Bruce Dern
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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
Credits
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
Will Penny (1967)
as Rafe Quint
Small Soldiers (1998)
as Link Static (voice)
Monster (2003)
as Thomas
Down Periscope (1996)
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
The 'Burbs (1989)
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Hang 'em High (1968)
as Miller
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
as Carl
The Haunting (1999)
as Mr. Dudley
The Glass House (2001)
as Alvin Begleiter
The Hole (2009)
as Creepy Carl
Ravage (2020)
as Mallincrkordt
Nebraska (2013)
as Woody Grant
The Great Gatsby (1974)
as Tom Buchanan
White Boy Rick (2018)
as Grandpa Roman Wershe
Marnie (1964)
as Sailor
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Silent Running (1972)
as Freeman Lowell
Bloodline Killer (2024)
as Dr. Lucien
The Driver (1978)
as The Detective
The War Wagon (1967)
as Hammond
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
as Narrator
The Cowboys (1972)
as Long Hair
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
as Judge
Remember Me (2019)
as Claude
Family Plot (1976)
as George Lumley
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as The Chief
Smile (1975)
as Big Bob
Choose (2011)
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
as James Bates
The Twist (1976)
as William
Freaks (2019)
as Mr. Snowcone
Twixt (2011)
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange
Old Dads (2023)
as Richie Jacobs
Last Man Standing (1996)
as Sheriff Ed Galt
Badland (2019)
as Reginald Cooke
Tattoo (1981)
as Karl Kinsky
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Editor
Our Souls at Night (2017)
as Dorlan
Borderland (—)
as Cowboy
Corman's World (2011)
as Self - Actor
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
as Hal
Tough Love (1985)
as Rob Charters
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
as Joe Danby
Hunting Games (2023)
as Henry
Cut Bank (2014)
as Georgie Wits
The Wild Angels (1966)
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns
Coming Home (1978)
as Capt. Bob Hyde
Wild Bill (1995)
as Will Plummer
Black Sunday (1977)
as Lander
The Way Things Seem to Be (2026)
as Self
Down in the Valley (2005)
as Charlie
Northern Borders (2015)
as Austin Kittredge Sr.
The Mustang (2019)
as Myles
Inherit the Viper (2019)
as Clay Carter
The Devil’s Trap (2024)
as Mr. Cohen
Wild River (1960)
as Jack Roper
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
as John Mayhew
The Cake Eaters (2007)
as Easy
The Big Town (1987)
as M. Edwards
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
as Self
Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man (2025)
Actor
Pete's Christmas (2013)
as Grandpa
It's Nothing Personal (1993)
as Billy Archer
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
Chappaquiddick (2018)
as Joseph Kennedy
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
as Johnny May
Miller's Tale (2011)
as Self
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
as Jason Staebler
Welcome Back Lounge (—)
as Gideon
Accidental Texan (2024)
as Scheermeyer
Last Shoot Out (2021)
as Blair Callahan
The Gateway (2021)
as Marcus
American Violence (2017)
as Richard Morton
Psych-Out (1968)
as Steve Davis
Castle Keep (1969)
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
Last Call (2021)
as Coach Finnegan
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001)
as Self
Inside Out (2011)
as Vic Small
Bad Men Must Bleed (2026)
as George Wells
The Lightkeepers (2009)
as Bennie
That Championship Season (1982)
as George Sitkowski
Posse (1975)
as Jack Strawhorn
Diggstown (1992)
as John Gillon
Death in Texas (2022)
as Reynolds
Afterthoughts (2002)
as Self
Emperor (2020)
as Levi Coffin
The Hater (2022)
as Frank
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Junior Stoker
The Hard Easy (2006)
as Gene
All Day Happy Dance (—)
as Gramps
Drive, He Said (1971)
as Coach Bullion
Dead Man's Revenge (1994)
as Payton McCay
The Most Dangerous Game (2022)
as Whitney Tyler
Hickok (2017)
as Doc Rivers O'Roark
World Gone Wild (1987)
as Ethan
The Trip (1967)
as John
Nostalgia (2018)
as Ronnie Ashemore
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
as Roger
1969 (1988)
as Cliff Denny
Fractured (2025)
as Papa Joe
Coffin Baby (2013)
as Vance Henrickson
Thumb Tripping (1972)
as Smitty
Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982)
as Harry Tracy
Number One (1969)
as Richie Fowler
Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Deputy
Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
as Sean McNally
Believe in Me (2006)
as Ellis Brawley
I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)
as Self - Interviewee
Overrun (2021)
as Arkadi Dubkova
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King (2003)
as Self
American Cowslip (2009)
as Cliff
On the Edge (1986)
as Wes Holman
Class Rank (2017)
as Oswald Flannigan
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as Grayson Potchuck
Middle Age Crazy (1980)
as Bobby Lee
The Crimebusters (1961)
as Joe Krajac
American Dresser (2018)
as King
Roses Are for the Rich (1987)
as Douglas Osborne
Bloody Mama (1970)
as Kevin Dirkman
The Weapon (2023)
as Doris
Swamp Devil (2008)
as Howard Blaime
Gallegher Goes West (1966)
as Turk
If... Dog... Rabbit (1999)
as McGurdy
Warning Shot (2018)
as Calvin
The Golden Boys (2008)
as Capt. Perez Ryder
Mid-Century (2022)
as Emil Larson
Madison (2005)
as Harry Volpi
Northbound (—)
as Arthur
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
Actor
Hard Time: The Premonition (1999)
as Winston
Fighting for Freedom (2013)
as Christian Dobbe
Hellblazers (2022)
as Bill Unger
The Artist's Wife (2020)
as Richard Smythson
Trim (2010)
as Dale
Christmas vs The Walters (2021)
as Cliff Walters
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
as Augustine St. Claire
Perfect Prey (1998)
as Capt. Swaggert
Hard Ground (2003)
as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
Lez Bomb (2018)
as Grandpa
Into the Badlands (1991)
as T.L. Barston
The Cowboys: Together Again (2007)
as Himself
Rebel Rousers (1970)
as J.J. Weston
Trenchcoat in Paradise (1989)
as John Hollander
A Mother's Prayer (1995)
as John Walker
Nation's Fire (2019)
as PopPop
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
as Self
The Millionaires' Unit (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch (2025)
as Mike Cassidy
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)
as George Putnam
Mrs. Munck (1995)
as Patrick Leary
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
as Scout Ed Higgins
Walker Payne (2006)
as Chester
The Cycle Savages (1969)
as Keeg
Hitting the Cycle (2012)
as James
The Lears (2017)
as Davenport Lear
Comfort, Texas (1997)
Actor
Robot Dracula (2026)
as Van Sellsing
The Making of 'Rebecca' (2008)
as Self
Hands That Bind (2023)
as Hank
Trumbull Land (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Rebecca' (—)
as Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance (2010)
as Self
The Making of Silent Running (1972)
as Self
Butch vs. Sundance (2023)
as Mike Cassidy
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010)
as Self
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)
as Deputy Doyle Pickett
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' (2002)
as Self
CATnip (—)
Actor
Crimes of Passion II (—)
Actor
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom (2010)
as Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
as Self
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) (2023)
as Death
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull (2002)
as Self (achive footage)