Bruce Dern

Born: 1936-06-04 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For: Acting

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 from the Wikipedia article Bruce Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

2022

The Most Dangerous Game as Whitney Tyler
Hellblazers as Bill Unger
Mid-Century as Emil Larson
Coast ... (Executive Producer)
Death in Texas as Reynolds
The Hater as Frank

2021

Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
The Gateway as Marcus
Last Call as Coach Finnegan
Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters

2020

Emperor as Levi Coffin
Ravage as Mallincrkordt
I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson

2019

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood as George Spahn
Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
The Hateful Eight as General Sanford Smithers
Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
QT8: The First Eight as Self
The Mustang as Myles
Badland as Reginald Cooke
Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
Remember Me as Claude
Nation's Fire as PopPop

2018

White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
American Dresser as King
Lez Bomb as Grandpa
Warning Shot as Calvin
Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)

2017

Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
Borderland as Cowboy
Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
American Violence as Richard Morton
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. as Harry Rodgers
The Lears as Davenport Lear

2016

Goliath as Frank Zax
The Cowboy as Self

2015

The Hateful Eight as General Sandy Smithers
Northern Borders as Austin Kittredge Sr.
The Millionaires' Unit as Narrator (voice)

2014

Cut Bank as Georgie Wits

2013

Nebraska as Woody Grant
Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
Fighting for Freedom as Christian Dobbe

2012

Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
Hitting the Cycle as James

2011

Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
Corman's World as Self - Actor
Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
Inside Out as Vic Small
Miller's Tale as Self

2010

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
Trim as Dale
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story as Self
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom as Self

2009

The Hole as Creepy Carl
American Cowslip as Cliff
The Lightkeepers as Bennie

2008

Swamp Devil as Howard Blaime
The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
The Golden Boys as Capt. Perez Ryder

2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Narrator
The Astronaut Farmer as Hal
The Cake Eaters as Easy
The Cowboys: Together Again as Himself

2006

Big Love as Frank Harlow
Walker Payne as Chester
The Hard Easy as Gene
Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley

2005

Down in the Valley as Charlie
Madison as Harry Volpi

2004

CSI: NY as Vet

2003

Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
Monster as Thomas
Masked and Anonymous as Editor
Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
A Decade Under the Influence as Self
Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self

2002

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' as Self
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self (achive footage)
Afterthoughts as Self

2001

The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self

2000

All the Pretty Horses as Judge

1999

The Haunting as Mr. Dudley
Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy

1998

Small Soldiers as Link Static (voice)
Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert

1997

King of the Hill as Randy Strickland (voice)
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
Comfort, Texas

1996

Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
Last Man Standing as Sheriff Ed Galt
E! True Hollywood Story as Self
Mulholland Falls as The Chief

1995

Wild Bill as Will Plummer
A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary

1994

Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam

1993

It's Nothing Personal as Billy Archer

1992

Diggstown as John Gillon

1991

Carolina Skeletons as Junior Stoker
Into the Badlands as T.L. Barston

1990

After Dark, My Sweet as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Scout Ed Higgins

1989

The 'Burbs as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Trenchcoat in Paradise as John Hollander

1988

1969 as Cliff Denny

1987

Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
The Big Town as M. Edwards
Uncle Tom's Cabin as Augustine St. Claire
World Gone Wild as Ethan
Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne

1986

On the Edge as Wes Holman

1985

Space as Stanley Mott
Tough Love as Rob Charters

1982

That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy

1981

Tattoo as Karl Kinsky

1980

Middle Age Crazy as Bobby Lee

1979

The Horror Show as (archive footage)

1978

The Driver as The Detective
Coming Home as Capt. Bob Hyde

1977

Black Sunday as Lander

1976

Family Plot as George Lumley
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
The Twist as William

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Midi Première as Self
Posse as Jack Strawhorn
Smile as Big Bob

1974

The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan

1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

1972

The Cowboys as Long Hair
Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
Thumb Tripping as Smitty
The Making of Silent Running as Self

1971

Film '72 as Self
Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett

1970

The Immortal as Luther Seacombe
Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston

1969

Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as James Bates
Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
Number One as Richie Fowler
The Cycle Savages as Keeg

1968

Land of the Giants as Thorg
Lancer as Lucas Thatcher
Hang 'em High as Miller
Psych-Out as Steve Davis

1967

The High Chaparral as Wade
The War Wagon as Hammond
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
Will Penny as Rafe Quint
The Trip as John
Waterhole #3 as Deputy

1966

The Wild Angels as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
Gallegher Goes West as Turk

1965

The Big Valley as Follet
The F.B.I. as Pfc. Byron Landy
Run for Your Life as Alex Ryder
Laredo as Joe Durkee
Branded as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
The Loner as Lud Grant

1964

12 O'Clock High as TSgt. Frank Jones
Marnie as Sailor
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as John Mayhew

1963

The Fugitive as Hank
The Outer Limits as Ben Garth
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Maynard
The Greatest Show on Earth as Vernon

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Roy Bullock
The Virginian as Pell
Stoney Burke as E.J. Stocker

1961

Ben Casey as Billy Harris
Cain's Hundred as Joe Krajac
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk as Johnny Norton
The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac

1960

Route 66 as Albert
Thriller as Johnny Norton
Surfside 6 as Johnny Page
Wild River as Jack Roper

1959

Bonanza as Cully Maco
Rawhide as Ed Rankin
The Detectives as Jud Treadwell

1958

Naked City as Nicky
Sea Hunt as FBI Agent John Furillo

1957

Wagon Train as Wilkins

1955

Gunsmoke as Doyle Phleger