Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern | |
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 Dern in 2015 | |
| Born | Bruce MacLeish Dern June 4, 1936 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Spouses | Marie Dawn Pierce
(m. 1957; div. 1959)Andrea Beckett (m. 1969) |
| Children | 2, including Laura Dern |
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Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013)[1] and the Silver Bear for Best Actor for That Championship Season (1982). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Nebraska.[2] He is also a BAFTA Award, two-time Genie Award, and three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.
A member of the Actors Studio, after portraying small roles in films like Marnie (1964) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), he rose to prominence during the New Hollywood era. His notable film credits The Trip (1967), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Cowboys (1972), Silent Running (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), Family Plot (1976), Black Sunday (1977), The Driver (1978), Tattoo (1981), The 'Burbs (1989), Monster (2003), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He also starred in the HBO series Big Love (2006–2011).
He is the father of actress Laura Dern.
Early life
[edit]Dern was born in Chicago on June 4, 1936, the son of Jean (née MacLeish; 1908–1972) and John Dern (1903–1958), a utility chief and attorney.[3][4][5][6] He grew up in Kenilworth, Illinois.[7] His paternal grandfather, George Dern, was a Utah governor and Secretary of War (he was serving in the latter position at the time of Bruce's birth). Dern's maternal grandfather was a Vice President of the Carson, Pirie and Scott stores,[8][9] which were established by his own father, Scottish-born businessman Andrew MacLeish. Dern's maternal granduncles were poet Archibald MacLeish and Naval aviator Kenneth MacLeish. His godfather was governor and two-time presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II.[10] Dern graduated from New Trier High School, where he was a track star and sought to qualify for the Olympic Trials in 1956. Dern attended the University of Pennsylvania, but dropped out after two years.[9]
Career
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Dern studied at the Actors Studio, alongside Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg. He starred with Lyle Kessler in the Philadelphia premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and starred with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in the original Broadway run of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth.
In the 1960s, Dern played the sailor in a few flashbacks in Marnie and a murdered lover in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. He played a murderous rustler in Hang 'Em High, a gunfighter in Support Your Local Sheriff!, and an impoverished farmer in the film adaptation of Horace McCoy's novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
In 1963, Dern starred in Season 1 - Ep.14 of the original The Outer Limits. Title - The Zanti Misfits.
In Mark Rydell's western film The Cowboys, he played a cattle thief who kills a rancher (John Wayne). Dern had a leading role in the ecological science-fiction film Silent Running and co-starred with Jack Nicholson in The King of Marvin Gardens. Dern played Tom Buchanan in the film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1974). In Kirk Douglas' Revisionist Western film Posse, Dern played a train-robber who uses his wiles to turn the tables on his captor, an ambitious, politically minded marshal. Dern starred in the beauty pageant satire film Smile, and in Alfred Hitchcock's final film Family Plot. He played a detective on the trail of a getaway driver (Ryan O'Neal) in the neo-noir film The Driver. In John Frankenheimer's thriller film Black Sunday, Dern played a vengeful Vietnam War veteran and Goodyear Blimp pilot who launches a massive terrorist attack at the Super Bowl. Dern played another Vietnam veteran and the disturbed husband of a perplexed woman (Jane Fonda) in Hal Ashby's war film Coming Home, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In Bob Brooks' erotic thriller film Tattoo, Dern played an increasingly-deranged tattoo artist who imprisons a fashion model (Maud Adams). The film was dogged by controversy throughout its post-production and pre-release phase - the film's release was delayed by nearly a year - and for his lead performance, Dern was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. However, he bounced back by winning the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in Jason Miller's That Championship Season (1982).[11]
Over the next few decades, Dern played a Vietnam veteran and neighborhood survivalist in Joe Dante's suburban satire The 'Burbs, a local crime boss in Michael Ritchie's Diggstown, a rival of Wild Bill Hickok in Walter Hill's Wild Bill, and George Spahn in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Dern's autobiography, Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have: An Unrepentant Memoir, was published in 2007.
