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