
Bruce Dern
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography

Bad Men Must Bleed
2026
as George Wells

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
as Mike Cassidy

Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man
2025

Fractured
2025
as Papa Joe

The Devil’s Trap
2024
as Mr. Cohen

Accidental Texan
2024
as Scheermeyer

Bloodline Killer
2024
as Dr. Lucien

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
2024
as Himself

Palm Royale
2024
as Skeet

The Weapon
2023
as Doris

Hunting Games
2023
as Henry

Butch vs. Sundance
2023
as Mike Cassidy

Old Dads
2023
as Richie Jacobs

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)
2023
as Death

Mid-Century
2022
as Emil Larson

Hellblazers
2022
as Bill Unger

The Hater
2022
as Frank

The Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Whitney Tyler

Death in Texas
2022
as Reynolds

Christmas vs The Walters
2021
as Cliff Walters

Last Shoot Out
2021
as Blair Callahan

Hands That Bind
2021
as Hank

The Gateway
2021
as Marcus

Last Call
2021
as Coach Finnegan

Overrun
2021
as Arkadi Dubkova

The Artist's Wife
2020
as Richard Smythson

Ravage
2020
as Mallincrkordt

Emperor
2020
as Levi Coffin

I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee

The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Carl

The Mustang
2019
as Myles

Freaks
2019
as Mr. Snowcone

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as George Spahn

Remember Me
2019
as Claude

Badland
2019
as Reginald Cooke

Inherit the Viper
2019
as Clay Carter

Nation's Fire
2019
as PopPop

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self

Black Monday
2019
as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

Chappaquiddick
2018
as Joseph Kennedy

Nostalgia
2018
as Ronnie Ashemore

White Boy Rick
2018
as Grandpa Roman Wershe

Warning Shot
2018
as Calvin

Lez Bomb
2018
as Grandpa

American Dresser
2018
as King

Trumbull Land
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Class Rank
2017
as Oswald Flannigan

Our Souls at Night
2017
as Dorlan

American Violence
2017
as Richard Morton

The Lears
2017
as Davenport Lear

Hickok
2017
as Doc Rivers O'Roark

Mr. Mercedes
2017
as John Rothstein

Goliath
2016
as Frank Zax

The Cowboy
2016
as Self

Northern Borders
2015
as Austin Kittredge Sr.

The Hateful Eight
2015
as General Sandy Smithers

The Millionaires' Unit
2015
as Narrator (voice)

Cut Bank
2014
as Georgie Wits

Coffin Baby
2013
as Vance Henrickson

Nebraska
2013
as Woody Grant

Pete's Christmas
2013
as Grandpa

Fighting for Freedom
2013
as Christian Dobbe

Hitting the Cycle
2012
as James

Django Unchained
2012
as Old Man Carrucan

Inside Out
2011
as Vic Small

Twixt
2011
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Miller's Tale
2011
as Self

Choose
2011
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor

Trim
2010
as Dale

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
as Self

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
as Self

The Hole
2009
as Creepy Carl

The Lightkeepers
2009
as Bennie

American Cowslip
2009
as Cliff

The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Perez Ryder

Swamp Devil
2008
as Howard Blaime

The Making of 'Rebecca'
2008
as Self

The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Hal

The Cake Eaters
2007
as Easy

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Narrator
The Cowboys: Together Again
2007
as Himself

Believe in Me
2006
as Ellis Brawley

The Hard Easy
2006
as Gene

Walker Payne
2006
as Chester

Big Love
2006
as Frank Harlow

Down in the Valley
2005
as Charlie

Madison
2005
as Harry Volpi

CSI: NY
2004
as Vet

Monster
2003
as Thomas

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Editor

Hard Ground
2003
as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Sean McNally

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
2002
as Self (achive footage)

Afterthoughts
2002
as Self

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'
2002
as Self

The Glass House
2001
as Alvin Begleiter

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self

Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001
as Self

All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Judge

The Haunting
1999
as Mr. Dudley

If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as McGurdy

Hard Time: The Premonition
1999
as Winston

Small Soldiers
1998
as Link Static (voice)

Perfect Prey
1998
as Capt. Swaggert

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
Comfort, Texas
1997

King of the Hill
1997
as Randy Strickland (voice)

