Bruce Campbell

Bruce Campbell

Known for
Acting
Born
June 22, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Birmingham, Michigan, USA

Biography

Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for being Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). Campbell had the main roles in the television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) and Jack of All Trades (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015–2018). He also appeared in The Escort (2015). Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries Fanalysis (2002) and A Community Speaks (2004); co-wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the movie Man with the Screaming Brain (2005); and directed, produced, and featured in a parody of his career My Name Is Bruce (2007). Campbell is known for frequent collaborations with Raimi, his brother Ted, Josh Becker, and Scott Spiegel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Ernie & Emma poster

Ernie & Emma

Movie · as Ernie

2025
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas poster

A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas

Movie · as Owl (voice)

2024
Dinner with Leatherface poster

Dinner with Leatherface

Movie · as Self

2024
Hysteria! poster

Hysteria!

TV · as Chief Dandridge · 8 eps

2023
Other Men's Careers poster

Other Men's Careers

Movie · as Self

2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

Movie · as Himself

2023
Evil Dead Rise poster

Evil Dead Rise

Movie · as Priest (voice) (uncredited)

2023
Discontinued poster

Discontinued

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Movie · as Pizza Poppa

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Movie · as Self - Host / Pizza Poppa

2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called poster

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

Movie · as Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)

2022
Hollywood Signs poster

Hollywood Signs

Movie · as Self

2022
My Southern Family Christmas poster

My Southern Family Christmas

Movie · as Everett Bergeron

2022
18½ poster

18½

Movie · as Richard Nixon (voice)

2021
One December Night poster

One December Night

Movie · as Steve

2021
Black Friday poster

Black Friday

Movie · as Jonathan

2021
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You poster

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You

Movie · as Chef (voice)

2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II poster

Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II

Movie

2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead poster

Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead

Movie

2021
INVINCIBLE poster

INVINCIBLE

TV · as Demon (voice), Satan (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi poster

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Movie · as Self

2020
Hail to the Deadites poster

Hail to the Deadites

Movie · as Self

2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time poster

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
All Hail the Popcorn King! poster

All Hail the Popcorn King!

Movie · as Self

2019
Ripley's Believe It or Not! poster

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

TV · as Narrator · 10 eps

2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs poster

The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Last Kids on Earth poster

The Last Kids on Earth

TV · as Chef (voice) · 21 eps

2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
A.P. Bio poster

A.P. Bio

TV · as John Griffin · 1 ep

2018
Lodge 49 poster

Lodge 49

TV · as Gary Green · 3 eps

2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story poster

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

Movie · as Self

2017
Cult of Terror poster

Cult of Terror

Movie · as Self - Actor

2017
Highly Functional poster

Highly Functional

Movie · as Chili Youngfield

2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure poster

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

TV · as King Edmund (voice) · 3 eps

2016
50 Years of Star Trek poster

50 Years of Star Trek

Movie · as Self

2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls poster

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Movie · as Self

2015
The Escort poster

The Escort

Movie · as Charles

2015
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" poster

Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Ash vs Evil Dead poster

Ash vs Evil Dead

TV · as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams · 30 eps

2015
Last Fan Standing poster

Last Fan Standing

TV · 10 eps

2014
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist poster

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist

Movie · as Self

2014
Doc of the Dead poster

Doc of the Dead

Movie · as Self

2014
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

TV · as Santa · 1 ep

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan (voice) · 1 ep

2013
Evil Dead poster

Evil Dead

Movie · as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)

2013
Oz the Great and Powerful poster

Oz the Great and Powerful

Movie · as Winkie Gate Keeper

2012
Addicted to Fame poster

Addicted to Fame

Movie · as Carl Greig (archive footage)

2012
Kingdom Come poster

Kingdom Come

Movie · as Self

2012
The Color of Time poster

The Color of Time

Movie · as Goody

2012
1600 Penn poster

1600 Penn

TV · as Doug Gilchrist · 1 ep

2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe poster

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

Movie · as Sam Axe

2011
The Walking Dead Girls

The Walking Dead Girls

Movie · as Self

2011
Cars 2 poster

Cars 2

Movie · as Rod 'Torque' Redline (voice)

2011
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder poster

Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder

Movie · as Self

2011
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2' poster

Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'

