Bruce Dern

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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 • as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

Midi Première

1975 • as Self

King of the Hill

1997 • as Randy Strickland (voice)

Filmography

2024

The Devil’s Trap

as Mr. Cohen

Movie - Released: 11/1/2024

Accidental Texan

as Scheermeyer

Movie - Released: 3/8/2024

Bloodline Killer

as Dr. Lucien

Movie - Released: 4/26/2024

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

as Himself

TV - Released: 3/15/2024

Palm Royale

as Skeet

TV - Released: 3/19/2024

2023

The Weapon

as Doris

Movie - Released: 2/17/2023

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

as Mike Cassidy

Movie - Released: 3/16/2023

Hunting Games

as Henry

Movie - Released: 5/12/2023

Butch vs. Sundance

as Mike Cassidy

Movie - Released: 6/16/2023

Old Dads

as Richie Jacobs

Movie - Released: 10/20/2023

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

as Death

Movie - Released: 10/6/2023

2022

Mid-Century

as Emil Larson

Movie - Released: 6/17/2022

Hellblazers

as Bill Unger

Movie - Released: 1/21/2022

The Hater

as Frank

Movie - Released: 3/18/2022

The Most Dangerous Game

as Whitney Tyler

Movie - Released: 8/5/2022

Death in Texas

as Reynolds

Movie - Released: 10/6/2022

2021

Christmas vs The Walters

as Cliff Walters

Movie - Released: 11/5/2021

Last Shoot Out

as Blair Callahan

Movie - Released: 12/3/2021

Hands That Bind

as Hank

Movie - Released: 10/1/2021

The Gateway

as Marcus

Movie - Released: 9/3/2021

Last Call

as Coach Finnegan

Movie - Released: 3/19/2021

Overrun

as Arkadi Dubkova

Movie - Released: 8/16/2021

2020

The Artist's Wife

as Richard Smythson

Movie - Released: 9/25/2020

Ravage

as Mallincrkordt

Movie - Released: 8/14/2020

Emperor

as Levi Coffin

Movie - Released: 8/18/2020

I Am Burt Reynolds

as Self - Interviewee

Movie - Released: 12/17/2020

2019

The Peanut Butter Falcon

as Carl

Movie - Released: 8/9/2019

The Mustang

as Myles

Movie - Released: 3/15/2019

Freaks

as Mr. Snowcone

Movie - Released: 9/12/2019

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

as George Spahn

Movie - Released: 7/24/2019

Remember Me

as Claude

Movie - Released: 8/2/2019

Badland

as Reginald Cooke

Movie - Released: 11/1/2019

Inherit the Viper

as Clay Carter

Movie - Released: 9/28/2019

Nation's Fire

as PopPop

Movie - Released: 3/18/2019

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/21/2019

Black Monday

as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

TV - Released: 1/20/2019

2018

Chappaquiddick

as Joseph Kennedy

Movie - Released: 4/6/2018

Nostalgia

as Ronnie Ashemore

Movie - Released: 2/16/2018

White Boy Rick

as Grandpa Roman Wershe

Movie - Released: 9/14/2018

Warning Shot

as Calvin

Movie - Released: 9/14/2018

Lez Bomb

as Grandpa

Movie - Released: 11/9/2018

American Dresser

as King

Movie - Released: 9/21/2018

Trumbull Land

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 10/15/2018

2017

Class Rank

as Oswald Flannigan

Movie - Released: 4/21/2017

Our Souls at Night

as Dorlan

Movie - Released: 9/29/2017

American Violence

as Richard Morton

Movie - Released: 2/3/2017

The Lears

as Davenport Lear

Movie - Released: 4/22/2017

Hickok

as Doc Rivers O'Roark

Movie - Released: 7/7/2017

Mr. Mercedes

as John Rothstein

TV - Released: 8/9/2017

2016

Goliath

as Frank Zax

TV - Released: 10/13/2016

The Cowboy

as Self

TV - Released: 1/23/2016

2015

Northern Borders

as Austin Kittredge Sr.