Mulholland Falls
1996
as The Chief

Down Periscope
1996
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

Last Man Standing
1996
as Sheriff Ed Galt

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self

Wild Bill
1995
as Will Plummer

Mrs. Munck
1995
as Patrick Leary

A Mother's Prayer
1995
as John Walker

Dead Man's Revenge
1994
as Payton McCay

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994
as George Putnam

It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Billy Archer

Diggstown
1992
as John Gillon

Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Junior Stoker

Into the Badlands
1991
as T.L. Barston

After Dark, My Sweet
1990
as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Scout Ed Higgins

The 'Burbs
1989
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

Trenchcoat in Paradise
1989
as John Hollander

1969
1988
as Cliff Denny

World Gone Wild
1987
as Ethan

Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne

The Big Town
1987
as M. Edwards

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Augustine St. Claire

Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne

On the Edge
1986
as Wes Holman

Toughlove
1985
as Rob Charters

Space
1985
as Stanley Mott

Harry Tracy, Desperado
1982
as Harry Tracy

That Championship Season
1982
as George Sitkowski

Tattoo
1981
as Karl Kinsky

Middle Age Crazy
1980
as Bobby Lee

The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)

The Driver
1978
as The Detective

Coming Home
1978
as Capt. Bob Hyde

Black Sunday
1977
as Lander

Family Plot
1976
as George Lumley

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson Potchuck

The Twist
1976
as William

Smile
1975
as Big Bob

Posse
1975
as Jack Strawhorn

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Midi Première
1975
as Self

The Great Gatsby
1974
as Tom Buchanan

The Laughing Policeman
1973
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Silent Running
1972
as Freeman Lowell

The Cowboys
1972
as Long Hair

The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Jason Staebler

Thumb Tripping
1972
as Smitty

The Making of Silent Running
1972
as Self

Drive, He Said
1971
as Coach Bullion

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1971
as Roger

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Deputy Doyle Pickett

Bloody Mama
1970
as Kevin Dirkman

Rebel Rousers
1970
as J.J. Weston

The Immortal
1970
as Luther Seacombe

Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Joe Danby

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as James Bates

Castle Keep
1969
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

The Cycle Savages
1969
as Keeg

Number One
1969
as Richie Fowler

Then Came Bronson
1969
as Bucky O'Neill

Hang 'em High
1968
as Miller

Psych-Out
1968
as Steve Davis

Land of the Giants
1968
as Thorg

Lancer
1968
as Lucas Thatcher

Lancer
1968
as Tom Nevill

Will Penny
1967
as Rafe Quint

The Trip
1967
as John

The War Wagon
1967
as Hammond

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Johnny May

Waterhole #3
1967
as Deputy

The High Chaparral
1967
as Wade

The Wild Angels
1966
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

Gallegher Goes West
1966
as Turk

The F.B.I.
1965
as Pfc. Byron Landy

Laredo
1965
as Joe Durkee

Run for Your Life
1965
as Alex Ryder

The Big Valley
1965
as Follet

The Loner
1965
as Lud Grant

Branded
1965
as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

The F.B.I.
1965
as Virgil Roy Phipps

The Big Valley
1965
as Dixon

The Big Valley
1965
as Clovis

The Big Valley
1965
as Gabe Skeels

The Big Valley
1965
as John Weaver

Marnie
1964
as Sailor

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as John Mayhew

12 O'Clock High
1964
as TSgt. Frank Jones

12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Michaels

12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Danton

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Maynard

The Fugitive
1963
as Hank
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Vernon

The Fugitive
1963
as Cody

The Fugitive
1963
as Hutch

The Outer Limits
1963
as Ben Garth

The Fugitive
1963
as Charley

The Fugitive
1963
as Deputy Martin

The Virginian
1962
as Pell

Stoney Burke
1962
as E.J. Stocker

The Virginian
1962
as Lee Darrow

The Virginian
1962
as Bert Kramer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Roy Bullock

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jesse

The Crimebusters
1961
as Joe Krajac

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Joe Krajac

Ben Casey
1961
as Billy Harris

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Eddie Light

Wild River
1960
as Jack Roper

Surfside 6
1960
as Johnny Page

Thriller
1960
as Johnny Norton

Route 66
1960
as Albert

Rawhide
1959
as Ed Rankin

The Detectives
1959
as Jud Treadwell

Bonanza
1959
as Cully Maco

Bonanza
1959
as Bayliss

Naked City
1958
as Nicky

Sea Hunt
1958
as FBI Agent John Furillo

Wagon Train
1957
as Wilkins

Wagon Train
1957
as Jud Fisher

Gunsmoke
1955
as Doyle Phleger

Gunsmoke
1955
as Judd Print

Gunsmoke
1955
as Lou Stone

Gunsmoke
1955
as Guerin