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Bruce Dern is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 4 june 1936 at Kenilworth (USA)

Bruce Dern

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Birth name Bruce MacLeish Dern
Nationality USA
Birth 4 june 1936 (87 years) at Kenilworth (USA)

Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor. He frequently takes roles as a supporting character actor, often playing villains of unstable nature. He has appeared in more than 80 feature films, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013). He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 1982 Berlin Film Festival for That Championship Season and Best Actor at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Nebraska. His other film roles include They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Cowboys (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), Family Plot (1975), Black Sunday (1977) and The Hateful Eight (2015).

Biography

En 1972 dans le western Les Cowboys, son personnage de « Long Hair » Watts abat dans le dos Will Andersen, interprété par John Wayne. « Comme je suis le seul acteur qui ait jamais tué John Wayne dans un film, les producteurs m’ont étiqueté comme un méchant. » De fait, Bruce Dern eut une carrière de méchants au cinéma.

À l'occasion de la 66e édition du Festival de Cannes, Bruce Dern reçoit le prix d'interprétation masculine pour le rôle de Woody Grant dans le film Nebraska d'Alexander Payne.


Vie privée
Il est le père de l'actrice Laura Dern qu'il a eue avec son ex-femme l'actrice Diane Ladd et le neveu du poète Archibald MacLeish.

Best films

The Haunting (1999)
(Actor)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
(Actor)
Monster (2004)
(Actor)
Coming Home (1978)
(Actor)
Nebraska (2013)
(Actor)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bruce Dern (100 films)