Movie - Released: 1/16/2015

The Hateful Eight

as General Sandy Smithers

Movie - Released: 12/25/2015

The Millionaires' Unit

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/24/2015

2014

Cut Bank

as Georgie Wits

Movie - Released: 10/4/2014

2013

Coffin Baby

as Vance Henrickson

Movie - Released: 3/15/2013

Nebraska

as Woody Grant

Movie - Released: 9/21/2013

Pete's Christmas

as Grandpa

Movie - Released: 11/16/2013

Fighting for Freedom

as Christian Dobbe

Movie - Released: 10/8/2013

2012

Hitting the Cycle

as James

Movie - Released: 5/19/2012

Django Unchained

as Old Man Carrucan

Movie - Released: 12/25/2012

2011

Inside Out

as Vic Small

Movie - Released: 9/27/2011

Twixt

as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Movie - Released: 9/10/2011

Miller's Tale

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/5/2011

Choose

as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

Movie - Released: 1/17/2011

Corman's World

as Self - Actor

Movie - Released: 12/16/2011

2010

Trim

as Dale

Movie - Released: 1/1/2010

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

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/23/2010

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/23/2010

Movie

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/23/2010

2009

The Hole

as Creepy Carl

Movie - Released: 9/9/2009

The Lightkeepers

as Bennie

Movie - Released: 12/18/2009

American Cowslip

as Cliff

Movie - Released: 7/24/2009

2008

The Golden Boys

as Capt. Perez Ryder

Movie - Released: 12/11/2008

Swamp Devil

as Howard Blaime

Movie - Released: 7/4/2008

The Making of 'Rebecca'

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/14/2008

2007

The Astronaut Farmer

as Hal

Movie - Released: 2/23/2007

The Cake Eaters

as Easy

Movie - Released: 4/29/2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 7/23/2007

2006

Believe in Me

as Ellis Brawley

Movie - Released: 9/7/2006

The Hard Easy

as Gene

Movie - Released: 11/4/2006

Walker Payne

as Chester

Movie - Released: 4/27/2006

Big Love

as Frank Harlow

TV - Released: 3/12/2006

2005

Down in the Valley

as Charlie

Movie - Released: 5/13/2005

Madison

as Harry Volpi

Movie - Released: 4/22/2005

2004

CSI: NY

as Vet

TV - Released: 9/22/2004

2003

Monster

as Thomas

Movie - Released: 12/24/2003

Masked and Anonymous

as Editor

Movie - Released: 7/25/2003

Hard Ground

as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

Movie - Released: 7/12/2003

Milwaukee, Minnesota

as Sean McNally

Movie - Released: 1/21/2003

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

A Decade Under the Influence

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/25/2003

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

TV - Released: 2/21/2003

2002

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

as Self (achive footage)

Movie - Released: 5/21/2002

Afterthoughts

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/14/2002

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

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/21/2002

2001

The Glass House

as Alvin Begleiter

Movie - Released: 9/14/2001

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/1/2001

Plotting 'Family Plot'

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/6/2001

2000

All the Pretty Horses

as Judge

Movie - Released: 12/11/2000

1999

The Haunting

as Mr. Dudley

Movie - Released: 7/23/1999

If... Dog... Rabbit

as McGurdy

Movie - Released: 9/29/1999

Hard Time: The Premonition

as Winston

Movie - Released: 2/27/1999

1998

Small Soldiers

as Link Static (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/10/1998

Perfect Prey

as Capt. Swaggert

Movie - Released: 7/10/1998

1997

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

Movie - Released: 7/27/1997

Movie

Comfort, Texas

Movie - Released: 6/1/1997

King of the Hill

as Randy Strickland (voice)

