Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American actor, often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. 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). His other major film appearances include
Silent Running (1972),
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972),
The Cowboys (1972),
Posse (1975),
Family Plot (1976),
Black Sunday (1977),
Tattoo (1981),
Monster (2003),
The Hateful Eight (2015),
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and
The Artist's Wife (2020).