
Corbin Bernsen
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Shattered
1991

Connective Tissue
2019

Midland
2015

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005

Major League II
1994

Disorganized Crime
1989

The Great White Hype
1996

Quiet Kill
2004

Radioland Murders
1994

Atomic Twister
2002

Dead Air
2009

Tales from the Hood
1995

The Beldham
2025

Major League: Back to the Minors
1998

The Dentist
1996

Raptor
2001

Major League
1989

S.O.B.
1981

Carpool Guy
2005

Raging Sharks
2005

Hello Again
1987

The New Age
1994

The Unseen Realm
2019

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
2002

Dead Above Ground
2002

The Dentist 2
1998

Depth Charge
2008

Vipers
2008

Tidal Wave: No Escape
1997

The Hating Game
2021

Three the Hard Way
1974

Love Comes Softly
2003

Rust
2010

Beyond Suspicion
1993

Weekend Warriors
2021

Grey Knight
1993

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010

Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991

For the Love of Grace
2008

Full Circle
1996

Suing The Devil
2011

The Fairy King
1998

Two of Hearts
1999

Pirate Camp
2007

Judgment
2001

Rangers
2000

Lay the Favorite
2012

Happy Endings Funeral Parlor
—

Marshmallow
2025

Fangs
2002

25 Hill
2011

Young Hearts Unlimited
1998

Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004

The Ascension
2011

True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl
2008

Riddler's Moon
1999

Lizzie
2013

Allison Sydney Harrison
1983

The Soft Kill
1994

Mary for Mayor
2020

Herd
2023

Kounterfeit
1996

Killer Instinct
2001

Menno's Mind
1997

Sex and Consequences
2006

Dangerous Intentions
1995

Submission
2006

The Tomorrow Man
2001

Trapped
2009

Stolen Child
2012

Spacejacked
1997

Frozen Assets
1992

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989

Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead
1995

An American Affair
1997

Surviving Theater 9
2018

Pizza Man
2011

Miss December
2011

Recipe for Revenge
1998

Borderline Normal
2000

Trigger Fast
1994

Inhumanoid
1996

Voices from Within
1994

Temptress
1995

Guns of Honor
1994

The Cold Heart of a Killer
1996

Beyond the Heavens
2013

Doubletake
1985

Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987

Dead Aim
1987

Born to Race: Fast Track
2014

Final Mission
1994

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002

Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
2023

Savage Land
1994

Christmas at Keestone
2023

Game Changer
2022

Christian Mingle
2014

Someone to Die For
1995

Dead on the Money
1991

A Brilliant Disguise
1994

Baja
1996

The Santa Trap
2002

3 Day Test
2012

Portrait of Love
2015

House of Fallen
2008

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998

The Dynasty That Almost Was
2017

The Misadventures of Margaret
1998

Repeater
2023

Distortion
2017

Ordinary Miracles
2005

Where Are My Children?
1994

Love Can Be Murder
1992

Sensory Perception
2015

God's Club
2016

Prayer Never Fails
2016

Right to Die
2007

L.A. Law: The Movie
2002

There There
—

Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance
2016

I Know My Son Is Alive
1994

Eco Teens Save The World
2015

It Had to Be You
2015

In-Lawfully Yours
2016

Tow
2026

They Are Among Us
2004

Eat My Dust
1976

Kiss of a Stranger
1999

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988

Donna on Demand
2009

Bloodhounds II
1996

Bloodhounds
1996

Loyal Opposition
1998

Larceny
2017

Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
2003

The Naked Ape
2006

King Kong
1976

Fatal Inheritance
1991

Psych: The Movie
2017

Paid
2006

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991

Love's Complicated
2016

My Daddy is in Heaven
2018

The Russian Bride
2019

Gordon Family Tree
2013

Reach
2018

When We Last Spoke
2020

Alone We Fight
2018

Roe v. Wade
2021

It Came From Connemara!
2014

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020

Closets
2010

The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger
2010

Faith, Hope & Love
2019

Breaking Point
1989

Cover Me
1995

Swell
2019

Death and Texas
2004

All Good Things
2019

Gentle Ben
2002

Bad Actress
2011

Sunrise in Heaven
2019

First Lady
2020

Final Payback
2001

Grass Roots
1992

Life with Dog
2018

The Big Year
2011

A Deadly Legend
2020

The Elvis Room
2016

Cadia: The World Within
2020

The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland
2020

A Bennett Song Holiday
2020

The Christmas Project Reunion
2020

Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995

Boone: The Bounty Hunter
2017

The Commission
2003

Dead Man Rising
2017

Clambake
1967

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995

L.A. Law: Pilot
1986

Psych 3: This Is Gus
2021

Murderous Intent
1995

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994

The Last Straw
2014

Past Shadows
2021

Taking the Reins
2021

Memory Box
2024

The Yeti
2026

Kali
—

Laura Louise
—

Web of Life
2025

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
2025

Woodstockers
2026

Bagworm
2025

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988

Cuts
2005

L.A. Law
1986

Third Watch
1999

Son of the Beach
2000

Castle
2009

Psych
2006

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

The Nanny
1993

V.I.P.
1998

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Masters of Horror
2005

Hi-Jinks
2005

Twins
2005

JAG
1995

Baywatch
1989

The Cape
1996

Boston Legal
2004

Love & War
1992

A Whole New Ballgame
1995

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Larry Sanders Show
1992

NCIS: New Orleans
2014

White House Plumbers
2023

The West Wing
1999

Motive
2013

Seinfeld
1989

Switched at Birth
2011

Just Shoot Me!
1997

The Outer Limits
1995

Powerless
2017

Twice in a Lifetime
1999

Scorpion
2014

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007

The Curse
2023

Roc
1991

Criminal Minds
2005

Celebrity Family Feud
2008

City on a Hill
2019

The League
2009

Magnum P.I.
2018

Marvel's The Punisher
2017

Clipped
2024

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009

Dear John
1988

The Resident
2018

The Kominsky Method
2018

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Grace and Frankie
2015

Tommy
2020

7th Heaven
1996

Fresh Off the Boat
2015

The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006

American Gods
2017

Ring of the Musketeers
1992

Touched by an Angel
1994

Battery Park
2000

Miss Match
2003

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Anger Management
2012

East New York
2022

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Hawaii Five-0
2010

Your Friends & Neighbors
2025

Duster
2025

The Waltons
1972

Nash Bridges
1996

Matlock
1986

Flying High
1978

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
2026

Billions
2016