Acting

Bruce Dern

Born: 1936-06-04
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

Filmography

229 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Bad Men Must Bleed

2026 · Movie

George Wells

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

2026 · Movie

Cast

Northbound

2026 · Movie

Arthur

Robot Dracula

2026 · Movie

Van Sellsing

The Way Things Seem to Be

2026 · Movie

Self

Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man

2025 · Movie

Cast

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

2025 · Movie

Mike Cassidy

Fractured

2025 · Movie

Papa Joe

Accidental Texan

2024 · Movie

Scheermeyer

Bloodline Killer

2024 · Movie

Dr. Lucien

Palm Royale

2024 · TV Show

Skeet

The Devil’s Trap

2024 · Movie

Mr. Cohen

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

2024 · TV Show

Himself

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

2023 · Movie

Death

Butch vs. Sundance

2023 · Movie

Mike Cassidy

Hands That Bind

2023 · Movie

Hank

Hunting Games

2023 · Movie

Henry

Old Dads

2023 · Movie

Richie Jacobs

The Weapon

2023 · Movie

Doris

Coast

2022 · Movie

Executive Producer

Death in Texas

2022 · Movie

Reynolds

Hellblazers

2022 · Movie

Bill Unger

Mid-Century

2022 · Movie

Emil Larson

The Hater

2022 · Movie

Frank

The Most Dangerous Game

2022 · Movie

Whitney Tyler

Christmas vs The Walters

2021 · Movie

Cliff Walters

Last Call

2021 · Movie

Coach Finnegan

Last Shoot Out

2021 · Movie

Blair Callahan

Overrun

2021 · Movie

Arkadi Dubkova

The Gateway

2021 · Movie

Marcus

Emperor

2020 · Movie

Levi Coffin

I Am Burt Reynolds

2020 · Movie

Self - Interviewee

Ravage

2020 · Movie

Mallincrkordt

The Artist's Wife

2020 · Movie

Richard Smythson

Badland

2019 · Movie

Reginald Cooke

Black Monday

2019 · TV Show

Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

Freaks

2019 · Movie

Mr. Snowcone

Inherit the Viper

2019 · Movie

Clay Carter

Nation's Fire

2019 · Movie

PopPop

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019 · Movie

George Spahn

QT8: The First Eight

2019 · Movie

Self

Remember Me

2019 · Movie

Claude

The Hateful Eight

2019 · TV Show

General Sanford Smithers

The Mustang

2019 · Movie

Myles

The Peanut Butter Falcon

2019 · Movie

Carl

American Dresser

2018 · Movie

King

Chappaquiddick

2018 · Movie

Joseph Kennedy

Lez Bomb

2018 · Movie

Grandpa

Nostalgia

2018 · Movie

Ronnie Ashemore

Trumbull Land

2018 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Warning Shot

2018 · Movie

Calvin

White Boy Rick

2018 · Movie

Grandpa Roman Wershe

American Violence

2017 · Movie

Richard Morton

Borderland

2017 · Movie

Cowboy

Class Rank

2017 · Movie

Oswald Flannigan

Hickok

2017 · Movie

Doc Rivers O'Roark

Mr. Mercedes

2017 · TV Show

John Rothstein

Our Souls at Night

2017 · Movie

Dorlan

The Lears

2017 · Movie

Davenport Lear

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

2017 · Movie

Harry Rodgers

Goliath

2016 · TV Show

Frank Zax

The Cowboy

2016 · TV Show

Self

Northern Borders

2015 · Movie

Austin Kittredge Sr.

The Hateful Eight

2015 · Movie

General Sandy Smithers

The Millionaires' Unit

2015 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

Cut Bank

2014 · Movie

Georgie Wits

Coffin Baby

2013 · Movie

Vance Henrickson

Fighting for Freedom

2013 · Movie

Christian Dobbe

Nebraska

2013 · Movie

Woody Grant

Pete's Christmas

2013 · Movie

Grandpa

Django Unchained

2012 · Movie

Old Man Carrucan

Hitting the Cycle

2012 · Movie

James

Choose

2011 · Movie

Dr. Ronald Pendleton

Corman's World

2011 · Movie

Self - Actor

Inside Out

2011 · Movie

Vic Small

Miller's Tale

2011 · Movie

Self

Twixt

2011 · Movie

Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

2010 · Movie

Self

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

2010 · Movie

Self

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

2010 · Movie

Self

Trim

2010 · Movie

Dale

American Cowslip

2009 · Movie

Cliff

The Hole

2009 · Movie

Creepy Carl

The Lightkeepers

2009 · Movie

Bennie

Swamp Devil

2008 · Movie

Howard Blaime

The Golden Boys

2008 · Movie

Capt. Perez Ryder

The Making of 'Rebecca'

