
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.
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Acting History
2025
The Beldham
2025Web of Life as Keith
2025Tow as Martin La Rosa
2025Duster as Wade Ellis
2025Marshmallow as Roy
2025Your Friends & Neighbors as Jack Bailey
2024Memory Box as Father (voice)
2024Clipped as Pierce O'Donnell
2023Christmas at Keestone as Clint Baker
2023The Curse as Paul
2023Herd as Robert Miller
2023White House Plumbers as Richard Kleindienst
2023Repeater as Edgar Mann
2023Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist as Steve Plank
2022East New York as Duke Jacobs
2022Game Changer as Iann Gabriel
2021The Hating Game as Bexley
2021Psych 3: This Is Gus as Henry Spencer
2021Taking the Reins as Preston
2021Past Shadows as Lewis Samuels
2021Roe v. Wade as Justice Blackmun
2021Weekend Warriors as Police Chief Baumgardner
2020The Christmas Project Reunion as Grandpa George
2020The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland as Gran'Poppy
2020A Bennett Song Holiday as Aiden Neville
2020When We Last Spoke as Walt
2020Cadia: The World Within as George
2020A Deadly Legend as Matthias Leary
2020Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Henry Spencer
2020Mary for Mayor as Pat
2020First Lady
2020Tommy as Milt Leakey
2019Connective Tissue as Dr. Epstein
2019The Unseen Realm as Self (Host)
2019All Good Things as Pop-pop
2019City on a Hill as Sinclair Dryden
2019The Russian Bride as Karl Frederick
2019Sunrise in Heaven as Jim
2019Swell as Harold
2019Faith, Hope & Love as Brian Fuller
2018The Kominsky Method as Himself
2018Alone We Fight as Colonel Bradley Armstrong
2018Reach as Charles
2018Magnum P.I. as Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
2018Life with Dog as Joe Bigler
2018Surviving Theater 9 as Tom
2018My Daddy is in Heaven as Vernon
2018The Resident as Kyle Nevin
2017Psych: The Movie as Henry Spencer
2017Marvel's The Punisher as Anderson Schultz
2017Distortion as Dr. Eli Sutton
2017Dead Man Rising as Buck
2017The Dynasty That Almost Was
2017Boone: The Bounty Hunter as Cage Bickle
2017American Gods as Vulcan
2017Larceny as Price
2017Powerless as Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
2016In-Lawfully Yours as Father Grayson
2016The Elvis Room as Harker
2016Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance as “Pops” Chapman
2016God's Club as Max Graves
2016Prayer Never Fails as Joseph T. Harrington
2016Love's Complicated as Dublin Senior
2015Sensory Perception as Mr. Friedrich
2015It Had to Be You as Nolan Powell
2015Midland as The Shepherd
2015Grace and Frankie as Dr. Paul Mason
2015Portrait of Love as Tyler Mason
2015Fresh Off the Boat as Mervin
2015Eco Teens Save The World, On the Wing as Senator Jeremy Ryburn
2014The Last Straw as Mr. G
2014Christian Mingle as Matt
2014NCIS: New Orleans as Adam Huntley
2014Scorpion as Bob Connelly
2014It Came From Connemara! as Self
2014Born to Race: Fast Track as Liam
2013Beyond the Heavens as Gus Henry
2013Lizzie as Dr. Fredricks
2013Motive as Dr. Stan Matthews
2013Gordon Family Tree as Ron Goodson
20123 Day Test as Tom
2012Anger Management as Roger
2012Lay the Favorite as Jerry
2012Stolen Child as George
2011The Ascension as Carl
2011Miss December as District Attorney
2011The Big Year as Gil Gordon
2011Suing The Devil as Barry Polk
2011Pizza Man as Criswell
2011Switched at Birth
2011Bad Actress as Corbin Bernsen
201125 Hill as Roy Gibbs
2010Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as FBI Director Hill
2010Closets as Grant Erickson
2010Rust
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Henry Upton
2010The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger as Self
2009The League as Bruce
2009Dead Air as Dr. F
2009Trapped as Edward Hutton
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009Donna on Demand as Ben Corbin
2009Castle as Lance Hastings
2008For the Love of Grace as Captain Washington
2008Vipers as Burton
2008Depth Charge
2008Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2008House of Fallen as Rowland
2008True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl as Nick Harvey
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
2007Right to Die as Ira
2007Pirate Camp as Hookbeard
2006Sex and Consequences as John Wayne
2006The Naked Ape as Mr. Feldman
2006Paid as William Montague
2006Psych as Henry Spencer
2006The New Adventures of Old Christine as Howard
2006Submission
2005Masters of Horror as Ira
2005Carpool Guy as Michael
2005Criminal Minds as Jerry Grandin
2005Twins
2005Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harlan Dexter
2005Hi-Jinks
2005Cuts as Jack Sherwood
2005Raging Sharks as Capt. Riley
2005Ordinary Miracles as David Woodbury
2004Boston Legal as Attorney Eli Granger
2004Quiet Kill as Jerry Martin
2004They Are Among Us as Norbert
2004Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Steve
2004Death and Texas as Coach Loren Stanley
2003The Commission as Rep. Gerald R. Ford
