Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American actor, often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. 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 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).
Birth Name
Bruce MacLeish Dern
Born
Thursday, 04 June 1936
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Death in Texas | Reynolds | 2021 |
| The Gateway | 2021 | |
| The Artist's Wife | Richard Smythson | 2020 |
| Emperor | Levi Coffin | 2020 |
| Nation's Fire | PopPop | 2020 |
| Crabs in a Bucket | Coach Finnegan | 2020 |
| Badland | Reginald Cooke | 2019 |
| QT8: The First Eight | Self / Himself - Actor | 2019 |
| Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter | 2019 |
| Swing Low | Mallincrkrodt / Mallincrkordt | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Death in Texas | Reynolds | 2021 |
| The Gateway | 2021 | |
| The Artist's Wife | Richard Smythson | 2020 |
| Emperor | Levi Coffin | 2020 |
| Nation's Fire | PopPop | 2020 |
| Crabs in a Bucket | Coach Finnegan | 2020 |
| Badland | Reginald Cooke | 2019 |
| QT8: The First Eight | Self / Himself - Actor | 2019 |
| Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter | 2019 |
| Swing Low | Mallincrkrodt / Mallincrkordt | 2019 |
| The Peanut Butter Falcon | Carl | 2019 |
| Remember Me | Claude | 2019 |
| Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | George Spahn | 2019 |
| The Mustang | Myles | 2019 |
| The Lears | Davenport Lear | 2019 |
| Black Monday | Rod 'The Jammer' Jaminski | 2019 |
| Lez Bomb | Grandpa | 2018 |
| American Dresser | King | 2018 |
| Warning Shot | Calvin | 2018 |
| White Boy Rick | Grandpa Roman 'Ray' Wershe | 2018 |
| Freaks | Mr. Snowcone | 2018 |
| Hal | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan | 2018 |
| Chappaquiddick | Joseph Kennedy | 2018 |
| Nostalgia | Ronnie | 2018 |
| The Last Fight | Narrator | 2018 |
| The Millionaires' Unit | Narrator (voice) | 2017 |
| Hickok | Doc Rivers O'Roark | 2017 |
| Our Souls at Night | Dorlan | 2017 |
| Mr. Mercedes | John Rothstein | 2017 |
| American Violence | Richard Morton | 2017 |
| Goliath | Frank Zax | 2016 |
| The Cowboy | Himself | 2016 |
| The Hateful Eight | General Sandy Smithers | 2015 |
| Cut Bank | Georgie Wits | 2014 |
| Pete's Christmas | Grandpa | 2013 |
| Fighting For Freedom | Christian Dobbe | 2013 |
| WWE: Triple H - Thy Kingdom Come | Himself | 2013 |
| Nebraska | Woody Grant | 2013 |
| Northern Borders | Austin Kittredge Sr. | 2013 |
| Toolbox Murders 2 | Vance Henrickson | 2013 |
| Django Unchained | Old Man Carrucan | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Himself - Guest | 2012 |
| Hitting The Cycle | James | 2012 |
| Twixt | Sheriff Bobby LaGrange | 2011 |
| Inside Out | Dr. Vic Small | 2011 |
| Unicorn Plan-It | Pitch | 2011 |
| From Up on Poppy Hill | Yoshio Onodera (voice) | 2011 |
| Miller's Tale | Himself | 2011 |
| Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel | Himself | 2011 |
| Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton | 2011 |
| The Lightkeepers | Bennie | 2010 |
| Trim | Dale | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Hole | Creepy Carl | 2009 |
| American Cowslip | Cliff | 2009 |
| Piers Morgan's Life Stories | Self | 2009 |
| The Golden Boys | Capt. Perez Ryder | 2008 |
| The Making of 'Rebecca' | Himself | 2008 |
| Swamp Devil | Howard Blaime | 2008 |
| The Cake Eaters | Easy Kimbrough | 2007 |
| The Astronaut Farmer | Hal | 2007 |
| The Hard Easy | Gene | 2006 |
| Believe In Me | Ellis Brawley | 2006 |
| Walker Payne | Chester | 2006 |
| Big Love | Frank Harlow | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Down In The Valley | Charlie | 2005 |
| CSI: NY | Vet | 2004 |
| Monster | Thomas | 2004 |
| Masked And Anonymous | Editor | 2003 |
| Hard Ground | Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson | 2003 |
| A Decade Under The Influence | Himself | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally | 2003 |
| Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Himself | 2003 |
| The Glass House | Begleiter | 2001 |
| The John Kerwin Show | Himself - Guest | 2001 |
| It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Himself | 2001 |
| Plotting 'Family Plot' | Himself | 2001 |
| Madison | Harry Volpi | 2001 |
| All The Pretty Horses | Judge | 2000 |
| The Trouble with Marnie | Himself (archive footage) | 2000 |
| If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy | 1999 |
| The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | 1999 |
| Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston | 1999 |
| The Directors | Himself | 1999 |
| Perfect Prey | Capt. Swaggert | 1998 |
| Small Soldiers | Link Static (voice) | 1998 |
| King of the Hill | Randy Strickland | 1997 |
| Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt | 1996 |
| Mulholland Falls | The Chief | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Down Periscope | Rear Admiral Yancy Graham | 1996 |
| Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary | 1996 |
| Wild Bill | Will Plummer | 1995 |
| Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Himself - Guest | 1994 |
| Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay | 1994 |
| Diggstown | John Gillon | 1992 |
| Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker | 1991 |
| Into The Badlands | T.L. Barston | 1991 |
| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins | 1990 |
| After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker | 1990 |
| The 'Burbs | Mark Rumsfield | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Himself - Guest | 1989 |
| 1969 | Cliff | 1988 |
| World Gone Wild | Ethan | 1987 |
| The Big Town | Mr. Edwards | 1987 |
| Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | 1987 |
| On The Edge | Wes Holman | 1986 |
| Toughlove | Rob Charters | 1985 |
| Space | Stanley Mott | 1985 |
| That Championship Season | George Sitkowski | 1983 |
| Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch | Harry Tracy | 1982 |
| Tattoo | Karl Kinsky | 1981 |
| Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee | 1980 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| The Driver | The Detective | 1978 |
| Coming Home | Capt. Bob Hyde | 1978 |
| Black Sunday | Lander | 1977 |
| The Twist | William Brandels | 1976 |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck | 1976 |
| Family Plot | George Lumley | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Dr. Lother / Gumby / Self - Host, Various / Self - Host | 1975 |
| Posse | Jack Strawhorn | 1975 |
| Smile | Big Bob | 1975 |
| The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | 1974 |
| The Laughing Policeman | Larsen | 1973 |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Deputy | 1973 |
| The King Of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler | 1972 |
| Thumb Tripping | Smitty | 1972 |
| Silent Running | Freeman Lowell | 1972 |
| The Cowboys | Long Hair | 1972 |
| The Making of 'Silent Running' | Himself | 1972 |
| Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion | 1971 |
| The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Roger | 1971 |
| The Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston | 1970 |
| Bloody Mama | Kevin Dirkman | 1970 |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James | 1969 |
| The Immortal | Luther Seacombe | 1969 |
| The Cycle Savages | Keeg | 1969 |
| Number One | Richie Fowler | 1969 |
| Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Himself - Guest | 1969 |
| Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby | 1969 |
| Then Came Bronson | Bucky O'Neill | 1969 |
| Lancer | Lucas Thatcher, Tom Nevill | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Thorg | 1968 |
| Hang 'em High | Miller | 1968 |
| Psych-Out | Steve Davis | 1968 |
| Will Penny | Rafe Quint | 1967 |
| Waterhole #3 | Deputy | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Wade | 1967 |
| The Trip | John | 1967 |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Johnny May | 1967 |
| The War Wagon | Hammond | 1967 |
| The Wild Angels | Joe 'Loser' Kearns | 1966 |
| The Loner | Lud Grant | 1965 |
| Laredo | Joe Durkee | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | PFC Byron Landy, Virgil Roy Phipps | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Clovis, Gabe Skeels, Harry Dixon, Jack Follet, John Weaver | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Bobby Ballantine | 1965 |
| Branded | Les | 1965 |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Michaels, TSgt. Frank Jones, Lt. Danton | 1964 |
| Marnie | Sailor | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Maynard | 1963 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Vernon | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Charley, Cody, Deputy Martin, Hank, Hutch | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Ben Garth | 1963 |
| Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest, Himself | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jesse, Roy Bullock | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Bert Kramer, Lee Darrow, Pell | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Guest | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Billy Harris | 1961 |
| Ripcord | 1961 | |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Deering | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | Eddie Light, Joe Krajac | 1961 |
| The Crimebusters | Joe Krajac (archive footage) | 1961 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Edward Burns | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Albert | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Johnny Page | 1960 |
| Thriller | Johnny Norton | 1960 |
| Wild River | Jack Roper | 1960 |
| The Detectives | Jud Treadwell | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Bayliss, Cully Maco | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Ed Rankin | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Ralph Wheeler | 1958 |
| Naked City | Hollis, Nicky | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | FBI Agent John Furillo | 1958 |
| Wagon Train | Jud Fisher, Seth Bancroft, Wilkins | 1957 |
| Gunsmoke | Doyle Phleger, Guerin, Judd Print, Lou Stone | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Turk | 1954 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Twixt | 2011 |
| The War Wagon | 1967 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2014 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2014 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1979 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1975 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | Nominated |
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