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My Take
Bruce Dern is proof that character actors are the load-bearing walls of American cinema. For decades he specialized in unnerving, wiry, slightly dangerous men, and then Nebraska arrived and the world remembered he could break your heart, earning him the Cannes Best Actor prize and an Oscar nomination in his late seventies. The Berlin Silver Bear, the Walk of Fame star, the honors all came, but what I value most is the longevity: directors keep calling because he never coasts. Watching Dern work is watching someone treat every scene, however small, as the whole movie. That stubborn craftsmanship is the standard I measure other actors against.
Overview
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 for Nebraska (2013), which also earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for That Championship Season (1982).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bruce Dern
- Name (Japanese)
- ブルース・ダーン
- Reading
- ぶるーす・だーん
- Born
- June 4, 1936 (age 90)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rat
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Pennsylvania
Awards & achievements
- 1983 Silver Bear for Best Actor
- 2013 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
- 2010 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.