Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born June 4, 1936
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.
MovieDernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
MovieRobot Dracula
2026
as Van Sellsing
MovieThe Way Things Seem to Be
2026
as Self
MovieBad Men Must Bleed
2026
as George Wells
MovieFractured
2025
as Papa Joe
MovieBhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
2025
MovieButch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
as Mike Cassidy
MovieThe Devil’s Trap
2024
as Mr. Cohen
MovieBloodline Killer
2024
as Dr. Lucien
TVPalm Royale
2024
as Skeet
TVThe Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
2024
as Himself
MovieAccidental Texan
2024
as Scheermeyer
MovieHands That Bind
2023
as Hank
MovieOld Dads
2023
as Richie Jacobs
MovieBuck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)
2023
as Death
MovieButch vs. Sundance
2023
as Mike Cassidy
MovieHunting Games
2023
as Henry
MovieThe Weapon
2023
as Doris
MovieDeath in Texas
2022
as Reynolds
MovieThe Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Whitney Tyler
MovieMid-Century
2022
as Emil Larson
MovieThe Hater
2022
as Frank
MovieHellblazers
2022
as Bill Unger
MovieLast Shoot Out
2021
as Blair Callahan
MovieChristmas vs The Walters
2021
as Cliff Walters
MovieThe Gateway
2021
as Marcus
MovieOverrun
2021
as Arkadi Dubkova
MovieLast Call
2021
as Coach Finnegan
MovieI Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Artist's Wife
2020
as Richard Smythson
MovieEmperor
2020
as Levi Coffin
MovieRavage
2020
as Mallincrkordt
MovieBadland
2019
as Reginald Cooke
MovieQT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self
MovieInherit the Viper
2019
as Clay Carter
MovieFreaks
2019
as Mr. Snowcone
MovieThe Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Carl
MovieRemember Me
2019
as Claude
MovieOnce Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as George Spahn
TVThe Hateful Eight
2019
as General Sanford Smithers
MovieNation's Fire
2019
as PopPop
MovieThe Mustang
2019
as Myles
TVBlack Monday
2019
as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
MovieLez Bomb
2018
as Grandpa
MovieTrumbull Land
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAmerican Dresser
2018
as King
MovieWhite Boy Rick
2018
as Grandpa Roman Wershe
MovieWarning Shot
2018
as Calvin
MovieChappaquiddick
2018
as Joseph Kennedy
MovieNostalgia
2018
as Ronnie Ashemore
MovieOur Souls at Night
2017
as Dorlan
TVMr. Mercedes
2017
as John Rothstein
MovieHickok
2017
as Doc Rivers O'Roark
MovieThe Lears
2017
as Davenport Lear
MovieClass Rank
2017
as Oswald Flannigan
MovieAmerican Violence
2017
as Richard Morton
TVGoliath
2016
as Frank Zax
TVThe Cowboy
2016
as Self
MovieThe Hateful Eight
2015
as General Sandy Smithers
MovieThe Millionaires' Unit
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNorthern Borders
2015
as Austin Kittredge Sr.
MovieCut Bank
2014
as Georgie Wits
MoviePete's Christmas
2013
as Grandpa
MovieFighting for Freedom
2013
as Christian Dobbe
MovieNebraska
2013
as Woody Grant
MovieCoffin Baby
2013
as Vance Henrickson
MovieDjango Unchained
2012
as Old Man Carrucan
MovieHitting the Cycle
2012
as James
MovieCorman's World
2011
as Self - Actor
MovieInside Out
2011
as Vic Small
MovieTwixt
2011
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
MovieMiller's Tale
2011
as Self
MovieChoose
2011
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
MovieDrive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
as Self
MovieBBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
as Self
MovieTrim
2010
as Dale
MovieThe Lightkeepers
2009
as Bennie
MovieThe Hole
2009
as Creepy Carl
MovieAmerican Cowslip
2009
as Cliff
MovieThe Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Perez Ryder
MovieThe Making of 'Rebecca'
2008
as Self
MovieSwamp Devil
2008
as Howard Blaime
MovieThe Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Narrator
The Cowboys: Together Again
2007
as Himself
MovieThe Cake Eaters
2007
as Easy
MovieThe Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Hal
MovieThe Hard Easy
2006
as Gene
MovieBelieve in Me
2006
as Ellis Brawley
MovieWalker Payne
2006
as Chester
TVBig Love
2006
as Frank Harlow
MovieDown in the Valley
2005
as Charlie
MovieMadison
2005
as Harry Volpi
TVCSI: NY
2004
as Vet
MovieMonster
2003
as Thomas
MovieMasked and Anonymous
2003
as Editor
MovieHard Ground
2003
as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
MovieA Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
MovieMilwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Sean McNally
MovieTime Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self
Movie'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
2002
as Self (achive footage)
Movie'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'
2002
as Self
MovieAfterthoughts
2002
as Self
MovieThe Glass House
2001
as Alvin Begleiter
MovieIt Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
MoviePlotting 'Family Plot'
2001
as Self
MovieAll the Pretty Horses
2000
as Judge
MovieIf... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as McGurdy
MovieThe Haunting
1999
as Mr. Dudley
MovieHard Time: The Premonition
1999
as Winston
MovieSmall Soldiers
1998
as Link Static (voice)
MoviePerfect Prey
1998
as Capt. Swaggert
