Bruce Dern

Known for: Acting

Born: 1936-06-04 (age 90)

From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography (228)

MOVIE
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
MOVIE
Robot Dracula
2026
as Van Sellsing
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
as Self
MOVIE
Bad Men Must Bleed
2026
as George Wells
MOVIE
Fractured
2025
as Papa Joe
MOVIE
Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
2025
MOVIE★ 3.7
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
as Mike Cassidy
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Devil’s Trap
2024
as Mr. Cohen
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bloodline Killer
2024
as Dr. Lucien
TV★ 6.1
Palm Royale
2024
as Skeet
TV
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
2024
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.1
Accidental Texan
2024
as Scheermeyer
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hands That Bind
2023
as Hank
MOVIE★ 6.2
Old Dads
2023
as Richie Jacobs
MOVIE★ 10.0
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)
2023
as Death
MOVIE★ 1.3
Butch vs. Sundance
2023
as Mike Cassidy
MOVIE★ 4.3
Hunting Games
2023
as Henry
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Weapon
2023
as Doris
MOVIE★ 5.0
Death in Texas
2022
as Reynolds
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Whitney Tyler
MOVIE★ 4.5
Mid-Century
2022
as Emil Larson
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Hater
2022
as Frank
MOVIE★ 4.6
Hellblazers
2022
as Bill Unger
MOVIE★ 6.4
Last Shoot Out
2021
as Blair Callahan
MOVIE★ 5.0
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
as Cliff Walters
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Gateway
2021
as Marcus
MOVIE★ 5.3
Overrun
2021
as Arkadi Dubkova
MOVIE★ 5.1
Last Call
2021
as Coach Finnegan
MOVIE★ 7.1
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Artist's Wife
2020
as Richard Smythson
MOVIE★ 7.6
Emperor
2020
as Levi Coffin
MOVIE★ 5.3
Ravage
2020
as Mallincrkordt
MOVIE★ 6.2
Badland
2019
as Reginald Cooke
MOVIE★ 7.2
QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Inherit the Viper
2019
as Clay Carter
MOVIE★ 6.7
Freaks
2019
as Mr. Snowcone
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Carl
MOVIE★ 6.3
Remember Me
2019
as Claude
MOVIE★ 7.4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as George Spahn
TV★ 7.0
The Hateful Eight
2019
as General Sanford Smithers
MOVIE★ 5.6
Nation's Fire
2019
as PopPop
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Mustang
2019
as Myles
TV★ 6.8
Black Monday
2019
as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
MOVIE★ 6.7
Lez Bomb
2018
as Grandpa
MOVIE★ 7.3
Trumbull Land
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.9
American Dresser
2018
as King
MOVIE★ 6.3
White Boy Rick
2018
as Grandpa Roman Wershe
MOVIE★ 5.1
Warning Shot
2018
as Calvin
MOVIE★ 6.1
Chappaquiddick
2018
as Joseph Kennedy
MOVIE★ 5.4
Nostalgia
2018
as Ronnie Ashemore
MOVIE★ 6.7
Our Souls at Night
2017
as Dorlan
TV★ 7.1
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as John Rothstein
MOVIE★ 4.8
Hickok
2017
as Doc Rivers O'Roark
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Lears
2017
as Davenport Lear
MOVIE★ 6.9
Class Rank
2017
as Oswald Flannigan
MOVIE★ 4.4
American Violence
2017
as Richard Morton
TV★ 7.6
Goliath
2016
as Frank Zax
TV
The Cowboy
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Hateful Eight
2015
as General Sandy Smithers
MOVIE
The Millionaires' Unit
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Northern Borders
2015
as Austin Kittredge Sr.