TV - Released: 1/12/1997

1996

Mulholland Falls

as The Chief

Movie - Released: 4/26/1996

Down Periscope

as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

Movie - Released: 3/1/1996

Last Man Standing

as Sheriff Ed Galt

Movie - Released: 9/20/1996

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1995

Wild Bill

as Will Plummer

Movie - Released: 12/1/1995

Mrs. Munck

as Patrick Leary

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

A Mother's Prayer

as John Walker

Movie - Released: 5/25/1995

1994

Dead Man's Revenge

as Payton McCay

Movie - Released: 4/15/1994

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

as George Putnam

Movie - Released: 6/12/1994

1993

It's Nothing Personal

as Billy Archer

Movie - Released: 2/1/1993

1992

Diggstown

as John Gillon

Movie - Released: 8/14/1992

1991

Carolina Skeletons

as Junior Stoker

Movie - Released: 9/30/1991

Into the Badlands

as T.L. Barston

Movie - Released: 7/24/1991

1990

After Dark, My Sweet

as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

Movie - Released: 8/24/1990

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

as Scout Ed Higgins

Movie - Released: 10/15/1990

1989

The 'Burbs

as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

Movie - Released: 2/17/1989

Trenchcoat in Paradise

as John Hollander

Movie - Released: 10/18/1989

1988

1969

as Cliff Denny

Movie - Released: 8/18/1988

1987

World Gone Wild

as Ethan

Movie - Released: 10/1/1987

Roses Are for the Rich

as Douglas Osborne

Movie - Released: 5/17/1987

The Big Town

as M. Edwards

Movie - Released: 9/25/1987

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Augustine St. Claire

Movie - Released: 6/14/1987

1986

On the Edge

as Wes Holman

Movie - Released: 5/2/1986

1985

Toughlove

as Rob Charters

Movie - Released: 10/13/1985

Space

as Stanley Mott

TV - Released: 4/14/1985

1982

Harry Tracy, Desperado

as Harry Tracy

Movie - Released: 1/21/1982

That Championship Season

as George Sitkowski

Movie - Released: 12/9/1982

1981

Tattoo

as Karl Kinsky

Movie - Released: 10/9/1981

1980

Middle Age Crazy

as Bobby Lee

Movie - Released: 7/25/1980

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 2/6/1979

1978

The Driver

as The Detective

Movie - Released: 6/8/1978

Coming Home

as Capt. Bob Hyde

Movie - Released: 2/15/1978

1977

Black Sunday

as Lander

Movie - Released: 4/1/1977

1976

Family Plot

as George Lumley

Movie - Released: 4/9/1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

as Grayson Potchuck

Movie - Released: 7/26/1976

The Twist

as William

Movie - Released: 6/23/1976

1975

Smile

as Big Bob

Movie - Released: 7/9/1975

Posse

as Jack Strawhorn

Movie - Released: 6/4/1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 10/11/1975

Midi Première

as Self

TV - Released: 1/6/1975

1974

The Great Gatsby

as Tom Buchanan

Movie - Released: 3/27/1974

1973

The Laughing Policeman

as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

Movie - Released: 12/20/1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/23/1973

1972

Silent Running

as Freeman Lowell

Movie - Released: 3/9/1972

The Cowboys

as Long Hair

Movie - Released: 1/13/1972

The King of Marvin Gardens

as Jason Staebler

Movie - Released: 10/12/1972

Thumb Tripping

as Smitty

Movie - Released: 10/1/1972

The Making of Silent Running

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

Drive, He Said

as Coach Bullion

Movie - Released: 6/13/1971

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

as Roger

Movie - Released: 4/28/1971

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

as Deputy Doyle Pickett

Movie - Released: 2/1/1971

1970

Bloody Mama

as Kevin Dirkman

Movie - Released: 3/24/1970

Rebel Rousers

as J.J. Weston

Movie - Released: 4/1/1970

The Immortal

as Luther Seacombe

TV - Released: 9/24/1970

1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Joe Danby

Movie - Released: 3/26/1969

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as James Bates

Movie - Released: 12/10/1969

Castle Keep

as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Movie - Released: 7/23/1969

