Bruce Dern: movies and TV shows
Bruce Dern has 251 credits in the archive: 180 films and 71 TV series, from 1955 to 2026. Highest rated: Midi Première (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2026 · busiest year: 1965 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Way Things Seem to Be | Self | Film | 2.0 | 90 |
| 2026 | Bad Men Must Bleed | George Wells | Film | — | 90 |
| 2026 | Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern | Film | — | 90 | |
| 2026 | Robot Dracula | Van Sellsing | Film | — | 90 |
| 2025 | Fractured | Papa Joe | Film | — | 89 |
| 2025 | Bhuthan: The World’s Happiest Man | Film | — | 89 | |
| 2025 | Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | Mike Cassidy | Film | 3.7 | 89 |
| 2024 | Palm Royale | Skeet | TV | 6.1 | 88 |
| 2024 | Bloodline Killer | Dr. Lucien | Film | 6.0 | 88 |
| 2024 | The Devil’s Trap | Mr. Cohen | Film | 7.3 | 88 |
| 2024 | Accidental Texan | Scheermeyer | Film | 6.1 | 88 |
| 2024 | The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman | Himself | TV | — | 88 |
| 2023 | Hunting Games | Henry | Film | 4.3 | 87 |
| 2023 | Old Dads | Richie Jacobs | Film | 6.2 | 87 |
| 2023 | The Weapon | Doris | Film | 5.0 | 87 |
| 2023 | Butch vs. Sundance | Mike Cassidy | Film | 1.3 | 87 |
| 2023 | Hands That Bind | Hank | Film | 9.0 | 87 |
| 2023 | Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) | Death | Film | 10.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | Death in Texas | Reynolds | Film | 5.0 | 86 |
| 2022 | The Hater | Frank | Film | 4.5 | 86 |
| 2022 | The Most Dangerous Game | Whitney Tyler | Film | 4.5 | 86 |
| 2022 | Coast | Film | 4.6 | 86 | |
| 2022 | Hellblazers | Bill Unger | Film | 4.6 | 86 |
| 2022 | Mid-Century | Emil Larson | Film | 4.5 | 86 |
| 2021 | Last Shoot Out | Blair Callahan | Film | 6.4 | 85 |
| 2021 | Last Call | Coach Finnegan | Film | 5.1 | 85 |
| 2021 | The Gateway | Marcus | Film | 5.3 | 85 |
| 2021 | Christmas vs The Walters | Cliff Walters | Film | 5.0 | 85 |
| 2021 | Overrun | Arkadi Dubkova | Film | 5.3 | 85 |
| 2020 | Ravage | Mallincrkordt | Film | 5.3 | 84 |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds | Self - Interviewee | Film | 7.1 | 84 |
| 2020 | Emperor | Levi Coffin | Film | 7.6 | 84 |
| 2020 | The Artist's Wife | Richard Smythson | Film | 5.4 | 84 |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | George Spahn | Film | 7.4 | 83 |
| 2019 | Black Monday | Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski | TV | 6.8 | 83 |
| 2019 | The Peanut Butter Falcon | Carl | Film | 7.4 | 83 |
| 2019 | The Hateful Eight | General Sanford Smithers | TV | 7.0 | 83 |
| 2019 | Badland | Reginald Cooke | Film | 6.2 | 83 |
| 2019 | Freaks | Mr. Snowcone | Film | 6.7 | 83 |
| 2019 | Remember Me | Claude | Film | 6.3 | 83 |
| 2019 | The Mustang | Myles | Film | 6.9 | 83 |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self | Film | 7.2 | 83 |
| 2019 | Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter | Film | 5.3 | 83 |
| 2019 | Nation's Fire | PopPop | Film | 5.6 | 83 |
| 2018 | White Boy Rick | Grandpa Roman Wershe | Film | 6.3 | 82 |
| 2018 | Chappaquiddick | Joseph Kennedy | Film | 6.1 | 82 |
| 2018 | American Dresser | King | Film | 4.9 | 82 |
| 2018 | Nostalgia | Ronnie Ashemore | Film | 5.4 | 82 |
| 2018 | Warning Shot | Calvin | Film | 5.1 | 82 |
| 2018 | Lez Bomb | Grandpa | Film | 6.7 | 82 |
| 2018 | Trumbull Land | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 82 |
| 2017 | Mr. Mercedes | John Rothstein | TV | 7.2 | 81 |
| 2017 | Our Souls at Night | Dorlan | Film | 6.7 | 81 |
| 2017 | American Violence | Richard Morton | Film | 4.4 | 81 |
| 2017 | Hickok | Doc Rivers O'Roark | Film | 4.8 | 81 |
| 2017 | Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan | Film | 6.9 | 81 |
| 2017 | The Lears | Davenport Lear | Film | 5.3 | 81 |
| 2016 | Goliath | Frank Zax | TV | 7.6 | 80 |
| 2016 | The Cowboy | Self | TV | — | 80 |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | General Sandy Smithers | Film | 7.8 | 79 |
| 2015 | Northern Borders | Austin Kittredge Sr. | Film | 5.8 | 79 |
| 2015 | The Millionaires' Unit | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 79 |
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Georgie Wits | Film | 5.8 | 78 |
| 2013 | Nebraska | Woody Grant | Film | 7.5 | 77 |
| 2013 | Pete's Christmas | Grandpa | Film | 5.7 | 77 |
| 2013 | Coffin Baby | Vance Henrickson | Film | 4.8 | 77 |
| 2013 | Fighting for Freedom | Christian Dobbe | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Old Man Carrucan | Film | 8.2 | 76 |
| 2012 | Hitting the Cycle | James | Film | — | 76 |
| 2011 | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton | Film | 4.5 | 75 |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Self - Actor | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2011 | Twixt | Sheriff Bobby LaGrange | Film | 5.1 | 75 |
| 2011 | Inside Out | Vic Small | Film | 4.6 | 75 |
| 2011 | Miller's Tale | Self | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2010 | Trim | Dale | Film | 1.0 | 74 |
| 2010 | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2010 | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2010 | America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2009 | The Hole | Creepy Carl | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 2009 | The Lightkeepers | Bennie | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Cliff | Film | 5.1 | 73 |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Capt. Perez Ryder | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2008 | The Making of 'Rebecca' | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2008 | Swamp Devil | Howard Blaime | Film | 3.6 | 72 |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Narrator | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Hal | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Easy | Film | 5.5 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Cowboys: Together Again | Himself | Film | — | 71 |
| 2006 | Big Love | Frank Harlow | TV | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Gene | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2006 | Walker Payne | Chester | Film | 4.8 | 70 |
| 2006 | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Charlie | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2005 | Madison | Harry Volpi | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Vet | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2003 | Monster | Thomas | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Editor | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 2003 | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2003 | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally | Film | 4.8 | 67 |
| 2003 | Hard Ground | Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 2002 | Afterthoughts | Self | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2002 | 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2002 | 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull | Self (achive footage) | Film | — | 66 |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Alvin Begleiter | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2001 | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2001 | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Self | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Judge | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1999 | If... Dog... Rabbit | McGurdy | Film | 4.5 | 63 |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Link Static (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1998 | Perfect Prey | Capt. Swaggert | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Randy Strickland (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1997 | Comfort, Texas | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Rear Admiral Yancy Graham | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | The Chief | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | Self | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Will Plummer | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1995 | A Mother's Prayer | John Walker | Film | 8.6 | 59 |