MOVIE★ 5.8
Cut Bank
2014
as Georgie Wits
MOVIE★ 5.7
Pete's Christmas
2013
as Grandpa
MOVIE★ 5.0
Fighting for Freedom
2013
as Christian Dobbe
MOVIE★ 7.5
Nebraska
2013
as Woody Grant
MOVIE★ 4.8
Coffin Baby
2013
as Vance Henrickson
MOVIE★ 8.2
Django Unchained
2012
as Old Man Carrucan
MOVIE
Hitting the Cycle
2012
as James
MOVIE★ 7.0
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor
MOVIE★ 4.6
Inside Out
2011
as Vic Small
MOVIE★ 5.1
Twixt
2011
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
MOVIE★ 7.1
Miller's Tale
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Choose
2011
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
MOVIE
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
as Self
MOVIE
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
MOVIE
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 1.0
Trim
2010
as Dale
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Lightkeepers
2009
as Bennie
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Hole
2009
as Creepy Carl
MOVIE★ 5.1
American Cowslip
2009
as Cliff
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Perez Ryder
MOVIE
The Making of 'Rebecca'
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.6
Swamp Devil
2008
as Howard Blaime
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Cowboys: Together Again
2007
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Cake Eaters
2007
as Easy
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Hal
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Hard Easy
2006
as Gene
MOVIE★ 6.5
Believe in Me
2006
as Ellis Brawley
MOVIE★ 4.8
Walker Payne
2006
as Chester
TV★ 6.9
Big Love
2006
as Frank Harlow
MOVIE★ 5.9
Down in the Valley
2005
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 5.8
Madison
2005
as Harry Volpi
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Vet
MOVIE★ 7.2
Monster
2003
as Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.2
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Editor
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hard Ground
2003
as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
MOVIE★ 7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
TV★ 6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Sean McNally
MOVIE★ 9.0
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self
MOVIE
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
2002
as Self (achive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Afterthoughts
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Glass House
2001
as Alvin Begleiter
MOVIE★ 7.4
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Judge
MOVIE★ 4.5
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as McGurdy
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Haunting
1999
as Mr. Dudley
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hard Time: The Premonition
1999
as Winston
MOVIE★ 6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
as Link Static (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Perfect Prey
1998
as Capt. Swaggert
MOVIE★ 7.0
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Comfort, Texas
1997
TV★ 7.4
King of the Hill
1997
as Randy Strickland (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Last Man Standing
1996
as Sheriff Ed Galt
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mulholland Falls
1996
as The Chief
MOVIE★ 6.4
Down Periscope
1996
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
MOVIE★ 5.7
Wild Bill
1995
as Will Plummer
MOVIE★ 8.6
A Mother's Prayer
1995
as John Walker
MOVIE★ 6.1
Mrs. Munck
1995
as Patrick Leary
MOVIE★ 6.2
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994
as George Putnam
MOVIE★ 5.3
Dead Man's Revenge
1994
as Payton McCay
MOVIE★ 7.0
It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Billy Archer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Diggstown
1992
as John Gillon
MOVIE★ 7.2
Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Junior Stoker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Into the Badlands
1991
as T.L. Barston
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Scout Ed Higgins
MOVIE★ 5.7
After Dark, My Sweet
1990
as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
MOVIE★ 5.7
Trenchcoat in Paradise
1989
as John Hollander
MOVIE★ 6.8
The 'Burbs
1989
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
MOVIE★ 5.6
1969
1988
as Cliff Denny
MOVIE★ 5.2
World Gone Wild
1987
as Ethan
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Big Town
1987
as M. Edwards
MOVIE★ 7.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Augustine St. Claire
MOVIE★ 6.3
Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne
TV
Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne
MOVIE★ 6.1
On the Edge
1986
as Wes Holman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tough Love