Movie · as Self

2011
Impractical Jokers poster

Impractical Jokers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs poster

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Movie · as Mayor Shelbourne (voice)

2009
Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' poster

Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce'

Movie · as Self

2009
White on Rice poster

White on Rice

Movie · as Muramoto (voice)

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as McGinley (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Memories of Moab poster

Memories of Moab

Movie · as Self

2007
Spider-Man 3 poster

Spider-Man 3

Movie · as Maître D'

2007
My Name Is Bruce poster

My Name Is Bruce

Movie · as Bruce Campbell

2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters poster

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Movie · as Chicken Bittle (voice)

2007
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor poster

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor

Movie · as Self

2007
The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell poster

The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell

Movie

2007
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead poster

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

Movie · as (archive footage)

2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie poster

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie

Movie · as Chicken Bittle (voice)

2007
Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead poster

Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead

Movie · as Self

2007
Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3' poster

Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3'

Movie · as Self

2007
On the Set: Spider-Man 3 poster

On the Set: Spider-Man 3

Movie · as Self

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Sam Axe · 111 eps

2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera poster

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Woods poster

The Woods

Movie · as Joe Fasulo

2006
The Ant Bully poster

The Ant Bully

Movie · as Fugax (voice)

2006
Touch the Top of the World poster

Touch the Top of the World

Movie · as Ed Weihenmayer

2006
The Replacements poster

The Replacements

TV · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Ashford Simpson · 1 ep

2005
Man with the Screaming Brain poster

Man with the Screaming Brain

Movie · as William Cole

2005
Sky High poster

Sky High

Movie · as Coach Boomer

2005
Alien Apocalypse poster

Alien Apocalypse

Movie · as Ivan

2005
The Perfect Scary Movie poster

The Perfect Scary Movie

Movie · as Self

2004
Spider-Man 2 poster

Spider-Man 2

Movie · as Snooty Usher

2004
Comic Book: The Movie poster

Comic Book: The Movie

Movie · as Bruce Campbell

2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing poster

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Movie · as Self

2004
The Ladykillers poster

The Ladykillers

Movie · as Humane Society Worker (uncredited)

2004
Bench Pressley

Bench Pressley

Movie · as Bench Pressley

2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments poster

100 Scariest Movie Moments

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2004
Megas XLR poster

Megas XLR

TV · as Magnaminous (voice), Magnanimous (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Intolerable Cruelty poster

Intolerable Cruelty

Movie · as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)

2003
VH1 Goes Inside poster

VH1 Goes Inside

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
100 Greatest Scary Moments

100 Greatest Scary Moments

TV · 2 eps

2002
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

Movie · as Ring Announcer

2002
Serving Sara poster

Serving Sara

Movie · as Gordon Moore

2002
Bubba Ho-tep poster

Bubba Ho-tep

Movie · as Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff

2002
Terminal Invasion poster

Terminal Invasion

Movie · as Jack

2002
Fanalysis

Fanalysis

Movie · as Self

2002
Hatred Of A Minute poster

Hatred Of A Minute

Movie · as Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)

2002
Masters of Horror poster

Masters of Horror

Movie · as Self

2001
The Majestic poster

The Majestic

Movie · as Roland the Intrepid Explorer

2001
Hubert's Brain poster

Hubert's Brain

Movie · as Thompson (voice)

2001
The Legend of Tarzan poster

The Legend of Tarzan

TV · as Max Liebling (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Icebreaker poster

Icebreaker

Movie · as Carl Greig

2000
Timequest poster

Timequest

Movie · as William Roberts

2000
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier poster

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier

Movie · as Self / Ash

2000
Jack of All Trades poster

Jack of All Trades

TV · as Jack Stiles / The Daring Dragoon · 22 eps

1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money poster

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Movie · as Barry

1999
The Men Behind the Army poster

The Men Behind the Army

Movie · as Narrator

1998
La Patinoire poster

La Patinoire

Movie · as Actor

1998
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure poster

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure

Movie · as Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as FBI Agent Jackman · 1 ep

1997
The Love Bug poster

The Love Bug

Movie · as Hank Cooper

1997
McHale's Navy poster

McHale's Navy

Movie · as Virgil

1997
Running Time poster

Running Time

Movie · as Carl

1997
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory poster

In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory

Movie · as Jeff Erickson

1997
Menno's Mind poster

Menno's Mind

Movie · as Mick Dourif

1997
Timecop poster

Timecop

TV · 1 ep

1996
Escape from L.A. poster

Escape from L.A.