The Cycle Savages

as Keeg

Movie - Released: 8/22/1969

Number One

as Richie Fowler

Movie - Released: 8/21/1969

Then Came Bronson

as Bucky O'Neill

TV - Released: 9/17/1969

1968

Hang 'em High

as Miller

Movie - Released: 4/12/1968

Psych-Out

as Steve Davis

Movie - Released: 3/6/1968

Land of the Giants

as Thorg

TV - Released: 9/22/1968

Lancer

as Lucas Thatcher

TV - Released: 9/24/1968

Lancer

as Tom Nevill

TV - Released: 9/24/1968

1967

Will Penny

as Rafe Quint

Movie - Released: 12/19/1967

The Trip

as John

Movie - Released: 8/23/1967

The War Wagon

as Hammond

Movie - Released: 5/26/1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as Johnny May

Movie - Released: 6/30/1967

Waterhole #3

as Deputy

Movie - Released: 10/10/1967

The High Chaparral

as Wade

TV - Released: 9/10/1967

1966

The Wild Angels

as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

Movie - Released: 7/20/1966

Gallegher Goes West

as Turk

Movie - Released: 10/30/1966

1965

The F.B.I.

as Pfc. Byron Landy

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

Laredo

as Joe Durkee

TV - Released: 9/16/1965

Run for Your Life

as Alex Ryder

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

The Big Valley

as Follet

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

The Loner

as Lud Grant

TV - Released: 9/18/1965

Branded

as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

TV - Released: 1/24/1965

The F.B.I.

as Virgil Roy Phipps

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

The Big Valley

as Dixon

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

The Big Valley

as Clovis

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

The Big Valley

as Gabe Skeels

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

The Big Valley

as John Weaver

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

1964

Marnie

as Sailor

Movie - Released: 7/17/1964

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as John Mayhew

Movie - Released: 12/15/1964

12 O'Clock High

as TSgt. Frank Jones

TV - Released: 9/18/1964

12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Michaels

TV - Released: 9/18/1964

12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Danton

TV - Released: 9/18/1964

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Maynard

TV - Released: 10/10/1963

The Fugitive

as Hank

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Vernon

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Fugitive

as Cody

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Fugitive

as Hutch

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Outer Limits

as Ben Garth

TV - Released: 9/16/1963

The Fugitive

as Charley

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Fugitive

as Deputy Martin

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

1962

The Virginian

as Pell

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

Stoney Burke

as E.J. Stocker

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

The Virginian

as Lee Darrow

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

The Virginian

as Bert Kramer

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Roy Bullock

TV - Released: 9/20/1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jesse

TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

The Crimebusters

as Joe Krajac

Movie - Released: 1/1/1961

Cain's Hundred

as Joe Krajac

TV - Released: 9/19/1961

Ben Casey

as Billy Harris

TV - Released: 10/2/1961

Cain's Hundred

as Eddie Light

TV - Released: 9/19/1961

1960

Wild River

as Jack Roper

Movie - Released: 5/26/1960

Surfside 6

as Johnny Page

TV - Released: 10/6/1960

Thriller

as Johnny Norton

TV - Released: 9/13/1960

Route 66

as Albert

TV - Released: 10/7/1960

1959

Rawhide

as Ed Rankin

TV - Released: 1/9/1959

The Detectives

as Jud Treadwell

TV - Released: 10/16/1959

Bonanza

as Cully Maco

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

Bonanza

as Bayliss

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1958

Naked City

as Nicky

TV - Released: 9/30/1958

Sea Hunt

as FBI Agent John Furillo

TV - Released: 1/4/1958

1957

Wagon Train

as Wilkins

TV - Released: 9/18/1957

Wagon Train

as Jud Fisher

TV - Released: 9/18/1957

1955

Gunsmoke

as Doyle Phleger

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Judd Print

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Lou Stone

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Guerin

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Unknown

Robot Dracula

as Van Sellsing

Movie

Bad Men Must Bleed

Movie

Welcome Back Lounge

as Gideon

Movie

The World's Happiest Man

Movie

Northbound

as Arthur

Movie

Crimes of Passion II

Movie

Fractured

as Papa Joe

Movie

CATnip

Movie