Bruce Dern Overview:

Actor, Bruce Dern, was born Bruce MacLeish Dern on Jun 4, 1936 in Chicago, IL. As of December 2023, Bruce Dern was 87 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Dern was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1978Best Supporting ActorComing Home (1978)Captain Bob HydeNominated
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Bruce Dern Quotes:

Joe Danby: [about his father] He's got a heart as big as the whole outdoors, but he don't have one brain in his poor old head.


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Bruce Dern Facts
His grandfather was George Dern, former Governor of Utah & President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first Secretary of War.

An avid runner and ultra-marathoner, having run many 50 mile races.

Alumnus of New Trier Township High School East, Winnetka, Illinois. Other New Trier graduates include Ralph Bellamy, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Hugh O'Brien, Ann-Margret, Penelope Milford, Virginia Madsen and Liz Phair.

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