MovieBig Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
Comfort, Texas
1997
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Randy Strickland (voice)
MovieLast Man Standing
1996
as Sheriff Ed Galt
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
MovieMulholland Falls
1996
as The Chief
MovieDown Periscope
1996
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
MovieWild Bill
1995
as Will Plummer
MovieA Mother's Prayer
1995
as John Walker
MovieMrs. Munck
1995
as Patrick Leary
MovieAmelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994
as George Putnam
MovieDead Man's Revenge
1994
as Payton McCay
MovieIt's Nothing Personal
1993
as Billy Archer
MovieDiggstown
1992
as John Gillon
MovieCarolina Skeletons
1991
as Junior Stoker
MovieInto the Badlands
1991
as T.L. Barston
MovieThe Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Scout Ed Higgins
MovieAfter Dark, My Sweet
1990
as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
MovieTrenchcoat in Paradise
1989
as John Hollander
MovieThe 'Burbs
1989
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Movie1969
1988
as Cliff Denny
MovieWorld Gone Wild
1987
as Ethan
MovieThe Big Town
1987
as M. Edwards
MovieUncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Augustine St. Claire
MovieRoses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne
TVRoses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne
MovieOn the Edge
1986
as Wes Holman
MovieTough Love
1985
as Rob Charters
TVSpace
1985
as Stanley Mott
MovieThat Championship Season
1982
as George Sitkowski
MovieHarry Tracy, Desperado
1982
as Harry Tracy
MovieTattoo
1981
as Karl Kinsky
MovieMiddle Age Crazy
1980
as Bobby Lee
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Driver
1978
as The Detective
MovieComing Home
1978
as Capt. Bob Hyde
MovieBlack Sunday
1977
as Lander
MovieWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson Potchuck
MovieThe Twist
1976
as William
MovieFamily Plot
1976
as George Lumley
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieSmile
1975
as Big Bob
MoviePosse
1975
as Jack Strawhorn
TVMidi Première
1975
as Self
MovieThe Great Gatsby
1974
as Tom Buchanan
MovieThe Laughing Policeman
1973
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
MoviePat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
MovieThe King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Jason Staebler
MovieThumb Tripping
1972
as Smitty
MovieSilent Running
1972
as Freeman Lowell
MovieThe Cowboys
1972
as Long Hair
MovieThe Making of Silent Running
1972
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieDrive, He Said
1971
as Coach Bullion
MovieThe Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1971
as Roger
MovieWho Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Deputy Doyle Pickett
TVThe Immortal
1970
as Luther Seacombe
MovieRebel Rousers
1970
as J.J. Weston
MovieBloody Mama
1970
as Kevin Dirkman
MovieThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as James Bates
TVThen Came Bronson
1969
as Bucky O'Neill
MovieThe Cycle Savages
1969
as Keeg
MovieNumber One
1969
as Richie Fowler
MovieCastle Keep
1969
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
MovieSupport Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Joe Danby
TVLancer
1968
as Lucas Thatcher
TVLand of the Giants
1968
as Thorg
MovieHang 'em High
1968
as Miller
MoviePsych-Out
1968
as Steve Davis
MovieWill Penny
1967
as Rafe Quint
MovieWaterhole #3
1967
as Deputy
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Wade
MovieThe Trip
1967
as John
MovieThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Johnny May
MovieThe War Wagon
1967
as Hammond
MovieGallegher Goes West
1966
as Turk
MovieThe Wild Angels
1966
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Pfc. Byron Landy
TVThe Loner
1965
as Lud Grant
TVLaredo
1965
as Joe Durkee
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Follet
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Alex Ryder
TVBranded
1965
as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
MovieHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as John Mayhew
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
as TSgt. Frank Jones
MovieMarnie
1964
as Sailor
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Maynard
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Hank
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Vernon
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Ben Garth
TVStoney Burke
1962
as E.J. Stocker
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Roy Bullock
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Pell
TVBen Casey
1961
as Billy Harris
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Joe Krajac
MovieThe Crimebusters
1961
as Joe Krajac
TVRoute 66
1960
as Albert
TVSurfside 6
1960
as Johnny Page
TVThriller
1960
as Johnny Norton
MovieWild River
1960
as Jack Roper
TVThe Detectives
1959
as Jud Treadwell
TVBonanza
1959
as Cully Maco
TVRawhide
1959
as Ed Rankin
TVNaked City
1958
as Nicky
TVSea Hunt
1958
as FBI Agent John Furillo
TVWagon Train
1957
as Wilkins
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Doyle Phleger
MovieWelcome Back Lounge
as Gideon
Northbound
as Arthur
Crimes of Passion II
MovieCATnip
All Day Happy Dance
as Gramps
Borderland
as Cowboy
The Making of 'Rebecca'
as Self
