Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern
Dern in 2015
Born
Bruce MacLeish Dern

(1936-06-04) June 4, 1936 (age 88)
EducationNew Trier High School[1]
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
The Actors Studio
OccupationActor
Years active1960–present
Spouses
Marie Dawn Pierce
(m. 1957; div. 1959)
(m. 1960; div. 1969)
Andrea Beckett
(m. 1969)
Children2, including Laura Dern
RelativesGeorge Dern (grandfather)
Andrew MacLeish (great-grandfather)
Archibald MacLeish (granduncle)

Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor[2] and the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013).[3] He is also a BAFTA Award, two-time Genie Award, and three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

A member of the Actors Studio, he rose to prominence during the New Hollywood era through roles in films such as The Trip (1967), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971), and The Cowboys (1972). Other notable films include The Laughing Policeman (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974), Posse (1975), Family Plot (1976), Black Sunday (1977), The Driver (1978), Tattoo (1981), That Championship Season (1982), The 'Burbs (1989), Last Man Standing (1996), Monster (2003), Down in the Valley (2005), Chappaquiddick (2017), and Emperor (2020). He played Frank Harlow in the HBO series Big Love (2006–2011).

He is the father of actress Laura Dern.

  1. ^ Borrelli, Christopher (November 11, 2013). "Bruce Dern's long run to 'Nebraska'". Chicago Tribune.
  2. ^ "Awards - Best Actor Award". Festival De Cannes. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Actor Bruce Dern | Interviews | Tavis Smiley". PBS. January 15, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2016.