Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 7, 1954
Place of Birth:
North Hollywood, California, USA
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Corbin Bernsen
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshmallow | Roy |
| 2025 | Tow | Martin La Rosa |
| 2024 | The Beldham | |
| 2024 | Memory Box | Father (voice) |
| 2023 | Herd | Robert Miller |
| 2023 | Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist | Steve Plank |
| 2023 | Christmas at Keestone | Clint Baker |
| 2023 | Repeater | Edgar Mann |
| 2022 | Game Changer | Iann Gabriel |
| 2021 | The Hating Game | Bexley |
| 2021 | Weekend Warriors | Police Chief Baumgardner |
| 2021 | Roe v. Wade | Justice Blackmun |
| 2021 | Psych 3: This Is Gus | Henry Spencer |
| 2021 | Past Shadows | Lewis Samuels |
| 2021 | Taking the Reins | Preston |
| 2020 | Mary for Mayor | Pat |
| 2020 | When We Last Spoke | Walt |
| 2020 | Psych 2: Lassie Come Home | Henry Spencer |
| 2020 | First Lady | |
| 2020 | A Deadly Legend | Matthias Leary |
| 2020 | Cadia: The World Within | George |
| 2020 | The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland | Gran'Poppy |
| 2020 | A Bennett Song Holiday | Aiden Neville |
| 2020 | The Christmas Project Reunion | Grandpa George |
| 2019 | Connective Tissue | Dr. Epstein |
| 2019 | The Unseen Realm | Self (Host) |
| 2019 | The Russian Bride | Karl Frederick |
| 2019 | Faith, Hope & Love | Brian Fuller |
| 2019 | Swell | Harold |
| 2019 | All Good Things | Pop-pop |
| 2019 | Sunrise in Heaven | Jim |
| 2018 | Surviving Theater 9 | Tom |
| 2018 | My Daddy is in Heaven | Vernon |
| 2018 | Reach | Charles |
| 2018 | Alone We Fight | Colonel Bradley Armstrong |
| 2018 | Life with Dog | Joe Bigler |
| 2017 | The Dynasty That Almost Was | |
| 2017 | Distortion | Dr. Eli Sutton |
| 2017 | Larceny | Price |
| 2017 | Psych: The Movie | Henry Spencer |
| 2017 | Boone: The Bounty Hunter | Cage Bickle |
| 2017 | Dead Man Rising | Buck |
| 2016 | God's Club | Max Graves |
| 2016 | Prayer Never Fails | Joseph T. Harrington |
| 2016 | Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance | “Pops” Chapman |
| 2016 | In-Lawfully Yours | Father Grayson |
| 2016 | Love's Complicated | Dublin Senior |
| 2016 | The Elvis Room | Harker |
| 2015 | Midland | The Shepherd |
| 2015 | Portrait of Love | Tyler Mason |
| 2015 | Sensory Perception | Mr. Friedrich |
| 2015 | On the Wing | Senator Jeremy Ryburn |
| 2015 | It Had to Be You | Nolan Powell |
| 2014 | Born to Race: Fast Track | Liam |
| 2014 | Christian Mingle | Matt |
| 2014 | It Came From Connemara! | Self |
| 2014 | The Last Straw | Mr. G |
| 2013 | Lizzie | Dr. Fredricks |
| 2013 | Beyond the Heavens | Gus Henry |
| 2013 | Gordon Family Tree | Ron Goodson |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Jerry |
| 2012 | Stolen Child | George |
| 2012 | 3 Day Test | Tom |
| 2011 | Suing The Devil | Barry Polk |
| 2011 | 25 Hill | Roy Gibbs |
| 2011 | The Ascension | Carl |
| 2011 | Pizza Man | Criswell |
| 2011 | Miss December | District Attorney |
| 2011 | Bad Actress | Corbin Bernsen |
| 2011 | The Big Year | Gil Gordon |
| 2010 | Rust | |
| 2010 | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | FBI Director Hill |
| 2010 | Closets | Grant Erickson |
| 2010 | The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger | Self |
| 2009 | Dead Air | Dr. F |
| 2009 | Trapped | Edward Hutton |
| 2009 | Donna on Demand | Ben Corbin |
| 2008 | Depth Charge | |
| 2008 | Vipers | Burton |
| 2008 | For the Love of Grace | Captain Washington |
| 2008 | True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl | Nick Harvey |
| 2008 | House of Fallen | Rowland |
| 2007 | Pirate Camp | Hookbeard |
| 2007 | Right to Die | Ira |
| 2006 | Sex and Consequences | John Wayne |
| 2006 | Submission | |
| 2006 | The Naked Ape | Mr. Feldman |
| 2006 | Paid | William Montague |
