Biography
Bruce Altman (born July 3, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is a 1990 graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Married and has one daughter. Studied in NYC with William Hickey and at the William Esper studio.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Home
2025
as Dr. Sabian
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building ...

Montauk
2025
as Jasper
Childhood friends set out to find treasure on a mysterious private island and discover the secrets behind the family who lives there.

Last Seen Alive
2022
as Barry Adams
After Will Spann's wife suddenly vanishes at a gas station, his desperate search to find her leads him down a dark path that forces him to run from au...

Master
2022
as Brian
At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and ...

Chemical Hearts
2020
as Toby Page
When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about...

Irresistible
2020
as Mr. Peeler
A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

The Sound of Silence
2019
as Howard Carlyle
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem ...

Fifty Shades Freed
2018
as Jerry Roach
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life ...

Fifty Shades Darker
2017
as Jerry Roach
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another...

C Street
2016
as Governor Empire
A power hungry intern pimps out his apartment to sex-starved politicians, only to find his boss using it to have an affair with the girl of his dreams...

Miracles from Heaven
2016
as Dr. Burgi
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she...

Touched with Fire
2016
as Donald
Two young poets with bipolar disorder begin a highly passionate, volatile relationship that threatens both their futures.

Shelter
2014
as Peter
Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we rea...

The Odd Way Home
2013
as James Richards
Two strangers, each living at the edges of society, are fatefully united for a harrowing and inspirational journey through the enchanting vistas of Ne...

Delivery Man
2013
as Mass Action Attorney
An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide wheth...

Kilimanjaro
2013
as Milton Jr.
For years, Doug Collins has been wading through a routine unsatisfying job and an increasingly miserable relationship. After his girlfriend moves out,...

Arbitrage
2012
as Chris Vogler
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for ...

Game Change
2012
as Fred Davis
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his r...

Big Miracle
2012
as Chief of Staff
A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of...

The Sitter
2011
as Jim Griffith
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be do...

Morning Glory
2010
as Television Executive
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently fa...

It's Complicated
2009
as Ted
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is mar...

Solitary Man
2009
as Dr. Steinberg
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

The Skeptic
2009
as Dr. Koven
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediatel...

Peter and Vandy
2009
as Dad
Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.

Bride Wars
2009
as Simmons
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

Recount
2008
as Mitchell Berger
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...

Deception
2008
as Lawyer #1
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chanc...

Bagboy
2007
as Norman
Bagboy is the "from bags to riches" story of a lowly grocery store clerk who endeavors to win the international competitive bagging championships and ...

12 and Holding
2006
as Coach Gilmore
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire...

Running Scared
2006
as Dez
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wro...

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels
2004
as Leonard Goldberg
A candid and campy portrayal of life behind the scenes of the original Charlies Angels.

Matchstick Men
2003
as Dr. Klein
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Changing Lanes
2002
as Terry Kaufman
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two pe...

L.I.E.
2001
as Marty Blitzer
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing thei...

Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Prof. Gilcrest
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unk...

The Object of My Affection
1998
as Dr. Goldstein
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much...

Cop Land
1997
as Counselor Burt Kandel
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s...

Dear Diary
1996
as Griffin
A New York magazine art director, a married mother of two who just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. The film won an O...

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
1996
as Paul Wheeler
David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks w...

Vibrations
1996
as Barry
A musician who lost his hands falls for a woman whose technologically adept friends help him make a comeback.
Rescuing Desire
1996
as Dr. Ralph Mallory
Toni, a very accomplished social worker and award winning nurse, is engaged to successful physician, Dr Ralph Mallory and works in a hospital run by R...

Quiz Show
1994
as Gene
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

White Mile
1994
as David Koenig
An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

The Paper
1994
as Carl
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, p...

Mr. Wonderful
1993
as Mr. Wonderful
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wif...

Mr. Jones
1993
as David
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr. Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his t...

Rookie of the Year
1993
as Jack Bradfield
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical short...

My New Gun
1992
as Irwin Bloom
Debbie Bender is a New Jersey housewife whose life is turned upside down when her husband gives her a gun for self-protection. But his plans backfire ...

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as Larry Spannel
When an office full of real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to ...

Regarding Henry
1991
as Bruce, Henry's Partner
Respected lawyer Henry Turner survives a convenience-store shooting only to find he has lost his memory, and has serious speech and mobility issues. A...

Shoeshine
1987
as Grouch
During a ride on the Staten Island Ferry, a young Wall Street investment banker and an old shoeshine man begin chatting and discussing their life phil...
La Meta
N/A
as Alex Rogo