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