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Bruce Dern

Acting · Born 1936-06-04 · 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

2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026Robot DraculaVan Sellsing
2026The Way Things Seem to BeSelf
2026Bad Men Must BleedGeorge Wells
2025FracturedPapa Joe
2025Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
2025Butch Cassidy and the Wild BunchMike Cassidy
2024The Devil’s TrapMr. Cohen
2024Bloodline KillerDr. Lucien
2024Palm RoyaleSkeet
2024The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger CormanHimself
2024Accidental TexanScheermeyer
2023Hands That BindHank
2023Old DadsRichie Jacobs
2023Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)Death
2023Butch vs. SundanceMike Cassidy
2023Hunting GamesHenry
2023The WeaponDoris
2022Death in TexasReynolds
2022The Most Dangerous GameWhitney Tyler
2022Mid-CenturyEmil Larson
2022CoastExecutive Producer
2022The HaterFrank
2022HellblazersBill Unger
2021Last Shoot OutBlair Callahan
2021Christmas vs The WaltersCliff Walters
2021The GatewayMarcus
2021OverrunArkadi Dubkova
2021Last CallCoach Finnegan
2020I Am Burt ReynoldsSelf - Interviewee
2020The Artist's WifeRichard Smythson
2020EmperorLevi Coffin
2020RavageMallincrkordt
2019BadlandReginald Cooke
2019QT8: The First EightSelf
2019Inherit the ViperClay Carter
2019FreaksMr. Snowcone
2019The Peanut Butter FalconCarl
2019Remember MeClaude
2019Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodGeorge Spahn
2019The Hateful EightGeneral Sanford Smithers
2019Nation's FirePopPop
2019The MustangMyles
2019Black MondayRod "The Jammer" Jaminski
2018Lez BombGrandpa
2018Trumbull LandSelf (archive footage)
2018American DresserKing
2018White Boy RickGrandpa Roman Wershe
2018Warning ShotCalvin
2018ChappaquiddickJoseph Kennedy
2018NostalgiaRonnie Ashemore
2017Our Souls at NightDorlan
2017Mr. MercedesJohn Rothstein
2017HickokDoc Rivers O'Roark
2017The LearsDavenport Lear
2017Class RankOswald Flannigan
2017American ViolenceRichard Morton
2016GoliathFrank Zax
2016The CowboySelf
2015The Hateful EightGeneral Sandy Smithers
2015The Millionaires' UnitNarrator (voice)
2015Northern BordersAustin Kittredge Sr.
2014Cut BankGeorgie Wits
2013Pete's ChristmasGrandpa
2013Fighting for FreedomChristian Dobbe
2013NebraskaWoody Grant
2013Coffin BabyVance Henrickson
2012Django UnchainedOld Man Carrucan
2012Hitting the CycleJames
2011Corman's WorldSelf - Actor
2011Inside OutVic Small
2011TwixtSheriff Bobby LaGrange
2011Miller's TaleSelf
2011ChooseDr. Ronald Pendleton
2010Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual FreedomSelf
2010BBStory: An American Film RenaissanceSelf
2010America Lost and Found: The BBS StorySelf
2010TrimDale
2009The LightkeepersBennie
2009The HoleCreepy Carl
2009American CowslipCliff
2008The Golden BoysCapt. Perez Ryder
2008The Making of 'Rebecca'Self
2008Swamp DevilHoward Blaime
2007The Death and Life of Bobby ZNarrator
2007The Cowboys: Together AgainHimself
2007The Cake EatersEasy
2007The Astronaut FarmerHal
2006The Hard EasyGene
2006Believe in MeEllis Brawley
2006Walker PayneChester
2006Big LoveFrank Harlow
2005Down in the ValleyCharlie
2005MadisonHarry Volpi
2004CSI: NYVet
2003MonsterThomas
2003Masked and AnonymousEditor
2003Hard GroundSheriff Hutch Hutchinson
2003A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003Milwaukee, MinnesotaSean McNally
2003Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf
2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelf (achive footage)
2002'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'Self
2002AfterthoughtsSelf
2001The Glass HouseAlvin Begleiter
2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesSelf
2001Plotting 'Family Plot'Self
2000All the Pretty HorsesJudge
1999If... Dog... RabbitMcGurdy
1999The HauntingMr. Dudley
1999Hard Time: The PremonitionWinston
1998Small SoldiersLink Static (voice)
1998Perfect PreyCapt. Swaggert
