Corbin Bernsen

Born: 1954-09-07 in North Hollywood, California, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his roles as retired police detective Henry Spencer on USA Network's series Psych and it's subsequent TV movies, divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law and the TV movie, and Roger Dorn in the Major League trilogy. He also portrayed Jerry in Lay the Favorite (2012), Gil Gordon in The Big Year (2011), Harlan Dexter in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist I & II, and Jason Chadman in Hello Again (1987). He starred as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert on the series The Cape and Brett Sooner on the sitcom A Whole New Ballgame. He appeared recurring as Kyle Nevin on the FOX medical drama The Resident, Sinclair Dryden on Showtime's City on a Hill, Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler on the Magnum P.I. reboot, Milt Leakey on the CBS series Tommy, Anderson Schultz on the Netflix series Marvel's The Punisher, Chief Cantuck on Sundance TV's series Hap and Leonard, Michael Longworth on A&E's police drama The Glades, Jack Sherwood on UPN's sitcom Cuts, Captain Owen Sebring on JAG, Ken Graham on Ryan's Hope, and has had intermittent appearances as John Durant on General Hospital and Father Todd Williams on The Young and the Restless. He is the eldest son of Harry Bernsen Jr., a Hollywood producer, and veteran soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who appeared on The Young and the Restless.

Filmography

2026

The Yeti as Merriell Sunday Sr.
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins as Duck Donovan
Tow as Martin LaRosa
Woodstockers as Lenny

2025

Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
Duster as Wade Ellis
The Beldham
Marshmallow as Roy
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
Bagworm as Rusty
Web of Life as Keith

2024

Clipped as Pierce O'Donnell
Memory Box as Father (voice)

2023

White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
The Curse as Paul
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
Herd as Robert Miller
Repeater as Edgar Mann
Christmas at Keestone as Clint Baker

2022

East New York as Duke Jacobs
Game Changer as Iann Gabriel

2021

The Hating Game as Bexley
Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
Taking the Reins as Preston

2020

Tommy as Milt Leakey
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
First Lady as King Max
Mary for Mayor as Pat
When We Last Spoke as Walt
A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
Cadia: The World Within as George

2019

City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
Swell as Harold
All Good Things as Pop-pop
Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)

2018

The Resident as Kyle Nevin
Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
The Kominsky Method as Himself
Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
Reach as Charles
Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
Surviving Theater 9 as Tom

2017

Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
American Gods as Vulcan
Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
Larceny as Price
Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
Dead Man Rising as Buck
The Dynasty That Almost Was
Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton

2016

Billions as Bill McGann
In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
God's Club as Max Graves
The Elvis Room as Harker

2015

Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
Midland as The Shepherd
Eco Teens Save The World as Senator Jeremy Ryburn

2014

Scorpion as Bob Connelly
NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
Christian Mingle as Matt
The Last Straw as Mr. G
It Came From Connemara! as Self

2013

Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson

2012

Anger Management as Roger
Lay the Favorite as Jerry
3 Day Test as Tom
Stolen Child as George

2011

Switched at Birth
The Big Year as Gil Gordon
Pizza Man as Criswell
25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
Miss December as District Attorney
Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
The Ascension as Carl

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
Rust
Closets as Grant Erickson
The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self

2009

Castle as Lance Hastings
The League as Bruce
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
Dead Air as Dr. F
Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
Trapped as Edward Hutton

2008

Celebrity Family Feud as Self
Vipers as Burton
Depth Charge
True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
House of Fallen as Rowland

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
Right to Die as Ira
Pirate Camp as Hookbeard

2006

Psych as Henry Spencer
The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
Submission
Paid as William Montague
The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman

2005

Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
Masters of Horror as Ira
Cuts as Jack Sherwood
Twins
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
Hi-Jinks
Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
Carpool Guy as Michael

2004

Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
They Are Among Us as Norbert

2003

Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford

2002

NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
Fangs as Carl Hart
Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
Raptor as Dr. Hyde
Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
The Tomorrow Man as Larry

2000

Son of the Beach
Battery Park as Michael
Rangers as Senator
Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling

1999

The West Wing as Henry Shallick
Third Watch as Carter Savage
Twice in a Lifetime as Roger Stovall / Bill Water
Jack & Jill as Paul Barrett
Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders

1998

V.I.P. as Zack Henley
The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
The Fairy King as Rob Preston
Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield

1997

Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
Spacejacked as Barnes

1996

Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
7th Heaven as Ted Grant
The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
E! True Hollywood Story
The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
Baja as John Stone
Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle

1995

JAG as Owen Sebring
The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
Cover Me as Andre Solloway
Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
Murderous Intent as Brice
Temptress as Nick
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
Someone to Die For as Jack Davis

1994

Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
Major League II as Roger Dorn
Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
Savage Land as Quint
The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
Voices from Within as Mark Reichard

1993

The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman

1992

The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
Love & War
Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
Grass Roots as Will Lee
Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton

1991

Roc as Jim Larson
Shattered as Jeb Scott
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees

1989

Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
Baywatch
Major League as Roger Dorn
Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
Breaking Point as Pike

1988

Dear John as Blake McCarron
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
Hello Again as Jason Chadman
Dead Aim as Webster
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self

1986

Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker

1985

Doubletake as Tennis Pro

1983

Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy

1981

S.O.B. as Unknown

1978

Flying High as Dan Ellison

1976

King Kong as Reporter
Eat My Dust as Roy Puire

1967

Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter