Bruce Dern

ActorProducer Jun 4 (age 89) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1955–2026 (71 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Django Unchained

Old Man Carrucan

Film

The Hateful Eight

General Sandy Smithers

Film

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

George Spahn

Film

Nebraska

Woody Grant

Film

Monster

Thomas

Film

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Carl

Film

Small Soldiers

Link Static (voice)

Film

Marnie

Sailor

Filmography

Acting (223)

Movies (175)

Bad Men Must Bleed

2026

as George Wells

The Way Things Seem to Be

2026

as Self

Bhuthan – The World’s Happiest Man

2025

Fractured

2025

as Papa Joe

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

as Mike Cassidy

Bloodline Killer

as Dr. Lucien

The Devil’s Trap

as Mr. Cohen

Accidental Texan

as Scheermeyer

Old Dads

as Richie Jacobs

Hunting Games

as Henry

The Weapon

as Doris

Hands That Bind

as Hank

Butch vs. Sundance

as Mike Cassidy

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

as Death

Hellblazers

as Bill Unger

Death in Texas

as Reynolds

Mid-Century

as Emil Larson

The Hater

as Frank

The Most Dangerous Game

as Whitney Tyler

The Gateway

as Marcus

Last Call

as Coach Finnegan

Last Shoot Out

as Blair Callahan

Overrun

as Arkadi Dubkova

Christmas vs The Walters

as Cliff Walters

Ravage

as Mallincrkordt

Emperor

as Levi Coffin

I Am Burt Reynolds

as Self - Interviewee

7.1

The Artist's Wife

2020

as Richard Smythson

5.4

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

as George Spahn

7.4

The Peanut Butter Falcon

as Carl

Inherit the Viper

as Clay Carter

Badland

as Reginald Cooke

Remember Me

as Claude

Freaks

as Mr. Snowcone

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

The Mustang

as Myles

Nation's Fire

as PopPop

White Boy Rick

as Grandpa Roman Wershe

Chappaquiddick

as Joseph Kennedy

Nostalgia

as Ronnie Ashemore

American Dresser

as King

Lez Bomb

as Grandpa

Warning Shot

as Calvin

Trumbull Land

as Self (archive footage)

Our Souls at Night

as Dorlan

American Violence

as Richard Morton

Class Rank

as Oswald Flannigan

Hickok

as Doc Rivers O'Roark

The Lears

as Davenport Lear

The Hateful Eight

as General Sandy Smithers

7.8

Northern Borders

2015

as Austin Kittredge Sr.

5.8

The Millionaires' Unit

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Cut Bank

as Georgie Wits

Nebraska

as Woody Grant

Pete's Christmas

as Grandpa

Coffin Baby

as Vance Henrickson

Fighting for Freedom

as Christian Dobbe

Django Unchained

as Old Man Carrucan

Hitting the Cycle

as James

Twixt

2011

as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

5.1

Choose

2011

as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

Corman's World

as Self - Actor

Inside Out

as Vic Small

Miller's Tale

as Self

Trim

as Dale

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

2010

as Self

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

2010

as Self

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom

2010

as Self

The Hole

as Creepy Carl

American Cowslip

as Cliff

The Lightkeepers

as Bennie

Swamp Devil

as Howard Blaime

The Making of 'Rebecca'

2008

as Self

The Golden Boys

as Capt. Perez Ryder

The Astronaut Farmer

as Hal

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

as Narrator

The Cake Eaters

as Easy

Believe in Me

as Ellis Brawley

The Hard Easy

as Gene

Walker Payne

as Chester

Down in the Valley

as Charlie

Madison

as Harry Volpi

Monster

as Thomas

Masked and Anonymous

as Editor

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

2003

as Self

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003

as Sean McNally

4.6

Hard Ground

2003

as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

4.1

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

as Self

7.9

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'

as Self

Afterthoughts

as Self

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

2002

as Self (achive footage)

The Glass House

2001

as Alvin Begleiter

6.0

Plotting 'Family Plot'

2001

as Self

6.2

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001

as Self

6.8

All the Pretty Horses

2000

as Judge

5.7

Hard Time: The Premonition

as Winston

The Haunting

as Mr. Dudley

If... Dog... Rabbit

as McGurdy

Small Soldiers

as Link Static (voice)

