
Bruce Dern
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1936
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
- All Day Happy Dance
All Day Happy Dance TBA
as Gramps

CATnip TBA
Actor
- Crimes of Passion II
Crimes of Passion II TBA
Actor

Welcome Back Lounge TBA
as Gideon

Northbound 2026
as Arthur

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern 2026
Actor

Robot Dracula 2026
as Van Sellsing

The Way Things Seem to Be 2026
as Self

Bad Men Must Bleed 2026
as George Wells

Fractured 2025
as Papa Joe

Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man 2025
Actor

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch 2025
as Mike Cassidy

The Devil’s Trap 2024
as Mr. Cohen

Bloodline Killer 2024
as Dr. Lucien

Accidental Texan 2024
as Scheermeyer

Hands That Bind 2023
as Hank

Old Dads 2023
as Richie Jacobs

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) 2023
as Death

Butch vs. Sundance 2023
as Mike Cassidy

Hunting Games 2023
as Henry

The Weapon 2023
as Doris

Death in Texas 2022
as Reynolds

The Most Dangerous Game 2022
as Whitney Tyler

Mid-Century 2022
as Emil Larson

Coast 2022
Executive Producer

The Hater 2022
as Frank

Hellblazers 2022
as Bill Unger

Last Shoot Out 2021
as Blair Callahan

Christmas vs The Walters 2021
as Cliff Walters

The Gateway 2021
as Marcus

Overrun 2021
as Arkadi Dubkova

Last Call 2021
as Coach Finnegan

I Am Burt Reynolds 2020
as Self - Interviewee

The Artist's Wife 2020
as Richard Smythson

Emperor 2020
as Levi Coffin

Ravage 2020
as Mallincrkordt

Badland 2019
as Reginald Cooke

QT8: The First Eight 2019
as Self

Inherit the Viper 2019
as Clay Carter

Freaks 2019
as Mr. Snowcone

The Peanut Butter Falcon 2019
as Carl

Remember Me 2019
as Claude

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood 2019
as George Spahn

Nation's Fire 2019
as PopPop

The Mustang 2019
as Myles

Lez Bomb 2018
as Grandpa

Trumbull Land 2018
as Self (archive footage)

American Dresser 2018
as King

Warning Shot 2018
as Calvin

White Boy Rick 2018
as Grandpa Roman Wershe

Chappaquiddick 2018
as Joseph Kennedy

Nostalgia 2018
as Ronnie Ashemore

Our Souls at Night 2017
as Dorlan

Hickok 2017
as Doc Rivers O'Roark

The Lears 2017
as Davenport Lear

Class Rank 2017
as Oswald Flannigan

American Violence 2017
as Richard Morton
- V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. 2017
as Harry Rodgers
- Borderland
Borderland 2017
as Cowboy

The Hateful Eight 2015
as General Sandy Smithers

The Millionaires' Unit 2015
as Narrator (voice)

Northern Borders 2015
as Austin Kittredge Sr.

Cut Bank 2014
as Georgie Wits

Pete's Christmas 2013
as Grandpa

Fighting for Freedom 2013
as Christian Dobbe

Nebraska 2013
as Woody Grant

Coffin Baby 2013
as Vance Henrickson

Django Unchained 2012
as Old Man Carrucan

Hitting the Cycle 2012
as James

Corman's World 2011
as Self - Actor

Inside Out 2011
as Vic Small

Twixt 2011
as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Miller's Tale 2011
as Self

Choose 2011
as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
- America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story 2010
as Self

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance 2010
as Self

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom 2010
as Self

Trim 2010
as Dale

The Lightkeepers 2009
as Bennie

The Hole 2009
as Creepy Carl

American Cowslip 2009
as Cliff

The Golden Boys 2008
as Capt. Perez Ryder

The Making of 'Rebecca' 2008
as Self

Swamp Devil 2008
as Howard Blaime

The Death and Life of Bobby Z 2007
as Narrator
- The Cowboys: Together Again
The Cowboys: Together Again 2007
as Himself

