ACTOR
Bruce Dern
Known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · CSI: NY · King of the Hill
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),…
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1936
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Known For
MOVIE
Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodGeorge Spahn · 2019
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
TV
CSI: NYVet · 2004
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
King of the HillRandy Strickland (voice) · 1997
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
TV
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1975
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
TV
BonanzaCully Maco · 1959
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
TV
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf · 2003
★ 6.0
★ 6.0
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock HourRoy Bullock · 1962
★ 7.9
★ 7.9
Filmography
Movies
Wild RiverJack Roper
1960
The CrimebustersJoe Krajac
1961
Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteJohn Mayhew
1964
MarnieSailor
1964
Gallegher Goes WestTurk
1966
The Wild AngelsJoe 'Loser' Kearns
1966
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreJohnny May
1967
The TripJohn
1967
The War WagonHammond
1967
Waterhole #3Deputy
1967
Will PennyRafe Quint
1967
Hang 'em HighMiller
1968
Psych-OutSteve Davis
1968
Castle KeepLt. Billy Byron Bix
1969
Number OneRichie Fowler
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!Joe Danby
1969
The Cycle SavagesKeeg
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?James Bates
1969
Bloody MamaKevin Dirkman
1970
Rebel RousersJ.J. Weston
1970
Drive, He SaidCoach Bullion
1971
The Incredible 2-Headed TransplantRoger
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?Deputy Doyle Pickett
1971
Silent RunningFreeman Lowell
1972
The CowboysLong Hair
1972
The King of Marvin GardensJason Staebler
1972
The Making of Silent RunningSelf
1972
Thumb TrippingSmitty
1972
Pat Garrett & Billy the KidDeputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1973
The Laughing PolicemanInsp. Leo Larsen SFPD
1973
The Great GatsbyTom Buchanan
1974
PosseJack Strawhorn
1975
SmileBig Bob
1975
Family PlotGeorge Lumley
1976
The TwistWilliam
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodGrayson Potchuck
1976
Black SundayLander
1977
Coming HomeCapt. Bob Hyde
1978
The DriverThe Detective
1978
The Horror Show(archive footage)
1979
Middle Age CrazyBobby Lee
1980
TattooKarl Kinsky
1981
Harry Tracy, DesperadoHarry Tracy
1982
That Championship SeasonGeorge Sitkowski
1982
Tough LoveRob Charters
1985
On the EdgeWes Holman
1986
Roses Are for the RichDouglas Osborne
1987
The Big TownM. Edwards
1987
Uncle Tom's CabinAugustine St. Claire
1987
World Gone WildEthan
1987
1969Cliff Denny
1988
The 'BurbsLt. Mark Rumsfield
1989
Trenchcoat in ParadiseJohn Hollander
1989
After Dark, My SweetGarrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonScout Ed Higgins
1990
Carolina SkeletonsJunior Stoker
1991
Into the BadlandsT.L. Barston
1991
DiggstownJohn Gillon
1992
It's Nothing PersonalBilly Archer
1993
Amelia Earhart: The Final FlightGeorge Putnam
1994
Dead Man's RevengePayton McCay
1994
A Mother's PrayerJohn Walker
1995
Mrs. MunckPatrick Leary
1995
Wild BillWill Plummer
1995
Down PeriscopeRear Admiral Yancy Graham
1996
Last Man StandingSheriff Ed Galt
1996
Mulholland FallsThe Chief
1996
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997CT
Comfort, Texas
1997
Perfect PreyCapt. Swaggert
1998
Small SoldiersLink Static (voice)
1998
Hard Time: The PremonitionWinston
1999
If... Dog... RabbitMcGurdy
1999
The HauntingMr. Dudley
1999
All the Pretty HorsesJudge
2000
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesSelf
2001
Plotting 'Family Plot'Self
2001
The Glass HouseAlvin Begleiter
2001
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelf (achive footage)
2002
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'Self
2002
AfterthoughtsSelf
2002
A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf
2003
Hard GroundSheriff Hutch Hutchinson
2003
Masked and AnonymousEditor
2003
Milwaukee, MinnesotaSean McNally
2003
MonsterThomas
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf
2003
Down in the ValleyCharlie
2005
MadisonHarry Volpi
2005
Believe in MeEllis Brawley
2006
The Hard EasyGene
2006
Walker PayneChester
2006
The Astronaut FarmerHal
2007
The Cake EatersEasy
2007TC
The Cowboys: Together AgainHimself
2007
The Death and Life of Bobby ZNarrator
2007
Swamp DevilHoward Blaime
2008
The Golden BoysCapt. Perez Ryder
2008
The Making of 'Rebecca'Self
2008
American CowslipCliff
2009
The HoleCreepy Carl
2009
The LightkeepersBennie
2009AL
America Lost and Found: The BBS StorySelf
2010
BBStory: An American Film RenaissanceSelf
2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual FreedomSelf
2010
TrimDale
2010
ChooseDr. Ronald Pendleton
2011
Corman's WorldSelf - Actor
2011
Inside OutVic Small
2011
Miller's TaleSelf
2011
TwixtSheriff Bobby LaGrange
2011
Django UnchainedOld Man Carrucan
2012
Hitting the CycleJames
2012
Coffin BabyVance Henrickson
2013
Fighting for FreedomChristian Dobbe
2013
NebraskaWoody Grant
2013
Pete's ChristmasGrandpa
2013
Cut BankGeorgie Wits
2014
Northern BordersAustin Kittredge Sr.