2008 · Movie

Self

The Astronaut Farmer

2007 · Movie

Hal

The Cake Eaters

2007 · Movie

Easy

The Cowboys: Together Again

2007 · Movie

Himself

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007 · Movie

Narrator

Believe in Me

2006 · Movie

Ellis Brawley

Big Love

2006 · TV Show

Frank Harlow

The Hard Easy

2006 · Movie

Gene

Walker Payne

2006 · Movie

Chester

Down in the Valley

2005 · Movie

Charlie

Madison

2005 · Movie

Harry Volpi

CSI: NY

2004 · TV Show

Vet

A Decade Under the Influence

2003 · Movie

Self

Hard Ground

2003 · Movie

Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

Masked and Anonymous

2003 · Movie

Editor

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003 · Movie

Sean McNally

Monster

2003 · Movie

Thomas

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 · TV Show

Self

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

2003 · Movie

Self

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

2002 · Movie

Self (achive footage)

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

2002 · Movie

Self

Afterthoughts

2002 · Movie

Self

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001 · Movie

Self

Plotting 'Family Plot'

2001 · Movie

Self

The Glass House

2001 · Movie

Alvin Begleiter

All the Pretty Horses

2000 · Movie

Judge

Hard Time: The Premonition

1999 · Movie

Winston

If... Dog... Rabbit

1999 · Movie

McGurdy

The Haunting

1999 · Movie

Mr. Dudley

Perfect Prey

1998 · Movie

Capt. Swaggert

Small Soldiers

1998 · Movie

Link Static (voice)

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997 · Movie

Self

Comfort, Texas

1997 · Movie

Cast

King of the Hill

1997 · TV Show

Randy Strickland (voice)

Down Periscope

1996 · Movie

Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

E! True Hollywood Story

1996 · TV Show

Self

Last Man Standing

1996 · Movie

Sheriff Ed Galt

Mulholland Falls

1996 · Movie

The Chief

A Mother's Prayer

1995 · Movie

John Walker

Mrs. Munck

1995 · Movie

Patrick Leary

Wild Bill

1995 · Movie

Will Plummer

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

1994 · Movie

George Putnam

Dead Man's Revenge

1994 · Movie

Payton McCay

It's Nothing Personal

1993 · Movie

Billy Archer

Diggstown

1992 · Movie

John Gillon

Carolina Skeletons

1991 · Movie

Junior Stoker

Into the Badlands

1991 · Movie

T.L. Barston

After Dark, My Sweet

1990 · Movie

Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990 · Movie

Scout Ed Higgins

The 'Burbs

1989 · Movie

Lt. Mark Rumsfield

Trenchcoat in Paradise

1989 · Movie

John Hollander

1969

1988 · Movie

Cliff Denny

Roses Are for the Rich

1987 · Movie

Douglas Osborne

Roses Are for the Rich

1987 · TV Show

Douglas Osborne

The Big Town

1987 · Movie

M. Edwards

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1987 · Movie

Augustine St. Claire

World Gone Wild

1987 · Movie

Ethan

On the Edge

1986 · Movie

Wes Holman

Space

1985 · TV Show

Stanley Mott

Tough Love

1985 · Movie

Rob Charters

Harry Tracy, Desperado

1982 · Movie

Harry Tracy

That Championship Season

1982 · Movie

George Sitkowski

Tattoo

1981 · Movie

Karl Kinsky

Middle Age Crazy

1980 · Movie

Bobby Lee

The Horror Show

1979 · Movie

(archive footage)

