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