
Corbin Bernsen
Known for Acting · 266 credits
- Born
- 1954-09-07 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- North Hollywood, California, USA
- Also known as
- Corbin Dean Bernsen · Κόρμπιν Μπέρσεν · کوربین برنسن
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
TV Shows (70)

Criminal Minds
2005
as Jerry Grandin

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as William Hendry

Castle
2009
as Lance Hastings

Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Henry Upton

Seinfeld
1989
as Corbin Bernsen

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Marvel's The Punisher
2017
as Anderson Schultz

Psych
2006
as Henry Spencer

JAG
1995
as Owen Sebring

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Q2

The West Wing
1999
as Henry Shallick

The Resident
2018
as Kyle Nevin

Billions
2016
as Bill McGann

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Audience Member

The Nanny
1993
as Glen Mitchell

Your Friends & Neighbors
2025
as Jack Bailey

Boston Legal
2004
as Attorney Eli Granger

Third Watch
1999
as Carter Savage

NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Adam Huntley

Scorpion
2014
as Bob Connelly

Baywatch
1989

Magnum P.I.
2018
as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler

The Waltons
1972
as Casey

Fresh Off the Boat
2015
as Mervin

L.A. Law
1986
as Arnie Becker

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Eric Weiss

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

V.I.P.
1998
as Zack Henley

Matlock
1986
as Corbin Bernsen

Nash Bridges
1996
as Edward Jansen

Grace and Frankie
2015
as Dr. Paul Mason

Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Corbin Bernsen

The Outer Limits
1995
as Virgil Nygard

Switched at Birth
2011

7th Heaven
1996
as Ted Grant

The League
2009
as Bruce

The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Corbin Bernsen

Anger Management
2012
as Roger

American Gods
2017
as Vulcan

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self

Masters of Horror
2005
as Ira

Motive
2013
as Dr. Stan Matthews

The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
as Howard

Dear John
1988
as Blake McCarron

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Self

Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Roger Stovall / Bill Water

Love & War
1992

Son of the Beach
2000

City on a Hill
2019
as Sinclair Dryden

East New York
2022
as Duke Jacobs

The Kominsky Method
2018
as Himself

Miss Match
2003
as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott

Duster
2025
as Wade Ellis

Powerless
2017
as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.

The Curse
2023
as Paul

Flying High
1978
as Dan Ellison

White House Plumbers
2023
as Richard Kleindienst

Cuts
2005
as Jack Sherwood

Tommy
2020
as Milt Leakey

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
2026
as Duck Donovan
Movies (196)

The Yeti
2026
as Merriell Sunday Sr.

The Hating Game
2021
as Bexley

King Kong
1976
as Reporter

Major League
1989
as Roger Dorn

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
as Harlan Dexter

Major League II
1994
as Roger Dorn

Tow
2026
as Martin LaRosa

Love Comes Softly
2003
as Ben Graham

The Dentist 2
1998
as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine

The Beldham
2025

Marshmallow
2025
as Roy

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Arnie

The Dentist
1996
as Dr. Alan Feinstone

The Big Year
2011
as Gil Gordon

Psych: The Movie
2017
as Henry Spencer

Tales from the Hood
1995
as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")

Clambake
1967
as Boy at Playground (uncredited)

