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), 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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Real Time with Bill Maher

All Movies (179)

• Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern2026
• Robot Dracula2026 · as Van Sellsing
• The Way Things Seem to Be2026 · as Self
• Bad Men Must Bleed2026 · as George Wells
• Fractured2025 · as Papa Joe
• Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man2025
• Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch2025 · as Mike Cassidy
• The Devil’s Trap2024 · as Mr. Cohen
• Bloodline Killer2024 · as Dr. Lucien
• Accidental Texan2024 · as Scheermeyer
• Hands That Bind2023 · as Hank
• Old Dads2023 · as Richie Jacobs
• Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)2023 · as Death
• Butch vs. Sundance2023 · as Mike Cassidy
• Hunting Games2023 · as Henry
• The Weapon2023 · as Doris
• Death in Texas2022 · as Reynolds
• The Most Dangerous Game2022 · as Whitney Tyler
• Mid-Century2022 · as Emil Larson
• The Hater2022 · as Frank
• Hellblazers2022 · as Bill Unger
• Last Shoot Out2021 · as Blair Callahan
• Christmas vs The Walters2021 · as Cliff Walters
• The Gateway2021 · as Marcus
• Overrun2021 · as Arkadi Dubkova
• Last Call2021 · as Coach Finnegan
• I Am Burt Reynolds2020 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Artist's Wife2020 · as Richard Smythson
• Emperor2020 · as Levi Coffin
• Ravage2020 · as Mallincrkordt
• Badland2019 · as Reginald Cooke
• QT8: The First Eight2019 · as Self
• Inherit the Viper2019 · as Clay Carter
• Freaks2019 · as Mr. Snowcone
• The Peanut Butter Falcon2019 · as Carl
• Remember Me2019 · as Claude
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019 · as George Spahn
• Nation's Fire2019 · as PopPop
• The Mustang2019 · as Myles
• Lez Bomb2018 · as Grandpa
• Trumbull Land2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• American Dresser2018 · as King
• White Boy Rick2018 · as Grandpa Roman Wershe
• Warning Shot2018 · as Calvin
• Chappaquiddick2018 · as Joseph Kennedy
• Nostalgia2018 · as Ronnie Ashemore
• Our Souls at Night2017 · as Dorlan
• Hickok2017 · as Doc Rivers O'Roark
• The Lears2017 · as Davenport Lear
• Class Rank2017 · as Oswald Flannigan
• American Violence2017 · as Richard Morton
• The Hateful Eight2015 · as General Sandy Smithers
• The Millionaires' Unit2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Northern Borders2015 · as Austin Kittredge Sr.
• Cut Bank2014 · as Georgie Wits
• Pete's Christmas2013 · as Grandpa
• Fighting for Freedom2013 · as Christian Dobbe
• Nebraska2013 · as Woody Grant
• Coffin Baby2013 · as Vance Henrickson
• Django Unchained2012 · as Old Man Carrucan
• Hitting the Cycle2012 · as James
• Corman's World2011 · as Self - Actor
• Inside Out2011 · as Vic Small
• Twixt2011 · as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
• Miller's Tale2011 · as Self
• Choose2011 · as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
• Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom2010 · as Self
• BBStory: An American Film Renaissance2010 · as Self
• America Lost and Found: The BBS Story2010 · as Self
• Trim2010 · as Dale
• The Lightkeepers2009 · as Bennie
• The Hole2009 · as Creepy Carl
• American Cowslip2009 · as Cliff
• The Golden Boys2008 · as Capt. Perez Ryder
• The Making of 'Rebecca'2008 · as Self
• Swamp Devil2008 · as Howard Blaime
• The Death and Life of Bobby Z2007 · as Narrator
• The Cowboys: Together Again2007 · as Himself
• The Cake Eaters2007 · as Easy
• The Astronaut Farmer2007 · as Hal
• The Hard Easy2006 · as Gene
• Believe in Me2006 · as Ellis Brawley
• Walker Payne2006 · as Chester
• Down in the Valley2005 · as Charlie
• Madison2005 · as Harry Volpi
• Monster2003 · as Thomas
• Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Editor
• Hard Ground2003 · as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
• A Decade Under the Influence2003 · as Self
• Milwaukee, Minnesota2003 · as Sean McNally
• Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King2003 · as Self
• 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull2002 · as Self (achive footage)
• 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'2002 · as Self
• Afterthoughts2002 · as Self
• The Glass House2001 · as Alvin Begleiter
• It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures2001 · as Self
• Plotting 'Family Plot'2001 · as Self
• All the Pretty Horses2000 · as Judge
• If... Dog... Rabbit1999 · as McGurdy
• The Haunting1999 · as Mr. Dudley
• Hard Time: The Premonition1999 · as Winston
• Small Soldiers1998 · as Link Static (voice)
• Perfect Prey1998 · as Capt. Swaggert
• Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western1997 · as Self
• Comfort, Texas1997
• Last Man Standing1996 · as Sheriff Ed Galt
• Mulholland Falls1996 · as The Chief
• Down Periscope1996 · as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
• Wild Bill1995 · as Will Plummer
• A Mother's Prayer1995 · as John Walker
• Mrs. Munck1995 · as Patrick Leary
• Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight1994 · as George Putnam
• Dead Man's Revenge1994 · as Payton McCay
• It's Nothing Personal1993 · as Billy Archer
• Diggstown1992 · as John Gillon
• Carolina Skeletons1991 · as Junior Stoker
• Into the Badlands1991 · as T.L. Barston
• The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson1990 · as Scout Ed Higgins
• After Dark, My Sweet1990 · as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
• Trenchcoat in Paradise1989 · as John Hollander
• The 'Burbs1989 · as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
• 19691988 · as Cliff Denny
• World Gone Wild1987 · as Ethan
• The Big Town1987 · as M. Edwards
• Uncle Tom's Cabin1987 · as Augustine St. Claire
• Roses Are for the Rich1987 · as Douglas Osborne
• On the Edge1986 · as Wes Holman
• Tough Love1985 · as Rob Charters
• That Championship Season1982 · as George Sitkowski
• Harry Tracy, Desperado1982 · as Harry Tracy
• Tattoo1981 · as Karl Kinsky
• Middle Age Crazy1980 · as Bobby Lee
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• The Driver1978 · as The Detective
• Coming Home1978 · as Capt. Bob Hyde
• Black Sunday1977 · as Lander
• Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976 · as Grayson Potchuck
• The Twist1976 · as William
• Family Plot1976 · as George Lumley
• Smile1975 · as Big Bob
• Posse1975 · as Jack Strawhorn
• The Great Gatsby1974 · as Tom Buchanan
• The Laughing Policeman1973 · as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
• The King of Marvin Gardens1972 · as Jason Staebler
• Thumb Tripping1972 · as Smitty
• Silent Running1972 · as Freeman Lowell
• The Cowboys1972 · as Long Hair
• The Making of Silent Running1972 · as Self
• Drive, He Said1971 · as Coach Bullion
• The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant1971 · as Roger
• Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?1971 · as Deputy Doyle Pickett
• Rebel Rousers1970 · as J.J. Weston
• Bloody Mama1970 · as Kevin Dirkman
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969 · as James Bates
• The Cycle Savages1969 · as Keeg
• Number One1969 · as Richie Fowler
• Castle Keep1969 · as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
• Support Your Local Sheriff!1969 · as Joe Danby
• Hang 'em High1968 · as Miller
• Psych-Out1968 · as Steve Davis
• Will Penny1967 · as Rafe Quint
• Waterhole #31967 · as Deputy
• The Trip1967 · as John
• The St. Valentine's Day Massacre1967 · as Johnny May
• The War Wagon1967 · as Hammond
• Gallegher Goes West1966 · as Turk
• The Wild Angels1966 · as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964 · as John Mayhew
• Marnie1964 · as Sailor
• The Crimebusters1961 · as Joe Krajac
• Wild River1960 · as Jack Roper
• Welcome Back Lounge— · as Gideon
• Northbound— · as Arthur
• Crimes of Passion II—
• CATnip—
• All Day Happy Dance— · as Gramps
• Borderland— · as Cowboy
• The Making of 'Rebecca'— · as Self

