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Bruce Dern
Highest Rated: 100% Hands That Bind (2021)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jun 4, 1936
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
An intense character actor who was frequently typecast as a psycho or villain, Bruce Dern started on television with credits on multiple Westerns. He scored film success with roles in Hitchcock's "Marnie" (1964), Bette Davis' "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), and a string of projects with Roger Corman, including "The Wild Angels" (1966). As a genre star, Dern was most recognizable for his committed turns in lower quality but vivid productions including the mad scientist film "The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant" (1971), the sci-fi proto-environmental picture "Silent Running" (1972), and the deranged mastermind behind a blimp bombing of the Super Bowl in "Black Sunday" (1977). Other notable film work included "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969), "Support Your Local Sheriff!" (1969), and his infamous turn as a cattle rustler who kills John Wayne in "The Cowboys" (1972). He garnered award recognition as the spoiled Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" (1974) and as a disillusioned Vietnam vet in "Coming Home" (1978). The ex-husband of fellow actor Diane Ladd and the father of actress Laura Dern, he continued to book roles into later age, including a chilling turn as the domineering father of polygamist Bill (Bill Paxton) on "Big Love" (HBO, 2006-2011) and a former Confederate general in Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" (2015). Although he never fully broke out of his typecasting as a genre heavy, Bruce Dern proved he possessed impressive enough acting chops to build a long-lasting career.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloodline Killer | Dr. Lucien (Character) | - | 2024 |
| 52% | 96% | Accidental Texan | Scheermeyer (Character) | $282.1K | 2023 |
| 25% | 85% | Old Dads | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 100% | 100% | Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) | Death (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | The Weapon | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | Mike Cassidy (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Butch vs. Sundance | Mike Cassidy (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunting Games | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B'Twixt Now and Sunrise | Sheriff Bobby LaGrange (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Most Dangerous Game | Whitney Tyler (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 47% | 63% | Mid-Century | Emil Larson (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hellblazers | Bill Unger (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Hands That Bind | Hank (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 89% | 50% | The Hater | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 20% | 20% | Last Shoot Out | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Christmas vs. the Walters | Cliff Walters (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 51% | 40% | The Gateway | Marcus (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 62% | 55% | Overrun | Arkadi Dubkova (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 0% | 73% | Last Call | Coach Finnegan (Character) | $46.5K | 2021 |
| 71% | No Score Yet | Coast | Executive Producer | - | 2021 |
| 22% | 72% | Death in Texas | Reynolds (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 67% | 62% | Emperor | Levi Coffin (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Remember Me | Claude (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 60% | 73% | The Artist's Wife | Richard Smythson (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 63% | 25% | Ravage | Mallincrkrodt (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nation's Fire | PopPop (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 45% | 42% | Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 92% | 91% | QT8: The First Eight | Self | - | 2019 |
| 50% | 44% | Badland | Reginald Cooke (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 95% | 96% | The Peanut Butter Falcon | Carl (Character) | $20.5M | 2019 |
| 86% | 70% | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood | George Spahn (Character) | $142.4M | 2019 |
| 95% | 75% | The Mustang | Myles (Character) | $5.0M | 2019 |
| 88% | 86% | Freaks | Mr. Snowcone (Character) | $264.7K | 2018 |
| 90% | 64% | Lez Bomb | Grandpa (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 0% | 70% | American Dresser | King (Character) | $2.2K | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Warning Shot | Calvin (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 57% | 50% | White Boy Rick | Grandpa Roman "Ray" Wershe (Character) | $24.0M | 2018 |
| 39% | 45% | Nostalgia | Ronnie (Character) | $84.9K | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lears | Davenport Lear (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 86% | 66% | Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan (Character) | $10.5K | 2017 |
| 80% | 68% | Chappaquiddick | Joe Kennedy (Character) | $17.4M | 2017 |
| 89% | 76% | Our Souls at Night | Dorlan (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 50% | 18% | Hickok | Doc Rivers O'Roark (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | American Violence | Richard Morton (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Millionaires' Unit | Narrator | - | 2015 |
| 75% | 77% | The Hateful Eight | General Sandy Smithers (Character) | $54.1M | 2015 |
| 37% | 29% | Cut Bank | Georgie Wits (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 40% | 55% | Northern Borders | Austen Kittredge Sr. (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Fighting for Freedom | Christian Dobbe (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Pete's Christmas | Grandpa (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 91% | 83% | Nebraska | Woody Grant (Character) | $17.6M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitting the Cycle | James (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | TBK: The Toolbox Murders 2 | Vance (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 87% | 92% | Django Unchained | Curtis Carrucan (Character) | $162.8M | 2012 |
| 30% | 19% | Twixt | Bobby LaGrange (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 25% | 22% | Inside Out | Vic Small (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trim | Dale (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 40% | 17% | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 81% | 46% | The Hole | Creepy Carl (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | American Cowslip | Georgia's father (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 20% | 46% | The Lightkeepers | Bennie (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 29% | 22% | Chatham | Captain Perez (Character) | $184.1K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | Swamp Devil | Howard Blaime (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 64% | 48% | The Cake Eaters | Easy Kimbrough (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 58% | 49% | The Astronaut farmer | Hal (Character) | $11.0M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Walker Payne | Chester (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 60% | 74% | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley (Character) | $208.6K | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | The Hard Easy | Gene (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 31% | 50% | Madison | Harry Volpi (Character) | $508.9K | 2005 |
