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Bruce Dern

Actor

Bruce Dern

Born June 4, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA154 films

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).

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Django Unchained posterFirst watchDjango Unchained20128.2as Old Man CarrucanWith the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.View film

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The Hateful Eight poster7.8The Hateful Eight2015Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster7.4Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019Monster poster7.2Monster2003Nebraska poster7.4Nebraska2013The Peanut Butter Falcon poster7.4The Peanut Butter Falcon2019Small Soldiers poster6.6Small Soldiers1998Marnie poster7.1Marnie1964The 'Burbs poster6.8The 'Burbs1989

Filmography

154 films as actor
  1. TBAWelcome Back LoungeGideon
  2. TBACATnip
  3. TBAAll Day Happy DanceGramps
  4. 2026NorthboundArthur
  5. 2026Robot DraculaVan Sellsing
  6. 2026Bad Men Must BleedGeorge Wells
  7. 2025FracturedPapa Joe
  8. 2025Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man
  9. 2025Butch Cassidy and the Wild BunchMike Cassidy
  10. 2024The Devil’s TrapMr. Cohen
  11. 2024Bloodline KillerDr. Lucien
  12. 2024Accidental TexanScheermeyer
  13. 2023Hands That BindHank
  14. 2023Old DadsRichie Jacobs
  15. 2023Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)Death
  16. 2023Butch vs. SundanceMike Cassidy
  17. 2023Hunting GamesHenry
  18. 2023The WeaponDoris
  19. 2022Death in TexasReynolds
  20. 2022The Most Dangerous GameWhitney Tyler
  21. 2022Mid-CenturyEmil Larson
  22. 2022The HaterFrank
  23. 2022HellblazersBill Unger
  24. 2021Last Shoot OutBlair Callahan
  25. 2021Christmas vs The WaltersCliff Walters
  26. 2021The GatewayMarcus
  27. 2021OverrunArkadi Dubkova
  28. 2021Last CallCoach Finnegan
  29. 2020The Artist's WifeRichard Smythson
  30. 2020EmperorLevi Coffin
  31. 2020RavageMallincrkordt
  32. 2019BadlandReginald Cooke
  33. 2019Inherit the ViperClay Carter
  34. 2019FreaksMr. Snowcone
  35. 2019The Peanut Butter FalconCarl
  36. 2019Remember MeClaude
  37. 2019Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodGeorge Spahn
  38. 2019Nation's FirePopPop
  39. 2019The MustangMyles
  40. 2018Lez BombGrandpa
  41. 2018American DresserKing
  42. 2018White Boy RickGrandpa Roman Wershe
  43. 2018Warning ShotCalvin
  44. 2018ChappaquiddickJoseph Kennedy
  45. 2018NostalgiaRonnie Ashemore
  46. 2017Our Souls at NightDorlan
  47. 2017HickokDoc Rivers O'Roark
  48. 2017The LearsDavenport Lear
  49. 2017Class RankOswald Flannigan
  50. 2017American ViolenceRichard Morton
  51. 2017BorderlandCowboy
  52. 2015The Hateful EightGeneral Sandy Smithers
  53. 2015Northern BordersAustin Kittredge Sr.
  54. 2014Cut BankGeorgie Wits
  55. 2013Pete's ChristmasGrandpa
  56. 2013Fighting for FreedomChristian Dobbe
  57. 2013NebraskaWoody Grant
  58. 2013Coffin BabyVance Henrickson
  59. 2012Django UnchainedOld Man Carrucan
  60. 2012Hitting the CycleJames
  61. 2011Inside OutVic Small
  62. 2011TwixtSheriff Bobby LaGrange
  63. 2011ChooseDr. Ronald Pendleton
  64. 2010TrimDale
  65. 2009The LightkeepersBennie
  66. 2009The HoleCreepy Carl
  67. 2009American CowslipCliff
  68. 2008The Golden BoysCapt. Perez Ryder
  69. 2008Swamp DevilHoward Blaime
  70. 2007The Death and Life of Bobby ZNarrator
  71. 2007The Cake EatersEasy
  72. 2007The Astronaut FarmerHal
  73. 2006The Hard EasyGene
  74. 2006Believe in MeEllis Brawley
  75. 2006Walker PayneChester
  76. 2005Down in the ValleyCharlie
  77. 2005MadisonHarry Volpi
  78. 2003MonsterThomas
  79. 2003Masked and AnonymousEditor
  80. 2003Hard GroundSheriff Hutch Hutchinson
  81. 2003Milwaukee, MinnesotaSean McNally
  82. 2001The Glass HouseAlvin Begleiter
  83. 2000All the Pretty HorsesJudge
  84. 1999If... Dog... RabbitMcGurdy
  85. 1999The HauntingMr. Dudley
  86. 1999Hard Time: The PremonitionWinston
  87. 1998Small SoldiersLink Static (voice)
  88. 1998Perfect PreyCapt. Swaggert
  89. 1997Comfort, Texas
  90. 1996Last Man StandingSheriff Ed Galt
  91. 1996Mulholland FallsThe Chief
  92. 1996Down PeriscopeRear Admiral Yancy Graham
  93. 1995Wild BillWill Plummer
  94. 1995A Mother's PrayerJohn Walker
  95. 1995Mrs. MunckPatrick Leary
  96. 1994Amelia Earhart: The Final FlightGeorge Putnam
  97. 1994Dead Man's RevengePayton McCay
  98. 1993It's Nothing PersonalBilly Archer
  99. 1992DiggstownJohn Gillon
  100. 1991Carolina SkeletonsJunior Stoker
  101. 1991Into the BadlandsT.L. Barston
  102. 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonScout Ed Higgins
  103. 1990After Dark, My SweetGarrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker
  104. 1989Trenchcoat in ParadiseJohn Hollander
  105. 1989The 'BurbsLt. Mark Rumsfield
  106. 19881969Cliff Denny
  107. 1987World Gone WildEthan
  108. 1987The Big TownM. Edwards
  109. 1987Uncle Tom's CabinAugustine St. Claire
  110. 1987Roses Are for the RichDouglas Osborne
  111. 1986On the EdgeWes Holman
  112. 1985Tough LoveRob Charters
  113. 1982That Championship SeasonGeorge Sitkowski
  114. 1982Harry Tracy, DesperadoHarry Tracy
  115. 1981TattooKarl Kinsky
  116. 1980Middle Age CrazyBobby Lee
  117. 1978The DriverThe Detective
  118. 1978Coming HomeCapt. Bob Hyde
  119. 1977Black SundayLander
  120. 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodGrayson Potchuck