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Bruce MacLeish Dern, born on June 4, 1936, is a versatile American actor whose career spans several decades. He garnered Academy Award nominations for his performances in "Coming Home" and "Nebraska," showcasing his ability to command the screen with both intensity and subtlety. Dern's filmography includes eclectic roles in "Silent Running," "The King of Marvin Gardens," and "The Cowboys," alongside more recent appearances in "The Hateful Eight" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," cementing his status as a reliable and formidable presence in cinema.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bad Men Must Bleed | George Wells | Film |
| 2025 | Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man | Film | |
| 2025 | Fractured | Papa Joe | Film |
| 2025 | Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | Mike Cassidy | Film |
| 2023 | The Weapon | Doris | Film |
| 2021 | Overrun | Arkadi Dubkova | Film |
| 2021 | The Gateway | Marcus | Film |
| 2019 | Freaks | Mr. Snowcone | Film |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self | Film |
| 2019 | Remember Me | Claude | Film |
| 2019 | Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter | Film |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | George Spahn | Film |
| 2019 | The Hateful Eight | General Sanford Smithers | TV |
| 2017 | Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan | Film |
| 2016 | Goliath | Frank Zax | TV |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | General Sandy Smithers | Film |
| 2013 | Nebraska | Woody Grant | Film |
| 2013 | Coffin Baby | Vance Henrickson | Film |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Old Man Carrucan | Film |
| 2011 | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton | Film |
| 2011 | Inside Out | Vic Small | Film |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Self - Actor | Film |
| 2011 | Twixt | Sheriff Bobby LaGrange | Film |
| 2011 | Miller's Tale | Self | Film |
| 2009 | The Hole | Creepy Carl | Film |
| 2009 | The Lightkeepers | Bennie | Film |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Cliff | Film |
| 2008 | The Making of 'Rebecca' | Self | Film |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Capt. Perez Ryder | Film |
| 2008 | Swamp Devil | Howard Blaime | Film |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Hal | Film |
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Easy | Film |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Narrator | Film |
| 2006 | Walker Payne | Chester | Film |
| 2006 | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley | Film |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Gene | Film |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Charlie | Film |
| 2005 | Madison | Harry Volpi | Film |
| 2003 | Hard Ground | Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson | Film |
| 2003 | Monster | Thomas | Film |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Editor | Film |
| 2003 | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally | Film |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Alvin Begleiter | Film |
| 1999 | If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy | Film |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston | Film |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | Film |
| 1998 | Perfect Prey | Capt. Swaggert | Film |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Link Static (voice) | Film |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Rear Admiral Yancy Graham | Film |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | The Chief | Film |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt | Film |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Will Plummer | Film |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay | Film |
| 1992 | Diggstown | John Gillon | Film |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker | Film |
| 1991 | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston | Film |
| 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker | Film |
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Lt. Mark Rumsfield | Film |
| 1988 | 1969 | Cliff Denny | Film |
| 1987 | World Gone Wild | Ethan | Film |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | Film |
| 1987 | The Big Town | M. Edwards | Film |
| 1986 | On the Edge | Wes Holman | Film |
| 1985 | Tough Love | Rob Charters | Film |
| 1982 | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski | Film |
| 1982 | Harry Tracy, Desperado | Harry Tracy | Film |
| 1981 | Tattoo | Karl Kinsky | Film |
| 1980 | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee | Film |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Capt. Bob Hyde | Film |
| 1978 | The Driver | The Detective | Film |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Lander | Film |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck | Film |
| 1976 | Family Plot | George Lumley | Film |
| 1976 | The Twist | William | Film |
| 1975 | Smile | Big Bob | Film |
| 1975 | Posse | Jack Strawhorn | Film |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | Film |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD | Film |
| 1972 | Silent Running | Freeman Lowell | Film |
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