How old was Bruce Dern in his first movie: Wild River?

Bruce Dern was 22 in Wild River when he played the character 'Jack Roper'.

That was over 64 years ago in 1960.

This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).

Today he is 87, and has starred in 157 movies in total, 153 of those since Wild River was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Wild River, I think Bruce Dern looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Elia Kazan has worked with Bruce Dern just once in his career.
  • Bruce Dern's first movie was as 'Jack Roper' in Wild River, released in 1960 when he was 22
  • Wild River scores 7.43 out of 10 on TMDB.

Bruce Dern's other movies