Cast & creator
Corbin Bernsen
Best known for Criminal Minds, Saturday Night Live, Castle
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.
Also known as: Corbin Dean Bernsen , Κόρμπιν Μπέρσεν, کوربین برنسن
227
film credits
72
television credits
268
1944–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (299)
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Criminal Minds
Jerry Grandin
2005
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Castle
Lance Hastings
2009
Hawaii Five-0
Henry Upton
2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
William Hendry
2001
JAG
Owen Sebring
1995
Seinfeld
Corbin Bernsen
1989
The West Wing
Henry Shallick
1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Q2
1987
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Psych
Henry Spencer
2006
The Outer Limits
Virgil Nygard
1995
The Nanny
Glen Mitchell
1993
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944
Magnum P.I.
Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler
2018
Third Watch
Carter Savage
1999
Scorpion
Bob Connelly
2014
Marvel's The Punisher
Anderson Schultz
2017
The Resident
Kyle Nevin
2018
Touched by an Angel
Eric Weiss
1994
L.A. Law
Arnie Becker
1986
Billions
Bill McGann
2016
Boston Legal
Attorney Eli Granger
2004
The Waltons
Casey
1972
Baywatch
1989
NCIS: New Orleans
Adam Huntley
2014
Matlock
Corbin Bernsen
1986
Nash Bridges
Edward Jansen
1996
V.I.P.
Zack Henley
1998
Fresh Off the Boat
Mervin
2015
Grace and Frankie
Dr. Paul Mason
2015
Switched at Birth
2011
Anger Management
Roger
2012
The Larry Sanders Show
Corbin Bernsen
1992
The League
Bruce
2009
7th Heaven
Ted Grant
1996
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Howard
2006
Your Friends & Neighbors
Jack Bailey
2025
Just Shoot Me!
Corbin Bernsen
1997
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
American Gods
Vulcan
2017
Dear John
Blake McCarron
1988
Motive
Dr. Stan Matthews
2013
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self
2007
Masters of Horror
Ira
2005
Twice in a Lifetime
Roger Stovall / Bill Water
1999
Jack & Jill
Paul Barrett
1999
City on a Hill
Sinclair Dryden
2019
Son of the Beach
2000
East New York
Duke Jacobs
2022
Twins
2005
Miss Match
Stu 'Dr. Love' Scott
2003
Love & War
1992
The Kominsky Method
Himself
2018
Powerless
Vanderveer Wayne Sr.
2017
White House Plumbers
Richard Kleindienst
2023
Duster
Wade Ellis
2025
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
Duck Donovan
2026
Cuts
Jack Sherwood
2005
Flying High
Dan Ellison
1978
The Hating Game
Bexley
2021
Tommy
Milt Leakey
2020
The Curse
Paul
2023
Battery Park
Michael
2000
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Harlan Dexter
2005
Roc
Jim Larson
1991
King Kong
Reporter
1976
Clipped
Pierce O'Donnell
2024
The Dentist
Dr. Alan Feinstone
1996
The Big Year
Gil Gordon
2011
Major League
Roger Dorn
1989
The Cape
USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
1996
Tow
Martin LaRosa
2026
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Yeti
Merriell Sunday Sr.
