Bruce Dern
Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American film actor. He also appeared as a guest star in numerous television shows. He frequently takes roles as a character actor, often playing unstable and villainous characters. Dern appeared in more than 80 feature films and made for TV movies.
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- Born:
- Jun 4, 1936 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 186
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Northbound
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bad Men Must Bleed 2025-10-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Robot Dracula | Van Sellsing | 2026 |
| Movie | Northbound | Arthur | 2026 |
| Movie | Bad Men Must Bleed | George Wells | 2025-10-07 |
| Movie | Accidental Texan | Scheermeyer | 2024-03-08 |
| Movie | The Devil’s Trap | Mr. Cohen | 2024-11-01 |
| Movie | Bloodline Killer | Dr. Lucien | 2024-04-26 |
| Movie | The Weapon | Doris | 2023-02-17 |
| Movie | Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) | Death | 2023-10-06 |
| Movie | Butch vs. Sundance | Mike Cassidy | 2023-06-16 |
| Movie | Old Dads | Richie Jacobs | 2023-10-20 |
| Movie | Hellblazers | Bill Unger | 2022-01-21 |
| Movie | The Hater | Frank | 2022-03-18 |
| Movie | We Are Next of Kin | Freeman Lowell (archive footage) | 2022-11-03 |
| Movie | The Most Dangerous Game | Whitney Tyler | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | Death in Texas | Reynolds | 2022-10-06 |
| Movie | Mid-Century | Emil Larson | 2022-06-17 |
| Movie | Last Call | Coach Finnegan | 2021-03-19 |
| Movie | Hands That Bind | Hank | 2021-10-01 |
| Movie | Last Shoot Out | Blair Callahan | 2021-12-03 |
| Movie | The Gateway | Marcus | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | The Artist's Wife | Richard Smythson | 2020-09-25 |
| Movie | Ravage | Mallincrkordt | 2020-08-14 |
| Movie | Emperor | Levi Coffin | 2020-08-18 |
| Movie | The Mustang | Myles | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | Nation's Fire | PopPop | 2019-03-18 |
| Movie | Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | The Peanut Butter Falcon | Carl | 2019-08-09 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | George Spahn | 2019-07-24 |
| Movie | Nostalgia | Ronnie Ashemore | 2018-02-16 |
| Movie | Chappaquiddick | Joseph Kennedy | 2018-04-06 |
| Movie | Warning Shot | Calvin | 2018-09-14 |
| Movie | Lez Bomb | Grandpa | 2018-11-09 |
| Movie | American Dresser | King | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | White Boy Rick | Grandpa Roman Wershe | 2018-09-14 |
| Movie | American Violence | Richard Morton | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | The Lears | Davenport Lear | 2017-04-22 |
| Movie | Our Souls at Night | Dorlan | 2017-09-29 |
| Movie | Hickok | Doc Rivers O'Roark | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan | 2017-04-21 |
| Series | Goliath | Frank Zax | 2016-10-13 |
| Movie | The Millionaires' Unit | Narrator (voice) | 2015-05-24 |
| Movie | The Hateful Eight | General Sandy Smithers | 2015-12-25 |
| Movie | Northern Borders | Austin Kittredge Sr. | 2015-01-16 |
| Movie | Cut Bank | Georgie Wits | 2014-10-04 |
| Movie | Coffin Baby | Vance Henrickson | 2013-03-15 |
| Movie | Nebraska | Woody Grant | 2013-09-21 |
| Movie | Fighting for Freedom | Christian Dobbe | 2013-10-08 |
| Movie | Pete's Christmas | Grandpa | 2013-11-16 |
| Movie | Hitting the Cycle | James | 2012-05-19 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Old Man Carrucan | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton | 2011-01-17 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Vic Small | 2011-09-27 |
| Movie | Corman's World | Self - Actor | 2011-12-16 |
| Movie | Twixt | Sheriff Bobby LaGrange | 2011-09-10 |
| Movie | Miller's Tale | Self | 2011-03-05 |
| Movie | Trim | Dale | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | American Cowslip | Cliff | 2009-07-24 |
| Movie | The Hole | Creepy Carl | 2009-09-12 |
| Movie | The Lightkeepers | Bennie | 2009-12-18 |
| Movie | Swamp Devil | Howard Blaime | 2008-07-04 |
| Movie | The Golden Boys | Capt. Perez Ryder | 2008-12-11 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Rebecca' | Self | 2008-10-14 |
| Movie | The Astronaut Farmer | Hal | 2007-02-23 |
| Movie | The Cake Eaters | Easy | 2007-04-29 |
| Movie | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Narrator | 2007-07-23 |
| Series | Big Love | Frank Harlow | 2006-03-12 |
| Movie | Walker Payne | Chester | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley | 2006-09-07 |
| Movie | The Hard Easy | Gene | 2006-11-04 |
| Movie | Madison | Harry Volpi | 2005-04-22 |
| Movie | Down in the Valley | Charlie | 2005-05-13 |
| Series | CSI: NY | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
| Movie | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally | 2003-01-21 |
| Movie | Masked and Anonymous | Editor | 2003-07-25 |
| Movie | Monster | Thomas | 2003-12-24 |
| Movie | Hard Ground | Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson | 2003-07-12 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Self | 2001-05-01 |
