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Vernon Wells

Vernon Wells

Acting
Born: 1945-12-31
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.

Known For

169 Works
JAG
7.3

JAG

1995

tv

MacGyver
7.7

MacGyver

1985

tv

Knight Rider
7.5

Knight Rider

1982

tv

Hunter
7.1

Hunter

1984

tv

Power Rangers
7.1

Power Rangers

1993

tv

Commando
6.7

Commando

1985

movie

Mad Max 2
7.4

Mad Max 2

1981

movie

Innerspace
6.8

Innerspace

1987

movie

Weird Science
6.5

Weird Science

1985

movie

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
6.4

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

movie

Space Truckers
5.5

Space Truckers

1996

movie

Fortress
6.1

Fortress

1992

movie