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Bruce Dern
Born June 04, 1936
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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), Mo...
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Filmography
Actor (241 credits)
Movies
The Devil’s TrapMr. Cohen
2024
Bloodline KillerDr. Lucien
2024
The WeaponDoris
2023
Butch Cassidy and the Wild BunchMike Cassidy
2023
Christmas vs The WaltersCliff Walters
2021
Last Shoot OutBlair Callahan
2021
The Golden BoysCapt. Perez Ryder
2008
The Astronaut FarmerHal
2007
Down in the ValleyCharlie
2005
MonsterThomas
2003
Masked and AnonymousEditor
2003
Hard GroundSheriff Hutch Hutchinson
2003
The Glass HouseAlvin Begleiter
2001
The HauntingMr. Dudley
1999
Small SoldiersLink Static (voice)
1998
Mulholland FallsThe Chief
1996
Down PeriscopeRear Admiral Yancy Graham
1996
Last Man StandingSheriff Ed Galt
1996
After Dark, My SweetGarrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
1990
The 'BurbsLt. Mark Rumsfield
1989
World Gone WildEthan
1987
On the EdgeWes Holman
1986
The Horror Show(archive footage)
1979
The DriverThe Detective
1978
Coming HomeCapt. Bob Hyde
1978
Family PlotGeorge Lumley
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodGrayson Potchuck
1976
SmileBig Bob
1975
The Great GatsbyTom Buchanan
1974
The Laughing PolicemanInsp. Leo Larsen SFPD
1973
Silent RunningFreeman Lowell
1972
The CowboysLong Hair
1972
Bloody MamaKevin Dirkman
1970
Rebel RousersJ.J. Weston
1970
Support Your Local Sheriff!Joe Danby
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?James Bates
1969
Hang 'em HighMiller
1968
Will PennyRafe Quint
1967
The TripJohn
1967
The War WagonHammond
1967
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreJohnny May
1967
The Wild AngelsJoe 'Loser' Kearns
1966
MarnieSailor
1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteJohn Mayhew
1964
Robot DraculaVan Sellsing
Accidental TexanScheermeyer
2024
Hunting GamesHenry
2023
Butch vs. SundanceMike Cassidy
2023
Old DadsRichie Jacobs
2023
Mid-CenturyEmil Larson
2022
HellblazersBill Unger
2022
The HaterFrank
2022
The Most Dangerous GameWhitney Tyler
2022
ChappaquiddickJoseph Kennedy
2018
NostalgiaRonnie Ashemore
2018
White Boy RickGrandpa Roman Wershe
2018
Class RankOswald Flannigan
2017
Our Souls at NightDorlan
2017
American ViolenceRichard Morton
2017
The LearsDavenport Lear
2017
Northern BordersAustin Kittredge Sr.
2015
The Hateful EightGeneral Sandy Smithers
2015
Cut BankGeorgie Wits
2014
Pete's ChristmasGrandpa
2013
Fighting for FreedomChristian Dobbe
2013
Hitting the CycleJames
2012
Django UnchainedOld Man Carrucan
2012
ChooseDr. Ronald Pendleton
2011
TrimDale
2010
The Hard EasyGene
2006
Walker PayneChester
2006
MadisonHarry Volpi
2005
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf
2003
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelf (achive footage)
2002
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesSelf
2001
Plotting 'Family Plot'Self
2001
If... Dog... RabbitMcGurdy
1999
Perfect PreyCapt. Swaggert
1998
Comfort, Texas
1997
Mrs. MunckPatrick Leary
1995
Amelia Earhart: The Final FlightGeorge Putnam
1994
It's Nothing PersonalBilly Archer
1993
Roses Are for the RichDouglas Osborne
1987
Bad Men Must Bleed
The Big TownM. Edwards
1987
Welcome Back LoungeGideon
The World's Happiest Man
Hard Time: The PremonitionWinston
1999
A Mother's PrayerJohn Walker
1995
The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonScout Ed Higgins
1990
Uncle Tom's CabinAugustine St. Claire
1987
Pat Garrett & Billy the KidDeputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1973
The Making of Silent RunningSelf
1972
NorthboundArthur
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)Death
2023
Death in TexasReynolds
2022
Hands That BindHank
2021
The GatewayMarcus
2021
Last CallCoach Finnegan
2021
OverrunArkadi Dubkova
2021
The Artist's WifeRichard Smythson
2020
RavageMallincrkordt
2020
EmperorLevi Coffin
2020
I Am Burt ReynoldsSelf - Interviewee
2020
The Peanut Butter FalconCarl
2019
The MustangMyles
2019
FreaksMr. Snowcone
2019
Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodGeorge Spahn
2019
Remember MeClaude
2019
BadlandReginald Cooke
