Bruce Dern

Bruce MacLeish Dern (born in Winnetka, Illinois, June 4, 1936) father of Laura Dern with former wife Diane Ladd, revived his career late in life, when he was cast by Alexander Payne in Nebraska (2013), by Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019), played Lena Olin’s husband in The Artist’s Wife (2020). Some of his notable performances from the 1960s and 1970s are in Marnie (1964) and Family Plot (1976) by Alfred Hitchcock, Silent Running (1972) by Douglas Trumbull, The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) by Bob Rafelson with Jack Nicholson, The Great Gatsby (1974) with Robert Redford, Smile (1975) by Michael Richtie, Black Sunday (1977) by John Frankenheimer, Coming Home (1978) by Hal Ashby with Jane Fonda.

Read Bruce Dern (Nebraska) by Hans J. Spürkle

Golden Globe Awards

2014 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Nebraska
- Bruce Dern
1979 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Coming Home
- Bruce Dern
1975 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Great Gatsby, The
- Bruce Dern