In Alexander Payne's film Nebraska, Dern played a resident believing he has won a million dollars, and undertakes a road trip from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska to get the prize. He won the Best Actor Award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[12][13]
Directors and craft
[edit]In the course of his long and prolific career, Dern collaborated with film directors, including Walter Hill (The Driver, Wild Bill and Last Man Standing), Joe Dante (The 'Burbs, Small Soldiers and The Hole), and Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). In an interview for The A.V. Club, Dern said: "I always say that I feel like I've worked for six geniuses in my career... And the six directors, not in any order, would be Mr. Kazan, Mr. Hitchcock, Douglas Trumbull, Alexander Payne, Quentin Tarantino, and Francis Coppola."[14] In an interview with Josh Olson and Joe Dante for the podcast series The Movies That Made Me, and while discussing his career, Dern cited the films of David Lean (specifically, Lawrence of Arabia, Great Expectations and The Bridge on the River Kwai), as among the films that inspired him.[15] When asked if he has ever contemplated retirement, Dern said: "If you think I'm gonna retire so Jimmy fucking Caan can get another part from me, you're dead wrong. Because I'm gonna go till I'm 100. My goal is to do stuff with older characters that people never got the chance to do, because they never lived long enough... And because I don't have anything else I can do."[16][unreliable source]
Personal life
[edit]Dern was married to Marie Dawn Pierce from 1957 to 1959.[17] He married Diane Ladd in 1960. Their first daughter died from head injuries after falling into a swimming pool in 1962.[18] The couple's second daughter is actress Laura Dern. After his divorce from Ladd, Dern married Andrea Beckett in 1969.[19]
Dern has been an avid runner his whole life. In high school he recorded a half-mile best time of 1:55.8, and he later was on the track team at the University of Pennsylvania.[20] He said that between the ages of 28 and 70 he ran between 2,500 and 4,000 miles per year. In the 1986 film On the Edge he played a runner seeking redemption in a contest based on the Dipsea Race, and the 1978 film Coming Home both begins and ends with scenes of Dern running. In a 2014 interview at age 77, he said he still ran nearly every day, albeit more slowly.
Filmography
[edit]| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Wild River | Jack Roper | Uncredited |
| 1962 | The Crimebusters | Joe Krajac | |
| 1964 | Marnie | Sailor | |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | John Mayhew | ||
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Joe "Loser" Kearns | |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Hammond | |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | John May | ||
| The Trip | John | ||
| Waterhole No. 3 | Deputy Sam Tippen | ||
| Will Penny | Rafe Quint | ||
| 1968 | Psych-Out | Steve Davis | |
| Hang 'Em High | Miller | ||
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Joe Danby | |
| Castle Keep | Lt. Billy Byron Bix | ||
| Number One | Richie Fowler | ||
| The Cycle Savages | Keeg | ||
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | James Bates | ||
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Kevin Dirkman | |
| The Rebel Rousers | J.J. Weston | ||
| 1971 | The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Dr. Roger Girard | |
| Drive, He Said | Coach Bullion | ||
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Asa Watts (Long Hair) | |
| Silent Running | Freeman Lowell | ||
| Thumb Tripping | Smitty | ||
| The King of Marvin Gardens | Jason Staebler | ||
| 1973 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Deputy | Uncredited |
| The Laughing Policeman | Leo Larsen | ||
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | |
| 1975 | Posse | Jack Strawhorn | |
| Smile | Big Bob Freelander | ||
| 1976 | Family Plot | George Lumley | |
| Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson Potchuck | ||
| The Twist | William Brandels | ||
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Michael Lander | |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Captain Bob Hyde | |
| The Driver | The Detective | ||
| 1980 | Middle Age Crazy | Bobby Lee Burnett | |
| 1981 | Tattoo | Karl Kinsky | |