All TV Shows (71)

• Palm Royale2024 · as Skeet
• The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman2024 · as Himself
• The Hateful Eight2019 · as General Sanford Smithers
• Black Monday2019 · as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
• Mr. Mercedes2017 · as John Rothstein
• Goliath2016 · as Frank Zax
• The Cowboy2016 · as Self
• Big Love2006 · as Frank Harlow
• CSI: NY2004 · as Vet
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Randy Strickland (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self
• Roses Are for the Rich1987 · as Douglas Osborne
• Space1985 · as Stanley Mott
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• The Immortal1970 · as Luther Seacombe
• Then Came Bronson1969 · as Bucky O'Neill
• Lancer1968 · as Lucas Thatcher
• Lancer1968 · as Tom Nevill
• Land of the Giants1968 · as Thorg
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Wade
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Pfc. Byron Landy
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Virgil Roy Phipps
• The Loner1965 · as Lud Grant
• Laredo1965 · as Joe Durkee
• The Big Valley1965 · as Follet
• The Big Valley1965 · as Dixon
• The Big Valley1965 · as Clovis
• The Big Valley1965 · as Gabe Skeels
• The Big Valley1965 · as John Weaver
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Alex Ryder
• Branded1965 · as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
• 12 O'Clock High1964 · as TSgt. Frank Jones
• 12 O'Clock High1964 · as Lt. Michaels
• 12 O'Clock High1964 · as Lt. Danton
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Maynard
• The Fugitive1963 · as Hank
• The Greatest Show on Earth1963 · as Vernon
• The Fugitive1963 · as Cody
• The Fugitive1963 · as Hutch
• The Fugitive1963 · as Charley
• The Fugitive1963 · as Deputy Martin
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Ben Garth
• Stoney Burke1962 · as E.J. Stocker
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Roy Bullock
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Jesse
• The Virginian1962 · as Pell
• The Virginian1962 · as Lee Darrow
• The Virginian1962 · as Bert Kramer
• Ben Casey1961 · as Billy Harris
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Joe Krajac
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Eddie Light
• Route 661960 · as Albert
• Surfside 61960 · as Johnny Page
• Thriller1960 · as Johnny Norton
• The Detectives1959 · as Jud Treadwell
• Bonanza1959 · as Cully Maco
• Bonanza1959 · as Bayliss
• Rawhide1959 · as Ed Rankin
• Naked City1958 · as Nicky
• Sea Hunt1958 · as FBI Agent John Furillo
• Wagon Train1957 · as Wilkins
• Wagon Train1957 · as Jud Fisher
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Doyle Phleger
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Judd Print
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Lou Stone
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Guerin