Bruce Dern
Biography
Bruce Dern is an American actor who trained at the Actors Studio in New York with Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg and began on stage, in the Philadelphia premiere of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway. Small roles in Marnie (1964) and Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) gave way to prominence in the New Hollywood era, in films such as They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Cowboys (1972), Silent Running (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Family Plot (1976). He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978), won the Silver Bear for That Championship Season (1982) and took the Cannes Best Actor prize for Nebraska (2013), which also brought a Best Actor Oscar nomination. Later credits include The Hateful Eight (2015), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) and the HBO series Big Love from 2006 to 2011.
90years old
Turns 91 on June 4in 246 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Bruce MacLeish Dern
Movie Career
- Films
- 100
- Career span
- 64 years1960 to 2024
Genres
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Beyond film
Dern appeared in the original Broadway run of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, sharing the stage with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page.
Bruce Dern movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Roger Corman directed four of these films, Justin Lee four and Joe Dante three. Dick Miller appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dick Miller's page
Michael Madsen's page
Val Kilmer's page
Ellen Burstyn's page
Jennifer Jason Leigh's page
Jane Fonda's page
All films by Roger Corman
All films by Justin Lee
All films by Joe Dante
Also three films together9 more actors
- Rip TornAmerican Cowslip (2009), The Golden Boys (2008) and Down Periscope (1996)
- Jack NicholsonThe King of Marvin Gardens (1972), Drive, He Said (1971) and Psych-Out (1968)
- Louis Gossett Jr.Diggstown (1992), Carolina Skeletons (1991) and The Laughing Policeman (1973)
- Diane LaneThe Glass House (2001), Wild Bill (1995) and The Big Town (1987)
- Karen BlackFamily Plot (1976), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Drive, He Said (1971)
- Matt ClarkThe Driver (1978), The Laughing Policeman (1973) and Will Penny (1967)
- Scott WilsonMonster (2003), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Castle Keep (1969)
- Clifton JamesCarolina Skeletons (1991), The Laughing Policeman (1973) and Will Penny (1967)
- Diane LaddAmerican Cowslip (2009), Mrs. Munck (1995) and The Wild Angels (1966)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Bruce Dern's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
41 of the 100 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 100 films: 41 worldwide figure; 11 us gross only; 9 never in cinemas; 39 figure not found.
- 41Worldwide figure
- 11US gross only
- 9Never in cinemas
- 39Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 77% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$394M31.0% of the total
- 2$177M13.9% of the total
- 3$156M12.3% of the total
- 4$58M4.6% of the total
- 5$55M4.3% of the total
- 6$49M3.9% of the total
- 7$47M3.7% of the total
- 8$38M3.0% of the total
$297 millionfrom the other 33 films with a worldwide figure, 23% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1983 to 2013, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 2013 | Best Actor | Nebraska | Won |
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| 1983 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | That Championship Season | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2010 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
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