| Movie | The Glass House | Alvin Begleiter | 2001-09-14 |
| Movie | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self | 2001-03-06 |
| Movie | All the Pretty Horses | Judge | 2000-12-11 |
| Movie | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | 1999-07-23 |
| Movie | If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy | 1999-09-29 |
| Movie | Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston | 1999-02-27 |
| Movie | Perfect Prey | Capt. Swaggert | 1998-07-10 |
| Movie | Small Soldiers | Link Static (voice) | 1998-07-10 |
| Movie | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997-07-27 |
| Series | King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Down Periscope | Rear Admiral Yancy Graham | 1996-03-01 |
| Movie | Mulholland Falls | The Chief | 1996-04-26 |
| Movie | Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt | 1996-09-20 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Wild Bill | Will Plummer | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | A Mother's Prayer | John Walker | 1995-05-25 |
| Movie | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam | 1994-06-12 |
| Movie | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Diggstown | John Gillon | 1992-08-14 |
| Movie | Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston | 1991-07-24 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins | 1990-10-15 |
| Movie | After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker | 1990-08-24 |
| Movie | The 'Burbs | Lt. Mark Rumsfield | 1989-02-17 |
| Movie | 1969 | Cliff Denny | 1988-08-18 |
| Movie | World Gone Wild | Ethan | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | The Big Town | M. Edwards | 1987-09-25 |
| Movie | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | 1987-05-17 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire | 1987-06-14 |
| Movie | On the Edge | Wes Holman | 1986-05-02 |
| Series | Space | Stanley Mott | 1985-04-14 |
| Movie | Toughlove | Rob Charters | 1985-10-13 |
| Movie | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski | 1982-12-09 |
| Movie | Harry Tracy, Desperado | Harry Tracy | 1982-01-21 |
| Movie | Tattoo | Karl Kinsky | 1981-10-09 |
| Movie | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee | 1980-07-25 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Coming Home | Capt. Bob Hyde | 1978-02-15 |
| Movie | The Driver | The Detective | 1978-06-08 |
| Movie | Black Sunday | Lander | 1977-04-01 |
| Movie | The Twist | William | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck | 1976-07-26 |
| Movie | Family Plot | George Lumley | 1976-04-09 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Smile | Big Bob | 1975-07-09 |
| Movie | Posse | Jack Strawhorn | 1975-06-04 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1973-05-23 |
| Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
| Movie | Thumb Tripping | Smitty | 1972-10-01 |
| Movie | The Making of Silent Running | Self | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | The Cowboys | Long Hair | 1972-01-13 |
| Movie | Silent Running | Freeman Lowell | 1972-03-09 |
| Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion | 1971-06-13 |
| Movie | The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Roger | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Doyle Pickett | 1971-02-01 |
| Movie | Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston | 1970-04-01 |
| Series | The Immortal | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
| Movie | Bloody Mama | Kevin Dirkman | 1970-03-24 |
| Movie | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby | 1969-03-26 |
| Movie | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James Bates | 1969-12-10 |
| Movie | Number One | Richie Fowler | 1969-08-21 |
| Series | Then Came Bronson | Unknown | 1969-09-17 |
| Movie | The Cycle Savages | Keeg | 1969-08-22 |
| Movie | Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix | 1969-07-23 |
| Movie | Psych-Out | Steve Davis | 1968-03-06 |
| Movie | Hang 'em High | Miller | 1968-04-12 |
| Series | Land of the Giants | 1968-09-22 | |
| Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Movie | The War Wagon | Hammond | 1967-05-26 |
| Movie | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Johnny May | 1967-06-30 |
| Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
| Movie | Will Penny | Rafe Quint | 1967-12-19 |
| Movie | The Trip | John | 1967-08-23 |
| Movie | Waterhole #3 | Deputy | 1967-10-10 |
| Movie | The Wild Angels | Joe 'Loser' Kearns | 1966-07-20 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
| Series | The Loner | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Movie | Marnie | Sailor | 1964-07-17 |
| Movie | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew | 1964-12-15 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Movie | The Crimebusters | Joe Krajac | 1961-01-01 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Movie | Wild River | Jack Roper | 1960-05-26 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Sea Hunt | Unknown | 1958-01-04 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |