Bruce Dern

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

6/4/1936

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

布魯斯丹브루스 던بروس درن

Bruce Dern

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 Wikiped...

Career Timeline

2025

Bad Men Must Bleed

as George Wells

Fractured

as Papa Joe

Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man

Role unknown

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

as Mike Cassidy

2024

The Devil’s Trap

as Mr. Cohen

Bloodline Killer

as Dr. Lucien

Palm Royale

as Skeet

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

as Himself

Accidental Texan

as Scheermeyer

2023

Old Dads

as Richie Jacobs

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

as Death

Butch vs. Sundance

as Mike Cassidy

Hunting Games

as Henry

The Weapon

as Doris

2022

Death in Texas

as Reynolds

The Most Dangerous Game

as Whitney Tyler

Mid-Century

as Emil Larson

The Hater

as Frank

Hellblazers

as Bill Unger

2021

Last Shoot Out

as Blair Callahan

Christmas vs The Walters

as Cliff Walters

Hands That Bind

as Hank

The Gateway

as Marcus

Overrun

as Arkadi Dubkova

Last Call

as Coach Finnegan

2020

I Am Burt Reynolds

as Self - Interviewee

The Artist's Wife

as Richard Smythson

Emperor

as Levi Coffin

Ravage

as Mallincrkordt

2019

Badland

as Reginald Cooke

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

Inherit the Viper

as Clay Carter

Freaks

as Mr. Snowcone

The Peanut Butter Falcon

as Carl

Remember Me

as Claude

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

as George Spahn

Nation's Fire

as PopPop

The Mustang

as Myles

Black Monday

as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

2018

Lez Bomb

as Grandpa

Trumbull Land

as Self (archive footage)

American Dresser

as King

White Boy Rick

as Grandpa Roman Wershe

Warning Shot

as Calvin

Chappaquiddick

as Joseph Kennedy

Nostalgia

as Ronnie Ashemore

2017

Our Souls at Night

as Dorlan

Mr. Mercedes

as John Rothstein

Hickok

as Doc Rivers O'Roark

The Lears

as Davenport Lear

Class Rank

as Oswald Flannigan

American Violence

as Richard Morton

2016

Goliath

as Frank Zax

The Cowboy

as Self

2015

The Hateful Eight

as General Sandy Smithers

The Millionaires' Unit

as Narrator (voice)

Northern Borders

as Austin Kittredge Sr.

2014

Cut Bank

as Georgie Wits

2013

Pete's Christmas

as Grandpa

Fighting for Freedom

as Christian Dobbe

Nebraska

as Woody Grant

Coffin Baby

as Vance Henrickson

2012

Django Unchained

as Old Man Carrucan

Hitting the Cycle

as James

2011

Corman's World

as Self - Actor

Inside Out

as Vic Small

Twixt

as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Miller's Tale

as Self

Choose

as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

2010

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom

as Self

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

as Self

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

as Self

Trim

as Dale

2009

The Lightkeepers

as Bennie

The Hole

as Creepy Carl

American Cowslip

as Cliff

2008

The Golden Boys

as Capt. Perez Ryder

The Making of 'Rebecca'

as Self

Swamp Devil

as Howard Blaime

2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

as Narrator

The Cake Eaters

as Easy

The Astronaut Farmer

as Hal

2006

The Hard Easy

as Gene

Believe in Me

as Ellis Brawley

Walker Payne

as Chester

Big Love

as Frank Harlow

2005

Down in the Valley

as Charlie

Madison

as Harry Volpi

2004

CSI: NY

as Vet

2003

Monster

as Thomas

Masked and Anonymous

as Editor

Hard Ground

as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

A Decade Under the Influence

as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Milwaukee, Minnesota

as Sean McNally

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

as Self

2002

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

as Self (achive footage)

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'

as Self

Afterthoughts

as Self

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

If... Dog... Rabbit

as McGurdy

The Haunting

as Mr. Dudley

Hard Time: The Premonition

as Winston

1998

Small Soldiers

as Link Static (voice)

Perfect Prey

as Capt. Swaggert

1997

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

Comfort, Texas

Role unknown

King of the Hill

as Randy Strickland (voice)

1996

Last Man Standing

as Sheriff Ed Galt

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

Mulholland Falls

as The Chief

Down Periscope

as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

1995

Wild Bill

as Will Plummer

A Mother's Prayer

as John Walker

Mrs. Munck

as Patrick Leary

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

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

as Scout Ed Higgins

After Dark, My Sweet

as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

1989

Trenchcoat in Paradise

as John Hollander

The 'Burbs

as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

1988

1969

as Cliff Denny

1987

World Gone Wild

as Ethan

The Big Town

as M. Edwards

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Augustine St. Claire

Roses Are for the Rich

as Douglas Osborne

Roses Are for the Rich

as Douglas Osborne

1986

On the Edge

as Wes Holman

1985

Toughlove

as Rob Charters

Space

as Stanley Mott

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

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

as Grayson Potchuck

The Twist

as William

Family Plot

as George Lumley

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Smile

as Big Bob

Posse

as Jack Strawhorn

Midi Première

as Self

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 King of Marvin Gardens

as Jason Staebler

Thumb Tripping

as Smitty

Silent Running

as Freeman Lowell

The Cowboys

as Long Hair

The Making of Silent Running

as Self

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

The Immortal

as Luther Seacombe

Rebel Rousers

as J.J. Weston

Bloody Mama

as Kevin Dirkman

1969

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as James Bates

Then Came Bronson

as Bucky O'Neill

The Cycle Savages

as Keeg

Number One

as Richie Fowler

Castle Keep

as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Joe Danby

1968

Lancer

as Lucas Thatcher

Lancer

as Tom Nevill

Land of the Giants

as Thorg

Hang 'em High

as Miller

Psych-Out

as Steve Davis

1967

Will Penny

as Rafe Quint

Waterhole #3

as Deputy

The High Chaparral

as Wade

The Trip

as John

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as Johnny May

The War Wagon

as Hammond

1966

Gallegher Goes West

as Turk

The Wild Angels

as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

1965

The F.B.I.

as Pfc. Byron Landy

The F.B.I.

as Virgil Roy Phipps

The Loner

as Lud Grant

Laredo

as Joe Durkee

The Big Valley

as Follet

The Big Valley

as Dixon

The Big Valley

as Clovis

The Big Valley

as Gabe Skeels

The Big Valley

as John Weaver

Run for Your Life

as Alex Ryder

Branded

as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

1964

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as John Mayhew

12 O'Clock High

as TSgt. Frank Jones

12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Michaels

12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Danton

Marnie

as Sailor

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Maynard

The Fugitive

as Hank

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Vernon

The Fugitive

as Cody

The Fugitive

as Hutch

The Fugitive

as Charley

The Fugitive

as Deputy Martin

The Outer Limits

as Ben Garth

1962

Stoney Burke

as E.J. Stocker

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Role unknown

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Roy Bullock

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jesse

The Virginian

as Pell

The Virginian

as Lee Darrow

The Virginian

as Bert Kramer

1961

Ben Casey

as Billy Harris

Cain's Hundred

as Joe Krajac

Cain's Hundred

as Eddie Light

The Crimebusters

as Joe Krajac

1960

Route 66

as Albert

Surfside 6

as Johnny Page

Thriller

as Johnny Norton

Wild River

as Jack Roper

1959

The Detectives

as Jud Treadwell

Bonanza

as Cully Maco

Bonanza

as Bayliss

Rawhide

as Ed Rankin

1958

Naked City

as Nicky

Sea Hunt

as FBI Agent John Furillo

1957

Wagon Train

as Wilkins

Wagon Train

as Jud Fisher

1955

Gunsmoke

as Doyle Phleger

Gunsmoke

as Judd Print

Gunsmoke

as Lou Stone

Gunsmoke

as Guerin