Bruce Dern
Acting
Born: June 4, 1936 (age 90) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Django Unchained
2012
The Hateful Eight
2015
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Monster
2003
Small Soldiers
1998
Nebraska
2013
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
The Haunting
1999
The 'Burbs
1989
Freaks
2019
Marnie
1964
White Boy Rick
2018
Photos (19)
Movies (152)
Django Unchained
Old Man Carrucan
The Hateful Eight
General Sandy Smithers
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
George Spahn
Monster
Thomas
The 'Burbs
Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Small Soldiers
Link Static (voice)
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Carl
Hang 'em High
Miller
The Haunting
Mr. Dudley
Family Plot
George Lumley
The Glass House
Alvin Begleiter
Marnie
Sailor
The Mustang
Myles
White Boy Rick
Grandpa Roman Wershe
Mulholland Falls
The Chief
Down Periscope
Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
Last Man Standing
Sheriff Ed Galt
Nebraska
Woody Grant
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
James Bates
The Cowboys
Long Hair
All the Pretty Horses
Judge
The Weapon
Doris
The Great Gatsby
Tom Buchanan
Old Dads
Richie Jacobs
Silent Running
Freeman Lowell
The Hole
Creepy Carl
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Narrator
Cut Bank
Georgie Wits
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Joe Danby
Mid-Century
Emil Larson
Bad Men Must Bleed
George Wells
Freaks
Mr. Snowcone
Will Penny
Rafe Quint
The Driver
The Detective
Wild Bill
Will Plummer
Diggstown
John Gillon
Masked and Anonymous
Editor
The Astronaut Farmer
Hal
The War Wagon
Hammond
Down in the Valley
Charlie
The Big Town
M. Edwards
Our Souls at Night
Dorlan
The Cake Eaters
Easy
The Most Dangerous Game
Whitney Tyler
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
John Mayhew
That Championship Season
George Sitkowski
Last Call
Coach Finnegan
Twixt
Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
Psych-Out
Steve Davis
The Wild Angels
Joe 'Loser' Kearns
Bloody Mama
Kevin Dirkman
Posse
Jack Strawhorn
1969
Cliff Denny
Choose
Dr. Ronald Pendleton
Inherit the Viper
Clay Carter
American Violence
Richard Morton
The Gateway
Marcus
Smile
Big Bob
Badland
Reginald Cooke
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Johnny May
Bloodline Killer
Dr. Lucien
Coming Home
Capt. Bob Hyde
Hunting Games
Henry
Remember Me
Claude
Tough Love
Rob Charters
Chappaquiddick
Joseph Kennedy
Ravage
Mallincrkordt
Black Sunday
Lander
The Devil’s Trap
Mr. Cohen
Castle Keep
Lt. Billy Byron Bix
Nostalgia
Ronnie Ashemore
Drive, He Said
Coach Bullion
Waterhole #3
Deputy
The Laughing Policeman
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
Hellblazers
Bill Unger
Tattoo
Karl Kinsky
Wild River
Jack Roper
Inside Out
Vic Small
The Twist
William
Last Shoot Out
Blair Callahan
Death in Texas
Reynolds
The Lightkeepers
Bennie
After Dark, My Sweet
Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
Accidental Texan
Scheermeyer
Believe in Me
Ellis Brawley
The King of Marvin Gardens
Jason Staebler
World Gone Wild
Ethan
It's Nothing Personal
Billy Archer
Hickok
Doc Rivers O'Roark
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Augustine St. Claire
Trenchcoat in Paradise
John Hollander
Hard Ground
Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
Roses Are for the Rich
Douglas Osborne
Fractured
Papa Joe
The Trip
John
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Grayson Potchuck
Northern Borders
Austin Kittredge Sr.
