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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 — Self
• The Kominsky Method — Himself
• 2014It Came From Connemara! — Self
• 2010The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1991Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show — Self
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
• 1987Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Audience Member