Vernon Wells

Vernon Wells

Known for
Acting
Born
December 31, 1945 (age 80)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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Area 5150 poster

Area 5150

Movie · as Rocco

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Escape from Paradise

Escape from Paradise

Movie · as Gus

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Island in the Stars

Island in the Stars

Movie · as Argentum

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The Dead Rose poster

The Dead Rose

Movie · as Cypress

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Alien Horde poster

Alien Horde

Movie · as Senator Latta

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The Damnation poster

The Damnation

Movie · as The Major (voice)

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Survive the End

Survive the End

Movie · as The President

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Wine Thief poster

Wine Thief

Movie · as Winston T Graham

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Heavy Weapon poster

Heavy Weapon

Movie · as Cypress

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LeapFrog

LeapFrog

Movie · as General Irving

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Witchcraft XVIII: The Lanterne of Light poster

Witchcraft XVIII: The Lanterne of Light

Movie · as Cult Leader

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Cinema Insomnia

Cinema Insomnia

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
Cheer Bloody Murder poster

Cheer Bloody Murder

Movie · as Yanny

2026
Mothman Vs Bigfoot poster

Mothman Vs Bigfoot

Movie · as Detective Thomas

2026
Cursed Waters poster

Cursed Waters

Movie · as Prosecutor

2026
Censor Addiction poster

Censor Addiction

Movie · as Wizard

2026
Days of Sodom: A Crow Fan Film poster

Days of Sodom: A Crow Fan Film

Movie · as Mayor Minos

2026
Valley of the Horntak poster

Valley of the Horntak

Movie · as Gordon

2026
White Shark poster

White Shark

Movie

2025
A Reluctant Heart poster

A Reluctant Heart

Movie · as Stuart Knapp

2025
Vanished poster

Vanished

Movie · as Greg McBride

2025
Clutch poster

Clutch

Movie · as Fuentes

2025
We Meet Again poster

We Meet Again

Movie · as Stone

2024
Apex Predators 2: The Spawning poster

Apex Predators 2: The Spawning

Movie · as Bartender Wells

2024
The Beast Inside poster

The Beast Inside

Movie · as Father Geoffrey

2024
Realm of Shadows poster

Realm of Shadows

Movie · as Cypress

2024
The Charisma Killers poster

The Charisma Killers

Movie · as The Old Man

2024
Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In poster

Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In

Movie · as Richard Daniels

2024
The Blue-Eyed Boy and Mister Death poster

The Blue-Eyed Boy and Mister Death

Movie · as George

2024
Road Wars: Max Fury poster

Road Wars: Max Fury

Movie · as Shane McIntosh

2024
Professor Kimmer's Initiation poster

Professor Kimmer's Initiation

Movie · as Cypress

2024
Harvest poster

Harvest

Movie · as Jim Mansfield

2024
Gladiators poster

Gladiators

Movie · as Avitus

2023
End of Loyalty poster

End of Loyalty

Movie · as Rooker

2023
Ghost poster

Ghost

Movie · as Jeremiah

2023
I Can poster

I Can

Movie · as Doctor Wells

2023
Root poster

Root

Movie · as Scott

2023
Murder Syndicate poster

Murder Syndicate

Movie · as Roddy

2023
Transmission poster

Transmission

Movie · as Frank Tadross Roth

2023
Heartland Harmony poster

Heartland Harmony

Movie · as Lemmy LaRoux

2023
Blood and Snow poster

Blood and Snow

Movie · as The Professor

2023
The Price We Pay poster

The Price We Pay

Movie · as The Doctor

2022
Amber Road poster

Amber Road

Movie · as Sheriff Taylor

2022
Tales from the Other Side poster

Tales from the Other Side

Movie · as William

2022
American Bigfoot poster

American Bigfoot

Movie · as Truman Shaw

2022
The Electric Man poster

The Electric Man

Movie · as Doogie

2022
Shadows poster

Shadows

Movie · as Cliff

2022
Sally Floss: Digital Detective poster

Sally Floss: Digital Detective

Movie · as Papa

2022
Frost poster

Frost

Movie · as Grant

2022
Jack Be Nimble poster

Jack Be Nimble

Movie · as Jack

2022
Werewolf Cabal poster

Werewolf Cabal

Movie · as Henry Sullivan

2022
Soul Cage poster

Soul Cage

Movie · as The Persuader

2022
Thor: God of Thunder poster

Thor: God of Thunder

Movie · as Odin

2022
Memoirs of a Fighter poster

Memoirs of a Fighter

Movie · as Pastor

2022
Of the Devil poster

Of the Devil

Movie · as Father Bennet

2022
The Christmas Tapes poster

The Christmas Tapes

Movie · as Santa

2022
Showdown in Yesteryear poster

Showdown in Yesteryear

Movie · as Orson Kane

2022
Forbearance poster

Forbearance

Movie · as Dr. George Ross

2022
In Search of Tomorrow poster

In Search of Tomorrow

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2022
No Name and Dynamite poster

