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Two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern's tremendous career is made up of playing both modern day heroes and legendary villains. Through decades of lauded performances, Dern has acquired the reputation of being one of the most talented and prolific actors of his generation.

Dern currently appears opposite Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney and his daughter Laura in Apple+ TV's acclaimed comedy series "Palm Royale." He also received critical praise for the last season of the Amazon series "Goliath" opposite Oscar winners Billy Bob Thornton and JK Simmons.

Dern appeared as real-life rancher George Spahn in Quentin Tarantino's 10-time Academy Award nominated "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." The film also won the Golden Globes & Critics Choice Awards for Best Picture, among others. He also co-starred in the #1 independent film of 2019, "The Peanut Butter Falcon" and he earned rave reviews for Focus Features' "The Mustang." He has recently appeared in several recent independent film projects including "Reminisce," "The Accidental Texan," "Remember Me," "The Artist's Wife," "Emperor," "Badland," "Death in Texas," "Last Call," and "The Gateway."

In 2018, he starred in two high profile independent films - as Joe Kennedy in "Chappaquiddick" and opposite Matthew McConaughey in Sony's "White Boy Rick." In 2017, he appeared with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in the Netflix film "Our Souls at Night."

On the television side in 2019 - he memorably guested on Showtime's comedy "Black Monday" and was seen in the Stephen King series "Mr. Mercedes" for the AT&T AUDIENCE Network.

In 2015, Dern reteamed with his "Django Unchained" director Quentin Tarantino in the ambitious & critically-acclaimed "The Hateful Eight." In 2013, Dern earned his second Academy Award nomination for his heralded role in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska." That role also garnered him a Best Actor Award from the Cannes Film Festival and the National Board of Review. He was also nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.

Dern was also nominated for an Emmy in 2011 for his portrayal of polygamist patriarch Frank Harlow in HBO's hit drama "Big Love." A celebrated stage actor, Dern was trained by famed director Elia Kazan at the legendary The Actor's Studio and made his film debut in Kazan's "Wild River" in 1960. In the 60's, Dern also found success as a distinguished television actor. He appeared regularly in contemporary Western TV series, as well as on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Mr. Hitchcock was such a fan of Dern's that he cast him in "Marnie" and "Family Plot" (Hitchcock's final film).

Also during the 60's, Dern went on to work with director Roger Corman and appeared in several of his classic and decade defining films including "Wild Angels." He also received critical success during that time for films such as "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" and "Drive, He Said." Dern goes down in history for his role as Long Hair in "The Cowboys," in which he became the only man ever to kill John Wayne on screen.

Dern went on to star in such classic films like "The King of Marvin Gardens" with Jack Nicholson and Ellen Burstyn as well as playing Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination). It was his brilliant and powerful performance in Hal Ashby's "Coming Home" that earned him both an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination.

Dern has starred in over 100 films in his career, including: "Monster," "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte," "Silent Running," "Smile," "Middle Age Crazy," "That Championship Season," "Tattoo," "The 'Burbs," "The Haunting," "All the Pretty Horses," "Masked and Anonymous," "Down in the Valley," "Astronaut Farmer," "The Cake Eaters," "Black Sunday," "After Dark, My Sweet," "Madison," "Diggstown," "Twixt" and "Last Man Standing."

Dern has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards from various film festivals. In 2010, Dern received the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame star along with his ex-wife Diane Ladd & daughter Laura Dern, the only family in history to receive their Stars in one ceremony.

