
Highest rated as cast or director
Bruce Dern's 11 titles from the 1970s have a median Balasaur Score of 67, led by Smile (77) and Family Plot (75), against 61 for those from the 2000s.
Biography
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.
Acted in 193
2020s
- 2026
Northbound
Arthur
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Movie
Robot Dracula
Van Sellsing
- 2025
Fractured
Papa Joe
Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
Movie
- 2024
- 2023
Hands That Bind
Hank
Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)
Death
- 2022
- 2021
Overrun
Arkadi Dubkova
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
The Hateful Eight
General Sanford Smithers · 4 episodes
Nation's Fire
PopPop
- 2018
Warning Shot
Calvin
- 2017
The Lears
Davenport Lear
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
Fighting for Freedom
Christian Dobbe
- 2012
- 2011
Inside Out
Vic Small
- 2010
Trim
Dale
2000s
- 2009
The Lightkeepers
Bennie
American Cowslip
Cliff
- 2008
The Golden Boys
Capt. Perez Ryder
- 2007
- 2006
The Hard Easy
Gene
Believe in Me
Ellis Brawley
Walker Payne
Chester
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
Masked and Anonymous
Editor
Hard Ground
Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Sean McNally
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
McGurdy
Hard Time: The Premonition
Winston
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
A Mother's Prayer
John Walker
Mrs. Munck
Patrick Leary
- 1994
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
George Putnam
Dead Man's Revenge
Payton McCay
- 1993
It's Nothing Personal
Billy Archer
- 1992
- 1991
Carolina Skeletons
Junior Stoker
Into the Badlands
T.L. Barston
- 1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Scout Ed Higgins
1980s
- 1989
Trenchcoat in Paradise
John Hollander
- 1988
1969
Cliff Denny
- 1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Augustine St. Claire
Roses Are for the Rich
Douglas Osborne
Roses Are for the Rich
Douglas Osborne · 2 episodes
- 1986
On the Edge
Wes Holman
- 1985
Space
Stanley Mott · 5 episodes
- 1982
That Championship Season
George Sitkowski
Harry Tracy, Desperado
Harry Tracy
- 1981
- 1980
Middle Age Crazy
Bobby Lee
1970s
- 1979
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
- 1978
- 1977
Black Sunday
Lander
- 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Grayson Potchuck
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
The King of Marvin Gardens
Jason Staebler
Thumb Tripping
Smitty
- 1971
Drive, He Said
Coach Bullion
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Deputy Doyle Pickett
- 1970
Rebel Rousers
J.J. Weston
1960s
- 1969
The Cycle Savages
Keeg
Castle Keep
Lt. Billy Byron Bix
- 1968
Psych-Out
Steve Davis
- 1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Johnny May
- 1966
Gallegher Goes West
Turk
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
Johnny Norton
The Crimebusters
Joe Krajac
- 1960
Wild River
Jack Roper
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1955
No release date
Welcome Back Lounge
Gideon
CATnip
Movie
Produced 1
2020s
- 2022
Appearances27
2020s
- 2026
The Way Things Seem to Be
Self
- 2024
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Himself · 1 episode
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
- 2016
The Cowboy
Self · 2 episodes
- 2015
The Millionaires' Unit
Narrator (voice)
- 2011
Miller's Tale
Self
- 2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
2000s
- 2008
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Self
- 2007
- 2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self
- 2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
Self (achive footage)
'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'
Self
Afterthoughts
Self
- 2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self
1990s
- 1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 episode
1970s
- 1975
- 1972
The Making of Silent Running
Self





