Bruce Campbell

Biography

Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for being Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). Campbell had the main roles in the television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) and Jack of All Trades (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015–2018). He also appeared in The Escort (2015). Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries Fanalysis (2002) and A Community Speaks (2004); co-wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the movie Man with the Screaming Brain (2005); and directed, produced, and featured in a parody of his career My Name Is Bruce (2007). Campbell is known for frequent collaborations with Raimi, his brother Ted, Josh Becker, and Scott Spiegel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Ring Announcer

Spider-Man

Snooty Usher

Spider-Man 2

Maître D'

Spider-Man 3

William Cole

Man with the Screaming Brain

Bruce

Within the Woods

Ash

Evil Dead II

Ash

Army of Darkness

Surgeon General of Beverly Hills

Escape from L.A.

Steve

One December Night

Bruce Campbell

My Name Is Bruce

Mayor Shelbourne (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)

Fargo

Officer Howard

Intruder

Coach Boomer

Sky High

Joe Fasulo

The Woods

Ray

Lunatics: A Love Story

Smitty

The Hudsucker Proxy

Barry

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Gordon Moore

Serving Sara

Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff

Bubba Ho-tep

Bruce Campbell

Comic Book: The Movie

Hank Cooper

The Love Bug

Final Shemp

Darkman

Fugax (voice)

The Ant Bully

Chicken Bittle (voice)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Jack Forrest

Maniac Cop 2

Jack

Terminal Invasion

John Loftmore

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

Self

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Alex Windham

Assault on Dome 4

Jack Forrest

Maniac Cop

Jake Thorne

Tornado!

Carl Greig

Icebreaker

Actor

La Patinoire

Virgil

McHale's Navy

Dr. Ivan Hood

Alien Apocalypse

Ray Tanner

Moontrap

Sam Axe

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

Van Helsing

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Pizza Poppa

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Stover

Mindwarp

Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)

Evil Dead

Self

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist

Winkie Gate Keeper

Oz the Great and Powerful

Carl

Running Time

Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure

William Roberts

Timequest

Ed Weihenmayer

Touch the Top of the World

Carl Greig (archive footage)

Addicted to Fame

Self

Kingdom Come

Cleveland Smith

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter

Brice

Going Back

Jeff Erickson

In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory

Self

The Walking Dead Girls

Goody

The Color of Time

The Sappy Sap

Self

Doc of the Dead

Self / Ash

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier

Self

Other Men's Careers

Self

Fanalysis

Self - Host / Pizza Poppa

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Harry

The Blind Waiter

Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)

Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief

Self

Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce'

Self

Hollywood Signs

Helping Hand

Attack of the Helping Hand!

Everett Bergeron

My Southern Family Christmas

Roland the Intrepid Explorer

The Majestic

Charles Travis

Congo

Rod 'Torque' Redline (voice)

Cars 2

Jack Stryker

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

Charles

The Escort

Humane Society Worker (uncredited)

The Ladykillers

Ash

The Evil Dead

Self

50 Years of Star Trek

Self

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Raffle Winner (uncredited)

The Demolitionist

Self

Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness

The Hunter

Curse of the Werewolf

Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)

The Dead Next Door

Mick Dourif

Menno's Mind

Kreon

Oedipus Rex

Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)

Hatred Of A Minute

Self

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor

Self

Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder

Self

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

Holding It

Thompson (voice)

Hubert's Brain

Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)

Intolerable Cruelty

Self

Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2

Self

Masters of Horror

Self

All Hail the Popcorn King!

Self

Dinner with Leatherface

Self - Actor

Culto al terror

Self

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Self

Hail to the Deadites

Self

The Perfect Scary Movie

Jonathan

Black Friday

The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell

Richard Nixon (voice)

18½

Muramoto (voice)

White on Rice

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You

Chili Youngfield

Highly Functional

Maury

Acting and Reacting

Torro. Torro. Torro!

Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II

Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead

Renaldo 'The Heel'

Crimewave

Video Newscaster (uncredited)

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

Himself

The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

(archive footage)

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

Dissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited)

Evil Dead Rise

Asylum Attendant

Eddie Presley

Chicken Bittle (voice)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie

Self

Memories of Moab

Ernie

Ernie and Emma

Wedding Shemp

The Quick and the Dead

Police Officer

It's Murder!

Torro. Torro. Torro!

Owl (voice)

A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas

Self

Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead

Bradley's Father

Send Help

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

122

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-06-22

Place of Birth

Birmingham, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Pete Perkinson