2026
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2008A Whole New Ballgame
Brett Sooner
1995
Love Comes Softly
Ben Graham
2003
Shattered
Jeb Scott
1991
Lay the Favorite
Jerry
2012
The Dentist 2
Dr. Feinstone / Dr. Caine
1998The Dentist 2
Associate Producer
1998
Marshmallow
Roy
2025
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Henry Spencer
2020
Psych 3: This Is Gus
Henry Spencer
2021
Major League II
Roger Dorn
1994
Killer Instinct
Jennings Wilhite
2001
Psych: The Movie
Henry Spencer
2017
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Arnie Becker
1988
Radioland Murders
Dexter Morris
1994
The Beldham
Frank
2025
The Great White Hype
Peter Prince
1996
Hello Again
Jason Chadman
1987
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
Steve Plank
2023
Repeater
Edgar Mann
2023
Ring of the Musketeers
Harry
1992
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Celebrity Lawyer
1998
Hi-Jinks
2005
Tales from the Hood
Duke Metger (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
1995
Major League: Back to the Minors
Roger Dorn
1998
Larceny
Price
2017
Boone: The Bounty Hunter
Cage Bickle
2017
Laura Louise
Edward Brannock
Taking the Reins
Preston
2021
Three the Hard Way
Boy
1974
Born to Race: Fast Track
Liam
2014
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
FBI Director Hill
2010
Atomic Twister
Sheriff C.B. Bishop
2002
The Russian Bride
Karl Frederick
2019
Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance
“Pops” Chapman
2016
Christian Mingle
Matt
2014Christian Mingle
Director
2014Christian Mingle
Writer
2014
They Are Among Us
Norbert
2004
Sunrise in Heaven
Jim
2019
L.A. Law: The Movie
Arnie Becker
2002
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Arnie
1994
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Clambake
Boy at Playground (uncredited)
1967
Faith, Hope & Love
Brian Fuller
2019
The Misadventures of Margaret
Art Turner
1998
Ordinary Miracles
David Woodbury
2005
Murderous Intent
Brice
1995
Disorganized Crime
Frank Salazar
1989
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
David Carver
2002
S.O.B.
Unknown
1981
Pizza Man
Criswell
2011
Raging Sharks
Capt. Riley
2005
Dead on the Money
Carter Matthews
1991
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Steve
2004
Roe v. Wade
Justice Blackmun
2021
Eco Teens Save The World
Senator Jeremy Ryburn
2015
Bad Actress
Corbin Bernsen
2011
Love's Complicated
Dublin Senior
2016
Kounterfeit
Marty Hopkins
1996
Dead Above Ground
Mark Mallory
2002
Final Payback
Mayor Richardson
2001
Temptress
Nick
1995
The Cold Heart of a Killer
Alex Jensen
1996
The New Age
Kevin Bulasky
1994
Frozen Assets
Zach Shepard
1992
The Christmas Project Reunion
Grandpa George
2020
Sex and Consequences
John Wayne
2006
It Had to Be You
Nolan Powell
2015
Kali
Old Man
Tidal Wave: No Escape
John Wahl
1997
In-Lawfully Yours
Father Grayson
2016In-Lawfully Yours
Producer
2016
Dangerous Intentions
Tim Williamson
1995
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Raptor
Dr. Hyde
2001
Eat My Dust
Roy Puire
1976
Miss December
District Attorney
2011
Kiss of a Stranger
Mason
1999
Woodstockers
Lenny
2026Woodstockers
Writer
2026
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Morris Dees
1991
I Know My Son Is Alive
Mark Elshant
1994
For the Love of Grace
Captain Washington
2008
The Fairy King
Rob Preston
1998
The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland
Gran'Poppy
2020
Alone We Fight
Colonel Bradley Armstrong
2018
Rangers
Senator
2000
Weekend Warriors
Police Chief Baumgardner
2021
Grey Knight
Col. Nehemiah Strayn
1993
True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl
Nick Harvey
2008
When We Last Spoke
Walt
2020
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
Fog Benson
2003
Someone to Die For
Jack Davis
1995
Dead Air
Dr. F
2009Dead Air
Director
2009Dead Air
Producer
2009Dead Air
Production Design
2009
Cover Me
Andre Solloway
1995In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Frank Cole
1995
Gentle Ben
Fog Benson
2002
All Good Things
Pop-pop
2019
Quiet Kill
Jerry Martin
2004
Bloodhounds II
Harrison Coyle
1996
Where Are My Children?