Bruce Dern at an event for All the Pretty Horses (2000)

(1959) Stage: Appeared in an off-Broadway production of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0931783/?ref_=nmwrk">Tennessee Williams</a>&#39; &quot;Orpheus Descending&quot;

(1959) Appeared (as &quot;Stuff&quot;) in &quot;Sweet Bird of Youth&quot; on Broadway. Drama. Written by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0931783/?ref_=nmwrk">Tennessee Williams</a>. Incidental music by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0101247/?ref_=nmwrk">Paul Bowles</a>. Scenic / Lighting Design by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0585758/?ref_=nmwrk">Jo Mielziner</a>. Costume Design by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0426895/?ref_=nmwrk">Anna Hill Johnstone</a>. Costumes for Miss Page created by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0017649/?ref_=nmwrk">Theoni V. Aldredge</a>. Assistant Scenic Design: Hugh Hardy. Associate Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey. Directed by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001415/?ref_=nmwrk">Elia Kazan</a>. Martin Beck Theatre: 10 Mar 1959-30 Jan 1960 (375 performances). Cast: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0085782/?ref_=nmwrk">Sidney Blackmer</a> (as &quot;Boss Finley&quot;), <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000056/?ref_=nmwrk">Paul Newman</a> (as &quot;Chance Wayne&quot;), <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0656183/?ref_=nmwrk">Geraldine Page</a> (as &quot;Princess Kosmonopolis&quot;), Martine Bartlett, Kenneth Blake, Hilda Brawner, Duke Farley, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0363951/?ref_=nmwrk">Ron Harper</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0313146/?ref_=nmwrk">Diana Hyland</a> (as &quot;Heavenly Finney&quot;), James Jeter, Monica May, Charles McDaniel, John Napier, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0709029/?ref_=nmwrk">Logan Ramsey</a>, Patricia Ripley, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0792828/?ref_=nmwrk">Madeleine Sherwood</a>, Glenn Stensel, Earl Sydnor, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001800/?ref_=nmwrk">Rip Torn</a> (as &quot;Tom Junior&quot;), <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0879006/?ref_=nmwrk">Charles Tyner</a>, Milton J. Williams. Produced by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0186725/?ref_=nmwrk">Cheryl Crawford</a>. Understudy: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0235681/?ref_=nmwrk">M&#39;el Dowd</a> (as &quot;Princess Kosmonopolis&quot;).

(1979) Stage Play: Strangers. Written by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0947394/?ref_=nmwrk">Sherman Yellen</a>. Scenic Design by David Jenkins. Directed by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0113054/?ref_=nmwrk">Arvin Brown</a>. John Golden Theatre: 4 Mar 1979- 11 Mar 1979 (9 performances + 12 previews). Cast: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001136/?ref_=nmwrk">Bruce Dern</a> (as &quot;Sinclair Hal Lewis&quot;), <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0626728/?ref_=nmwrk">Lois Nettleton</a> (as &quot;Dorothy Thompson&quot;) [final Broadway role], William Newman (as &quot;German Guest/Waiter/Russian Commissar/Hotel Manager/Swedish Reporter/American Reporter/Psychiatrist&quot;), Ellen Parker (as &quot;German Guest/Dancer/Russian Commissar/Moira/Crista/American Reporter/Corinna&quot;), <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0829492/?ref_=nmwrk">Jean-Pierre Stewart</a> (as &quot;German Guest/Dancer/German Pilot/Russian Commissar/Josef/S.S. Man&quot;)[Broadway debut]. Standby: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1799173/?ref_=nmwrk">Jacqueline Coslow</a> (as &quot;Dorothy Thompson&quot;). Understudies: Dan Hild (as &quot;Dancer/German Guest/German Pilot/Josef/Russian Commissar/S.S. Man&quot;), William Newman (as &quot;Sinclair &#39;Hal&#39; Lewis&quot;) and Jean-Pierre Stewart (as &quot;American Reporter/Hotel Manager/Psychiatrist/Swedish Reporter/Waiter&quot;). Produced by Mike Merrick and Bill Wilson. Produced in association with Peter Owens.

(2007) Release of his book, &quot;Things I&#39;ve Said, But Probably Shouldn&#39;t Have: An Unrepentant Memoir&quot; (w/Christopher Fryer and Robert Crane).

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