
Bruce Dern
Known for Acting · 226 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 (48)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

King of the Hill
1997
as Randy Strickland (voice)

CSI: NY
2004
as Vet

Bonanza
1959
as Cully Maco / Bayliss

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

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

Ben Casey
1961
as Billy Harris

Naked City
1958
as Nicky

Rawhide
1959
as Ed Rankin

Goliath
2016
as Frank Zax

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

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

Run for Your Life
1965
as Alex Ryder

Big Love
2006
as Frank Harlow

Route 66
1960
as Albert

Midi Première
1975
as Self

The High Chaparral
1967
as Wade

Mr. Mercedes
2017
as John Rothstein

The Outer Limits
1963
as Ben Garth

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

Thriller
1960
as Johnny Norton

Land of the Giants
1968
as Thorg

Sea Hunt
1958
as FBI Agent John Furillo

Surfside 6
1960
as Johnny Page

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Maynard

Black Monday
2019
as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

Laredo
1965
as Joe Durkee

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

The Detectives
1959
as Jud Treadwell

Lancer
1968
as Lucas Thatcher / Tom Nevill

Branded
1965
as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

Palm Royale
2024
as Skeet

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Joe Krajac / Eddie Light

Stoney Burke
1962
as E.J. Stocker

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

The Loner
1965
as Lud Grant

The Immortal
1970
as Luther Seacombe

Space
1985
as Stanley Mott

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self

The Hateful Eight
2019
as General Sanford Smithers

The Cowboy
2016
as Self

Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Douglas Osborne

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
2024
as Himself
Movies (178)

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)

Down Periscope
1996
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

The 'Burbs
1989
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

Hang 'em High
1968
as Miller

Monster
2003
as Thomas

The Haunting
1999
as Mr. Dudley

Nebraska
2013
as Woody Grant

Bloodline Killer
2024
as Dr. Lucien

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

Ravage
2020
as Mallincrkordt

Mulholland Falls
1996
as The Chief

Old Dads
2023
as Richie Jacobs

Last Man Standing
1996
as Sheriff Ed Galt

White Boy Rick
2018
as Grandpa Roman Wershe

Diggstown
1992
as John Gillon

The Cowboys
1972
as Long Hair

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

The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Carl

Posse
1975
as Jack Strawhorn

The Glass House
2001
as Alvin Begleiter

Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor

The Great Gatsby
1974
as Tom Buchanan

The Driver
1978
as The Detective

All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Judge

Black Sunday
1977
as Lander

Freaks
2019
as Mr. Snowcone

Family Plot
1976
as George Lumley

Wild Bill
1995
as Will Plummer

Will Penny
1967
as Rafe Quint

Chappaquiddick
2018
as Joseph Kennedy

Silent Running
1972
as Freeman Lowell

The War Wagon
1967
as Hammond

Bad Men Must Bleed
2026
as George Wells

Marnie
1964
as Sailor

Cut Bank
2014
as Georgie Wits

The Hole
2009
as Creepy Carl

Waterhole #3
1967
as Deputy

Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Joe Danby

Hickok
2017
as Doc Rivers O'Roark

Castle Keep
1969
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Down in the Valley
2005
as Charlie

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

Smile
1975
as Big Bob

Twixt
2011
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Perfect Prey
1998
as Capt. Swaggert

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

Emperor
2020
as Levi Coffin

Badland
2019
as Reginald Cooke

Our Souls at Night
2017
as Dorlan

The Gateway
2021
as Marcus

The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Hal

The Hard Easy
2006
as Gene

Walker Payne
2006
as Chester

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Narrator

Mid-Century
2022
as Emil Larson

Coming Home
1978
as Capt. Bob Hyde

The Mustang
2019
as Myles

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self

Rebel Rousers
1970
as J.J. Weston

Northern Borders
2015
as Austin Kittredge Sr.

Nostalgia
2018
as Ronnie Ashemore

Thumb Tripping
1972
as Smitty

Wild River
1960
as Jack Roper

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Editor

The Big Town
1987
as M. Edwards

The Weapon
2023
as Doris

Hunting Games
2023
as Henry

Bloody Mama
1970
as Kevin Dirkman

American Dresser
2018
as King

Last Shoot Out
2021
as Blair Callahan

Tattoo
1981
as Karl Kinsky

Tough Love
1985
as Rob Charters

The Trip
1967
as John

The Devil’s Trap
2024
as Mr. Cohen

Swamp Devil
2008
as Howard Blaime

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

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self

Madison
2005
as Harry Volpi

Trim
2010
as Dale

The Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Whitney Tyler

The Twist
1976
as William

The Lightkeepers
2009
as Bennie

Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Junior Stoker

1969
1988
as Cliff Denny

Hard Ground
2003
as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

American Violence
2017
as Richard Morton

The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Jason Staebler

Class Rank
2017
as Oswald Flannigan

The Cake Eaters
2007
as Easy

Remember Me
2019
as Claude

Hellblazers
2022
as Bill Unger

Psych-Out
1968
as Steve Davis

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Augustine St. Claire

The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)

Believe in Me
2006
as Ellis Brawley

Inside Out
2011
as Vic Small

On the Edge
1986
as Wes Holman

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson Potchuck

Number One
1969
as Richie Fowler

Accidental Texan
2024
as Scheermeyer

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self

World Gone Wild
1987
as Ethan

Pete's Christmas
2013
as Grandpa

Last Call
2021
as Coach Finnegan

Lez Bomb
2018
as Grandpa

Choose
2011
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Scout Ed Higgins

The Wild Angels
1966
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

American Cowslip
2009
as Cliff

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026

Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Sean McNally

Overrun
2021
as Arkadi Dubkova

That Championship Season
1982
as George Sitkowski

Coffin Baby
2013
as Vance Henrickson

The Laughing Policeman
1973
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self

Warning Shot
2018
as Calvin
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 226 credits spanning from 1955 to 2026, Bruce Dern has appeared in 178 films and 48 TV shows.
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- 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)
- Down Periscope (1996) — as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
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