Vernon Wells
172 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 31, 1945 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as
- Vernon George Wells
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'.
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Known for
Vernon Wells: movies and TV shows
Acting (177)
- Upcoming Area 5150
as Rocco
- Upcoming Escape from Paradise
as Gus
- Upcoming Cheer Bloody Murder
as Yanny
- Upcoming Island in the Stars
as Argentum
- Upcoming Alien Horde
as Senator Latta
- Upcoming The Damnation
as The Major (voice)
- Upcoming Survive the End
as The President
- Upcoming Wine Thief
as Winston T Graham
- Upcoming Heavy Weapon
as Cypress
- Upcoming LeapFrog
as General Irving
- 2026 Cursed Waters
as Prosecutor
- 2026 Censor Addiction
as Wizard
- 2026 Mothman Vs Bigfoot
as Detective Thomas
- 2026 Valley of the Horntak
as Gordon
- 2026
- 2026 Days of Sodom: A Crow Fan Film
as Mayor Minos
- 2025 Vanished
as Greg McBride
- 2025 We Meet Again
as Stone
- 2025 Clutch
as Fuentes
- 2025 A Reluctant Heart
as Stuart Knapp
- 2024 The Beast Inside
as Father Geoffrey
- 2024 Gladiators
as Avitus
- 2024 Apex Predators 2: The Spawning
as Bartender Wells
- 2024 The Charisma Killers
as The Old Man
- 2024 The Dead Rose
as Cypress
- 2024 Harvest
as Jim Mansfield
- 2024 Professor Kimmer's Initiation
as Cypress
- 2024 Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In
as Richard Daniels
- 2024 Road Wars: Max Fury
as Shane McIntosh
- 2024 Realm of Shadows
as Cypress
- 2024 The Blue-Eyed Boy and Mister Death
as George
- 2023 Blood and Snow
as The Professor
- 2023 Heartland Harmony
as Lemmy LaRoux
- 2023 I Can
as Doctor Wells
- 2023 Transmission
as Frank Tadross Roth
- 2023 Ghost
as Jeremiah
- 2023 Murder Syndicate
as Roddy
- 2023 End of Loyalty
as Rooker
- 2023 Root
as Scott
- 2023 The Price We Pay
as The Doctor
- 2022 Amber Road
as Sheriff Taylor
- 2022 The Christmas Tapes
as Santa
- 2022 Werewolf Cabal
as Henry Sullivan
- 2022 Frost
as Grant
- 2022 American Bigfoot
as Truman Shaw
- 2022 Forbearance
as Dr. George Ross
- 2022 Showdown in Yesteryear
as Orson Kane
- 2022 Of the Devil
as Father Bennet
- 2022 Soul Cage
as The Persuader
- 2022 Memoirs of a Fighter
as Pastor
- 2022 Thor: God of Thunder
as Odin
- 2022 Sally Floss: Digital Detective
as Papa
- 2022 Tales from the Other Side
as William
- 2022 Shadows
as Cliff
- 2022 No Name and Dynamite
as Black Jack Bennett
- 2022 The Electric Man
as Doogie
- 2022 Jack Be Nimble
as Jack
- 2021 Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender
as The Shadow Knight
- 2021 Christmas Collision
as Ronan
- 2021 Kringle Time
as Herb
- 2021 Under the Palm Tree
as Det. Scott
- 2021 Bearry
as Detective Seahorn
- 2021 Red Snow
as Julius King
- 2020 Bird
as Fred
- 2020 7th Revelation
as Gil Oldman Jr.
- 2020 Charlie's Christmas Wish
as Hank Wentworth
- 2020 Camp Twilight
as Detective Bennett
- 2020 Social Distance
as Gil Oldman Jr.