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Harlan Dexter |
| 2005 | Carpool Guy | Michael |
| 2005 | Raging Sharks | Capt. Riley |
| 2005 | Ordinary Miracles | David Woodbury |
| 2004 | Quiet Kill | Jerry Martin |
| 2004 | Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Steve |
| 2004 | They Are Among Us | Norbert |
| 2004 | Death and Texas | Coach Loren Stanley |
| 2003 | Love Comes Softly | Ben Graham |
| 2003 | Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain | Fog Benson |
| 2003 | The Commission | Rep. Gerald R. Ford |
| 2002 | Atomic Twister | Sheriff C.B. Bishop |
| 2002 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | David Carver |
| 2002 | Dead Above Ground | Mark Mallory |
| 2002 | The Fairy King | Rob Preston |
| 2002 | Fangs | Carl Hart |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self |
| 2002 | The Santa Trap | Chief Spivak |
| 2002 | L.A. Law: The Movie | Arnie Becker |
| 2002 | Gentle Ben | Fog Benson |
| 2001 | Raptor | Dr. Hyde |
| 2001 | Judgment | Mitch Kendrick |
| 2001 | Killer Instinct | Jennings Wilhite |
| 2001 | The Tomorrow Man | Larry |
| 2001 | Final Payback | Mayor Richardson |
| 2000 | Rangers | Senator |
| 2000 | Borderline Normal | Benjiman Walling |
| 1999 | Two of Hearts | Bruce Saunders |
| 1999 | Riddler's Moon | George Brenner |
| 1999 | Kiss of a Stranger | Mason |
| 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | Roger Dorn |
| 1998 | The Dentist 2 | Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine |
| 1998 | Young Hearts Unlimited | Brian |
| 1998 | Recipe for Revenge | Dr. Chester Winnifield |
| 1998 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Celebrity Lawyer |
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret | Art Turner |
| 1998 | Loyal Opposition | Secret Service agent John Gray |
| 1997 | Tidal Wave: No Escape | John Wahl |
| 1997 | Menno's Mind | Felix Medina |
| 1997 | Spacejacked | Barnes |
| 1997 | An American Affair | District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford |
| 1996 | The Great White Hype | Peter Prince |
| 1996 | The Dentist | Dr. Alan Feinstone |
| 1996 | Full Circle | Harrison Winslow |
| 1996 | Kounterfeit | Marty Hopkins |
| 1996 | Inhumanoid | Foster Carver |
| 1996 | The Cold Heart of a Killer | Alex Jensen |
| 1996 | Baja | John Stone |
| 1996 | Bloodhounds | |
| 1996 | Bloodhounds II | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood | Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance") |
| 1995 | Dangerous Intentions | Tim Williamson |
| 1995 | Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead | Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter |
| 1995 | Temptress | Nick |
| 1995 | Someone to Die For | Jack Davis |
| 1995 | Cover Me | Andre Solloway |
| 1995 | Aurora: Operation Intercept | Flight Engineer Murphy |
| 1995 | In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound | Frank Cole |
| 1995 | Murderous Intent | Brice |
| 1994 | Major League II | Roger Dorn |
| 1994 | Radioland Murders | Dexter Morris |
| 1994 | The New Age | Kevin Bulasky |
| 1994 | The Soft Kill | Martin Lewis |
| 1994 | Trigger Fast | Brent Mallick |
| 1994 | Voices from Within | Mark Reichard |
| 1994 | Guns of Honor | Brent Mallick |
| 1994 | Final Mission | General Morgan Breslaw |
| 1994 | Savage Land | Quint |
| 1994 | A Brilliant Disguise | Dr. Martin |
| 1994 | Where Are My Children? | Tom Scott |
| 1994 | I Know My Son Is Alive | Mark Elshant |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Arnie |
| 1993 | Beyond Suspicion | Stan Benderman |
| 1993 | Grey Knight | Col. Nehemiah Strayn |
| 1992 | Frozen Assets | Zach Shepard |
| 1992 | Love Can Be Murder | Nick Peyton |
| 1992 | Grass Roots | Will Lee |
| 1991 | Shattered | Jeb Scott |
| 1991 | Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show | Self |
| 1991 | Dead on the Money | Carter Matthews |