| 1982 | That Championship Season | George Sitkowski | |
| Harry Tracy, Desperado | Harry Tracy | ||
| 1986 | On the Edge | Wes Holman | |
| 1987 | The Big Town | Mr. Edwards | |
| World Gone Wild | Ethan | ||
| 1988 | 1969 | Cliff Denny | |
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Mark Rumsfield | |
| 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker | |
| 1992 | Diggstown | John Gillon | |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Will Plummer | |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Admiral Yancy Graham | |
| Mulholland Falls | The Chief | Uncredited | |
| Last Man Standing | Sheriff Ed Galt | ||
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Link Static (Voice) | |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | |
| If... Dog... Rabbit... | McGurdy | ||
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | The Judge | |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Alvin Begleiter | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Editor | |
| Milwaukee, Minnesota | Sean McNally | ||
| Monster | Thomas | ||
| 2005 | Madison | Harry Volpi | |
| Down in the Valley | Charlie | ||
| 2006 | Believe in Me | Ellis Brawley | |
| Walker Payne | Chester | ||
| The Astronaut Farmer | Hal | ||
| The Hard Easy | Gene | ||
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Easy Kimbrough | |
| The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Hippy Narrator | Uncredited | |
| 2008 | Swamp Devil | Howard Blame | |
| The Golden Boys | Captain Perez Ryder | ||
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Cliff | |
| The Hole 3D | Creepy Carl | ||
| The Lightkeepers | Bennie | ||
| 2010 | Trim | Dale Banks | |
| 2011 | Choose | Dr. Ronald Pendleton | |
| Inside Out | Vic Small | ||
| Twixt | Bobby LaGrange | ||
| 2012 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Yoshio Onodera (voice) | English dub |
| Hitting the Cycle | James | ||
| Django Unchained | Curtis Carrucan | ||
| 2013 | Coffin Baby | Vance Henrickson | |
| Northern Borders | Austin Kittredge Sr. | ||
| Nebraska | Woody Grant | ||
| Fighting for Freedom | Christian Dobbe | ||
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Georgie Wits | |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | General Sanford Smithers | |
| 2017 | American Violence | Richard Morton | |
| Class Rank | Oswald Flannigan | ||
| The Lears | Davenport Lear | ||
| Hickok | Doc Rivers O'Roark | ||
| Our Souls at Night | Dorlan Becker | ||
| Chappaquiddick | Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. | ||
| 2018 | Nostalgia | Ronnie Ashemore | |
| White Boy Rick | Ray Wershe | ||
| Freaks | Alan/Mr. Snowcone | ||
| Warning Shot | Calvin | ||
| American Dresser | King | ||
| Lez Bomb | Grandpa | ||
| 2019 | The Mustang | Myles | |
| The Peanut Butter Falcon | Carl | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | George Spahn | ||
| Remember Me | Claude | ||
| Swing Low (subsequently titled Ravage) | Mallinckroft | ||
| Inherit the Viper | Clay Carter | ||
| QT8: The First Eight | Himself | Documentary[21] | |
| The Artist's Wife[22] | Richard Smythson | ||
| Badland[23] | Reginald Cooke | ||
| 2020 | Emperor | Levi Coffin | |
| Death in Texas | Reynolds | ||
| 2021 | Last Call | Coach Finnegan | |
| Buck Alamo | Death | ||
| Overrun | Arkadi Dubkova | ||
| The Gateway | Marcus | ||
| Hands That Bind | Hank | ||
| Christmas vs. the Walters | Cliff Walters | ||
| Last Shoot Out | Blair Callahan | ||
| 2022 | The Hater | Frank | |
| Hellblazers | Bill Unger | ||
| Mid-Century | Emil Larson | ||
| The Most Dangerous Game | Whitney Tyler | ||
| 2023 | The Weapon | Doris | |
| Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | Mike Cassidy | ||
| Accidental Texan | Scheermeyer | ||
| Butch vs. Sundance | Mike Cassidy | ||
| Hunting Games | Henry | ||
| Old Dads | Richie Jacobs | ||
| 2024 | Bloodline Killer | Dr. Lucien | |
| The Devil's Trap | Mr. Cohen | ||
| 2025 | The World's Happiest Man | Tom | |
| Bad Men Must Bleed | George Wells | ||
| Feathered † | Rock | Post-production | |
| TBA | Reminisce † | Papa Joe | |
| Northbound † | Arthur |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Route 66 | Albert | Episode: "The Man on the Monkey Board" |
| 1961 | Naked City | Nicky | Episode: "Bullets Cost Too Much" |
| Hollis | Episode: "The Fault in Our Stars" (uncredited) | ||