Depth Charge
2008

Shattered
1991
as Jeb Scott

Born to Race: Fast Track
2014
as Liam

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as Celebrity Lawyer

S.O.B.
1981
as Unknown

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self

Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
2023
as Steve Plank

Vipers
2008
as Burton

The Great White Hype
1996
as Peter Prince

Radioland Murders
1994
as Dexter Morris

Hello Again
1987
as Jason Chadman

Lay the Favorite
2012
as Jerry

Raptor
2001
as Dr. Hyde

Larceny
2017
as Price

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
as Henry Spencer

Major League: Back to the Minors
1998
as Roger Dorn

Final Mission
1994
as General Morgan Breslaw

Disorganized Crime
1989
as Frank Salazar

Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004
as Steve

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as FBI Director Hill

Dangerous Intentions
1995
as Tim Williamson

Gentle Ben
2002
as Fog Benson

Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance
2016
as “Pops” Chapman

Psych 3: This Is Gus
2021
as Henry Spencer

Boone: The Bounty Hunter
2017
as Cage Bickle

Judgment
2001
as Mitch Kendrick

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Arnie Becker

Love's Complicated
2016
as Dublin Senior

The Russian Bride
2019
as Karl Frederick

Three the Hard Way
1974
as Boy

Herd
2023
as Robert Miller

Christian Mingle
2014
as Matt

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Morris Dees

The Santa Trap
2002
as Chief Spivak

It Had to Be You
2015
as Nolan Powell

Menno's Mind
1997
as Felix Medina

Faith, Hope & Love
2019
as Brian Fuller

Dead Air
2009
as Dr. F

In-Lawfully Yours
2016
as Father Grayson

Fatal Inheritance
1991
as Woodward Dawes

The Fairy King
1998
as Rob Preston

Right to Die
2007
as Ira

Sensory Perception
2015
as Mr. Friedrich

The New Age
1994
as Kevin Bulasky

Quiet Kill
2004
as Jerry Martin

Eat My Dust
1976
as Roy Puire

Breaking Point
1989
as Pike

Atomic Twister
2002
as Sheriff C.B. Bishop

Temptress
1995
as Nick

Sunrise in Heaven
2019
as Jim

Savage Land
1994
as Quint

Sex and Consequences
2006
as John Wayne

The Commission
2003
as Rep. Gerald R. Ford

Fangs
2002
as Carl Hart

Woodstockers
2026
as Lenny

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
as Jim Shirley

Allison Sydney Harrison
1983
as Steve Malloy

Inhumanoid
1996
as Foster Carver

Bloodhounds II
1996
as Harrison Coyle

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self

Doubletake
1985
as Tennis Pro

Rangers
2000
as Senator

Bad Actress
2011
as Corbin Bernsen

Alone We Fight
2018
as Colonel Bradley Armstrong

Raging Sharks
2005
as Capt. Riley

Cover Me
1995
as Andre Solloway

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
2002
as David Carver

Pizza Man
2011
as Criswell

Grey Knight
1993
as Col. Nehemiah Strayn

Paid
2006
as William Montague

Death and Texas
2004
as Coach Loren Stanley

Submission
2006

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
as Frank Cole

Where Are My Children?
1994
as Tom Scott

Roe v. Wade
2021
as Justice Blackmun

All Good Things
2019
as Pop-pop

Frozen Assets
1992
as Zach Shepard

L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
as Arnie Becker

Repeater
2023
as Edgar Mann

Love Can Be Murder
1992
as Nick Peyton

Kounterfeit
1996
as Marty Hopkins

25 Hill
2011
as Roy Gibbs

Portrait of Love
2015
as Tyler Mason
Happy Endings Funeral Parlor

Trigger Fast
1994
as Brent Mallick

The Soft Kill
1994
as Martin Lewis

The Cold Heart of a Killer
1996
as Alex Jensen

Mary for Mayor
2020
as Pat

Tidal Wave: No Escape
1997
as John Wahl

Final Payback
2001
as Mayor Richardson

I Know My Son Is Alive
1994
as Mark Elshant

A Deadly Legend
2020
as Matthias Leary

Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
2003
as Fog Benson

Full Circle
1996
as Harrison Winslow

Game Changer
2022
as Iann Gabriel

First Lady
2020
as King Max

Taking the Reins
2021
as Preston

True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl
2008
as Nick Harvey

Baja
1996
as John Stone

Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995
as Flight Engineer Murphy
Pirate Camp
2007
as Hookbeard

Miss December
2011
as District Attorney

Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991
as Self
About Corbin Bernsen
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 Aga… With 266 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Corbin Bernsen has appeared in 196 films and 70 TV shows.
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Most Popular Corbin Bernsen Movies
- The Yeti (2026) — as Merriell Sunday Sr.
- The Hating Game (2021) — as Bexley
- King Kong (1976) — as Reporter
- Major League (1989) — as Roger Dorn
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) — as Harlan Dexter
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