- 1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
As: James Bates
- 1969
Then Came Bronson
As: Bucky O'Neill
- 1969
The Cycle Savages
As: Keeg
- 1969
Number One
As: Richie Fowler
- 1969
Castle Keep
As: Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 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
- 1968
Psych-Out
As: Steve Davis
- 1967
Will Penny
As: Rafe Quint
- 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
- 1967
The War Wagon
As: Hammond
- 1966
Gallegher Goes West
As: Turk
- 1966
The Wild Angels
As: Joe 'Loser' Kearns
- 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 Outer Limits
As: Ben Garth
- 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