No Name and Dynamite

Movie · as Black Jack Bennett

2021
Christmas Collision poster

Christmas Collision

Movie · as Ronan

2021
Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender poster

Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender

Movie · as The Shadow Knight

2021
Red Snow poster

Red Snow

Movie · as Julius King

2021
Kringle Time poster

Kringle Time

Movie · as Herb

2021
Bearry poster

Bearry

Movie · as Detective Seahorn

2021
Under the Palm Tree poster

Under the Palm Tree

Movie · as Det. Scott

2020
Social Distance poster

Social Distance

Movie · as Gil Oldman Jr.

2020
7th Revelation poster

7th Revelation

Movie · as Gil Oldman Jr.

2020
No Chance poster

No Chance

Movie · as Barrett Transformed

2020
Camp Twilight poster

Camp Twilight

Movie · as Detective Bennett

2020
Kill Giggles poster

Kill Giggles

Movie · as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles

2020
Emerald Run poster

Emerald Run

Movie · as Dodson

2020
Await the Dawn poster

Await the Dawn

Movie · as Zed

2020
Fear of the Woods poster

Fear of the Woods

Movie · as Father

2020
Charlie's Christmas Wish poster

Charlie's Christmas Wish

Movie · as Hank Wentworth

2020
Debt Collectors poster

Debt Collectors

Movie · as Cyrus Skinner

2020
Bird poster

Bird

Movie · as Fred

2019
Crossbreed poster

Crossbreed

Movie · as Murphy

2019
In Search of the Last Action Heroes poster

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

Movie · as Self

2019
The Silent Natural poster

The Silent Natural

Movie · as Sarah's Father

2019
Bigfoot Down Under poster

Bigfoot Down Under

Movie · as Self

2018
Loss Prevention poster

Loss Prevention

Movie · as CEO Reginald Bachman

2018
Death House poster

Death House

Movie · as Nela

2018
Trouble Is My Business poster

Trouble Is My Business

Movie · as Detective Barry Tate

2018
The City of Gold poster

The City of Gold

Movie · as The Inquisitor

2018
Hide and Go Seek poster

Hide and Go Seek

Movie · as Bill

2018
Glass Jaw poster

Glass Jaw

Movie · as Happy

2018
Lilith poster

Lilith

Movie · as Phillip

2018
Impact Event poster

Impact Event

Movie · as Ed

2017
Alien Hunger poster

Alien Hunger

Movie · as Sheriff Tom Baker

2017
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Movie · as Mr. Enfield

2017
Landfall poster

Landfall

Movie · as Wexler

2016
Western X

Western X

Movie · as The General

2016
The Perfect Weapon poster

The Perfect Weapon

Movie · as The Interrogator

2016
? (Question-mark)

? (Question-mark)

Movie · as Willkins

2016
Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper poster

Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper

Movie · as Walsh

2016
The Horde poster

The Horde

Movie · as Earl

2016
Timber the Treasure Dog poster

Timber the Treasure Dog

Movie · as Wolf (voice)

2016
The Sector poster

The Sector

Movie · as Shamrock

2016
Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' poster

Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior'

Movie · as Self

2016
Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon poster

Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon

Movie · as Robert

2016
Rum Runners poster

Rum Runners

Movie · as Louie

2015
Jurassic City poster

Jurassic City

Movie · as Agent LaFranco

2015
Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs poster

Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs

Movie · as Marcus

2015
Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween poster

Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween

Movie · as Guy Hunsinger

2015
No Solicitors poster

No Solicitors

Movie · as Sam

2015
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran poster

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

Movie · as Self

2014
Throwback poster

Throwback

Movie · as Detective McNab

2014
Relentless Justice poster

Relentless Justice

Movie · as Jason Macendale

2013
Jurassic Attack poster

Jurassic Attack

Movie · as Angent Grimaldi

2013
Like a Bat Outta Hell poster

Like a Bat Outta Hell

Movie · as Simson

2013
Black Asylum poster

Black Asylum

Movie · as Sheriff

2012
The Lackey poster

The Lackey

Movie · as Mr. Dechlan

2012
100,000 Zombie Heads poster

100,000 Zombie Heads

Movie · as Lubhoc

2010
Shadows in Paradise poster

Shadows in Paradise

Movie · as General Ruth

2010
The Dead Undead poster

The Dead Undead

Movie · as Raleigh

2010
World's End poster

World's End

Movie · as Corvin

2010
Westbrick Murders poster

Westbrick Murders

Movie · as Max

2010
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! poster

The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!