| Sea Hunt | FBI Agent John Furillo | Episode: "Crime at Sea" | |
| Surfside 6 | Johnny Page | Episode: "Daphne, Girl Detective" | |
| Thriller | Johnny Norton | Episode: "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk" | |
| Ben Casey | Billy Harris | Episode: "A Dark Night for Billy Harris" | |
| The Detectives | Jud Treadwell | Episode: "Act of God" | |
| Cain's Hundred | Joe Krajac | Episode: "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" | |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred | Eddie Light | Episode: "The Left Side of Canada" |
| The Dick Powell Show | Deering | Episode: "Squadron" | |
| 1962–1963 | Stoney Burke | E.J. Stocker | 17 episodes |
| 1963 | The Dick Powell Show | Hank Fairbrother | Episode: "The Old Man and the City" |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Maynard | Episode: "The Hunt" | |
| The Outer Limits | Ben Garth | Episode: "The Zanti Misfits" | |
| Wagon Train | Seth Bancroft | Episode: "The Eli Bancroft Story" | |
| The Fugitive | Deputy Martin | Episode: "The Other Side of the Mountain" | |
| 1964 | The Virginian | Pell | Episode: "First to Thine Own Self" |
| Lee Darrow | Episode: "The Payment" | ||
| Wagon Train | Jud Fisher | Episode: "Those Who Stay Behind" | |
| The Fugitive | Charley | Episode: "Come Watch Me Die" | |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Ralph Wheeler | Episode: "Lovers' Lane" | |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Vernon | Episode: "The Last of the Strongmen" | |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Roy Bullock | Episode: "Night Caller" | |
| Jesse | Episode: "Lonely Place" | ||
| 12 O'Clock High | Lieutenant Michaels | Episode: "Golden Boy Had Nine Black Sheep" | |
| 1965 | Lieutenant Danton | Episode: "The Lorelei" | |
| Lieutenant Michaels | Episode: "The Mission" | ||
| Technical Sergeant Frank Jones | Episode: "The Jones Boys" | ||
| The Virginian | Bert Kramer | Episode: "A Little Learning" | |
| Wagon Train | Wilkins | Episode: "The Indian Girl Story" | |
| The Fugitive | Cody | Episode: "Corner of Hell" | |
| Hank | Episode: "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys" | ||
| Rawhide | Ed Rankin | Episode: "Walk into Terror" | |
| Laredo | Joe Durkee | Episode: "Rendezvous at Arillo" | |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Bobby Ballantine | Episode: "The Verdict" | |
| The F.B.I. | Private First Class Byron Landy | Episode: "Pound of Flesh" | |
| Gunsmoke | Doyle Phleger | Episode: "Ten Little Indians" | |
| Judd Print | Episode: "South Wind" | ||
| 1966 | Lou Stone | Episode: "The Jailer" | |
| The Fugitive | Hutch | Episode: "The Devil's Disciples" | |
| Branded | Les | Episode: "The Wolfers" | |
| The Loner | Lud Grant | Episode: "To Hang a Dead Man" | |
| Disneyland | Turk | Episode: "Gallegher Goes West: Crusading Reporter" | |
| Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder | Episode: "The Treasure Seekers" | |
| The Big Valley | Jack Follet | Episode: "Under a Dark Star" | |
| Harry Dixon | Episode: "By Force and Violence" | ||
| Clovis | Episode: "The Lost Treasure" | ||
| 1967 | Gabe Skeels | Episode: "Four Days to Furnace Hill" | |
| Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder | 2 episodes | |
| 1968 | Lancer | Lucas Thatcher | Episode: "Julie" |
| The Big Valley | John Weaver | Episode: "The Prize" | |
| The F.B.I. | Virgil Roy Phipps | Episode: "The Nightmare" | |
| Bonanza | Cully Maco | Episode: "The Trackers" | |
| 1969 | Lancer | Tom Nevill | Episode: "A Person Unknown" |
| Gunsmoke | Guerin | Episode: "The Long Night" | |
| Then Came Bronson | Bucky O'Neill | Episode: "Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt" | |
| 1970 | Bonanza | Bayliss | Episode: "The Gold Mine" |
| Land of the Giants | Thorg | Episode: "Wild Journey" | |
| The High Chaparral | Wade | Episode: "Only the Bad Come to Sonora" | |
| The Immortal | Luther Seacombe | Episode: "To the Gods Alone" | |
| 1985 | Space | Stanley Mott | 5 episodes |
| Toughlove | Rob Charters | Television film | |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Douglas Osborne | |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire | ||
| 1989 | Trenchcoat in Paradise | John Hollander | |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Scout Ed Higgins | |
| 1991 | Into the Badlands | T.L. Barston | |