1985
as Rob Charters
TV★ 7.7
Space
1985
as Stanley Mott
MOVIE★ 5.3
That Championship Season
1982
as George Sitkowski
MOVIE★ 6.0
Harry Tracy, Desperado
1982
as Harry Tracy
MOVIE★ 5.0
Tattoo
1981
as Karl Kinsky
MOVIE★ 4.7
Middle Age Crazy
1980
as Bobby Lee
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Driver
1978
as The Detective
MOVIE★ 7.0
Coming Home
1978
as Capt. Bob Hyde
MOVIE★ 6.7
Black Sunday
1977
as Lander
MOVIE★ 4.3
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson Potchuck
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Twist
1976
as William
MOVIE★ 6.8
Family Plot
1976
as George Lumley
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.9
Smile
1975
as Big Bob
MOVIE★ 6.1
Posse
1975
as Jack Strawhorn
TV★ 9.0
Midi Première
1975
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Tom Buchanan
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Laughing Policeman
1973
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
MOVIE★ 7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Jason Staebler
MOVIE★ 5.2
Thumb Tripping
1972
as Smitty
MOVIE★ 6.4
Silent Running
1972
as Freeman Lowell
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Cowboys
1972
as Long Hair
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Making of Silent Running
1972
as Self
TV★ 4.7
Film '72
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Drive, He Said
1971
as Coach Bullion
MOVIE★ 3.6
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1971
as Roger
MOVIE★ 9.0
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Deputy Doyle Pickett
TV★ 7.4
The Immortal
1970
as Luther Seacombe
MOVIE★ 4.3
Rebel Rousers
1970
as J.J. Weston
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bloody Mama
1970
as Kevin Dirkman
MOVIE★ 7.6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as James Bates
TV★ 5.2
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Bucky O'Neill
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Cycle Savages
1969
as Keeg
MOVIE★ 4.9
Number One
1969
as Richie Fowler
MOVIE★ 5.7
Castle Keep
1969
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
MOVIE★ 7.0
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Joe Danby
TV★ 5.6
Lancer
1968
as Lucas Thatcher
TV★ 6.8
Land of the Giants
1968
as Thorg
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hang 'em High
1968
as Miller
MOVIE★ 5.0
Psych-Out
1968
as Steve Davis
MOVIE★ 6.7
Will Penny
1967
as Rafe Quint
MOVIE★ 5.9
Waterhole #3
1967
as Deputy
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Wade
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Trip
1967
as John
MOVIE★ 6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Johnny May
MOVIE★ 6.8
The War Wagon
1967
as Hammond
MOVIE
Gallegher Goes West
1966
as Turk
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Wild Angels
1966
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Pfc. Byron Landy
TV★ 6.3
The Loner
1965
as Lud Grant
TV★ 6.4
Laredo
1965
as Joe Durkee
TV★ 6.2
The Big Valley
1965
as Follet
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Alex Ryder
TV★ 6.8
Branded
1965
as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as John Mayhew
TV★ 7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
as TSgt. Frank Jones
MOVIE★ 7.1
Marnie
1964
as Sailor
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Maynard
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Hank
TV★ 7.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Vernon
TV★ 7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
as Ben Garth
TV★ 6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
as E.J. Stocker
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Roy Bullock
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Pell
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
as Billy Harris
TV★ 5.3
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Joe Krajac
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Crimebusters
1961
as Joe Krajac
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
as Albert
TV★ 6.3
Surfside 6
1960
as Johnny Page
TV★ 6.7
Thriller
1960
as Johnny Norton
MOVIE★ 7.3
Wild River
1960
as Jack Roper
TV★ 6.7
The Detectives
1959
as Jud Treadwell
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Cully Maco
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Ed Rankin
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Nicky
TV★ 6.7
Sea Hunt
1958
as FBI Agent John Furillo
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Wilkins
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Doyle Phleger
MOVIE
Borderland
—
as Cowboy
MOVIE
All Day Happy Dance
—
as Gramps
MOVIE
Welcome Back Lounge
—
as Gideon
MOVIE
The Making of 'Rebecca'
—
as Self
MOVIE
Northbound
—
as Arthur
MOVIE
Crimes of Passion II
—
MOVIE
CATnip
—