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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 4, 1936
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man | |
| 2024 | The Devil’s Trap | Mr. Cohen |
| 2024 | Accidental Texan | Scheermeyer |
| 2024 | Bloodline Killer | Dr. Lucien |
| 2023 | The Weapon | Doris |
| 2023 | Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | Mike Cassidy |
| 2023 | Hunting Games | Henry |
| 2023 | Butch vs. Sundance | Mike Cassidy |
| 2023 | Old Dads | Richie Jacobs |
| 2023 | Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) | Death |
| 2022 | Mid-Century | Emil Larson |
| 2022 | Hellblazers | Bill Unger |
| 2022 | The Hater | Frank |
| 2022 | The Most Dangerous Game | Whitney Tyler |
| 2022 | Death in Texas | Reynolds |
| 2021 | Christmas vs The Walters | Cliff Walters |
| 2021 | Last Shoot Out | Blair Callahan |
| 2021 | Hands That Bind | Hank |
| 2021 | The Gateway | Marcus |
| 2021 | Last Call | Coach Finnegan |
| 2021 | Overrun | Arkadi Dubkova |
| 2020 | The Artist's Wife | Richard Smythson |
| 2020 | Ravage | Mallincrkordt |
| 2020 | Emperor | Levi Coffin |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds | Self - Interviewee |
| 2019 | The Peanut Butter Falcon | Carl |
| 2019 | The Mustang | Myles |
| 2019 | Freaks | Mr. Snowcone |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | George Spahn |
| 2019 | Remember Me | Claude |
| 2019 | Badland | Reginald Cooke |
| 2019 | Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter |
| 2019 | Nation's Fire | PopPop |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self |
| 2018 | Chappaquiddick | Joseph Kennedy |
| 2018 | Nostalgia | Ronnie Ashemore |
| 2018 | White Boy Rick | Grandpa Roman Wershe |
| 2018 | Warning Shot | Calvin |
| 2018 | Lez Bomb | Grandpa |
| 2018 | American Dresser | King |
| 2018 | Trumbull Land | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan |
| 2017 | Our Souls at Night | Dorlan |
| 2017 | American Violence | Richard Morton |
| 2017 | The Lears | Davenport Lear |
| 2017 | Hickok | Doc Rivers O'Roark |
| 2015 | Northern Borders | Austin Kittredge Sr. |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | General Sandy Smithers |
| 2015 | The Millionaires' Unit | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Georgie Wits |
| 2013 | Coffin Baby | Vance Henrickson |
| 2013 | Nebraska | Woody Grant |
| 2013 | Pete's Christmas | Grandpa |
| 2013 | Fighting for Freedom | Christian Dobbe |
| 2012 | Hitting the Cycle | James |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Old Man Carrucan |
| 2011 | Inside Out | Vic Small |
| 2011 | Twixt | Sheriff Bobby LaGrange |
| 2011 | Miller's Tale | Self |
| 2011 | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Self - Actor |
| 2010 | Trim | Dale |
| 2010 | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self |
| 2010 | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self |
| 2010 | America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Self |
| 2009 | The Hole | Creepy Carl |
| 2009 | The Lightkeepers | Bennie |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Cliff |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Capt. Perez Ryder |
| 2008 | Swamp Devil | Howard Blaime |
| 2008 | The Making of 'Rebecca' | Self |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Hal |
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Easy |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Narrator |
| 2006 | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Gene |
| 2006 | Walker Payne | Chester |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Charlie |
| 2005 | Madison | Harry Volpi |
| 2003 | Monster | Thomas |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Editor |
| 2003 | Hard Ground | Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson |
| 2003 | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally |
| 2003 | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self |
| 2002 | 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull | Self (achive footage) |
| 2002 | Afterthoughts | Self |
| 2002 | 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' | Self |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Alvin Begleiter |
| 2001 | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Self |
| 2001 | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Judge |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley |
| 1999 | If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Link Static (voice) |
| 1998 | Perfect Prey | Capt. Swaggert |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self |
| 1997 | Comfort, Texas | |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | The Chief |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Rear Admiral Yancy Graham |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Will Plummer |
| 1995 | Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary |
| 1995 | A Mother's Prayer | John Walker |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay |
| 1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Billy Archer |
| 1992 | Diggstown | John Gillon |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker |
| 1991 | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston |
| 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins |
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Lt. Mark Rumsfield |
| 1989 | Trenchcoat in Paradise | John Hollander |
| 1988 | 1969 | Cliff Denny |
| 1987 | World Gone Wild | Ethan |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne |
| 1987 | The Big Town | M. Edwards |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire |
| 1986 | On the Edge | Wes Holman |
