Corbin Bernsen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

252

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-09-07 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

North Hollywood, California, USA

Also Known As

  • Corbin Dean Bernsen
  • Κόρμπιν Μπέρσεν
  • کوربین برنسن

Corbin Bernsen

Biography

Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his roles as retired police detective Henry Spencer on USA Network's series Psych and it's subsequent TV movies, divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law and the TV movie, and Roger Dorn in the Major League trilogy.

He also portrayed Jerry in Lay the Favorite (2012), Gil Gordon in The Big Year (2011), Harlan Dexter in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist I & II, and Jason Chadman in Hello Again (1987). He starred as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert on the series The Cape and Brett Sooner on the sitcom A Whole New Ballgame.

He appeared recurring as Kyle Nevin on the FOX medical drama The Resident, Sinclair Dryden on Showtime's City on a Hill, Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler on the Magnum P.I. reboot, Milt Leakey on the CBS series Tommy, Anderson Schultz on the Netflix series Marvel's The Punisher, Chief Cantuck on Sundance TV's series Hap and Leonard, Michael Longworth on A&E's police drama The Glades, Jack Sherwood on UPN's sitcom Cuts, Captain Owen Sebring on JAG, Ken Graham on Ryan's Hope, and has had intermittent appearances as John Durant on General Hospital and Father Todd Williams on The Young and the Restless.

He is the eldest son of Harry Bernsen Jr., a Hollywood producer, and veteran soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who appeared on The Young and the Restless.