2003Miss Match as Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
2003Love Comes Softly as Ben Graham
2003Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain as Fog Benson
2002The Santa Trap as Chief Spivak
2002I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as David Carver
2002Dead Above Ground as Mark Mallory
2002The Fairy King as Rob Preston
2002Atomic Twister as Sheriff C.B. Bishop
2002L.A. Law: The Movie as Arnie Becker
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2002Gentle Ben as Fog Benson
2002Fangs as Carl Hart
2001Raptor as Dr. Hyde
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as William Hendry
2001Judgment as Mitch Kendrick
2001The Tomorrow Man as Larry
2001Final Payback as Mayor Richardson
2001Killer Instinct as Jennings Wilhite
2000Borderline Normal as Benjiman Walling
2000Rangers as Senator
2000Battery Park as Michael
2000Son of the Beach
1999Kiss of a Stranger as Mason
1999Third Watch as Carter Savage
1999The West Wing as Henry Shallick
1999Twice in a Lifetime as Roger Stovall / Bill Water
1999Riddler's Moon as George Brenner
1999Two of Hearts as Bruce Saunders
1998Young Hearts Unlimited as Brian
1998The Misadventures of Margaret as Art Turner
1998The Dentist 2 as Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
1998Recipe for Revenge as Dr. Chester Winnifield
1998V.I.P. as Zack Henley
1998Major League: Back to the Minors as Roger Dorn
1998Loyal Opposition as Secret Service agent John Gray
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Celebrity Lawyer
1997Menno's Mind as Felix Medina
1997Spacejacked as Barnes
1997Just Shoot Me! as Corbin Bernsen
1997An American Affair as District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
1997Tidal Wave: No Escape as John Wahl
1996Kounterfeit as Marty Hopkins
1996Full Circle as Harrison Winslow
1996The Cape as USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
19967th Heaven as Ted Grant
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Bloodhounds as Harrison Coyle
1996Inhumanoid as Foster Carver
1996The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone
1996The Great White Hype as Peter Prince
1996Baja as John Stone
1996Nash Bridges as Edward Jansen
1996Bloodhounds II as Harrison Coyle
1996The Cold Heart of a Killer as Alex Jensen
1995Murderous Intent as Brice
1995Cover Me as Andre Solloway
1995JAG as Captain Owen Sebring
1995Tales from the Hood as Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
1995The Outer Limits as Virgil Nygard
1995In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Frank Cole
1995A Whole New Ballgame as Brett Sooner
1995Dangerous Intentions as Tim Williamson
1995Aurora: Operation Intercept as Flight Engineer Murphy
1995Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead as Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
1995Temptress as Nick
1995Someone to Die For as Jack Davis
1994Guns of Honor as Brent Mallick
1994The Soft Kill as Martin Lewis
1994Radioland Murders as Dexter Morris
1994Voices from Within as Mark Reichard
1994A Brilliant Disguise as Dr. Martin
1994Touched by an Angel as Eric Weiss
1994Final Mission as General Morgan Breslaw
1994Where Are My Children? as Tom Scott
1994The New Age as Kevin Bulasky
1994Savage Land as Quint
1994Trigger Fast as Brent Mallick
1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Arnie
1994Major League II as Roger Dorn
1994I Know My Son Is Alive as Mark Elshant
1993Beyond Suspicion as Stan Benderman
1993The Nanny as Glen Mitchell
1993Grey Knight as Col. Nehemiah Strayn
1992Love Can Be Murder as Nick Peyton
1992Ring of the Musketeers as Harry
1992Frozen Assets as Zach Shepard
1992Love & War
1992The Larry Sanders Show as Corbin Bernsen
1992Grass Roots as Will Lee
1991Shattered as Jeb Scott
1991Fatal Inheritance as Woodward Dawes
1991Roc as Jim Larson
1991Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show as Self
1991Dead on the Money as Carter Matthews
1991Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Morris Dees
1989Breaking Point as Pike
1989Seinfeld as Corbin Bernsen
1989Baywatch
1989Disorganized Crime as Frank Salazar
1989Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Jim Shirley
1989Major League as Roger Dorn
1988Mickey's 60th Birthday as Arnie Becker
1988Dear John as Blake McCarron
1987Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
1987Hello Again as Jason Chadman
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Q2
1987Dead Aim as Webster
1986L.A. Law as Arnie Becker
1986L.A. Law: Pilot as Arnold Becker
1986Matlock as Corbin Bernsen
1985Doubletake as Tennis Pro
1983Allison Sydney Harrison as Steve Malloy
1981S.O.B. as Unknown
1976King Kong as Reporter
1976Eat My Dust as Roy Puire
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974Three the Hard Way as Boy
1972The Waltons as Casey
1967Clambake as Boy at Playground (uncredited)
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
—Happy Endings Funeral Parlor
—The Yeti
—Laura Louise as Edward Brannock
—There There
—Kali as Old Man









