Vernon Wells

Vernon Wells

Actor · Producer

Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
December 31, 1945

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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Representative Works

Commando
Commando
6.7
/ English
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
7.4
/ English
Weird Science
Weird Science
6.5
/ English
Innerspace
Innerspace
6.8
/ English
Fortress
Fortress
6.1
/ English
Debt Collectors
Debt Collectors
6.2
/ English
Space Truckers
Space Truckers
5.4
/ English
The Price We Pay
The Price We Pay
5.8
/ English
Westbrick Murders
Westbrick Murders
3.2
/ English
Tru Loved
Tru Loved
4.8
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003Nominee

Best Performance

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Commando
1985Nominee

Best Performance

Commando

Mad Max 2
1981Nominee

Best Performance

Mad Max 2

Career Highlights

Weird Science
1985Highlight

Best Performance

Weird Science

Innerspace
1987Highlight

Best Performance

Innerspace

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