2015
The Hateful EightGeneral Sandy Smithers
2015
The Millionaires' UnitNarrator (voice)
2015
American ViolenceRichard Morton
2017B
BorderlandCowboy
2017
Class RankOswald Flannigan
2017
HickokDoc Rivers O'Roark
2017
Our Souls at NightDorlan
2017
The LearsDavenport Lear
2017VN
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.Harry Rodgers
2017
American DresserKing
2018
ChappaquiddickJoseph Kennedy
2018
Lez BombGrandpa
2018
NostalgiaRonnie Ashemore
2018
Trumbull LandSelf (archive footage)
2018
Warning ShotCalvin
2018
White Boy RickGrandpa Roman Wershe
2018
BadlandReginald Cooke
2019
FreaksMr. Snowcone
2019
Inherit the ViperClay Carter
2019
Nation's FirePopPop
2019
Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodGeorge Spahn
2019
QT8: The First EightSelf
2019
Remember MeClaude
2019
The MustangMyles
2019
The Peanut Butter FalconCarl
2019
EmperorLevi Coffin
2020
I Am Burt ReynoldsSelf - Interviewee
2020
RavageMallincrkordt
2020
The Artist's WifeRichard Smythson
2020
Christmas vs The WaltersCliff Walters
2021
Last CallCoach Finnegan
2021
Last Shoot OutBlair Callahan
2021
OverrunArkadi Dubkova
2021
The GatewayMarcus
2021
CoastExecutive Producer
2022
Death in TexasReynolds
2022
HellblazersBill Unger
2022
Mid-CenturyEmil Larson
2022
The HaterFrank
2022
The Most Dangerous GameWhitney Tyler
2022
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)Death
2023
Butch vs. SundanceMike Cassidy
2023
Hands That BindHank
2023
Hunting GamesHenry
2023
Old DadsRichie Jacobs
2023
The WeaponDoris
2023
Accidental TexanScheermeyer
2024
Bloodline KillerDr. Lucien
2024
The Devil’s TrapMr. Cohen
2024
Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
2025
Butch Cassidy and the Wild BunchMike Cassidy
2025
FracturedPapa Joe
2025
Bad Men Must BleedGeorge Wells
2026
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
NorthboundArthur
2026
Robot DraculaVan Sellsing
2026
The Way Things Seem to BeSelf
2026AD
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Television
GunsmokeDoyle Phleger · 1 eps
1955GunsmokeJudd Print · 1 eps
1955GunsmokeLou Stone · 1 eps
1955GunsmokeGuerin · 1 eps
1955
Wagon TrainWilkins · 1 eps
1957Wagon TrainJud Fisher · 1 eps
1957
Naked CityNicky · 1 eps
1958
Sea HuntFBI Agent John Furillo · 1 eps
1958
BonanzaCully Maco · 1 eps
1959BonanzaBayliss · 1 eps
1959
RawhideEd Rankin · 1 eps
1959
The DetectivesJud Treadwell · 1 eps
1959
Route 66Albert · 1 eps
1960
Surfside 6Johnny Page · 1 eps
1960
ThrillerJohnny Norton · 1 eps
1960
Ben CaseyBilly Harris · 1 eps
1961
Cain's HundredJoe Krajac · 1 eps
1961Cain's HundredEddie Light · 1 eps
1961
Stoney BurkeE.J. Stocker · 32 eps
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourRoy Bullock · 1 eps
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourJesse · 1 eps
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1 eps
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1 eps
1962
The VirginianPell · 1 eps
1962The VirginianLee Darrow · 1 eps
1962The VirginianBert Kramer · 1 eps
1962
Kraft Suspense TheatreMaynard · 1 eps
1963
The FugitiveHank · 1 eps
1963The FugitiveCody · 1 eps
1963The FugitiveHutch · 1 eps
1963The FugitiveCharley · 1 eps
1963The FugitiveDeputy Martin · 1 eps
1963TG
The Greatest Show on EarthVernon · 1 eps
1963
The Outer LimitsBen Garth · 1 eps
1963
12 O'Clock HighTSgt. Frank Jones · 1 eps
196412 O'Clock HighLt. Michaels · 1 eps
196412 O'Clock HighLt. Danton · 1 eps
1964
BrandedLes - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw · 1 eps
1965
LaredoJoe Durkee · 1 eps
1965
Run for Your LifeAlex Ryder · 3 eps
1965
The Big ValleyFollet · 1 eps
1965The Big ValleyDixon · 1 eps
1965The Big ValleyClovis · 1 eps
1965The Big ValleyGabe Skeels · 1 eps
1965The Big ValleyJohn Weaver · 1 eps
1965
The F.B.I.Pfc. Byron Landy · 1 eps
1965The F.B.I.Virgil Roy Phipps · 1 eps
1965
The LonerLud Grant · 1 eps
1965
The High ChaparralWade · 1 eps
1967
LancerLucas Thatcher · 1 eps
1968LancerTom Nevill · 1 eps
1968
Land of the GiantsThorg · 1 eps
1968
Then Came BronsonBucky O'Neill · 1 eps
1969
The ImmortalLuther Seacombe · 1 eps
1970F'
Film '72Self · 1 eps
1971
Midi PremièreSelf · 1 eps
1975
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 2 eps
1975
SpaceStanley Mott · 5 eps
1985
Roses Are for the RichDouglas Osborne · 2 eps
1987
E! True Hollywood StorySelf · 1 eps
1996
King of the HillRandy Strickland (voice) · 1 eps
1997
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf · 1 eps
2003
CSI: NYVet · 1 eps
2004
Big LoveFrank Harlow · 29 eps
2006
GoliathFrank Zax · 8 eps
2016
The CowboySelf · 2 eps
2016
Mr. MercedesJohn Rothstein · 8 eps
2017
Black MondayRod "The Jammer" Jaminski · 2 eps
2019
The Hateful EightGeneral Sanford Smithers · 4 eps
2019
Palm RoyaleSkeet · 3 eps
2024
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger CormanHimself · 1 eps
2024Photos
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