The Cake Eaters 2007
as Easy

The Astronaut Farmer 2007
as Hal

The Hard Easy 2006
as Gene

Believe in Me 2006
as Ellis Brawley

Walker Payne 2006
as Chester

Down in the Valley 2005
as Charlie

Madison 2005
as Harry Volpi

Monster 2003
as Thomas

Masked and Anonymous 2003
as Editor

Hard Ground 2003
as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

A Decade Under the Influence 2003
as Self

Milwaukee, Minnesota 2003
as Sean McNally

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King 2003
as Self

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' 2002
as Self

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull 2002
as Self (achive footage)

Afterthoughts 2002
as Self

The Glass House 2001
as Alvin Begleiter

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures 2001
as Self

Plotting 'Family Plot' 2001
as Self

All the Pretty Horses 2000
as Judge

If... Dog... Rabbit 1999
as McGurdy

The Haunting 1999
as Mr. Dudley

Hard Time: The Premonition 1999
as Winston

Perfect Prey 1998
as Capt. Swaggert

Small Soldiers 1998
as Link Static (voice)

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997
as Self
- Comfort, Texas
Comfort, Texas 1997
Actor

Last Man Standing 1996
as Sheriff Ed Galt

Mulholland Falls 1996
as The Chief

Down Periscope 1996
as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

Wild Bill 1995
as Will Plummer

A Mother's Prayer 1995
as John Walker

Mrs. Munck 1995
as Patrick Leary

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight 1994
as George Putnam

Dead Man's Revenge 1994
as Payton McCay

It's Nothing Personal 1993
as Billy Archer

Diggstown 1992
as John Gillon

Carolina Skeletons 1991
as Junior Stoker

Into the Badlands 1991
as T.L. Barston

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 1990
as Scout Ed Higgins

After Dark, My Sweet 1990
as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

Trenchcoat in Paradise 1989
as John Hollander

The 'Burbs 1989
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

1969 1988
as Cliff Denny

World Gone Wild 1987
as Ethan

The Big Town 1987
as M. Edwards

Uncle Tom's Cabin 1987
as Augustine St. Claire

Roses Are for the Rich 1987
as Douglas Osborne

On the Edge 1986
as Wes Holman

Tough Love 1985
as Rob Charters

That Championship Season 1982
as George Sitkowski

Harry Tracy, Desperado 1982
as Harry Tracy

Tattoo 1981
as Karl Kinsky

Middle Age Crazy 1980
as Bobby Lee

The Horror Show 1979
as (archive footage)

The Driver 1978
as The Detective

Coming Home 1978
as Capt. Bob Hyde

Black Sunday 1977
as Lander

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976
as Grayson Potchuck

The Twist 1976
as William

Family Plot 1976
as George Lumley

Smile 1975
as Big Bob

Posse 1975
as Jack Strawhorn

The Great Gatsby 1974
as Tom Buchanan

The Laughing Policeman 1973
as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

The King of Marvin Gardens 1972
as Jason Staebler

Thumb Tripping 1972
as Smitty

Silent Running 1972
as Freeman Lowell

The Cowboys 1972
as Long Hair

The Making of Silent Running 1972
as Self

Drive, He Said 1971
as Coach Bullion

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant 1971
as Roger

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? 1971
as Deputy Doyle Pickett

Rebel Rousers 1970
as J.J. Weston

Bloody Mama 1970
as Kevin Dirkman

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
as James Bates

The Cycle Savages 1969
as Keeg

Number One 1969
as Richie Fowler

Castle Keep 1969
as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969
as Joe Danby

Hang 'em High 1968
as Miller

Psych-Out 1968
as Steve Davis

Will Penny 1967
as Rafe Quint

Waterhole #3 1967
as Deputy

The Trip 1967
as John

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967
as Johnny May

The War Wagon 1967
as Hammond

Gallegher Goes West 1966
as Turk

The Wild Angels 1966
as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964
as John Mayhew

Marnie 1964
as Sailor

The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk 1961
as Johnny Norton

The Crimebusters 1961
as Joe Krajac

Wild River 1960
as Jack Roper
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