Clyde J. Bruff

Clyde, otherwise known as The Commander to those who know and love him, is a Duquesne University Bachelor of Arts/History graduate and AFIT/University of Wyoming MBA /Finance. Clyde's love of acting started early. He starred in his high school play at Holy Innocents High School in his home town of Pittsburgh, PA. While at Duquesne University he met and fell in love his wife of over 50 years, Anne. Together they moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming where they started their family and had two children Judd and Julie (Jules) Bruff. Clyde served as the Squadron Commander in charge of 5% of land based nuclear weaponry in the U.S. Air Force. After being stationed in Vandenberg, CA they fell in love with the Golden State and never looked back. He then became a successful stock broker in San Francisco. Clyde finally dipped his toe back in to his first love, performing, when he became a Bay Area radio talk-show host for KSFO/ABC and an on-camera financial host on KCBS/CBS. Clyde went on to train professionally with Terry McGovern, Gwen Gilliss, David Dean Bottrell ,and Jeffery Brooks. He has been a proud member of SAG/AFTRA since Fall 2007. Since 2002, Clyde has appeared as Lead, Co-Star, Supporting Actor and VO actor in 40 Hollywood feature films, independent films, and TV series. (e.g., MILK ['08 Academy Awards Best Picture Nomination-Dir: Gus Van Sant], Wayne Dyer's The Shift, Chester Briggans' Magic Blood, Six Sex Scenes and a Murder ('09 NetFlix), Illusion ('04 Hamptons Film Festival Best Screenplay), S.S. Humanity (multiple V/Os - '09 International Student Film Festival: Best Science Fiction Film) Undercut ( '06 MTV Film Awards Finalist), Valentine's Day (Dir: Gary Marshall), The Art of Existing, Sense of Need, Eight Thirty-Two, Undercut, Agent Steele, and Crossing Canyon(Lead V/O). Benched (Episode 11-CO-STAR)-USA Network Series, The Accountants (Co-Star [TV Film-Dre Luca Prod.]), NBC's Trauma (3 episodes), Super Hyphy (Video-MTV Network), Tim & Eric Awesome (Cartoon Network-co-star Episode 204), Boston Legal (ABC, Sea. 4, #s 6 & 8), Washington Field (CBS Pilot),True Blue (NBC Pilot), Love Bites (Universal/NBC Pilot), Sucker Free City(TV Film-Cinemax: Spike Lee-Director) and The Jump Arounds (Nickelodeon-co-star Season. 1, # 102). Clyde has also been in numerous commercials and recorded countless voice projects. In 2022 his daughter, actor and filmmaker Jules Bruff, cast him in her latest feature film, Good Side of Bad.