Coming Home

1978 · Movie

Capt. Bob Hyde

The Driver

1978 · Movie

The Detective

Black Sunday

1977 · Movie

Lander

Family Plot

1976 · Movie

George Lumley

The Twist

1976 · Movie

William

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976 · Movie

Grayson Potchuck

Midi Première

1975 · TV Show

Self

Posse

1975 · Movie

Jack Strawhorn

Saturday Night Live

1975 · TV Show

Self - Host

Smile

1975 · Movie

Big Bob

The Great Gatsby

1974 · Movie

Tom Buchanan

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 · Movie

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

The Laughing Policeman

1973 · Movie

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

Silent Running

1972 · Movie

Freeman Lowell

The Cowboys

1972 · Movie

Long Hair

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972 · Movie

Jason Staebler

The Making of Silent Running

1972 · Movie

Self

Thumb Tripping

1972 · Movie

Smitty

Drive, He Said

1971 · Movie

Coach Bullion

Film '72

1971 · TV Show

Self

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

1971 · Movie

Roger

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971 · Movie

Deputy Doyle Pickett

Bloody Mama

1970 · Movie

Kevin Dirkman

Rebel Rousers

1970 · Movie

J.J. Weston

The Immortal

1970 · TV Show

Luther Seacombe

Castle Keep

1969 · Movie

Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Number One

1969 · Movie

Richie Fowler

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969 · Movie

Joe Danby

The Cycle Savages

1969 · Movie

Keeg

Then Came Bronson

1969 · TV Show

Bucky O'Neill

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · Movie

James Bates

Hang 'em High

1968 · Movie

Miller

Lancer

1968 · TV Show

Lucas Thatcher · Tom Nevill

Land of the Giants

1968 · TV Show

Thorg

Psych-Out

1968 · Movie

Steve Davis

The High Chaparral

1967 · TV Show

Wade

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 · Movie

Johnny May

The Trip

1967 · Movie

John

The War Wagon

1967 · Movie

Hammond

Waterhole #3

1967 · Movie

Deputy

Will Penny

1967 · Movie

Rafe Quint

Gallegher Goes West

1966 · Movie

Turk

The Wild Angels

1966 · Movie

Joe 'Loser' Kearns

Branded

1965 · TV Show

Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

Laredo

1965 · TV Show

Joe Durkee

Run for Your Life

1965 · TV Show

Alex Ryder

The Big Valley

1965 · TV Show

Follet · Dixon · Clovis · Gabe Skeels · John Weaver

The F.B.I.

1965 · TV Show

Pfc. Byron Landy · Virgil Roy Phipps

The Loner

1965 · TV Show

Lud Grant

12 O'Clock High

1964 · TV Show

TSgt. Frank Jones · Lt. Michaels · Lt. Danton

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 · Movie

John Mayhew

Marnie

1964 · Movie

Sailor

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 · TV Show

Maynard

The Fugitive

1963 · TV Show

Hank · Cody · Hutch · Charley · Deputy Martin

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963 · TV Show

Vernon

The Outer Limits

1963 · TV Show

Ben Garth

Stoney Burke

1962 · TV Show

E.J. Stocker

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · TV Show

Roy Bullock · Jesse

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · TV Show

Self · Cast

The Virginian

1962 · TV Show

Pell · Lee Darrow · Bert Kramer

Ben Casey

1961 · TV Show

Billy Harris

Cain's Hundred

1961 · TV Show

Joe Krajac · Eddie Light

The Crimebusters

1961 · Movie

Joe Krajac

Route 66

1960 · TV Show

Albert

Surfside 6

1960 · TV Show

Johnny Page

Thriller

1960 · TV Show

Johnny Norton

Wild River

1960 · Movie

Jack Roper

Bonanza

1959 · TV Show

Cully Maco · Bayliss

Rawhide

1959 · TV Show

Ed Rankin

The Detectives

1959 · TV Show

Jud Treadwell

Naked City

1958 · TV Show

Nicky

Sea Hunt

1958 · TV Show

FBI Agent John Furillo

Wagon Train

1957 · TV Show

Wilkins · Jud Fisher

Gunsmoke

1955 · TV Show

Doyle Phleger · Judd Print · Lou Stone · Guerin

All Day Happy Dance

Date unknown · Movie

Gramps

CATnip

Date unknown · Movie

Cast

Crimes of Passion II

Date unknown · Movie

Cast

Welcome Back Lounge

Date unknown · Movie

Gideon