| 52% | 53% | Down in the Valley | Charlie (Character) | $568.7K | 2005 |
| 38% | 50% | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally (Character) | $17.4K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Hard Ground | Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 25% | 45% | Masked and Anonymous | Editor (Character) | $533.3K | 2003 |
| 82% | 81% | Monster | Thomas (Character) | $34.5M | 2003 |
| 22% | 39% | The Glass House | Begleiter (Character) | $18.0M | 2001 |
| 32% | 42% | All the Pretty Horses | Judge (Character) | $15.5M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | The Premonition | Ray Earl Winston (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 17% | 28% | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley (Character) | $91.2M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Time II: The Premonition | Winston (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 49% | 45% | Small Soldiers | Link Static (Voice) | $55.1M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Prey | Capt. Swaggert (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 31% | 39% | Mulholland Falls | The Chief (uncredited) (Character) | $11.5M | 1996 |
| 11% | 62% | Down Periscope | RAdm. Yancy Graham (Character) | $23.3M | 1996 |
| 42% | 51% | Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt (Character) | $18.1M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 46% | 27% | Wild Bill | Will Plummer (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Mother's Prayer | John Walker (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Nothing Personal | Billy Archer (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 60% | 78% | Diggstown | John Gillon (Character) | $4.0M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 80% | 62% | After Dark, My Sweet | Uncle Bud (Character) | $535.0K | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 56% | 71% | The 'Burbs | Lt. Mark Rumsfield (Character) | $34.1M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trenchcoat in Paradise | John Hollander (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 55% | 44% | 1969 | Cliff (Character) | $5.9M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | World Gone Wild | Ethan (Character) | $274.5K | 1988 |
| 50% | 36% | The Big Town | Mr. Edwards (Character) | $776.7K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | On the Edge | Wes Holman (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Toughlove | Rob Charters (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Harry Tracy | Harry Tracy (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 71% | 50% | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 29% | 60% | Tattoo | Karl Kinsky (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 79% | 77% | The Driver | The Detective (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 83% | 83% | Coming Home | Capt. Bob Hyde (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 75% | 65% | Black Sunday | Michael Lander (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Twist | William Brandels (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 93% | 62% | Family Plot | George Lumley (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 100% | 70% | Smile | Big Bob (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 67% | 52% | Posse | Jack Strawhorn (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 14% | 60% | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 39% | 47% | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 56% | 48% | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 71% | 66% | Silent Running | Freeman Lowell (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 75% | 88% | The Cowboys | Long Hair (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 69% | 58% | The King of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 57% | 21% | Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant | Roger (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Doyle Pickett (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Cycle Savages | Keeg (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 14% | 42% | Bloody Mama | Kevin Dirkman (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 76% | 82% | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 82% | 89% | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Number One | Richie Fowler (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 44% | 48% | Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 92% | 73% | Hang 'Em High | Miller (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 87% | 75% | Will Penny | Rafe Quint (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Psych-Out | Steve Davis (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Waterhole No. 3 | Deputy Samuel P. Tippen (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 39% | 52% | The Trip | John (Character) | $29.5K | 1967 |
| 89% | 67% | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Johnny May (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 82% | 78% | The War Wagon | Hammond (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 63% | 45% | The Wild Angels | Joe 'Loser' Kearns (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 82% | 85% | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 92% | 84% | Wild River | Jack Roper (Character) | - | 1960 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55% | 71% | Palm Royale | Skeet (Character) | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman | Guest | 2024 |
| 86% | 70% | Goliath | Frank Zax (Character) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2013 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2013 |
| 80% | 83% | Big Love |
Frank Harlow (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2006-2007 2009-2011 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Vet (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Randy Strickland (Guest Voice) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1982-1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Doyle Phleger (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966-1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lancer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Hutch (Guest Star) | 1963-1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Loner | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laredo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963-1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Ralph Wheeler (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| 92% | 86% | The Outer Limits | Ben Garth (Character) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker (Character) | 1962-1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law and Mr. Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Detectives | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Billy Harris (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |