Vernon Wells
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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- Born:
- Dec 31, 1945 In Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 140
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Vanished
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Beast Inside 2024-12-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Cursed Waters | Prosecutor | 2026 |
| Movie | Mothman Vs Bigfoot | Detective Thomas | 2026 |
| Movie | Vanished | 2026 | |
| Movie | Cheer Bloody Murder | Yanny | 2026 |
| Movie | Escape from Paradise | Gus | 2026 |
| Movie | Road Wars: Max Fury | Shane McIntosh | 2024-05-17 |
| Movie | Apex Predators 2: The Spawning | Bartender Wells | 2024-11-12 |
| Movie | The Charisma Killers | The Old Man | 2024-11-01 |
| Movie | Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In | Richard Daniels | 2024-07-06 |
| Movie | The Beast Inside | Father Geoffrey | 2024-12-03 |
| Movie | The Price We Pay | The Doctor | 2023-01-13 |
| Movie | Blood and Snow | The Professor | 2023-10-06 |
| Movie | Transmission | Frank Tadross Roth | 2023-08-26 |
| Movie | Heartland Harmony | Lemmy LaRoux | 2023-10-01 |
| Movie | Ghost | Jeremiah | 2023-07-09 |
| Movie | End of Loyalty | Rooker | 2023-03-07 |
| Movie | No Name and Dynamite | Black Jack Bennett | 2022-02-21 |
| Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
| Movie | Jack Be Nimble | Jack | 2022-01-15 |
| Movie | Shadows | Cliff | 2022-05-13 |
| Movie | The Electric Man | Doogie | 2022-02-11 |
| Movie | Sally Floss: Digital Detective | Papa | 2022-06-28 |
| Movie | Forbearance | Dr. George Ross | 2022-08-30 |
| Movie | Showdown in Yesteryear | Orson Kane | 2022-08-20 |
| Movie | Tales from the Other Side | William | 2022-06-07 |
| Movie | American Bigfoot | Truman Shaw | 2022-10-01 |
| Movie | Werewolf Cabal | Henry Sullivan | 2022-12-04 |
| Movie | Amber Road | Sheriff Taylor | 2022-12-25 |
| Movie | Thor: God of Thunder | Odin | 2022-07-08 |
| Movie | Soul Cage | The Persuader | 2022-07-30 |
| Movie | Of the Devil | Father Bennet | 2022-08-09 |
| Movie | Bearry | Detective Seahorn | 2021-07-17 |
| Movie | Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender | The Shadow Knight | 2021-10-11 |
| Movie | Red Snow | Julius King | 2021-04-14 |
| Movie | Christmas Collision | Ronan | 2021-10-07 |
| Movie | Kringle Time | Herb | 2021-07-27 |
| Movie | Under the Palm Tree | Det. Scott | 2021-07-26 |
| Movie | No Chance | Barrett Transformed | 2020-02-18 |
| Movie | Debt Collectors | Cyrus Skinner | 2020-05-29 |
| Movie | Fear of the Woods | Father | 2020-10-07 |
| Movie | Charlie's Christmas Wish | Hank Wentworth | 2020-11-02 |
| Movie | Kill Giggles | Malcolm Fossor / Giggles | 2020-09-05 |
| Movie | 7th Revelation | Gil Oldman Jr. | 2020-11-21 |
| Movie | Camp Twilight | Detective Bennett | 2020-11-01 |
| Movie | Social Distance | Gil Oldman Jr. | 2020-10-07 |
| Movie | Bird | Fred | 2020-12-19 |
| Movie | In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Himself | 2019-09-01 |
| Movie | Crossbreed | Murphy | 2019-02-05 |
| Movie | The Silent Natural | Sarah's Father | 2019-06-02 |
| Movie | Death House | Nela | 2018-02-28 |
| Movie | Glass Jaw | Happy | 2018-10-26 |
| Movie | Loss Prevention | CEO Reginald Bachman | 2018-11-06 |
| Movie | The City of Gold | The Inquisitor | 2018-12-04 |
| Movie | Hide and Go Seek | Bill | 2018-10-21 |
| Movie | Lilith | Phillip | 2018-07-18 |
| Movie | Trouble Is My Business | Detective Barry Tate | 2018-04-03 |
| Movie | Landfall | Wexler | 2017-11-26 |
| Movie | Alien Hunger | Sheriff Tom Baker | 2017-07-19 |
| Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Mr. Enfield | 2017-01-31 |
| Movie | Rum Runners | Louie | 2016-01-02 |
| Movie | Timber the Treasure Dog | Wolf (voice) | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | ? (Question-mark) | Willkins | 2016-10-01 |
| Movie | Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper | Walsh | 2016-03-16 |
| Movie | The Sector | Shamrock | 2016-07-05 |
| Movie | The Perfect Weapon | The Interrogator | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' | Self | 2016-12-06 |
| Movie | The Horde | Earl | 2016-05-06 |
| Movie | Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon | Robert | 2016-12-07 |
