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