| 1991 | Fatal Inheritance | Woodward Dawes |
| 1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Morris Dees |
| 1989 | Disorganized Crime | Frank Salazar |
| 1989 | Major League | Roger Dorn |
| 1989 | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Jim Shirley |
| 1989 | Breaking Point | Pike |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Arnie Becker |
| 1987 | Hello Again | Jason Chadman |
| 1987 | Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1987 | Dead Aim | Webster |
| 1986 | L.A. Law: Pilot | Arnold Becker |
| 1985 | Doubletake | Tennis Pro |
| 1983 | Allison Sydney Harrison | Steve Malloy |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Unknown |
| 1976 | Eat My Dust | Roy Puire |
| 1976 | King Kong | Reporter |
| 1974 | Three the Hard Way | Boy |
| 1967 | Clambake | Boy at Playground (uncredited) |
| Happy Endings Funeral Parlor | ||
| There There | ||
| The Yeti | ||
| Kali | Old Man | |
| Laura Louise | Edward Brannock |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Your Friends & Neighbors | Jack Bailey |
| 2025 | Duster | Wade Ellis |
| 2024 | Clipped | Pierce O'Donnell |
| 2023 | White House Plumbers | Richard Kleindienst |
| 2023 | The Curse | Paul |
| 2022 | East New York | Duke Jacobs |
| 2020 | Tommy | Milt Leakey |
| 2019 | City on a Hill | Sinclair Dryden |
| 2018 | Magnum P.I. | Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler |
| 2018 | The Resident | Kyle Nevin |
| 2018 | The Kominsky Method | Himself |
| 2017 | Powerless | Vanderveer Wayne Sr. |
| 2017 | Marvel's The Punisher | Anderson Schultz |
| 2017 | American Gods | Vulcan |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Dr. Paul Mason |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Mervin |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans | Adam Huntley |
| 2014 | Scorpion | Bob Connelly |
| 2013 | Motive | Dr. Stan Matthews |
| 2012 | Anger Management | Roger |
| 2011 | Switched at Birth | |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Henry Upton |
| 2009 | Castle | Lance Hastings |
| 2009 | The League | Bruce |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Self |
| 2006 | Psych | Henry Spencer |
| 2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Howard |
| 2005 | Cuts | Jack Sherwood |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | Ira |
| 2005 | Hi-Jinks | |
| 2005 | Twins | |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Jerry Grandin |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Attorney Eli Granger |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | William Hendry |
| 2000 | Son of the Beach | |
| 2000 | Battery Park | Michael |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Carter Savage |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Henry Shallick |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime | Roger Stovall / Bill Water |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Zack Henley |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Corbin Bernsen |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | The Cape | USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Ted Grant |
| 1995 | JAG | Captain Owen Sebring |
| 1995 | A Whole New Ballgame | Brett Sooner |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Virgil Nygard |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Eric Weiss |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Glen Mitchell |
| 1992 | Love & War | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Corbin Bernsen |
| 1992 | Ring of the Musketeers | Harry |
| 1991 | Roc | Jim Larson |
| 1989 | Baywatch | |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Corbin Bernsen |
| 1988 | Dear John | Blake McCarron |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Q2 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Arnie Becker |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member |