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Vernon Wells

Profession
Acting
Born
December 31, 1945 · Rushworth, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Vernon George Wells (born 31 December 1945) is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as Homicide and Matlock Police and All The Rivers Run. He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. In the 2000s, Wells acted in the television series Power Rangers: Time Force portraying the series' main villain 'Ransik'. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Wells(actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Mad Max 2 poster
Mad Max 2
Film · 1981 · ★ 7.4
Commando poster
Commando
Film · 1985 · ★ 6.8
Looney Tunes: Back in Action poster
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Film · 2003 · ★ 6.4
Weird Science poster
Weird Science
Film · 1985 · ★ 6.5
Innerspace poster
Innerspace
Film · 1987 · ★ 6.8
Knight Rider poster
Knight Rider
Series · 1982 · ★ 7.5
MacGyver poster
MacGyver
Series · 1985 · ★ 7.7
Power Rangers poster
Power Rangers
Series · 1993 · ★ 7.1
Fortress poster
Fortress
Film · 1992 · ★ 6.1
JAG poster
JAG
Series · 1995 · ★ 7.3
Debt Collectors poster
Debt Collectors
Film · 2020 · ★ 6.2
Green Street Hooligans 2 poster
Green Street Hooligans 2
Film · 2009 · ★ 5.0

Filmography