2019
Inherit the ViperClay Carter
2019
Nation's FirePopPop
2019
QT8: The First EightSelf
2019
Warning ShotCalvin
2018
Lez BombGrandpa
2018
American DresserKing
2018
Trumbull LandSelf (archive footage)
2018
HickokDoc Rivers O'Roark
2017
The Millionaires' UnitNarrator (voice)
2015
Coffin BabyVance Henrickson
2013
NebraskaWoody Grant
2013
Inside OutVic Small
2011
TwixtSheriff Bobby LaGrange
2011
Miller's TaleSelf
2011
Corman's WorldSelf - Actor
2011
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual FreedomSelf
2010
BBStory: An American Film RenaissanceSelf
2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS StorySelf
2010
The HoleCreepy Carl
2009
The LightkeepersBennie
2009
American CowslipCliff
2009
Swamp DevilHoward Blaime
2008
The Making of 'Rebecca'Self
2008
The Cake EatersEasy
2007
The Death and Life of Bobby ZNarrator
2007
Believe in MeEllis Brawley
2006
Milwaukee, MinnesotaSean McNally
2003
Trenchcoat in ParadiseJohn Hollander
1989
Crimes of Passion II
A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf
2003
AfterthoughtsSelf
2002
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'Self
2002
All the Pretty HorsesJudge
2000
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997
Wild BillWill Plummer
1995
Dead Man's RevengePayton McCay
1994
DiggstownJohn Gillon
1992
Carolina SkeletonsJunior Stoker
1991
Into the BadlandsT.L. Barston
1991
1969Cliff Denny
1988
ToughloveRob Charters
1985
Harry Tracy, DesperadoHarry Tracy
1982
That Championship SeasonGeorge Sitkowski
1982
TattooKarl Kinsky
1981
Middle Age CrazyBobby Lee
1980
Black SundayLander
1977
The TwistWilliam
1976
PosseJack Strawhorn
1975
The King of Marvin GardensJason Staebler
1972
Thumb TrippingSmitty
1972
Drive, He SaidCoach Bullion
1971
The Incredible 2-Headed TransplantRoger
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?Deputy Doyle Pickett
1971
Castle KeepLt. Billy Byron Bix
1969
The Cycle SavagesKeeg
1969
Number OneRichie Fowler
1969
Psych-OutSteve Davis
1968
Waterhole #3Deputy
1967
Gallegher Goes WestTurk
1966
The CrimebustersJoe Krajac
1961
Wild RiverJack Roper
1960
FracturedPapa Joe
CATnip
Tv
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger CormanHimself
2024
Palm RoyaleSkeet
2024
Black MondayRod "The Jammer" Jaminski
2019
Mr. MercedesJohn Rothstein
2017
GoliathFrank Zax
2016
The CowboySelf
2016
Big LoveFrank Harlow
2006
CSI: NYVet
2004
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003
King of the HillRandy Strickland (voice)
1997
E! True Hollywood StorySelf
1996
SpaceStanley Mott
1985
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975
Midi PremièreSelf
1975
The ImmortalLuther Seacombe
1970
Then Came BronsonBucky O'Neill
1969
Land of the GiantsThorg
1968
LancerLucas Thatcher
1968
LancerTom Nevill
1968
The High ChaparralWade
1967
The F.B.I.Pfc. Byron Landy
1965
LaredoJoe Durkee
1965
Run for Your LifeAlex Ryder
1965
The Big ValleyFollet
1965
The LonerLud Grant
1965
BrandedLes - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw
1965
The F.B.I.Virgil Roy Phipps
1965
The Big ValleyDixon
1965
The Big ValleyClovis
1965
The Big ValleyGabe Skeels
1965
The Big ValleyJohn Weaver
1965
12 O'Clock HighTSgt. Frank Jones
1964
12 O'Clock HighLt. Michaels
1964
12 O'Clock HighLt. Danton
1964
Kraft Suspense TheatreMaynard
1963
The FugitiveHank
1963
The Greatest Show on EarthVernon
1963
The FugitiveCody
1963
The FugitiveHutch
1963
The Outer LimitsBen Garth
1963
The FugitiveCharley
1963
The FugitiveDeputy Martin
1963
The VirginianPell
1962
Stoney BurkeE.J. Stocker
1962
The VirginianLee Darrow
1962
The VirginianBert Kramer
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourRoy Bullock
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourJesse
1962
Cain's HundredJoe Krajac
1961
Ben CaseyBilly Harris
1961
Cain's HundredEddie Light
1961
Surfside 6Johnny Page
1960
ThrillerJohnny Norton
1960
Route 66Albert
1960
RawhideEd Rankin
1959
The DetectivesJud Treadwell
1959
BonanzaCully Maco
1959
BonanzaBayliss
1959
Naked CityNicky
1958
Sea HuntFBI Agent John Furillo
1958
Wagon TrainWilkins
1957
Wagon TrainJud Fisher
1957
GunsmokeDoyle Phleger
1955
GunsmokeJudd Print
1955
GunsmokeLou Stone
1955
GunsmokeGuerin
1955
Producer (1 credits)