Biography
The slightly ragged and roughshod character actor Luce Rains specialized in playing unpolished redneck individuals, including many a lawman, sheriff, and cowboy. Rains debuted with a bit part the 1978 disco picture Thank God It's Friday; subsequent credits include such outings as Wyatt Earp (1994), Vampires (1998), and Dreamland (2005). Rains made a particularly strong impact as Marshal Weathers in James Mangold's 2007 remake of the classic Western 3:10 to Yuma.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Rust
2025
as Frank Bascom
Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two mus...

Rivals
2024
as Kennicke
During the Great Depression, Kennicke, a rancher in western South Dakota, hires on vagrant workers, only to murder them when it comes time to pay. Whe...

Butch vs. Sundance
2023
as Sheriff Mills
After years of robbing and scheming, a feud between Butch and Sundance leads to mistrust and betrayal, jeopardizing the largest heist of the century.

Two Sinners and a Mule
2023
as Zek Daniels
Kicked out of a small Western town for sinful behavior, free-spirited Alice and Nora set out for Virginia City to pursue their dream of opening a rest...

Surrounded
2023
as Goldie
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to ...

Out of Exile
2023
as Sheriff Dan Pogue
Recently paroled thief Gabriel Russell tries to balance his life and mend a troubled family as an FBI agent hunts him down, along with his crew after ...

Land of Dreams
2022
as Oliver
Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control...

Night of the Cooters
2022
as Skip
Based on Howard Waldrop's 1987 sci-fi novel.

The Manson Brothers: Midnight Zombie Massacre
2021
as Referee Moon
Two worn-out wrestling brothers take part in a midnight fight on Halloween. What they do not know: While they are trapped in the wrestling arena, thei...

The Marksman
2021
as Everett
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican ca...

The Devil to Pay
2020
as Percy Knox
After the disappearance of her husband, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community fights to save her son when the cold-hearted matriarc...

Running with the Devil
2019
as The Keeper
A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.

Sister Aimee
2019
In 1926 America’s most famous evangelist is a woman. And she’s looking for a way out. Fed up with her own success, she gets swept up in her lover’s da...

Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as Old Man at Train Station
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off wit...

Deadman Standing
2018
as Faro Fred
The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being pol...

Hostiles
2017
as Virgil Lounde
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family thr...

The Space Between Us
2017
as Homeless Man
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.

Priceless
2016
as Officer Melton
James, down on his luck and desperate for some quick cash, agrees to drive a small truck across country. He soon realizes that he's made a huge mistak...

Blood Father
2016
as Dennis Trucker
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

Kill or Be Killed
2016
as Sheriff Everheart
In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a ...

Kill or Be Killed
2016
Associate Producer
In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a ...

The Lost Pueblo
2016
as St. Gregory
When kids get lost in the New Mexico wilderness. Just like life, we must not lose love and hope or the Devil wins in the end.

Outlaws and Angels
2016
as Augustus
A gang of cold-blooded outlaws narrowly escapes a blood-soaked bank robbery in a grimy frontier town. With a notorious bounty hunter hot on their trai...

Bare
2015
as Travis
A young woman's friendship with a drug-dealing drifter evolves into a lesbian romance.

The Cabining
2014
as Jasper
Two horror screenwriters head to a remote artists' retreat seeking inspiration. Instead, each artist falls victim to increasingly gruesome deaths. The...

Transcendence
2014
as Roger
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them...

The Redemption of Henry Myers
2014
as Sheriff Tom
Henry Myers (Drew Walters) is living a hard life, surviving on the frontier any way he can – even if it means robbing a bank. After his latest heist b...

Sweetwater
2013
as Kingfisher
In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the N...

Dark Around the Stars
2013
as Harlan
Glen is on a drunken road trip when he plots to commit suicide on his birthday. His decision sends him on a spirited adventure.....

Dead Man's Burden
2012
as Joe McCurry
A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to...

Beyond the Blackboard
2011
as Joe
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless childr...

Here's the Kicker
2011
as Al Matthews
A down-on-his-luck football kicker decides to give up his dreams of making it in the NFL and to move to Texas with his fiancée. The only things standi...

Kites
2010
as Bounty Hunter
A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.

Deadly Impact
2010
as Red Tie
Deadly Impact follows hard-nosed cop Thomas Armstrong (Flanery) whose life was shattered when he became the helpless target of a mastermind murderer. ...

Brothers
2009
as The Nose
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to ...

The Keeper
2009
as Jason Cross
Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to...

Shoot First And Pray You Live
2008
as Phil Branch
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father

Linewatch
2008
as Harris
Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. is a Border Patrol Officer in the New Mexico desert with a secret past that is about to catch up with him. When...

Appaloosa
2008
as Dean
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Love Lies Bleeding
2008
as Gault
A struggling young couple stumbles upon a cache of dirty money after a shootout in their apartment building.

3:10 to Yuma
2007
as Marshall Weathers
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is ...

No Country for Old Men
2007
as Pickup Driver
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it,...

First Snow
2006
as Roy Harrison
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.

Dreamland
2006
as Dreamer
A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.

Unspeakable
2003
as Prison Doctor
Despite vocal objections from Warden Blakely, prison psychologist Diana Purlow journeys deep inside the mind of serial killer Jesse Mowat in a despera...

Vampires
1998
as Clerk
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist...

Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story
1995
as Charlie
True story of an abusive husband's obsession with his wife and daughter.

Revenge on the Highway
1992
as Irwin Maltz
At his wedding Claude Sams has an argument with his son about his life-style; in anger Paul leaves. Together with a friend he sets out for Vegas to se...

Late for Dinner
1991
as Duane Gardener (as Steven Schwartz-Hartley)
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police ar...

Into the Badlands
1991
as Tom
A bounty hunter searches the west for a wanted outlaw named Red Roundtree.

Enid Is Sleeping
1990
as Fireman
Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with her sister June, a row ensued, where...

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as 8th Outlaw
Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's f...

Thank God It's Friday
1978
as Swinger in Phone Booth
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams ...

An Enemy of the People
1978
A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann,...

Hellbent
N/A
as Grizzly Bo
A 16-year-old runaway enlists a fugitive drifter to take her on a cross-country journey to meet the father she's never known.