| 1985 | Toughlove | Rob Charters |
| 1982 | Harry Tracy, Desperado | Harry Tracy |
| 1982 | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski |
| 1981 | Tattoo | Karl Kinsky |
| 1980 | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1978 | The Driver | The Detective |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Capt. Bob Hyde |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Lander |
| 1976 | Family Plot | George Lumley |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck |
| 1976 | The Twist | William |
| 1975 | Smile | Big Bob |
| 1975 | Posse | Jack Strawhorn |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Silent Running | Freeman Lowell |
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Long Hair |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler |
| 1972 | Thumb Tripping | Smitty |
| 1972 | The Making of Silent Running | Self |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion |
| 1971 | The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Roger |
| 1971 | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Doyle Pickett |
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Kevin Dirkman |
| 1970 | Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James Bates |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix |
| 1969 | The Cycle Savages | Keeg |
| 1969 | Number One | Richie Fowler |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Miller |
| 1968 | Psych-Out | Steve Davis |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Rafe Quint |
| 1967 | The Trip | John |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Hammond |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Johnny May |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Deputy |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Joe 'Loser' Kearns |
| 1966 | Gallegher Goes West | Turk |
| 1964 | Marnie | Sailor |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew |
| 1961 | The Crimebusters | Joe Krajac |
| 1960 | Wild River | Jack Roper |
| Robot Dracula | Van Sellsing | |
| Bad Men Must Bleed | ||
| Welcome Back Lounge | Gideon | |
| Northbound | Arthur | |
| Crimes of Passion II | ||
| Fractured | Papa Joe | |
| CATnip |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman | Himself |
| 2024 | Palm Royale | Skeet |
| 2019 | Black Monday | Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski |
| 2017 | Mr. Mercedes | John Rothstein |
| 2016 | Goliath | Frank Zax |
| 2016 | The Cowboy | Self |
| 2006 | Big Love | Frank Harlow |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Vet |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Randy Strickland (voice) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | Self |
| 1985 | Space | Stanley Mott |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1970 | The Immortal | Luther Seacombe |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Bucky O'Neill |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Thorg |
| 1968 | Lancer | Lucas Thatcher |
| 1968 | Lancer | Tom Nevill |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Wade |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Pfc. Byron Landy |
| 1965 | Laredo | Joe Durkee |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Follet |
| 1965 | The Loner | Lud Grant |
| 1965 | Branded | Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Virgil Roy Phipps |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Dixon |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Clovis |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Gabe Skeels |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | John Weaver |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | TSgt. Frank Jones |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Michaels |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Danton |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Maynard |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Hank |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Vernon |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Cody |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Hutch |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Ben Garth |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Charley |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Deputy Martin |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Pell |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Lee Darrow |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Bert Kramer |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Roy Bullock |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jesse |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Joe Krajac |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Billy Harris |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Eddie Light |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Johnny Page |
| 1960 | Thriller | Johnny Norton |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Albert |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Ed Rankin |
| 1959 | The Detectives | Jud Treadwell |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Cully Maco |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Bayliss |
| 1958 | Naked City | Nicky |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | FBI Agent John Furillo |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Wilkins |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Jud Fisher |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Doyle Phleger |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Judd Print |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lou Stone |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Guerin |