Known For

Scorpion
8.2%

Scorpion

Sep 22, 2014

Criminal Minds
8.3%

Criminal Minds

Sep 22, 2005

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7.2%

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Sep 14, 2005

Marvel's The Punisher
8.1%

Marvel's The Punisher

Nov 17, 2017

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

Castle
8.0%

Castle

Mar 9, 2009

Hawaii Five-0
7.8%

Hawaii Five-0

Sep 20, 2010

American Gods
7.1%

American Gods

Apr 30, 2017

The Resident
8.4%

The Resident

Jan 21, 2018

The Nanny
8.1%

The Nanny

Nov 3, 1993

The Hating Game
7.3%

The Hating Game

Dec 9, 2021

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Acting

Happy Endings Funeral Parlor
There There
The Yeti
Kali as Old Man
2025
Tow
2025
Marshmallow as Roy
2024
The Beldham
2024
Memory Box as Father (voice)
2024
Clipped as Pierce O'Donnell
2023
Christmas at Keestone as Clint Baker
2023
The Curse as Paul
2023
Herd as Robert Miller
2023
White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
2023
Repeater as Edgar Mann
2023
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
2022
East New York as Duke Jacobs
2022
Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
2021
The Hating Game as Bexley
2021
Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
2021
Taking the Reins as Preston
2021
Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
2021
Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
2021
Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
2020
The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
2020
The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
2020
A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
2020
When We Last Spoke as Walt
2020
Cadia: The World Within as George
2020
A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
2020
Mary for Mayor as Pat
2020
First Lady
2020
Tommy as Milt Leakey
2019
Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
2019
The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
2019
All Good Things as Pop-pop
2019
City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
2019
The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
2019
Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
2019
Swell as Harold
2019
Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
2018
The Kominsky Method as Himself
2018
Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
2018
Reach as Charles
2018
Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
2018
Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
2018
Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
2018
My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
2018
The Resident as Kyle Nevin
2017
Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
2017
Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
2017
Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
2017
Dead Man Rising as Buck
2017
The Dynasty That Almost Was
2017
Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
2017
American Gods as Vulcan
2017
Larceny as Price
2017
Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
2016
In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
2016
The Elvis Room as Harker
2016
Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
2016
God's Club as Max Graves
2016
Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
2016
Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
2015
Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
2015
It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
2015
Midland as The Shepherd
2015
Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
2015
Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
2015
Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
2015
On the Wing as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
2014
The Last Straw as Mr. G
2014
Christian Mingle as Matt
2014
NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
2014
Scorpion as Bob Connelly
2014
It Came From Connemara! as Self
2014
Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
2013
Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
2013
Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
2013
Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
2013
Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
2012
3 Day Test as Tom
2012
Anger Management as Roger
2012
Lay the Favorite as Jerry
2012
Stolen Child as George
2011
The Ascension as Carl
2011
Miss December as District Attorney
2011
The Big Year as Gil Gordon
2011
Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
2011
Pizza Man as Criswell
2011
Switched at Birth
2011
Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
2011
25 Hill as Roy Gibbs
2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
2010
Closets as Grant Erickson
2010
Rust
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
2010
The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
2009
The League as Bruce
2009
Dead Air as Dr. F
2009
Trapped as Edward Hutton
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009
Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
2009
Castle as Lance Hastings
2008
For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
2008
Vipers as Burton
2008
Depth Charge
2008
Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2008
House of Fallen as Rowland
2008
True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
2007
Right to Die as Ira
2007
Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
2006
The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
2006
Paid as William Montague
2006
Psych as Henry Spencer
2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
2006
Submission
2006
Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
2005
Masters of Horror as Ira
2005
Carpool Guy as Michael
2005
Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
2005
Twins
2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
2005
Hi-Jinks
2005
Cuts as Jack Sherwood
2005
Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
2005
Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
2004
Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
2004
Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
2004
They Are Among Us as Norbert
2004
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
2004
Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
2003
The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
2003
Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
2003
Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
2003
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
2002
The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
2002
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
2002
Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
2002
The Fairy King as Rob Preston
2002
Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
2002
L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2002
Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
2002
Fangs as Carl Hart
2001
Raptor as Dr. Hyde
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
2001
Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
2001
The Tomorrow Man as Larry
2001
Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
2001
Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
2000
Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
2000
Rangers as Senator
2000
Battery Park as Michael
2000
Son of the Beach
1999
Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
1999
Third Watch as Carter Savage
1999
The West Wing as Henry Shallick
1999
Twice in a Lifetime as Roger Stovall / Bill Water
1999
Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
1999
Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
1998
Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
1998
The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
1998
The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
1998
Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
1998
V.I.P. as Zack Henley
1998
Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
1998
Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
1997
Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
1997
Spacejacked as Barnes
1997
Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
1997
An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
1997
Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
1996
Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
1996
Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
1996
The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
1996
7th Heaven as Ted Grant
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Bloodhounds
1996
Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
1996
The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
1996
The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
1996
Baja as John Stone
1996
Bloodhounds II
1996
The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
1995
Murderous Intent as Brice
1995
Cover Me as Andre Solloway
1995
JAG as Captain Owen Sebring
1995
Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
1995
The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
1995
A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
1995
Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
1995
Temptress as Nick
1995
Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
1995
Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
1995
Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
1994
Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
1994
The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
1994
Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
1994
Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
1994
A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
1994
Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
1994
Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
1994
Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
1994
The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
1994
Savage Land as Quint
1994
Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
1994
Major League II as Roger Dorn
1994
I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
1993
Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
1993
The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
1993
Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
1992
Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
1992
Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
1992
Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
1992
Love & War
1992
The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
1992
Grass Roots as Will Lee
1991
Shattered as Jeb Scott
1991
Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
1991
Roc as Jim Larson
1991
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
1991
Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
1989
Breaking Point as Pike
1989
Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
1989
Baywatch
1989
Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
1989
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
1989
Major League as Roger Dorn
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
1988
Dear John as Blake McCarron
1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
1987
Hello Again as Jason Chadman
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
1987
Dead Aim as Webster
1986
L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
1985
Doubletake as Tennis Pro
1983
Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
1981
S.O.B. as Unknown
1976
King Kong as Reporter
1976
Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
Three the Hard Way as Boy
1967
Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member

Art

2009
Dead Air as Production Design

Directing

2020
Mary for Mayor as Director
2018
Life with Dog as Director
2014
Christian Mingle as Director
2013
Beyond the Heavens as Director
2012
3 Day Test as Director
2011
25 Hill as Director
2010
Rust as Director
2009
Dead Air as Director
2009
Donna on Demand as Director
2005
Carpool Guy as Director

Production

2020
A Bennett Song Holiday as Associate Producer
2019
The Unseen Realm as Producer
2016
In-Lawfully Yours as Producer
2012
3 Day Test as Producer
2011
25 Hill as Producer
2010
Rust as Producer
2009
Dead Air as Producer
2009
Donna on Demand as Producer
2005
Carpool Guy as Producer
1998
The Dentist 2 as Associate Producer

Writing

2020
Mary for Mayor as Writer
2018
Life with Dog as Writer
2014
Christian Mingle as Writer
2013
Beyond the Heavens as Writer
2012
3 Day Test as Writer
2011
25 Hill as Writer
2010
Rust as Writer
2009
Donna on Demand as Writer
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