Corbin Bernsen is an American actor who gained fame after he became a cast member of the NBC American drama series L.A. Law. His character’s name in the series is Arnold Becker who is a divorce lawyer.
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Corbin Bernsen Bio, Age :
Corbin Bernsen was born on 5th September in 1954 in North Hollywood, California, USA. He is American by nationality and belongs to the mixed ethnic group (English, Scottish, Iris, and Jewish). His parents are both in the entertainment industry as his father Harry Bernsen Jr. is a movie producer and his mother Jeanne Cooper is an established soap actress.
For high school education, Corbin Bernsen joined Beverly Hills High school. After completing his high school education he joined the University of California and finished his Bachelors’s Degree in Theater Arts. He also obtained A Master of Fine Arts degree in playwriting there.
What is Corbin Bernsen’s Height?
Corbin Bernsen has a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs 70 kg. His hair color is blonde and has light brown eyes.
Corbin Bernsen Career :
Corbin Bernsen worked on a TV show titled Rayn’s Hope for two years before finally getting his big break in the series L.A Law which ran for 8 seasons (1986-1994). He played the role of Arnold Becker, a divorce lawyer. After that, he started getting offers for movies as he has starred in movies like Kounterfeit (1995). The same year he appeared in the thriller movie ‘Aurora: Operation Intercept’.
Similarly, Corbin Bernsen played a major role of the character John Durant in the series General Hospital. He has also acted in the horror movie The Dentist (1996). He has acted in many movies like Major League (1989), 25 Hill (2011) and many more. His last movie was Psych (2017). He has also played the role Anderson Schultz of in the hit series The Punisher.
Who is Corbin Bernsen’s Wife?
Corbin Bernsen got married to actress Amanda Pays on 19th November 1988. Their marriage has lasted for 31 years as of 2019 which shows their love and respect for each other. They are the proud parents of four sons, Oliver, Angus, Henry, and Finley. His first marriage was with Brenda Cooper which ended in divorce in 1987.
What is Corbin Bernsen’s Net Worth?
At present, Corbin Bernsen has a net worth of $16 million.
Is Corbin Bernsen active on Twitter, Facebook?
Corbin Bernsen is active on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. He has 15.9K followers on Instagram and has 76.8K followers on Twitter. Likewise, he has more than 268.7K followers on Facebook.
Facts of Corbin Bernsen
| Full Name | Corbin Bernsen |
| Net Worth | $16 Million |
| Date Of Birth | September 7, 1954 |
| Age | 65 years 3 months |
| Horoscope | Virgo |
| Place Of Birth | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Height | 5' 10¾" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | Beverly Hills High School, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Amanda Pays (m. 1988), Brenda Cooper (m. 1983–1987) |
| Children | Oliver Bernsen, Finley Cooper Bernsen, Angus Moore Bernsen, Henry Pays Bernsen |
| Parents | Harry Bernsen, Jeanne Cooper |
| Siblings | Caren Bernsen, Collin Bernsen |
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| IMDB | Corbin Bernsen IMDB |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical |
| Movies | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Christian Mingle, The Dentist, Major League, 25 Hill, The Dentist 2, Major League: Back to the Minors, Major League II, Tales from the Hood, Disorganized Crime, The Great White Hype, 3 Day Test, Shattered, Love Comes Softly, Dead Air, Hello Again, Lay the Favorite, Kounterfeit, ... |
| TV Shows | Psych, How Much Is Enough?, The Extraordinary, The Cape, L.A. Law, Ryan's Hope, A Whole New Ballgame |
Quotes of Corbin Bernsen
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [In a chat with Conan O'Brien, said playfully] Most women in the business sneak off to Costa Rica and return with a new younger face, but no my mother has hers done live on TV and has it written into her script. |
| 2 | They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good. |
| 3 | Yeah, I think if I were to go again, I'd try to go more on gut feelings and stick with it. I was on to Frederique. I found clues for everything, I found tons of stuff. |
| 4 | There's nothing like coming home here, having the day off or morning off and going surfing. In Orlando I don't know what I would do. |
| 5 | We need a space program because we need explorers. It's in our souls. |
| 6 | Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know? |
| 7 | I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play. |
| 8 | Taking employment out of the country - now that's taking away jobs. These shows employ a lot of people: production, post-production, music supervisors, camera people. A hundred people or more. |
| 9 | I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce. |
| 10 | I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. |
| 11 | In daytime, they're doing 50-60 pages a day, whereas nighttime, you do seven or eight. |
| 12 | It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy. |
| 13 | It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. |
| 14 | I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives. |
| 15 | If we stop exploring space, we're going to lose the same part of us that found vaccines and penicillin, the part that searches for cures to cancer and AIDS. |
| 16 | It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. A horrible gut wrenching thing, but it's exciting. |
| 17 | I have to say, though, it's a little strange doing both because Durant is very straight and stern and austere. |
| 18 | I saw the excitement, going to different places, being able to explore emotion in a healthy way. |
Quick Facts of Corbin Bernsen
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Due completing a UK based film joined many co-stars from prior shows when marketing PR visited the most densely packed (UK non-Award), celebrity event 'Save the Rose Theatre' campaigns, public PR day, May 1989. [See also S.O.B. (1981) & Major League (1989). ]. |
| 2 | Acting protégé of Richard Dysart. |
| 3 | Corbin's father, whose family's surname was originally "Bernstein", was of German Jewish descent. Corbin's mother had English, Scottish, and more distant Welsh and French, ancestry. |
| 4 | Member of the jury at the Beverly Hills film festival along with Billy Zane, Martiros Vartanov, 'James Russo', Robert Davi, Elisa Donovan. [2009] |
| 5 | Acting mentor was Richard Dysart. |
| 6 | Artist Wayne Barlowe picked Bernsen to be his model for a series of paintings used as cover art for science fiction paperbacks, most notably Keith Laumer's "James Bond in Space" Retief series. |
| 7 | He owns over 7000 snowglobes. |
| 8 | Was so eager to get the role in L.A. Law (1986) that he drove cross-country in his jeep to track down Steven Bochco and ask him to give him another shot. |
| 9 | Graduated Beverly Hills High School in 1972. |
| 10 | President of Public Media Works; a Television and Motion Picture Production Company with an interactive Virtual Studio at www.publicmediaworks.com |
| 11 | Is cousin of Rod Bernsen, who is known as Southern California's #1 police news-specialist for Fox 11 News. |
| 12 | MFA Theater Arts, UCLA |
| 13 | Trained in Jeet Kune Do from the late Bruce Lee |
| 14 | Son-in-law of Howard Pays and Jan Miller. |
| 15 | Nephew-in-law of Mandy Miller. |
| 16 | Sons with Amanda Pays: Oliver Bernsen (b. 14 March 1989), twins Henry Bernsen & Angus Bernsen (b. 19 March 1992), and Finley Bernsen (b. 9 June 1998). |
| 17 | Married second wife, Amanda Pays, when she was 6 months pregnant. |
| 18 | He co-hosted the emergency action video, In a Split Second (1994) with his wife Amanda Pays. The video originally aired on NBC television. |
| 19 | Older brother of actor Collin Bernsen and Caren Bernsen. |
| 20 | Son of Jeanne Cooper and Harry Bernsen. |