Movie · as Network Head (voice)

2009
Charlie Valentine poster

Charlie Valentine

Movie · as Broad

2009
Silent Night, Zombie Night poster

Silent Night, Zombie Night

Movie · as Paul Irwin

2009
Green Street Hooligans 2 poster

Green Street Hooligans 2

Movie · as Tankersley Governor

2009
Someone's Knocking at the Door poster

Someone's Knocking at the Door

Movie · as Dr. Tolstoy

2009
The Butcher poster

The Butcher

Movie · as 1970's IRA Commander

2008
Tru Loved poster

Tru Loved

Movie · as Coach Wesley

2008
Hollywood Confidential poster

Hollywood Confidential

Movie · as Lt. Stone

2007
ReVamped poster

ReVamped

Movie · as Wes

2006
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Movie · as Dr. Dennis Lanyon

2006
Curse of Pirate Death poster

Curse of Pirate Death

Movie · as Vernon

2006
Blood Ranch poster

Blood Ranch

Movie · as Shotgun

2006
Saurian poster

Saurian

Movie · as Alester Carvel

2006
Vagabond

Vagabond

Movie · as Ivan

2005
Meet Me in Miami poster

Meet Me in Miami

Movie · as Mr. Abbott

2004
King of the Ants poster

King of the Ants

Movie · as Beckett

2003
Devil's Knight

Devil's Knight

Movie · as Frank

2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action poster

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Movie · as Acme VP, Child Labor

2002
Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time poster

Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time

Movie · as Ransik

2002
Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny poster

Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny

Movie · as Ransik

2002
Curse of the Forty-Niner poster

Curse of the Forty-Niner

Movie · as Jeremiah Stone

2001
Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control poster

Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control

Movie · as Ransik

2001
Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future poster

Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future

Movie · as Ransik

2001
Beneath Loch Ness poster

Beneath Loch Ness

Movie · as Constable

2001
The Education of a Vampire poster

The Education of a Vampire

Movie · as Captain Andrew Collins

2000
Starforce poster

Starforce

Movie · as Squad Leader

2000
Never Look Back poster

Never Look Back

Movie · as Nick

1999
Wasteland Justice poster

Wasteland Justice

Movie · as Tarnak

1998
Billy Frankenstein poster

Billy Frankenstein

Movie · as Otto

1997
Vulcan poster

Vulcan

Movie · as Greg Mitchum

1997
Kick of Death poster

Kick of Death

Movie · as Paulie

1997
The Bad Pack poster

The Bad Pack

Movie · as Biker

1997
Conan poster

Conan

Movie · as Morga

1996
Space Truckers poster

Space Truckers

Movie · as Mister Cutt

1996
Misfit Patrol poster

Misfit Patrol

Movie · as Captain Cook

1995
Hard Justice poster

Hard Justice

Movie · as Galaxy 500

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Toohey · 2 eps

1994
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II poster

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

Movie · as Plughead

1994
T-Force poster

T-Force

Movie · as Samuel Washington

1994
2002: The Rape of Eden poster

2002: The Rape of Eden

Movie · as Mercenary Soldier

1994
Stranglehold poster

Stranglehold

Movie · as Gerald Richter

1994
Ultimatum poster

Ultimatum

Movie · as Gerard

1994
Manosaurus poster

Manosaurus

Movie · as Professor Sorenson

1993
Power Rangers poster

Power Rangers

TV · as Ransik · 42 eps

1992
Fortress poster

Fortress

Movie · as Maddox

1992
Sexual Response poster

Sexual Response

Movie · as Philip

1990
Circuitry Man poster

Circuitry Man

Movie · as Plughead

1990
The Shrimp on the Barbie poster

The Shrimp on the Barbie

Movie · as Bruce

1990
Undeclared War poster

Undeclared War

Movie · as Hannibal

1990
Crossing the Line poster

Crossing the Line

Movie · as Steve Sinclair

1989
Nam Angels poster

Nam Angels

Movie · as Chard

1989
Enemy Unseen poster

Enemy Unseen

Movie · as Steiger

1989
American Eagle poster

American Eagle

Movie · as Johnny Burke

1989
Circle of Fear poster

Circle of Fear

Movie · as Allan Bainbridge

1988
The Gamble poster

The Gamble

Movie · as First Brother Podestà

1988
Sunset poster

Sunset

Movie · as Australian Houseman

1987
Innerspace poster

Innerspace

Movie · as Mr. Igoe

1987
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

Movie · as Roo Marcus

1987
P.I. Private Investigations poster

P.I. Private Investigations

Movie · as Detective North

1985
Commando poster

Commando

Movie · as Bennett

1985
Fortress poster

Fortress

Movie · as Dabby Duck

1985
Weird Science poster

Weird Science

Movie · as Lord General

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Catlin, Paul Donnay · 1 ep

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Sonny Zajak · 1 ep

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as Wilson · 1 ep

1981
Mad Max 2 poster

Mad Max 2

Movie · as Wez