- He used to drive a 1972 Toyota pick-up truck.
- He's left-handed.
- He loves to hike, ski, skydive, and sail.
- He worked in a drilling crew in northern Alberta.
- He broke the same leg doing a dance routine in the touring company of Cruel Tears, and in a motorcycle accident
- He attended the University of British Columbia and Magee School.
- His father, Hugh John Greenwood was a geophysicist and teacher who taught at Princeton University.
- His mother, Mary Sylvia Ledingham was a nurse who worked in an extended care unit.
- In 2004, he starred in I Robot as Lawrence Robertson.
- Bruce and his wife started dating when they were 15.
- In 1984, Warner Brothers had a year-long contract with him.
- He puts sound effects and foreign accents in his speeches.
- After the pilot of Nowhere Man he quit smoking.
- He plays his guitar and sings.
- He married Susan Devlin in 1985.
- In school his nickname was Greendog.
- He often plays villains in movies.
- He's 6'0½".
- He's won both a Satellite and Gemini award for acting.
- He attended the 39th Emmy Awards.
- Bruce: I'm an animal lover. I get along with animals pretty well, just the same as I do with kids. I like kids.
- Bruce: ( About Will Smith) He's a complete clown and the best guy ever, hysterically funny. He's a practical joker and he's just a very funny guy who always keeps the crew up
- Bruce: Did I get jiggy with Will? I would have to say no! Did I have fun with Will? I would have to say yeah! But you know, I did not jig with the man, if you know what I'm saying!
- Bruce: The people, the animals, getting to know all these people from South Africa and Australia who were doing a lot of the wrangling of the horses and the training. One of the hard things was saying goodbye to the animals because they had to stay.