- 2020 Fear of the Woods
as Father
- 2020 Await the Dawn
as Zed
- 2020 Kill Giggles
as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles
- 2020 Debt Collectors
as Cyrus Skinner
- 2020 Emerald Run
as Dodson
- 2020 No Chance
as Barrett Transformed
- 2019 The Silent Natural
as Sarah's Father
- 2019 Crossbreed
as Murphy
- 2018 The City of Gold
as The Inquisitor
- 2018 Loss Prevention
as CEO Reginald Bachman
- 2018 Glass Jaw
as Happy
- 2018 Hide and Go Seek
as Bill
- 2018 Lilith
as Phillip
- 2018 Impact Event
as Ed
- 2018 Trouble Is My Business
as Detective Barry Tate
- 2018 Death House
as Nela
- 2017 Landfall
as Wexler
- 2017 Alien Hunger
as Sheriff Tom Baker
- 2017 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Mr. Enfield
- 2016 Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon
as Robert
- 2016 ? (Question-mark)
as Willkins
- 2016 The Perfect Weapon
as The Interrogator
- 2016 The Sector
as Shamrock
- 2016 Western X
as The General
- 2016 The Horde
as Earl
- 2016 Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper
as Walsh
- 2016 Timber the Treasure Dog
as Wolf (voice)
- 2016 Rum Runners
as Louie
- 2015 Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween
as Guy Hunsinger
- 2015 Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs
as Marcus
- 2015 No Solicitors
as Sam
- 2015 Jurassic City
as Agent LaFranco
- 2014 Throwback
as Detective McNab
- 2014 Relentless Justice
as Jason Macendale
- 2013 Black Asylum
as Sheriff
- 2013 Like a Bat Outta Hell
as Simson
- 2013 Jurassic Attack
as Angent Grimaldi
- 2012 The Lackey
as Mr. Dechlan
- 2012 100,000 Zombie Heads
as Lubhoc
- 2010 The Dead Undead
as Raleigh
- 2010 Westbrick Murders
as Max
- 2010 The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
as Network Head (voice)
- 2010 World's End
as Corvin
- 2010 Shadows in Paradise
as General Ruth
- 2009 Silent Night, Zombie Night
as Paul Irwin
- 2009 Someone's Knocking at the Door
as Dr. Tolstoy
- 2009 The Butcher
as 1970's IRA Commander
- 2009 Green Street Hooligans 2
as Tankersley Governor
- 2009 Charlie Valentine
as Broad
- 2008 Tru Loved
as Coach Wesley
- 2008 Hollywood Confidential
as Lt. Stone
- 2007 ReVamped
as Wes
- 2006 Vagabond
as Ivan
- 2006 Curse of Pirate Death
as Vernon
- 2006 Blood Ranch
as Shotgun
- 2006 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Dennis Lanyon
- 2006 Saurian
as Alester Carvel
- 2005 Meet Me in Miami
as Mr. Abbott
- 2004 King of the Ants
as Beckett
- 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Acme VP, Child Labor
- 2003 Devil's Knight
as Frank
- 2002 Curse of the Forty-Niner
as Jeremiah Stone
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001 Beneath Loch Ness
as Constable
- 2001
- 2001 The Education of a Vampire
as Captain Andrew Collins
- 2000 Starforce
as Squad Leader
- 2000 Never Look Back
as Nick
- 1999 Wasteland Justice
as Tarnak
- 1998 Billy Frankenstein
as Otto
- 1997 The Bad Pack
as Biker
- 1997 Vulcan
as Greg Mitchum
- 1997 Conan
as Morga
- 1997 Kick of Death
as Paulie
- 1996 Misfit Patrol
as Captain Cook
- 1996 Space Truckers
as Mister Cutt
- 1995
- 1995 Hard Justice
as Galaxy 500
- 1994 T-Force
as Samuel Washington
- 1994 Manosaurus
as Professor Sorenson
- 1994 Ultimatum
as Gerard
- 1994 Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
as Plughead
- 1994 2002: The Rape of Eden
as Mercenary Soldier
- 1994 Stranglehold
as Gerald Richter
- 1993
- 1992 Fortress
as Maddox
- 1992 Sexual Response
as Philip
- 1990 Undeclared War
as Hannibal
- 1990 The Shrimp on the Barbie
as Bruce
- 1990 Crossing the Line
as Steve Sinclair
- 1990 Circuitry Man
as Plughead
- 1989 American Eagle
as Johnny Burke
- 1989 Nam Angels
as Chard
- 1989 Enemy Unseen
as Steiger
- 1989 Circle of Fear
as Allan Bainbridge
- 1988 The Gamble
as First Brother Podestà
- 1988 Sunset
as Australian Houseman
- 1987 Last Man Standing
as Roo Marcus
- 1987 Innerspace
as Mr. Igoe
- 1987 P.I. Private Investigations
as Detective North
- 1985 Fortress
as Dabby Duck
- 1985 Commando
as Bennett
- 1985
- 1985 Weird Science
as Lord General
- 1984
- 1982
- 1981 Mad Max 2
as Wez
Behind the camera (7)
- Upcoming Island in the Stars
Producer
- 2022 The Christmas Tapes
Producer
- 2022 Sally Floss: Digital Detective
Associate Producer
- 2022 Shadows
Co-Producer
- 2018 The City of Gold
Producer
- 2018 Loss Prevention
Executive Producer
- 2006 Curse of Pirate Death
Associate Producer
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- Upcoming Cinema Insomnia
1 episode
- 2022
- 2019
- 2019
- 2016
- 2015