Bruce Dern
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Outer Limits, The (TV Series) (1963-1964)
- Dir. Byron Haskin, Laslo Benedek, Various.
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Martin Landau, Shirley Knight…
- Seminal TV series that explored the universal themes of time, space and humankind. Twelve hour–long episodes contained on four volumes, with…
- Marnie (1964)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Martin Gabel…
- Rich businessman Sean Connery blackmails kleptomaniac secretary Tippi Hedren into marrying him, thence free to try out his own brand of experimental…
- Wild Angels, The (1966)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern
- First big bikie flick set the blueprint for the genre, with Hell’s Angel Peter Fonda and his main squeeze Nancy Sinatra, having a wild time racing,…
- Rebel Rousers (1967)
- Dir. Martin B Cohen
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton…
- An utterly shameless fistful of 60s exploitation, this has a biker gang tearing up a quiet little town and having races for winner's 'trophy' Diane…
- Trip, The (1967)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Susan Strasberg…
- One of several collaborations between director Roger Corman and Jack Nicholson, who wrote the screenplay. A director of TV commercials gradually…
- War Wagon, The (1967)
- Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel…
- A light–hearted western with John Wayne playing a rancher who returns to his home town after being wrongfully imprisoned, to take revenge on…
- Psych-Out (1968)
- Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell, Susan Strasberg…
- Quintessential '60s acid movie about a deaf runaway who encounters the psychedelic rebel culture of hippies' Jack Nicolson and Dean Stockwell while…
- Will Penny (1968)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence…
- An impressive, unromanticised view of an aging cowpuncher – played by Charlton Heston in possibly his finest dramatic performance – as he…
- Castle Keep (1969)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont…
- Anachronistic WWII film in which a ragtag squad of GI's, led by an eye–patched Burt Lancaster, hunker down in a medieval castle and try to halt…
- Silent Running (1971)
- Dir. Douglas Trumball
Feat. Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin…
- Environmental parable stars Bruce Dern as a space–station botanist who defies authority to preserve final samples of Earth's vegetation. A…
- King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn
- Bleak, talky tale of two misguided siblings with big ideas is a strong acting showcase for Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. Ambitious…
- Cowboys, The (1972)
- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. John Wayne, Bruce Dern
- John Wayne loses his cattle ranchers to the gold–rush, so is forced to recruit 11 children, much to the delight of cowboy nasty, Bruce Dern.…
- Laughing Policeman, The (1973)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Anthony Zerbe
- Police procedural loosely based on the Swedish novel of the same name, set in the aftermath of a horrific shootout on a public bus.
A detective…
- Posse (1975)
- Dir. Kirk Douglas
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins…
- Kirk Douglas acts and directs in this revisionist western about a US Marshal with political ambitions who leads a uniformed posse to hunt down a…
- Family Plot (1976)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Bruce Dern, William Devane
- Hitch's last film treads lightly but expertly through a set of small–scale intrigues. Bruce Dern comes up against the creepy William Devane and…
- Black Sunday (1977)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller…
- A suspenseful, violent terrorist thriller based on Thomas Harris' fictional novel about the pro–Palestinian "Black September" group who…
- Coming Home (1978)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern
- A provocative weepie about the effects of the Vietnam war on the relatives at home. Jane Fonda involves herself with paraplegic veteran Jon Voight.
- Driver, The (1978)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani…
- Memorable exercise in action stylistics from dir. Hill (THE WARRIORS), which opposes specialist getaway driver Ryan O’Neal with maniacal cop Bruce…
- Tattoo (1981)
- Dir. Bob Brooks
Feat. Bruce Dern, Maud Adams, Leonard Frey
- An unbalanced tattoo–artist becomes obsessed with a supermodel, believing the temporary tattoos he paints on her should become permanent! Murky…
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
- Dir. Stan Lathan
Feat. Avery Brooks, Phylicia Rashad, Edward Woodward…
- Faithful to the classic abolitionist novel this made for cable adaptation garnered considerable acclaim for Avery Brooks' performance.
- 1969 (1988)
- Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jnr.…
- Keifer Sutherland and Winona Ryder lead a brat–pack of sensitive anti–war youths in the summer of '69.
- Burbs, The (1989)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher…
- A worthwhile comic spin on that age–old comic scenario – what if those strange new neighbours were members of a cannibalistic cult?…
- After Dark, My Sweet (1991)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
- A punch drunk drifter befriends a mysterious couple in a sun–blasted desert town. A smoulderingly atmospheric tale based on the novel by Jim…
- Wild Bill (1995)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt…
- Evocatively intercuts the remorseful twilight of gunfighter Wild Bill Hicock's life, with a series of tangy, sepia–toned flashbacks.
- Last Man Standing (1996)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken…
- Gunslinger Bruce Willis dishes up violent justice for two factions of bootleggers in an actioner that ropes in western, mob movie, film noir and even…
- If… Dog… Rabbit… (1999)
- Dir. Matthew Modine
Feat. Matthew Modine, Bruce Dern, John Hurt…
- Directorial debut for actor Matthew Modine (who also stars), coming up with a by now rather familiar gangster caper, set among an eccentric bunch of…
- All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas…
- Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…
- Monster (2003)
- Dir. Patty Jenkins
Feat. Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern…
- Powerful dramatization of the story of female serial–killer Aileen Wournos, strong enough to support an astonishing, Oscar–winning…
- Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…
- In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
- Astronaut Farmer, The (2007)
- Dir. Michael Polish
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern…
- Billy Bob Thornton plays a little guy with a big dream – an ex–NASA employee who builds his own space–rocket – in this warm…
- Cake Eaters, The (2007)
- Dir. Mary Stuart Masterson
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern…
- Heartfelt drama follows the fortunes of two families intertwining in rural America, both affected by the terminal illness of a teenager (Kristen…
- Hole, The (2009)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble…
- Spooky fun with two brothers who stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement of their new home. Joe Dante brings his sly touch to a horror…
- Twixt (2011)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Bruce Dern…
- Silly, though intermittently stylish late Francis Ford Coppola piece, with Val Kilmer as an alcoholic horror novelist who is visited by a young ghost…
- Nebraska (2013)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb…
- Alexander Payne's latest road movie finds an aging Bruce Dern making the trip to central Nebraska with his estranged son to collect on an elusive…
- Hateful Eight, The (2015)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An extremely bloody western from Tarantino that features a typically stellar cast as a group of miscreants and misanthropes holed up in a cabin in a…
- Chappaquiddick (2017)
- Dir. John Curran
Feat. Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms…
- Sombre drama exploring the incident known as the Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car into a lake in 1969, killing his…
- Freaks (2018)
- Dir. Zach Lipovsky
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park…
- A canny keep–you–guessing sci–fi thriller that follows a 7–year–old girl who escapes into a sinister world after being…
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) (2019)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie…
- Sprawling love–letter to the final years of Hollywood's golden age, following a faded television actor and his stunt double as they face the…