Bruce Dern
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Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated American screen actor. Dern is the father of actress Laura Dern and was formerly married to actress Diane Ladd.
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Biography
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Early life
Dern was born in Chicago, Illinois to John Dern and Jean MacLeish. His paternal grandfather was George Dern, a former Utah governor and Secretary of War, his uncle was poet Archibald MacLeish, and his godfather was well-known politician Adlai Stevenson.
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Career
One of Dern's first film roles was in the Sydney Pollack picture They Shoot Horses, Don't They? in 1969. He played the enemy to John Wayne's character in The Cowboys, and starred along with Jack Nicholson in The King of Marvin Gardens. Dern is generally regarded as a character actor, and has a reputation of playing unstable and villainous characters. His best-known role may be that of Freeman Lowell, the caretaker of Earth's last forests in Silent Running (1972), but other memorable roles include The Trip (1967).
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Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Wild River | Jack Roper | Elia Kazan | Uncredited |
| 1962 | The Crimebusters | Joe Krajac | Boris Sagal | |
| 1964 | Marnie | Sailor | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| 1964 | Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew | Robert Aldrich | |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Loser | Roger Corman | |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Hammond | Burt Kennedy | |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | John May | Roger Corman | |
| 1967 | The Trip | John | Roger Corman | |
| 1967 | Waterhole No. 3 | Deputy Sam Tippen | William A. Graham | |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Rafe Quint | Tom Gries | |
| 1968 | Psych-Out | Steve Davis | Richard Rush | |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High | Miller | Ted Post | |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby | Burt Kennedy | |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix | Sydney Pollack | |
| 1969 | Number One | Richie Fowler | Tom Gries | |
| 1969 | The Cycle Savages | Keeg | Bill Brame | |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James | Sydney Pollack | |
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Dirkman | Roger Corman | |
| 1970 | The Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston | Martin B. Cohen | |
| 1971 | The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Roger | Anthony M. Lanza | |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion | Jack Nicholson | |
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Asa Watts (Long Hair) | Mark Rydell | |
| 1972 | Silent Running | Freeman Lowell | Douglas Trumbull | |
| 1972 | Thumb Tripping | Smitty | Quentin Masters | |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler | Bob Rafelson | |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Deputy | Sam Peckinpah | Uncredited |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Leo Larsen | Stuart Rosenberg | |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | Jack Clayton | |
| 1975 | Posse | Jack Strawhorn | Kirk Douglas | |
| 1975 | Smile | Big Bob Freelander | Michael Ritchie | |
| 1976 | Family Plot | George Lumley | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck | Michael Winner | |
| 1976 | Folies bourgeoises | William Brandels | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Michael Lander | John Frankenheimer | |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Captain Bob Hyde | Hal Ashby | |
| 1978 | The Driver | The Detective | Walter Hill | |
| 1980 | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee | John Trent | |
| 1981 | Tattoo | Johnny | Bob Brooks | |
| 1982 | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski | Jason Miller | |
| 1982 | Harry Tracy, Desperado | Harry Tracy | William A. Graham | |
| 1986 | On the Edge | Wes Holman | Rob Nilsson | |
| 1987 | The Big Town | Mr. Edwards | Ben Bolt and Harold Becker | |
| 1987 | World Gone Wild | Ethan | Lee H. Katzin | |
| 1988 | 1969 | Cliff | Ernest Thompson | |
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Mark Rumsfield | Joe Dante | |
| 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker | James Foley | |
| 1992 | Diggstown | John Gillon | Michael Ritchie | |
| 1995 | Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary | Diane Ladd | |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Will Plummer | Walter Hill | |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Admiral Yancy Graham | David S. Ward | |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | The Chief | Lee Tamahori | Uncredited |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt | Walter Hill | |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Link Static (voice) | Joe Dante | |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | Jan De Bont | |
| 1999 | If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy | Matthew Modine | |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | The Judge | Billy Bob Thornton | |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Begleiter | Daniel Sackheim | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Editor | Larry Charles | |
| 2003 | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally | Allan Mindel | |
| 2003 | Monster | Thomas | Patty Jenkins | |
| 2005 | Madison | Harry Volpi | William Bindley | |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Charlie | David Jacobson | |
| 2006 | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley | Robert Collector | |