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Actor

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, 2h41
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about films
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, James Marsden, Burt Reynolds, Zoë Bell
Roles George Spahn
Rating75% 3.798783.798783.798783.798783.79878
1969, à Hollywood. Le mouvement hippie est à son apogée et se manifeste massivement contre la guerre du Vietnam, toujours en cours. Richard Nixon est élu nouveau président des États-Unis, succédant à Lyndon B. Johnson, tandis que les émeutes de Stonewall débouchent sur un mouvement de lutte pour la libération des personnes LGBT.
Freaks
Freaks (2019)
, 1h44
Directed by Zach Lipovsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic
Actors Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew, Michelle Harrison, Dean Redman
Roles Mr. Snowcone
Rating67% 3.351143.351143.351143.351143.35114
Chloé, une petite fille de neuf ans, découvre un monde nouveau, bizarre, menaçant et mystérieux au-delà de sa porte d'entrée après avoir échappé au contrôle d'un père protecteur et paranoïaque. Attirée par la musique extérieure d'un marchand de glaces, elle décide de braver l'interdit paternel et de monter dans le camion de ce mystérieux Mr. Snowcone. Ce dernier lui apprend notamment qu'elle est une petite fille aussi spéciale que sa mère et que la société est divisée en deux catégories : les normaux et les anormaux, soit des monstres discriminés par le gouvernement...
The Mustang, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Prison films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Matthias Schoenaerts, Connie Britton, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Josh Stewart, Noel Gugliemi
Roles Myles
Rating68% 3.4010353.4010353.4010353.4010353.401035
Incarcéré dans une prison du Nevada, Roman n’a plus de contact avec l’extérieur ni avec sa fille... Pour tenter de le sortir de son mutisme et de sa violence, on lui propose d’intégrer un programme de réinsertion sociale grâce au dressage de chevaux sauvages. Aux cotés de ces mustangs aussi imprévisibles que lui, Roman va peu à peu apprendre à se contrôler et à surmonter son passé.
White Boy Rick
Directed by Yann Demange
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Eddie Marsan, Ronald Cyler II, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie
Roles Grandpa Roman Wershe
Rating64% 3.2480253.2480253.2480253.2480253.248025
À Détroit, dans les années 1980, Richard Wershe Jr. n'est encore qu'adolescent mais traîne avec les plus gros trafiquants de crack de la ville. Dans ce milieu dirigé par les Afro-Américains, le jeune homme est rapidement surnommé « White Boy Rick ». Il importe ensuite de la cocaïne depuis Miami. Il amasse des fortunes et passe notamment des week-ends à Las Vegas.
Lez Bomb
Lez Bomb (2018)
, 1h30
Directed by Jenna Laurenzo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jenna Laurenzo, Cloris Leachman, Steve Guttenberg, Elaine Hendrix, Deirdre O'Connell, Bruce Dern
Roles Grandpa
Rating52% 2.622912.622912.622912.622912.62291
Une jeune femme, qui n'a toujours pas fait son coming out, ramène sa petite amie à la maison pour Thanksgiving.
Nostalgia
Nostalgia (2018)
, 1h54
Directed by Mark Pellington
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener, John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, James LeGros, Bruce Dern
Roles Ronnie Ashemore
Rating56% 2.8014552.8014552.8014552.8014552.801455
Le film est une patchwork de tranches de vie de personnages réunis par la perte, le deuil d’un parent, et donne un éclairage sur la manière dont ils trouvent l’amour et le réconfort dans les souvenirs et les objets.
Chappaquiddick, 1h41
Directed by John Curran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Actors Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Taylor Nichols, Jim Gaffigan
Roles Joseph Kennedy
Rating63% 3.1971053.1971053.1971053.1971053.197105
Se basant sur des comptes-rendus véridiques, documentés lors de l'enquête en 1969, le film aborde le scandale et les événements mystérieux qui entourent la mort de Mary Jo Kopechne, l'ancienne directrice de campagne de Robert Kennedy, survenue après que Ted Kennedy eut perdu la maîtrise de sa voiture sur le tristement célèbre Dike Bridge (État du Massachusetts). Cet événement a non seulement coûté la vie à une future stratège politique proche de Kennedy, mais elle a en fait changé le cours de l'histoire présidentielle, en amenant au grand jour les rouages intimes du pouvoir politique, l'influence de la plus célèbre famille des États-Unis, ainsi que la fragilité de Ted Kennedy, le fils cadet accusé d'avoir laissé mourir Mary Jo Kopechne, dans l'ombre de son héritage familial.
Hickok
Hickok (2017)
, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Luke Hemsworth, Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern, Cameron Richardsons, Jason Lively
Roles Doc Rivers O'Roark
Rating47% 2.355642.355642.355642.355642.35564
Essayant de fuir son passé, l'as de la gâchette Wild Bill Hickok débarque à Abilene, dans le Kansas où le maire George Knox l'engage en tant que nouveau marshal de sa petite ville. Sa mission est de faire régner l'ordre. Mais son autorité est refusée par une bande de hors-la-loi et le propriétaire d'un saloon, Phil Poe, qui côtoie son ancienne amoureuse, Mattie. Seul contre tous, Wild Bill est prêt à tout pour imposer la loi et l'ordre.
Our Souls at Night, 1h41
Directed by Ritesh Batra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, Judy Greer, Bruce Dern, Phyllis Somerville
Roles Dorlan
Rating68% 3.445773.445773.445773.445773.44577
Addie, une veuve âgée, propose à son voisin Louis, également veuf, de passer la nuit avec elle pour faire connaissance et pour combler leur solitude. Les deux solitaires tombent amoureux...
