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
2025
- Fractured as Papa Joe
- Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Mike Cassidy
- Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man
- Bad Men Must Bleed as George Wells
2024
- Palm Royale as Skeet
- The Devil’s Trap as Mr. Cohen
- Bloodline Killer as Dr. Lucien
- Accidental Texan as Scheermeyer
- The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
2023
- Old Dads as Richie Jacobs
- Hunting Games as Henry
- The Weapon as Doris
- Butch vs. Sundance as Mike Cassidy
- Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) as Death
2022
- Mid-Century as Emil Larson
- Hellblazers as Bill Unger
- Coast ... (Executive Producer)
- The Most Dangerous Game as Whitney Tyler
- Death in Texas as Reynolds
- The Hater as Frank
2021
- Overrun as Arkadi Dubkova
- Last Call as Coach Finnegan
- The Gateway as Marcus
- Hands That Bind as Hank
- Last Shoot Out as Blair Callahan
- Christmas vs The Walters as Cliff Walters
2020
- Emperor as Levi Coffin
- Ravage as Mallincrkordt
- The Artist's Wife as Richard Smythson
- I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as George Spahn
- Freaks as Mr. Snowcone
- The Mustang as Myles
- Badland as Reginald Cooke
- Black Monday as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski
- Remember Me as Claude
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
- The Peanut Butter Falcon as Carl
- Inherit the Viper as Clay Carter
- Nation's Fire as PopPop
2018
- Lez Bomb as Grandpa
- Warning Shot as Calvin
- American Dresser as King
- White Boy Rick as Grandpa Roman Wershe
- Chappaquiddick as Joseph Kennedy
- Nostalgia as Ronnie Ashemore
- Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Mr. Mercedes as John Rothstein
- Hickok as Doc Rivers O'Roark
- Class Rank as Oswald Flannigan
- American Violence as Richard Morton
- Our Souls at Night as Dorlan
- 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
- Coffin Baby as Vance Henrickson
- Nebraska as Woody Grant
- Fighting for Freedom as Christian Dobbe
- Pete's Christmas as Grandpa
2012
- Django Unchained as Old Man Carrucan
- Hitting the Cycle as James
2011
- Inside Out as Vic Small
- Twixt as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
- Choose as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- Corman's World as Self - Actor
- Miller's Tale as Self
2010
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
2006
- Big Love as Frank Harlow
- Walker Payne as Chester
- Believe in Me as Ellis Brawley
- The Hard Easy as Gene
2005
- Madison as Harry Volpi
- Down in the Valley as Charlie
2004
- CSI: NY as Vet
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Monster as Thomas
- Hard Ground as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
- Milwaukee, Minnesota as Sean McNally
- Masked and Anonymous as Editor
- A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
2002
- Afterthoughts as Self
- 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' as Self
- 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self (achive footage)
2001
- The Glass House as Alvin Begleiter
- It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self
2000
- All the Pretty Horses as Judge
1999
- The Haunting as Mr. Dudley
- If... Dog... Rabbit as McGurdy
- Hard Time: The Premonition as Winston
1998
- Small Soldiers as Link Static (voice)
- Perfect Prey as Capt. Swaggert
1997
- King of the Hill as Randy Strickland (voice)
- Comfort, Texas
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
1996
- Mulholland Falls as The Chief
- Down Periscope as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- Last Man Standing as Sheriff Ed Galt
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
1995
- Wild Bill as Will Plummer
- Mrs. Munck as Patrick Leary
- A Mother's Prayer as John Walker
1994
- Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as George Putnam
- Dead Man's Revenge as Payton McCay
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
- The Big Town as M. Edwards
- Roses Are for the Rich as Douglas Osborne
- 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
1982
- Harry Tracy, Desperado as Harry Tracy
- That Championship Season as George Sitkowski
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
- The Twist as William
- Family Plot as George Lumley
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson Potchuck
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
- The Laughing Policeman as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1972
- The Cowboys as Long Hair
- Thumb Tripping as Smitty
- The Making of Silent Running as Self
- The King of Marvin Gardens as Jason Staebler
- Silent Running as Freeman Lowell
1971
- Drive, He Said as Coach Bullion
- The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant as Roger
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Doyle Pickett
1970
- Bloody Mama as Kevin Dirkman
- The Immortal as Luther Seacombe
- Rebel Rousers as J.J. Weston
1969
- Castle Keep as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- Number One as Richie Fowler
- Then Came Bronson as Bucky O'Neill
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as James Bates
- Support Your Local Sheriff! as Joe Danby
- 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 Trip as John
- Waterhole #3 as Deputy
- The War Wagon as Hammond
- Will Penny as Rafe Quint
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Johnny May
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
- Laredo as Joe Durkee
- Run for Your Life as Alex Ryder
- 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
- The Crimebusters as Joe Krajac
- Cain's Hundred 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