| 2006 | Walker Payne | Chester | Matt Williams | |
| 2006 | The Astronaut Farmer | Hal | Michael Polish | |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Gene | Ari Ryan | |
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Easy Kimbrough | Mary Stuart Masterson | |
| 2008 | Swamp Devil | Howard Blame | David Winning | |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Captain Perez | Daniel Adams | |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Cliff | Mark David | |
| 2009 | The Hole 3D | Creepy Carl | Joe Dante | |
| 2009 | The Lightkeepers | Bennie | Daniel Adams | |
| 2010 | Trim | Dale Banks | Allan Mindel | |
| 2011 | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton | Marcus Graves | |
| 2011 | Inside Out | Vic Small | Artie Mandelberg | |
| 2011 | Twixt | Bobby LaGrange | Francis Ford Coppola | |
| 2012 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Yoshio Onodera (voice) | Gorō Miyazaki | English dub |
| 2012 | Hitting the Cycle | James | Darin Anthony and J. Richey Nash | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Curtis Carrucan | Quentin Tarantino | |
| 2013 | Coffin Baby | Vance Henrickson | Dean Jones | |
| 2013 | Northern Borders | Austin Kittredge Sr. | Jay Craven | |
| 2013 | Nebraska | Woody Grant | Alexander Payne | |
| 2013 | Fighting for Freedom | Christian Dobbe | Farhad Mann | |
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Georgie Wits | Matt Shakman | |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | General Sanford Smithers | Quentin Tarantino | |
| 2016 | Class Rank | Oswald | Eric Stoltz | Filming |
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Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Route 66 | Albert | Episode: "The Man on the Monkey Board" |
| 1961 | Naked City | Hollis / Nicky | Uncredited 2 episodes |
| 1961 | Sea Hunt | FBI Agent John Furillo | Episode: "Crime at Sea" |
| 1961 | Surfside 6 | Johnny Page | Episode: "Daphne, Girl Detective" |
| 1961 | Thriller | Johnny Norton | Episode: "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk" |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Billy Harris | Episode: "A Dark Night for Billy Harris" |
| 1961 | The Detectives | Jud Treadwell | Episode: "Act of God" |
| 1961–62 | Cain's Hundred | Eddie Light / Joe Krajac | 2 episodes |
| 1962–63 | Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker | 17 episodes |
| 1962–63 | The Dick Powell Show | Deering | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Maynard | Episode: "The Hunt" |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Ben | Episode: "The Zanti Misfits" |
| 1963–65 | Wagon Train | Wilkins / Jud Fisher / Seth Bancroft | 3 episodes |
| 1963–66 | The Fugitive | Deputy Martin / Charley / Hutch / Hank / Cody | 5 episodes |
| 1964–65 | The Virginian | Bert Kramer / Lee Darrow / Pell | 3 episodes |
| 1964 | 77 Sunset Strip | Ralph Wheeler | Episode: "Lovers' Lane" |
| 1964 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Vernon | Episode: "The Last of the Strongmen" |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jesse / Roy Bullock | 2 episodes |
| 1964–65 | Twelve O'Clock High | TSgt. Frank Jones / Lieutenant Michaels / Lieutenant Danton | 4 episodes (two as Michaels) |
| 1965 | Rawhide | Ed Rankin | Episode: "Walk into Terror" |
| 1965 | Laredo | Joe Durkee | Episode: "Rendezvous at Arillo" |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Bobby Ballantine | Episode: "The Verdict" |
| 1965; 1968 | The F.B.I. | Virgil Roy Phipps / PFC Byron Landy | 2 episodes |
| 1965–66; 1969 | Gunsmoke | Guerin / Lou Stone / Judd Print / Doyle Phleger | 4 episodes |
| 1966 | Branded | Les | Episode: "The Wolfers" |
| 1966 | The Loner | Merrick | Episode: "To Hang a Dead Man" |
| 1966 | Disneyland | Turk | Episode: "Gallegher Goes West: Crusading Reporter" |
| 1966–67 | Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder | 3 episodes |
| 1966–68 | The Big Valley | John Weaver / Gabe Skeels / Clovis / Harry Dixon / Jack Follet | 5 episodes |
| 1968–69 | Lancer | Tom Nevill / Lucas Thatcher | 2 epsiodes |
| 1968; 1970 | Bonanza | Bayliss / Cully Maco | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Bucky O'Neill | Episode: "Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt" |
| 1970 | Land of the Giants | Thorg | Episode: "Wild Journey" |
| 1970 | The High Chaparral | Wade | Episode: "Only the Bad Come to Sonora" |
| 1970 | The Immortal | Luther Seacombe | Episode: "To the Gods Alone" |
| 1985 | Space | Stanley Mott | Miniseries |
| 1986 | Toughlove | Rob Charters | Television film |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | Television film |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire | Television film |
| 1989 | Trenchcoat in Paradise | John Hollander | Television film |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins | Television film |
| 1991 | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston | Television film |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker | Television film |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Billy Archer | Television film |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay | Television film |
| 1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam | Television film |
| 1995 | A Mother's Prayer | Grandpa | Television film |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston | Television film |
| 2003 | King of the Hill | Randy Strickland (voice) | Episode: "Boxing Luanne" |
| 2003 | Hard Ground | Nate Hutchinson | Television film |
| 2006–07; 2009–11 | Big Love | Frank Harlow | 29 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: NY | Vet | Episode: "Boo" |
| 2013 | Pete's Christmas | Grandpa | Television film |
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