Bruce Dern

Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American actor. He is often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor in Coming Home and one for Best Actor in Nebraska .

Dern was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jean and John Dern, a utility chief and attorney. He grew up in Kenilworth, Illinois. His paternal grandfather, George, was a former Utah governor and Secretary of War . Derns maternal grandfather was a chairman of the Carson, Pirie and Scott stores, his maternal granduncle was poet Archibald MacLeish, and his maternal greatgrandfather was Scottishborn businessman Andrew MacLeish. Derns godfather was former Illinois governor and twotime presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II. His ancestry includes Dutch, English, German and Scottish. He attended The Choate School and the University of Pennsylvania. He starred in the Philadelphia premiere of Waiting for Godot.

Source: Wikipedia