Bruce Dern

Black Sunday

Bruce Dern

b.6/04/1936   Winnetka, Illinois

Nephew of Secretary of War (1940s equivalent to 21^st century Secretary of Defense) for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt   University of Pennsylvania drop-out to pursue acting career in New York  Leading roles on Broadway late 1950s  Cast as rebel by Hollywood studios   Academy Award nominated Best Actor “Coming Home” 1978  Academy Award nominated Best Actor “Nebraska” 2013 First cinematic movie “Wild River” 1960

Filmography:

Wild River  Bedtime Story  Wild War Wagon  St. Valentine’s Day Massacre  Support Your Local Sheriff  The Cowboys  Silent Running  The Great Gatsby  Smile  Won Ton Ton  Black Sunday  Coming Home  On the Edge  Wild Bill  Down Periscope  Last Man Standing  The Haunting  Madison  Milwaukee Minnesota  The Astronaut Farmer  Believe in Me  The Golden Boys  The  Big Valley  Inside Out  The LIghtkeepers  Nebraska