| 1995 | Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Billy Archer | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1992 | Diggstown | John Gillon | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1991 | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Lt. Mark Rumsfield | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1989 | Trenchcoat in Paradise | John Hollander | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1988 | 1969 | Cliff Denny | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1987 | The Big Town | M. Edwards | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | TV | — | 51 |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1987 | World Gone Wild | Ethan | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1986 | On the Edge | Wes Holman | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1985 | Tough Love | Rob Charters | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1985 | Space | Stanley Mott | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1982 | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1982 | Harry Tracy, Desperado | Harry Tracy | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1981 | Tattoo | Karl Kinsky | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1980 | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 43 |
| 1978 | The Driver | The Detective | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Capt. Bob Hyde | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Lander | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1976 | The Twist | William | Film | 4.2 | 40 |
| 1976 | Family Plot | George Lumley | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck | Film | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self | TV | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1975 | Smile | Big Bob | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1975 | Posse | Jack Strawhorn | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1972 | Silent Running | Freeman Lowell | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Long Hair | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1972 | Thumb Tripping | Smitty | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1972 | The Making of Silent Running | Self | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1971 | The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Roger | Film | 3.6 | 35 |
| 1971 | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Doyle Pickett | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1970 | The Immortal | Luther Seacombe | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Kevin Dirkman | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1970 | Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston | Film | 4.2 | 34 |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Bucky O'Neill | TV | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James Bates | Film | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1969 | Number One | Richie Fowler | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1969 | The Cycle Savages | Keeg | Film | 4.6 | 33 |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Thorg | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1968 | Lancer | Lucas Thatcher | TV | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1968 | Lancer | Tom Nevill | TV | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Miller | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1968 | Psych-Out | Steve Davis | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Wade | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Rafe Quint | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Hammond | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Johnny May | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1967 | The Trip | John | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Deputy | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Joe 'Loser' Kearns | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1966 | Gallegher Goes West | Turk | Film | — | 30 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Pfc. Byron Landy | TV | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Virgil Roy Phipps | TV | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Follet | TV | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Dixon | TV | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Clovis | TV | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Gabe Skeels | TV | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | John Weaver | TV | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1965 | Laredo | Joe Durkee | TV | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1965 | Branded | Les - Wolfer Who Kidnaps Squaw | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Loner | Lud Grant | TV | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | TSgt. Frank Jones | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Michaels | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Danton | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1964 | Marnie | Sailor | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Hank | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Cody | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Hutch | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Charley | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Deputy Martin | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Ben Garth | TV | 7.8 | 27 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Maynard | TV | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Vernon | TV | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | TV | 7.5 | 26 | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Pell | TV | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Lee Darrow | TV | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Bert Kramer | TV | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Roy Bullock | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jesse | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker | TV | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Billy Harris | TV | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Joe Krajac | TV | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Eddie Light | TV | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1961 | The Crimebusters | Joe Krajac | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Albert | TV | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Johnny Norton | TV | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Johnny Page | TV | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1960 | Wild River | Jack Roper | Film | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Cully Maco | TV | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Bayliss | TV | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Ed Rankin | TV | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1959 | The Detectives | Jud Treadwell | TV | 6.7 | 23 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Nicky | TV | 5.7 | 22 |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | FBI Agent John Furillo | TV | 6.7 | 22 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Wilkins | TV | 6.6 | 21 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Jud Fisher | TV | 6.6 | 21 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Doyle Phleger | TV | 6.7 | 19 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Judd Print | TV | 6.7 | 19 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lou Stone | TV | 6.7 | 19 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Guerin | TV | 6.7 | 19 |
| Borderland | Cowboy | Film | — | — | |
| Welcome Back Lounge | Gideon | Film | — | — | |
| All Day Happy Dance | Gramps | Film | — | — | |
| Northbound | Arthur | Film | — | — | |
| The Making of 'Rebecca' | Self | Film | — | — | |
| CATnip | Film | — | — | ||
| Crimes of Passion II | Film | — | — |