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