Tom Scott
1994
Savage Land
Quint
1994
Submission
2006
3 Day Test
Tom
20123 Day Test
Writer
20123 Day Test
Director
20123 Day Test
Producer
2012
House of Fallen
Rowland
2008
Baja
John Stone
1996
Beyond Suspicion
Stan Benderman
1993
Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead
Neil Jones / Roy Francis Netter
1995
The Elvis Room
Harker
2016
A Deadly Legend
Matthias Leary
2020
Allison Sydney Harrison
Steve Malloy
1983
Grass Roots
Will Lee
1992
Vipers
Burton
2008Happy Endings Funeral Parlor
God's Club
Max Graves
2016
First Lady
King Max
2020
Full Circle
Harrison Winslow
1996
Depth Charge
2008
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
Self
1991
Portrait of Love
Tyler Mason
2015
A Bennett Song Holiday
Aiden Neville
2020A Bennett Song Holiday
Associate Producer
2020
Herd
Robert Miller
2023
Suing The Devil
Barry Polk
2011
An American Affair
District Attorney Sam Brady / Senator John Crawford
1997
Inhumanoid
Foster Carver
1996Trapped
Edward Hutton
2009
Final Mission
General Morgan Breslaw
1994
Two of Hearts
Bruce Saunders
1999
The Santa Trap
Chief Spivak
2002
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Self
1987
Mary for Mayor
Pat
2020Mary for Mayor
Writer
2020Mary for Mayor
Director
2020Mary for Mayor
Producer
2020
Young Hearts Unlimited
Brian
1998
The Soft Kill
Martin Lewis
1994
Menno's Mind
Felix Medina
1997
Distortion
Dr. Eli Sutton
2017
Love Can Be Murder
Nick Peyton
1992
The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger
Self
2010
Bagworm
Rusty
2025
Judgment
Mitch Kendrick
2001
L.A. Law: Pilot
Arnold Becker
1986
Doubletake
Tennis Pro
1985
Cadia: The World Within
George
2020
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Jim Shirley
1989
My Daddy Is in Heaven
Vernon
2018
Right to Die
Ira
2007
It Came From Connemara!
Self
2014
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Flight Engineer Murphy
1995
The Tomorrow Man
Larry
2001
Death and Texas
Coach Loren Stanley
2004
Prayer Never Fails
Joseph T. Harrington
2016
Fangs
Carl Hart
2002
Breaking Point
Pike
1989
Dead Aim
Webster
1987
Spacejacked
Barnes
1997
Web of Life
Keith
2025
Donna on Demand
Ben Corbin
2009Donna on Demand
Writer
2009Donna on Demand
Director
2009Donna on Demand
Producer
2009
Beyond the Heavens
Gus Henry
2013Beyond the Heavens
Writer
2013Beyond the Heavens
Director
2013
25 Hill
Roy Gibbs
201125 Hill
Writer
201125 Hill
Director
201125 Hill
Producer
2011
The Ascension
Carl
2011
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
Self
2025
Swell
Harold
2019
Lizzie
Dr. Fredricks
2013
Fatal Inheritance
Woodward Dawes
1991
Guns of Honor
Brent Mallick
1994
The Commission
Rep. Gerald R. Ford
2003
Gordon Family Tree
Ron Goodson
2013
Reach
Charles
2018
Game Changer
Iann Gabriel
2022
Loyal Opposition
Secret Service agent John Gray
1998
Trigger Fast
Brent Mallick
1994
Rust
2010Rust
Director
2010Rust
Writer
2010Rust
Producer
2010
A Brilliant Disguise
Dr. Martin
1994
The Dynasty That Almost Was
2017
Dead Man Rising
Buck
2017
The Last Straw
Mr. G
2014
Connective Tissue
Dr. Epstein
2019
Carpool Guy
Michael
2005Carpool Guy
Producer
2005Carpool Guy
Director
2005
Bloodhounds
Harrison Coyle
1996
Borderline Normal
Benjiman Walling
2000
Voices from Within
Mark Reichard
1994
Life with Dog
Joe Bigler
2018Life with Dog
Writer
2018Life with Dog
Director
2018
Sensory Perception
Mr. Friedrich
2015
Paid
William Montague
2006
Recipe for Revenge
Dr. Chester Winnifield
1998
The Unseen Realm
Self (Host)
2019The Unseen Realm
Producer
2019
Surviving Theater 9
Tom
2018
Riddler's Moon
George Brenner
1999
Midland
The Shepherd
2015
Christmas at Keestone
Clint Baker
2023There There
The Naked Ape
Mr. Feldman
2006
Past Shadows
Lewis Samuels
2021
Closets
Grant Erickson
2010Pirate Camp
Hookbeard
2007
Memory Box
Father (voice)
2024
Stolen Child
George
2012