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997Comfort, Texas
1997King of the HillRandy Strickland (voice)
1996Last Man StandingSheriff Ed Galt
1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf
1996Mulholland FallsThe Chief
1996Down PeriscopeRear Admiral Yancy Graham
1995Wild BillWill Plummer
1995A Mother's PrayerJohn Walker
1995Mrs. MunckPatrick Leary
1994Amelia Earhart: The Final FlightGeorge Putnam
1994Dead Man's RevengePayton McCay
1993It's Nothing PersonalBilly Archer
1992DiggstownJohn Gillon
1991Carolina SkeletonsJunior Stoker
1991Into the BadlandsT.L. Barston
1990The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonScout Ed Higgins
1990After Dark, My SweetGarrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
1989Trenchcoat in ParadiseJohn Hollander
1989The 'BurbsLt. Mark Rumsfield
19881969Cliff Denny
1987World Gone WildEthan
1987The Big TownM. Edwards
1987Uncle Tom's CabinAugustine St. Claire
1987Roses Are for the RichDouglas Osborne
1987Roses Are for the RichDouglas Osborne
1986On the EdgeWes Holman
1985Tough LoveRob Charters
1985SpaceStanley Mott
1982That Championship SeasonGeorge Sitkowski
1982Harry Tracy, DesperadoHarry Tracy
1981TattooKarl Kinsky
1980Middle Age CrazyBobby Lee
1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
1978The DriverThe Detective
1978Coming HomeCapt. Bob Hyde
1977Black SundayLander
1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodGrayson Potchuck
1976The TwistWilliam
1976Family PlotGeorge Lumley
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975SmileBig Bob
1975PosseJack Strawhorn
1975Midi PremièreSelf
1974The Great GatsbyTom Buchanan
1973The Laughing PolicemanInsp. Leo Larsen SFPD
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidDeputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1972The King of Marvin GardensJason Staebler
1972Thumb TrippingSmitty
1972Silent RunningFreeman Lowell
1972The CowboysLong Hair
1972The Making of Silent RunningSelf
1971Film '72Self
1971Drive, He SaidCoach Bullion
1971The Incredible 2-Headed TransplantRoger
1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?Deputy Doyle Pickett
1970The ImmortalLuther Seacombe
1970Rebel RousersJ.J. Weston
1970Bloody MamaKevin Dirkman
1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?James Bates
1969Then Came BronsonBucky O'Neill
1969The Cycle SavagesKeeg
1969Number OneRichie Fowler
1969Castle KeepLt. Billy Byron Bix
1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Joe Danby
1968LancerLucas Thatcher
1968Land of the GiantsThorg
1968Hang 'em HighMiller
1968Psych-OutSteve Davis
1967Will PennyRafe Quint
1967Waterhole #3Deputy
1967The High ChaparralWade
1967The TripJohn
1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreJohnny May
1967The War WagonHammond
1966Gallegher Goes WestTurk
1966The Wild AngelsJoe 'Loser' Kearns
1965The F.B.I.Pfc. Byron Landy
1965The LonerLud Grant
1965LaredoJoe Durkee
1965The Big ValleyFollet
1965Run for Your LifeAlex Ryder
1965BrandedLes - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteJohn Mayhew
196412 O'Clock HighTSgt. Frank Jones
1964MarnieSailor
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreMaynard
1963The FugitiveHank
1963The Greatest Show on EarthVernon
1963The Outer LimitsBen Garth
1962Stoney BurkeE.J. Stocker
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourRoy Bullock
1962The VirginianPell
1961Ben CaseyBilly Harris
1961Cain's HundredJoe Krajac
1961The CrimebustersJoe Krajac
1960Route 66Albert
1960Surfside 6Johnny Page
1960ThrillerJohnny Norton
1960Wild RiverJack Roper
1959The DetectivesJud Treadwell
1959BonanzaCully Maco
1959RawhideEd Rankin
1958Naked CityNicky
1958Sea HuntFBI Agent John Furillo
1957Wagon TrainWilkins
1955GunsmokeDoyle Phleger
—Welcome Back LoungeGideon
—NorthboundArthur
—Crimes of Passion II
—CATnip
—All Day Happy DanceGramps
—BorderlandCowboy
—The Making of 'Rebecca'Self

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