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Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Actor · Born June 4, 1936 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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

  1. 2026

    Northbound

    Arthur

  2. Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

    Movie

  3. Robot Dracula

    Van Sellsing

  4. 2025

    Fractured

    Papa Joe

  5. Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man

    Movie

  6. 2024
  7. 2023

    Hands That Bind

    Hank

  8. Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

    Death

  9. 2022
  10. 2021
  11. Overrun

    Arkadi Dubkova

  12. 2020

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. The Hateful Eight

    General Sanford Smithers · 4 episodes

  3. Nation's Fire

    PopPop

  4. 2018
  5. Warning Shot

    Calvin

  6. 2017
  7. The Lears

    Davenport Lear

  8. 2016
  9. 2015
  10. 2014
  11. 2013
  12. Fighting for Freedom

    Christian Dobbe

  13. 2012
  14. 2011

    Inside Out

    Vic Small

  15. 2010

    Trim

    Dale

2000s

  1. 2009

    The Lightkeepers

    Bennie

  2. American Cowslip

    Cliff

  3. 2008

    The Golden Boys

    Capt. Perez Ryder

  4. 2007
  5. 2006

    The Hard Easy

    Gene

  6. Believe in Me

    Ellis Brawley

  7. Walker Payne

    Chester

  8. 2005
  9. 2004
  10. 2003
  11. Masked and Anonymous

    Editor

  12. Hard Ground

    Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

  13. Milwaukee, Minnesota

    Sean McNally

  14. 2001
  15. 2000

1990s

  1. 1999

    If... Dog... Rabbit

    McGurdy

  2. Hard Time: The Premonition

    Winston

  3. 1998
  4. 1997
  5. 1996
  6. 1995
  7. A Mother's Prayer

    John Walker

  8. Mrs. Munck

    Patrick Leary

  9. 1994

    Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

    George Putnam

  10. Dead Man's Revenge

    Payton McCay

  11. 1993

    It's Nothing Personal

    Billy Archer

  12. 1992
  13. 1991

    Carolina Skeletons

    Junior Stoker

  14. Into the Badlands

    T.L. Barston

  15. 1990

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    Scout Ed Higgins

1980s

  1. 1989

    Trenchcoat in Paradise

    John Hollander

  2. 1988

    1969

    Cliff Denny

  3. 1987
  4. Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Augustine St. Claire

  5. Roses Are for the Rich

    Douglas Osborne

  6. Roses Are for the Rich

    Douglas Osborne · 2 episodes

  7. 1986

    On the Edge

    Wes Holman

  8. 1985
  9. Space

    Stanley Mott · 5 episodes

  10. 1982

    That Championship Season

    George Sitkowski

  11. Harry Tracy, Desperado

    Harry Tracy

  12. 1981
  13. 1980

    Middle Age Crazy

    Bobby Lee

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Horror Show

    (archive footage)

  2. 1978
  3. 1977

    Black Sunday

    Lander

  4. 1976

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Grayson Potchuck

  5. 1975
  6. 1974
  7. 1973
  8. 1972

    The King of Marvin Gardens

    Jason Staebler

  9. Thumb Tripping

    Smitty

  10. 1971

    Drive, He Said

    Coach Bullion

  11. Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

    Deputy Doyle Pickett

  12. 1970
  13. Rebel Rousers

    J.J. Weston

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. The Cycle Savages

    Keeg

  3. Castle Keep

    Lt. Billy Byron Bix

  4. 1968
  5. Psych-Out

    Steve Davis

  6. 1967
  7. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Johnny May

  8. 1966

    Gallegher Goes West

    Turk

  9. 1965
  10. 1964
  11. 1963
  12. 1962
  13. 1961

    The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

    Johnny Norton

  14. The Crimebusters

    Joe Krajac

  15. 1960
  16. Wild River

    Jack Roper

No release date

  1. Welcome Back Lounge

    Gideon

  2. CATnip

    Movie

Produced 1

Appearances27

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Way Things Seem to Be

    Self

  2. 2024

    The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

    Himself · 1 episode

  3. 2020

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    Trumbull Land

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2016

    The Cowboy

    Self · 2 episodes

  4. 2015

    The Millionaires' Unit

    Narrator (voice)

  5. 2011
  6. Miller's Tale

    Self

  7. 2010

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

    Self

  8. BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

    Self

2000s

  1. 2008

    The Making of 'Rebecca'

    Self

  2. 2007
  3. 2003

    A Decade Under the Influence

    Self

  4. Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

    Self

  5. 2002

    'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

    Self (achive footage)

  6. 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'

    Self

  7. Afterthoughts

    Self

  8. 2001

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    Self

  9. Plotting 'Family Plot'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Self

  2. 1996

    E! True Hollywood Story

    Self · 1 episode