| Movie | Western X | The General | 2016-06-01 |
| Movie | No Solicitors | Sam | 2015-04-11 |
| Movie | Throwback | Detective McNab | 2015-10-16 |
| Movie | Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween | Guy Hunsinger | 2015-06-01 |
| Movie | Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs | Marcus | 2015-05-19 |
| Movie | Jurassic City | Agent LaFranco | 2015-01-09 |
| Movie | Relentless Justice | Jason Macendale | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Like a Bat Outta Hell | Simson | 2013-04-28 |
| Movie | Jurassic Attack | Angent Grimaldi | 2013-02-22 |
| Movie | Black Asylum | Sheriff | 2013-05-06 |
| Movie | The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | Network Head (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | Westbrick Murders | Max | 2010-05-11 |
| Movie | The Dead Undead | Raleigh | 2010-05-13 |
| Movie | World's End | Corvin | 2010-02-24 |
| Movie | Shadows in Paradise | General Ruth | 2010-02-09 |
| Movie | Charlie Valentine | Broad | 2009-03-01 |
| Movie | Someone's Knocking at the Door | Dr. Tolstoy | 2009-08-21 |
| Movie | Silent Night, Zombie Night | Paul Irwin | 2009-10-31 |
| Movie | The Butcher | 1970's IRA Commander | 2009-07-10 |
| Movie | Green Street Hooligans 2 | Tankersley Governor | 2009-03-23 |
| Movie | Tru Loved | Coach Wesley | 2008-02-27 |
| Movie | ReVamped | Wes | 2007-09-15 |
| Movie | Vagabond | Ivan | 2006-12-12 |
| Movie | Blood Ranch | Shotgun | 2006-06-06 |
| Movie | Curse of Pirate Death | Vernon | 2006-11-04 |
| Movie | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Dennis Lanyon | 2006-02-01 |
| Movie | Saurian | Alester Carvel | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | King of the Ants | Beckett | 2004-07-28 |
| Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Acme VP, Child Labor | 2003-11-14 |
| Movie | Curse of the Forty-Niner | Jeremiah Stone | 2002-10-01 |
| Movie | Beneath Loch Ness | Constable | 2001-07-06 |
| Movie | Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control | Ransik | 2001-08-28 |
| Movie | Never Look Back | Nick | 2000-03-31 |
| Movie | Starforce | Squad Leader | 2000-07-10 |
| Movie | Wasteland Justice | Tarnak | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Billy Frankenstein | Otto | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Vulcan | Greg Mitchum | 1997-09-24 |
| Movie | The Bad Pack | Biker | 1997-11-11 |
| Movie | Kick of Death | Paulie | 1997-07-17 |
| Movie | Space Truckers | Mister Cutt | 1996-10-04 |
| Movie | Misfit Patrol | Captain Cook | 1996-12-17 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Movie | Hard Justice | Galaxy 500 | 1995-07-15 |
| Movie | Manosaurus | Professor Sorenson | 1994-11-01 |
| Movie | Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II | Plughead | 1994-04-16 |
| Movie | Stranglehold | Gerald Richter | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Ultimatum | Gerard | 1994-08-25 |
| Movie | T-Force | Samuel Washington | 1994-12-08 |
| Movie | 2002: The Rape of Eden | Mercenary Soldier | 1994-01-01 |
| Series | Power Rangers | Ransik | 1993-08-28 |
| Movie | Fortress | Maddox | 1992-12-18 |
| Movie | Sexual Response | Philip | 1992-12-05 |
| Movie | Crossing the Line | Steve Sinclair | 1990-08-08 |
| Movie | Undeclared War | Hannibal | 1990-09-01 |
| Movie | The Shrimp on the Barbie | Bruce | 1990-08-31 |
| Movie | Circuitry Man | Plughead | 1990-05-01 |
| Movie | Nam Angels | Chard | 1989-07-07 |
| Movie | American Eagle | Johnny Burke | 1989-08-24 |
| Movie | Enemy Unseen | Steiger | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Circle of Fear | Allan Bainbridge | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | The Gamble | First Brother Podestà | 1988-10-28 |
| Movie | Sunset | Australian Houseman | 1988-04-29 |
| Movie | Last Man Standing | Roo Marcus | 1987-07-14 |
| Movie | P.I. Private Investigations | Detective North | 1987-06-05 |
| Movie | Innerspace | Mr. Igoe | 1987-07-01 |
| Movie | Fortress | Dabby Duck | 1985-11-24 |
| Movie | Commando | Bennett | 1985-10-03 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Weird Science | Lord General | 1985-08-01 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Knight Rider | Wilson | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Mad Max 2 | Wez | 1981-12-24 |