| Carolina Skeletons | Junior Stoker | ||
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Billy Archer | |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Payton McCay | |
| Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | George Putnam | ||
| 1995 | A Mother's Prayer | John Walker | |
| Mrs. Munck | Patrick Leary | ||
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Winston | |
| 2003 | King of the Hill | Randy Strickland (voice) | Episode: "Boxing Luanne" |
| Hard Ground | Nate Hutchinson | Television film | |
| 2006–2011 | Big Love | Frank Harlow | 29 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: NY | Vet | Episode: "Boo" |
| 2013 | Pete's Christmas | Grandpa | Television film |
| 2016 | The Cowboy | Himself | Television documentary |
| 2019 | Black Monday | Rod "The Jammer" Jaminski | 2 episodes |
| Mr. Mercedes | John Rothstein | 8 episodes | |
| 2021 | Goliath | Frank Zax | 8 episodes |
| 2024 | Palm Royale | Skeet | 3 episodes |
Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Shadow Stalkers | The Director |
| 2020 | MegaRace: DeathMatch | Rabies |
Awards and nominations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Awards - Best Actor Award". Festival De Cannes. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Actor Bruce Dern | Interviews | Tavis Smiley". PBS. January 15, 2014. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ^ Dern, Bruce; Fryer, Christopher; Crane, Robert (November 18, 2014). Bruce Dern: A Memoir. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813147130.
andHe died the week I was born in 1936.
And I say, "Yeah, I like it. I'll do it. What else do I need to know?"
"Nothing," Krofft says. "You show up June sixth."
"That's two days after my birthday."
- ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1979. p. 102.
Dern, Bruce
June 4, 1936- Actor.
- ^ "Bruce Dern Biography (1936-)". www.filmreference.com.
- ^ "John Dern, 54, Utility Chief, Attorney, Dies". Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Bruce Dern accepts Career Achievement Award at the Chicago Intern - Time Out Chicago". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
- ^ "New Again: Bruce Dern – Page". Interview Magazine. October 2, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ^ a b Borrelli, Christopher (November 11, 2013). "Bruce Dern's long run to 'Nebraska'". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Bruce Dern shows a dangerous streak in 'Big Love'". Los Angeles Times. January 13, 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1983 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013". Cannes. May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ "Cannes: Lesbian Drama 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Palme d'Or". The Wrap. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ "Bruce Dern traces his career progression from "fifth cowboy from the right" to American icon". The A.V. Club. November 21, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "The Movies That Made Me season 4 episode 11: Bruce Dern". Trailers from Hell. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Bruce Dern on meeting 'fragile' Marilyn Monroe and why he won't retire". New York Post. September 5, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Gordon, Roger L. (2018). Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures. Vol. 2. Dorrance Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1480958418. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Diane Ladd". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
Diane died at just 18 months after she sustained a head injury from falling into a swimming pool.
- ^ "Actor nominated for Oscar married in Carson City". Reno Gazette Journal.
- ^ Daniloff, Caleb (February 19, 2014). "A Running Conversation with Bruce Dern". Runners World. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
- ^ McNary, Dave (February 13, 2019). "Director Reclaims Rights to Documentary '21 Years: Quentin Tarantino' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "The Artist's Wife | Celsius Entertainment | London | Film Sales".
- ^ Leydon, Joe (October 31, 2019). ""Badland" review". Variety. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Horrorant 2019: Daniel Robbins' PLEDGE Takes Home Top Prize". May 18, 2019.
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