The Hateful Eight, 2h47
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Western
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
Roles General Sandy Smithers
Rating77% 3.899463.899463.899463.899463.89946
In post-Civil War Wyoming, John "The Hangman" Ruth (Russell) is escorting fugitive Daisy "The Prisoner" Domergue (Leigh) to Red Rock where the latter will face justice for murder. They encounter another bounty hunter named Major Marquis "The Bounty Hunter" Warren (Jackson) and Chris "The Sheriff" Mannix (Goggins). A blizzard forces the four to take shelter at a stagecoach passover called Minnie's Haberdashery where they encounter four more strangers; Bob "The Mexican" (Bichir), Oswaldo "The Little Man" Mobray (Roth), Joe "The Cow Puncher" Gage (Madsen), and ex-General Sanford "The Confederate" Smithers (Dern). Through betrayal and deception, the eight strangers soon learn that they may not make it to Red Rock after all.
Cut Bank
Cut Bank (2014)
, 1h32
Directed by Matt Shakman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Liam Hemsworth, Billy Bob Thornton, John Malkovich, Teresa Palmer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bruce Dern
Roles Georgie Wits
Rating60% 3.045983.045983.045983.045983.04598
Dwayne Mclaren is a young auto mechanic and former high school football star who desires to get out of Cut Bank, Montana, the small town in which he lives. His attempt to do so sets in motion a series of events that change his life and the town's future.
Nebraska
Nebraska (2013)
, 1h54
Directed by Alexander Payne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, June Squibb, Devin Ratray
Roles Woody Grant
Rating76% 3.8478653.8478653.8478653.8478653.847865
In Billings, Montana, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is found walking in traffic and stopped by a police officer. He is picked up by his son, David (Will Forte), who learns that Woody wants to go to Lincoln, Nebraska to collect a $1 million sweepstakes prize he has won. When David sees the sweepstakes letter, he realizes that it is a mail scam to make a person purchase magazine subscriptions. He returns Woody to his home, where David's mother Kate (June Squibb) becomes annoyed by Woody insisting on collecting his money. After Woody is picked up again, David and his brother Ross (Bob Odenkirk), a local news anchor, discuss putting Woody in a retirement home. David is paid a visit by his ex-girlfriend Noel (Missy Doty), who is returning his things, refusing to move back in. Their conversation is cut short by a call from David's mother reporting that his father has left yet again. David retrieves Woody and decides to drive him to Lincoln, much to Kate's dismay.
Coffin Baby
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Bruce Dern, Brian Krause, Clifton Powell, Ethan Philips, Chauntal Ralawna Lewis, Whitney Anderson
Roles Vance Henrickson
Rating33% 1.69531.69531.69531.69531.6953
In Hollywood, Samantha Forester (Chauntal Lewis) is kidnapped by "Coffin Baby" (Christopher Doyle), branded, locked in a cage, and forced to witness dozens upon dozens of other Los Angeles citizens being murdered in various brutal ways. When she is reported as missing, But, later, by unknown reason he cut off her left hand. After 10 days in captivity, Coffin Baby falls in love with Samantha and gives her an orchid. Becoming crazed by her confinement, she herself eats cooked human flesh from another blonde victim.
Fighting for Freedom
Directed by Farhad Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Kristanna Loken, Bruce Dern, Patricia de Leon, José María Yazpik, Ian Duncan
Roles Christian Dobbe
Rating55% 2.7788352.7788352.7788352.7788352.778835
Oscar and Maria Salazar, trapped in Mexico, are denied work visas to return to the U.S. Their plight is further complicated by the birth of a child, Angelina; their other two children, born at Love Orchard, are U.S. citizens. Oscar decides to enter the U.S. illegally. He and Maria, carrying Angelina, skirt death crossing the treacherous Arizona desert. Their hazardous journey is juxtaposed alongside that of Dobbe daughter Karen, a rising star in an arch conservative law firm, her journey hazardous to her moral and emotional well-being. The Salazar family arrives safely at Love Orchard... till ICE raids Love Orchard and orders a Deportation Hearing for the now three-year-old Angelina! The Angelina Salazar case, a definitive microcosm of the U.S. illegal immigrant controversy, is taken all the way to Washington by the reoriented Karen; who, by opting to defend Angelina, befuddles her predatory boss, makes up with her estranged father, and converts her conservative counterpart into her relatively liberal lover. Fighting For Freedom has a healthy dash of political satire, some light and lovely moments along its entertaining way, akin to another such socially conscious, morally infused film, Erin Brockovich.
Django Unchained, 2h45
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Walton Goggins
Roles Old Man Carrucan
Rating81% 4.097664.097664.097664.097664.09766
In Texas 1858, the Speck brothers, Ace and Dicky, drive black slaves on foot. Among the shackled slaves is Django, sold off and separated from his wife, Broomhilda von Shaft. The Speck brothers are stopped by Dr. King Schultz, a German ex-dentist and bounty hunter from Düsseldorf, Prussia. Schultz asks to buy one of the slaves; when he questions Django about his knowledge of the Brittle brothers, for whom Schultz is carrying a warrant, Ace becomes irritated and aims his shotgun at Schultz. Schultz quickly kills Ace and leaves Dicky at the mercy of the newly freed slaves, who shoot Dicky in the head.