
Bruce Dern
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1936-06-04 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- 布魯斯丹 · Bruce MacLeish 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
TV Shows (49)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Fugitive
1963
as Hank / Cody / Hutch / Charley / Deputy Martin

King of the Hill
1997
as Randy Strickland (voice)

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

CSI: NY
2004
as Vet

Bonanza
1959
as Cully Maco / Bayliss

Goliath
2016
as Frank Zax

Wagon Train
1957
as Wilkins / Jud Fisher

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Roy Bullock / Jesse

The Virginian
1962
as Pell / Lee Darrow / Bert Kramer

Rawhide
1959
as Ed Rankin

The F.B.I.
1965
as Pfc. Byron Landy / Virgil Roy Phipps

Naked City
1958
as Nicky

Run for Your Life
1965
as Alex Ryder

Route 66
1960
as Albert

Thriller
1960
as Johnny Norton

The Big Valley
1965
as Follet / Dixon / Clovis / Gabe Skeels / John Weaver

Gunsmoke
1955
as Doyle Phleger / Judd Print / Lou Stone / Guerin

Big Love
2006
as Frank Harlow

Mr. Mercedes
2017
as John Rothstein

The High Chaparral
1967
as Wade

Ben Casey
1961
as Billy Harris

The Outer Limits
1963
as Ben Garth
Film '72
1971
as Self

Sea Hunt
1958
as FBI Agent John Furillo

12 O'Clock High
1964
as TSgt. Frank Jones / Lt. Michaels / Lt. Danton

Midi Première
1975
as Self

Land of the Giants
1968
as Thorg

Surfside 6
1960
as Johnny Page

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Maynard

The Detectives
1959
as Jud Treadwell

Palm Royale
2024
as Skeet

Laredo
1965
as Joe Durkee

Black Monday
2019
as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

Stoney Burke
1962
as E.J. Stocker

Lancer
1968
as Lucas Thatcher / Tom Nevill

Branded
1965
as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Joe Krajac / Eddie Light

The Loner
1965
as Lud Grant

Then Came Bronson
1969
as Bucky O'Neill
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Vernon

The Immortal
1970
as Luther Seacombe

The Hateful Eight
2019
as General Sanford Smithers

Space
1985
as Stanley Mott

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self

Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne

The Cowboy
2016
as Self

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
2024
as Himself
Movies (179)

Django Unchained
2012
as Old Man Carrucan

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as George Spahn

The Hateful Eight
2015
as General Sandy Smithers

Small Soldiers
1998
as Link Static (voice)

Will Penny
1967
as Rafe Quint

Monster
2003
as Thomas

Ravage
2020
as Mallincrkordt

The 'Burbs
1989
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Carl

Hang 'em High
1968
as Miller

Nebraska
2013
as Woody Grant

Down Periscope
1996
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

White Boy Rick
2018
as Grandpa Roman Wershe

The Glass House
2001
as Alvin Begleiter

The Haunting
1999
as Mr. Dudley

The Great Gatsby
1974
as Tom Buchanan

Last Man Standing
1996
as Sheriff Ed Galt

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Old Dads
2023
as Richie Jacobs

Bloodline Killer
2024
as Dr. Lucien

The War Wagon
1967
as Hammond

The Cowboys
1972
as Long Hair

Freaks
2019
as Mr. Snowcone

Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Joe Danby

Mulholland Falls
1996
as The Chief

The Driver
1978
as The Detective

Our Souls at Night
2017
as Dorlan

Remember Me
2019
as Claude

Cut Bank
2014
as Georgie Wits

Tough Love
1985
as Rob Charters

Marnie
1964
as Sailor

Hunting Games
2023
as Henry

Choose
2011
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

The Hole
2009
as Creepy Carl

All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Judge

Badland
2019
as Reginald Cooke

The Twist
1976
as William

Silent Running
1972
as Freeman Lowell

The Mustang
2019
as Myles
Borderland
as Cowboy

Twixt
2011
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Family Plot
1976
as George Lumley

Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor

Tattoo
1981
as Karl Kinsky

The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
as Self

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Narrator

Smile
1975
as Big Bob

The Devil’s Trap
2024
as Mr. Cohen

Chappaquiddick
2018
as Joseph Kennedy

Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001
as Self

The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Hal

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Editor

Black Sunday
1977
as Lander

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self

Northern Borders
2015
as Austin Kittredge Sr.

Wild Bill
1995
as Will Plummer

Bad Men Must Bleed
2026
as George Wells

American Violence
2017
as Richard Morton

Coming Home
1978
as Capt. Bob Hyde

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as James Bates

Welcome Back Lounge
as Gideon

Inherit the Viper
2019
as Clay Carter

The Big Town
1987
as M. Edwards

Pete's Christmas
2013
as Grandpa

It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Billy Archer

Nostalgia
2018
as Ronnie Ashemore

Fractured
2025
as Papa Joe

Last Call
2021
as Coach Finnegan

The Gateway
2021
as Marcus

The Lightkeepers
2009
as Bennie

Accidental Texan
2024
as Scheermeyer

Hickok
2017
as Doc Rivers O'Roark

The Wild Angels
1966
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

Down in the Valley
2005
as Charlie

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as John Mayhew

Inside Out
2011
as Vic Small

The Laughing Policeman
1973
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

Death in Texas
2022
as Reynolds

Last Shoot Out
2021
as Blair Callahan

That Championship Season
1982
as George Sitkowski

Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Junior Stoker

Wild River
1960
as Jack Roper

Miller's Tale
2011
as Self

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Johnny May

Bloody Mama
1970
as Kevin Dirkman

After Dark, My Sweet
1990
as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

The Hater
2022
as Frank

Dead Man's Revenge
1994
as Payton McCay

The Trip
1967
as John

The Cake Eaters
2007
as Easy

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self

Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
2025

The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Jason Staebler

The Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Whitney Tyler
All Day Happy Dance
as Gramps

Lez Bomb
2018
as Grandpa

Emperor
2020
as Levi Coffin

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self

Mid-Century
2022
as Emil Larson

Afterthoughts
2002
as Self

Psych-Out
1968
as Steve Davis

Christmas vs The Walters
2021
as Cliff Walters

Thumb Tripping
1972
as Smitty

1969
1988
as Cliff Denny

Hellblazers
2022
as Bill Unger

Class Rank
2017
as Oswald Flannigan

Castle Keep
1969
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

The Hard Easy
2006
as Gene

If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as McGurdy

Posse
1975
as Jack Strawhorn

World Gone Wild
1987
as Ethan

Into the Badlands
1991
as T.L. Barston

The Weapon
2023
as Doris

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026

Swamp Devil
2008
as Howard Blaime

I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee

Nation's Fire
2019
as PopPop

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Augustine St. Claire

Diggstown
1992
as John Gillon

Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne
About 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 un… With 228 credits spanning from 1955 to 2026, Bruce Dern has appeared in 179 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bruce Dern Movies
- Django Unchained (2012) — as Old Man Carrucan
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — as George Spahn
- The Hateful Eight (2015) — as General Sandy Smithers
- Small Soldiers (1998) — as Link Static (voice)
- Will Penny (1967) — as Rafe Quint
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