Perfect Prey

as Capt. Swaggert

Comfort, Texas

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

Mulholland Falls

as The Chief

Last Man Standing

as Sheriff Ed Galt

Down Periscope

as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

A Mother's Prayer

as John Walker

Wild Bill

as Will Plummer

Mrs. Munck

as Patrick Leary

Dead Man's Revenge

as Payton McCay

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

1994

as George Putnam

6.2

It's Nothing Personal

1993

as Billy Archer

Diggstown

as John Gillon

Carolina Skeletons

as Junior Stoker

Into the Badlands

as T.L. Barston

After Dark, My Sweet

as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

5.6

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990

as Scout Ed Higgins

7.0

The 'Burbs

1989

as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

6.8

Trenchcoat in Paradise

as John Hollander

1969

as Cliff Denny

The Big Town

as M. Edwards

World Gone Wild

as Ethan

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Augustine St. Claire

7.0

Roses Are for the Rich

as Douglas Osborne

On the Edge

as Wes Holman

Toughlove

as Rob Charters

Harry Tracy, Desperado

1982

as Harry Tracy

5.6

That Championship Season

as George Sitkowski

Tattoo

as Karl Kinsky

Middle Age Crazy

as Bobby Lee

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Coming Home

as Capt. Bob Hyde

The Driver

as The Detective

Black Sunday

as Lander

The Twist

as William

Family Plot

as George Lumley

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

as Grayson Potchuck

Smile

as Big Bob

Posse

as Jack Strawhorn

The Great Gatsby

as Tom Buchanan

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

7.2

The Laughing Policeman

1973

as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

The Cowboys

as Long Hair

Thumb Tripping

as Smitty

Silent Running

as Freeman Lowell

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972

as Jason Staebler

5.9

The Making of Silent Running

as Self

Drive, He Said

as Coach Bullion

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

1971

as Roger

3.4

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971

as Deputy Doyle Pickett

Bloody Mama

as Kevin Dirkman

Rebel Rousers

as J.J. Weston

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Joe Danby

The Cycle Savages

as Keeg

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

as James Bates

7.6

Castle Keep

1969

as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Number One

as Richie Fowler

Hang 'em High

as Miller

Psych-Out

as Steve Davis

The Trip

as John

The War Wagon

as Hammond

Will Penny

as Rafe Quint

Waterhole #3

as Deputy

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

as Johnny May

6.3

The Wild Angels

1966

as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

5.5

Gallegher Goes West

1966

as Turk

Marnie

1964

as Sailor

7.1

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as John Mayhew

The Crimebusters

as Joe Krajac

Wild River

as Jack Roper

All Day Happy Dance

as Gramps

Northbound

as Arthur

Crimes of Passion II

Robot Dracula

as Van Sellsing

CATnip

Welcome Back Lounge

as Gideon

Television (48)

Palm Royale

2024

as Skeet

6.1

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

2024

as Himself

Black Monday

2019

as Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski

Mr. Mercedes

as John Rothstein

Goliath

as Frank Zax

The Cowboy

as Self

Big Love

as Frank Harlow

Big Love

as Frank Harlow

CSI: NY

as Vet

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

as Self

6.0

King of the Hill

1997

as Randy Strickland (voice)

7.4

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

as Self

8.1

Roses Are for the Rich

1987

as Douglas Osborne

Space

as Stanley Mott

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Midi Première

as Self

The Immortal

as Luther Seacombe

Then Came Bronson

as Bucky O'Neill

Land of the Giants

as Thorg

Lancer

as Lucas Thatcher

The High Chaparral

as Wade

The F.B.I.

as Pfc. Byron Landy

The Big Valley

as Follet

Run for Your Life

as Alex Ryder

Laredo

as Joe Durkee

Branded

as Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw

The Loner

as Lud Grant

12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Danton

The Fugitive

as Deputy Martin

The Outer Limits

as Ben Garth

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Maynard

5.3

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

as Vernon

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Roy Bullock

The Virginian

as Pell

Stoney Burke

as E.J. Stocker

Ben Casey

as Billy Harris

Cain's Hundred

as Joe Krajac

Route 66

as Albert

Thriller

as Johnny Norton

Surfside 6

as Johnny Page

Bonanza

as Cully Maco

Rawhide

as Ed Rankin

The Detectives

as Jud Treadwell

Sea Hunt

as FBI Agent John Furillo

Naked City

as Nicky

Wagon Train

as Jud Fisher

Gunsmoke

as Doyle Phleger

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Coast

2022

Executive Producer

4.6