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Acting

Bruce Dern

Career: Active from 1960 to 2026, busiest in 2017 and 2019 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles: 86
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Wild River
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 152 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bruce Dern Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
2.1, average 2.7
Contemporary Realism
4.8, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 13
Social Commentary 12
Character Study 9
Psychological Thriller 7
Historical Drama 6
Redemption 6
Coming-of-Age 5
Suspenseful 5
Small Town 5
Contemporary Realism 4
Family Secrets 4
Gritty Crime Drama 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

198

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

All Day Happy Dance

as Gramps

Welcome Back Lounge

as Gideon

2020s

29 titles · average score 44

Bad Men Must Bleed

57

as George Wells

Bloodline Killer

28

as Dr. Lucien

The Devil’s Trap

as Mr. Cohen

Hunting Games

38

as Henry

Mid-Century

45

as Emil Larson

The Most Dangerous Game

25

as Whitney Tyler

Death in Texas

33

as Reynolds

The Hater

67

as Frank

Last Call

27

as Coach Finnegan

Overrun

47

as Arkadi Dubkova

Ravage

49

as Mallincrkordt

Emperor

51

as Levi Coffin

2010s

39 titles · average score 59

Freaks

72

as Mr. Snowcone

Badland

47

as Reginald Cooke

Remember Me

64

as Claude

The Peanut Butter Falcon

80

as Carl

Hickok

47

as Doc Rivers O'Roark

American Violence

42

as Richard Morton

as Cowboy

Northern Borders

43

as Austin Kittredge Sr.

Nebraska

83

as Woody Grant

Coffin Baby

31

as Vance Henrickson

Twixt

43

as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Choose

46

as Dr. Ronald Pendleton

2000s

21 titles · average score 51

The Hole

62

as Creepy Carl

The Lightkeepers

35

as Bennie

Swamp Devil

28

as Howard Blaime

The Golden Boys

38

as Capt. Perez Ryder

The Cake Eaters

58

as Easy

Believe in Me

56

as Ellis Brawley

Big Love

75

TV show · as Frank Harlow

Down in the Valley

60

as Charlie

CSI: NY

63

TV show · as Vet

Monster

76

as Thomas

Hard Ground

47

as Sheriff Hutch Hutchinson

The Glass House

40

as Alvin Begleiter

1990s

20 titles · average score 55

The Haunting

37

as Mr. Dudley

Hard Time: The Premonition

44

as Winston

Perfect Prey

60

as Capt. Swaggert

Last Man Standing

51

as Sheriff Ed Galt

Down Periscope

44

as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham

A Mother's Prayer

76

as John Walker

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

52

as George Putnam

Dead Man's Revenge

52

as Payton McCay

Diggstown

66

as John Gillon

Carolina Skeletons

66

as Junior Stoker

Into the Badlands

57

as T.L. Barston

After Dark, My Sweet

71

as Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker

1980s

15 titles · average score 54

The 'Burbs

60

as Lt. Mark Rumsfield

1969

51

as Cliff Denny

Roses Are for the Rich

TV show · as Douglas Osborne

World Gone Wild

47

as Ethan

Uncle Tom's Cabin

63

as Augustine St. Claire

Roses Are for the Rich

as Douglas Osborne

On the Edge

62

as Wes Holman

Tough Love

as Rob Charters

That Championship Season

63

as George Sitkowski

Harry Tracy, Desperado

49

as Harry Tracy

Tattoo

41

as Karl Kinsky

Middle Age Crazy

41

as Bobby Lee

1970s

22 titles · average score 57

The Driver

63

as The Detective

Coming Home

73

as Capt. Bob Hyde

Black Sunday

61

as Lander

Family Plot

76

as George Lumley

The Twist

48

as William

Smile

65

as Big Bob

Posse

63

as Jack Strawhorn

The Great Gatsby

50

as Tom Buchanan

The Laughing Policeman

50

as Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD

Silent Running

67

as Freeman Lowell

The Cowboys

69

as Long Hair

The King of Marvin Gardens

65

as Jason Staebler

1960s

43 titles · average score 66

Number One

52

as Richie Fowler

Support Your Local Sheriff!

71

as Joe Danby

The Cycle Savages

39

as Keeg

Castle Keep

49

as Lt. Billy Byron Bix

Psych-Out

54

as Steve Davis

The Trip

47

as John

Will Penny

81

as Rafe Quint

The Wild Angels

55

as Joe 'Loser' Kearns

Stoney Burke

72

TV show · as E.J. Stocker

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

79

TV show · as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Jesse / Roy Bullock

Wild River

84

as Jack Roper

1950s

7 titles · average score 69

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Cully Maco / Bayliss

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Ed Rankin

The Detectives

71

TV show · as Jud Treadwell

Naked City

69

TV show · as Nicky

Sea Hunt

72

TV show · as FBI Agent John Furillo

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Jud Fisher / Wilkins

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Judd Print / Guerin