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Bruce Hensel(I)

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  • Actor
  • Writer
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Bruce Hensel is a Producer, Director, Journalist, Author and Physician. He won 12 Emmys and 2 Golden Mikes as the On-Air Chief Medical Correspondent and Producer/Host for NBC in Los Angeles and New York and In addition to his news segments, he hosted, wrote and produced many specials and health series for the stations He is the Co-Executive Producer and Co-Director of the documentary entitled "Beyond The Opposite Sex". This is his third such film: he was also Executive Producer of Rene's Story and Jamie's Story

The Creative Arts, Communication and Medicine have always been "Dr. Bruce's" main passions. He studied acting with Wynn Handman at TheAmerican Place Theatre in New York and appeared in many commercials, the films Death Wish 4 The Crackdown, Radio free Albumuth and the Soap Opera Capitol

He has published two books about How to get the most out of your Medical Care and had a nationally syndicated radio talk show in which he exposed fraudulent health practices

Dr Hensel was one of the founders of drkoop; the first Internet Health site run by the former Surgeon General-and was on the Congressional Committee for Ethics in the internet.

Dr. Hensel is the Chief Medical Officer for one of the County's leading TeleHealth and Video Interpretation companies for Hospitals and Patients called Cloudbreak, is boarded in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine and is a Full Clincal Professor of Medicine at UCLA

Currently, He has a number of movie and series in development and says he wishes to make continue writing and producing in Theatre and Film
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    Known for

    Charles Bronson in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
    Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
    5.5
    • Dr. Rosenblatt
    • 1987
    Alanis Morissette, Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Scott Wilson, and Katheryn Winnick in Radio Free Albemuth (2010)
    Radio Free Albemuth
    5.6
    • Newscaster #2
    • 2010
    Beyond the Opposite Sex (2018)
    Beyond the Opposite Sex
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2018
    Capitol (1982)
    Capitol
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Dr. Helrich (1986)
    • 1982

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    Producer



    • The Opposite Sex: Jamie's Story (2004)
      The Opposite Sex: Jamie's Story
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story (2004)
      The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Emergency Room Crisis
      TV Special
      • consulting producer
      • 1989
    • The Emergency Room
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1989

    Actor



    • Alanis Morissette, Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Scott Wilson, and Katheryn Winnick in Radio Free Albemuth (2010)
      Radio Free Albemuth
      5.6
      • Newscaster #2
      • 2010
    • Charles Bronson in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
      Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
      5.5
      • Dr. Rosenblatt
      • 1987
    • Capitol (1982)
      Capitol
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Dr. Helrich (1986)
      • 1982–1987

    Writer



    • Emergency Room Crisis
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 1989
    • The Emergency Room
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1989
    • Health Fax
      TV Series
      • Writer (1988-1990, uncredited)
      • 1988–1990

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    • Alternative name
      • Dr. Bruce Hensel
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Spouse
      • Selena Chu-HenselJune 6, 2015 - present
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      • 1 Article

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    • Trivia
      He is a real doctor and usual adds reports for knbc, the los angeles television station.
    • Nickname
      • Dr Bruce

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