Movie · as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills

1996
Fargo poster

Fargo

Movie · as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)

1996
Assault on Dome 4 poster

Assault on Dome 4

Movie · as Alex Windham

1996
Tornado! poster

Tornado!

Movie · as Jake Thorne

1995
Congo poster

Congo

Movie · as Charles Travis

1995
The Demolitionist poster

The Demolitionist

Movie · as Raffle Winner (uncredited)

1995
The Quick and the Dead poster

The Quick and the Dead

Movie · as Wedding Shemp

1995
American Gothic poster

American Gothic

TV · 1 ep

1995
Xena: Warrior Princess poster

Xena: Warrior Princess

TV · as Autolycus · 8 eps

1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys poster

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

TV · as Autolycus, Rob Tapert · 10 eps

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy poster

The Hudsucker Proxy

Movie · as Smitty

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Ed Billik · 7 eps

1993
Eddie Presley poster

Eddie Presley

Movie · as Asylum Attendant

1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. poster

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

TV · as Brisco County, Jr. · 27 eps

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Wayne Weinsider · 1 ep

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Bill Church Jr. · 3 eps

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Jake Rodzinski · 2 eps

1992
Army of Darkness poster

Army of Darkness

Movie · as Ash

1992
Waxwork II: Lost in Time poster

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

Movie · as John Loftmore

1992
Mindwarp poster

Mindwarp

Movie · as Stover

1991
Lunatics: A Love Story poster

Lunatics: A Love Story

Movie · as Ray

1991
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat poster

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Movie · as Van Helsing

1990
Darkman poster

Darkman

Movie · as Final Shemp

1990
Maniac Cop 2 poster

Maniac Cop 2

Movie · as Jack Forrest

1989
Intruder poster

Intruder

Movie · as Officer Howard

1989
Moontrap poster

Moontrap

Movie · as Ray Tanner

1989
The Dead Next Door poster

The Dead Next Door

Movie · as Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)

1988
Maniac Cop poster

Maniac Cop

Movie · as Jack Forrest

1988
The Incredibly Strange Film Show poster

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Evil Dead II poster

Evil Dead II

Movie · as Ash

1985
The Sappy Sap poster

The Sappy Sap

Movie

1985
Crimewave poster

Crimewave

Movie · as Renaldo 'The Heel'

1985
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except poster

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

Movie · as Video Newscaster (uncredited)

1984
Going Back poster

Going Back

Movie · as Brice

1983
The Evil Dead poster

The Evil Dead

Movie · as Ash

1982
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter poster

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter

Movie · as Cleveland Smith

1981
Torro. Torro. Torro! poster

Torro. Torro. Torro!

Movie

1980
The Blind Waiter poster

The Blind Waiter

Movie · as Harry

1980
Stryker's War poster

Stryker's War

Movie · as Jack Stryker

1979
Within the Woods poster

Within the Woods

Movie · as Bruce

1979
Attack of the Helping Hand! poster

Attack of the Helping Hand!

Movie · as Helping Hand

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Joel Benson · 1 ep

1978
Holding It poster

Holding It

Movie

1978
Acting and Reacting poster

Acting and Reacting

Movie · as Maury

1977
The Final Round poster

The Final Round

Movie · as Promoter

1976
James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow" poster

James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow"

Movie · as James Bombed

1975
I'll Never Heil Again poster

I'll Never Heil Again

Movie

1975
The James Hoffa Story poster

The James Hoffa Story

Movie · as Jimmy Hoffa

1974
Curse of the Werewolf poster

Curse of the Werewolf

Movie · as The Hunter

1974
Half-Wits-Holiday poster

Half-Wits-Holiday

Movie · as Sappington the Butler

1974
All the World's a Stooge poster

All the World's a Stooge

Movie

1974
No Dough Boys poster

No Dough Boys

Movie

1974
The Singing Nutzs poster

The Singing Nutzs

Movie

1972
Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

Movie · as Kreon