Dead Man's Revenge
Payton McCay
Number One
Richie Fowler
Walker Payne
Chester
Emperor
Levi Coffin
Class Rank
Oswald Flannigan
Coffin Baby
Vance Henrickson
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
George Putnam
The Lears
Davenport Lear
The Cycle Savages
Keeg
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
Pete's Christmas
Grandpa
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Deputy Doyle Pickett
The Hater
Frank
The Artist's Wife
Richard Smythson
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
Mike Cassidy
If... Dog... Rabbit
McGurdy
On the Edge
Wes Holman
Warning Shot
Calvin
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Scout Ed Higgins
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
Roger
A Mother's Prayer
John Walker
Butch vs. Sundance
Mike Cassidy
Lez Bomb
Grandpa
Thumb Tripping
Smitty
Nation's Fire
PopPop
Carolina Skeletons
Junior Stoker
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Sean McNally
Perfect Prey
Capt. Swaggert
The Hard Easy
Gene
The Golden Boys
Capt. Perez Ryder
Swamp Devil
Howard Blaime
American Dresser
King
Overrun
Arkadi Dubkova
American Cowslip
Cliff
Christmas vs The Walters
Cliff Walters
Mrs. Munck
Patrick Leary
Into the Badlands
T.L. Barston
Trim
Dale
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
2025
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)
Death
Hard Time: The Premonition
Winston
Madison
Harry Volpi
Middle Age Crazy
Bobby Lee
Rebel Rousers
J.J. Weston
Harry Tracy, Desperado
Harry Tracy
Hitting the Cycle
James
Fighting for Freedom
Christian Dobbe
Robot Dracula
Van Sellsing
Northbound
Arthur
The Millionaires' Unit
Narrator (voice)
Hands That Bind
Hank
The Crimebusters
Joe Krajac
Gallegher Goes West
Turk
TV Shows (62)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 eps
King of the Hill
Randy Strickland (voice) · 1 eps
Bonanza
Cully Maco · 1 eps
Bonanza
Bayliss · 1 eps
CSI: NY
Vet · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Hank · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Cody · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Hutch · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Charley · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Deputy Martin · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Wilkins · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Jud Fisher · 1 eps
The Virginian
Pell · 1 eps
The Virginian
Lee Darrow · 1 eps
The Virginian
Bert Kramer · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Roy Bullock · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jesse · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Pfc. Byron Landy · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Virgil Roy Phipps · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Follet · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Dixon · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Clovis · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Gabe Skeels · 1 eps
The Big Valley
John Weaver · 1 eps
Big Love
Frank Harlow · 29 eps
Naked City
Nicky · 1 eps
Route 66
Albert · 1 eps
Rawhide
Ed Rankin · 1 eps
Ben Casey
Billy Harris · 1 eps
Goliath
Frank Zax · 8 eps
The High Chaparral
Wade · 1 eps
Black Monday
Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski · 2 eps
Thriller
Johnny Norton · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Doyle Phleger · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Judd Print · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Lou Stone · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Guerin · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Alex Ryder · 3 eps
Palm Royale
Skeet · 3 eps
The Outer Limits
Ben Garth · 1 eps
Sea Hunt
FBI Agent John Furillo · 1 eps
Land of the Giants
Thorg · 1 eps
Mr. Mercedes
John Rothstein · 8 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Maynard · 1 eps
Surfside 6
Johnny Page · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
TSgt. Frank Jones · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Michaels · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Danton · 1 eps
The Detectives
Jud Treadwell · 1 eps
Lancer
Lucas Thatcher · 1 eps
Lancer
Tom Nevill · 1 eps
Laredo
Joe Durkee · 1 eps
Branded
Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw · 1 eps
Stoney Burke
E.J. Stocker · 32 eps
Then Came Bronson
Bucky O'Neill · 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Joe Krajac · 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Eddie Light · 1 eps
The Loner
Lud Grant · 1 eps
The Immortal
Luther Seacombe · 1 eps
The Hateful Eight
General Sanford Smithers · 4 eps
Space
Stanley Mott · 5 eps
Roses Are for the Rich
Douglas Osborne · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (25)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
Midi Première
Self · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
QT8: The First Eight
Self
Corman's World
Self - Actor
The Cowboy
Self · 2 eps
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
I Am Burt Reynolds
Self - Interviewee
Miller's Tale
Self
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Himself · 1 eps
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
The Way Things Seem to Be
Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
The Making of Silent Running
Self
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'
Self
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
Self
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
Self (achive footage)
Afterthoughts
Self
