Vernon Wells
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1945-12-31 (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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (171)
Commando
1985
as Bennett
Mad Max 2
1981
as Wez
Innerspace
1987
as Mr. Igoe
Weird Science
1985
as Lord General
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Acme VP, Child Labor
Fortress
1992
as Maddox
The Price We Pay
2023
as The Doctor
Sunset
1988
as Australian Houseman
The Butcher
2009
as 1970's IRA Commander
Space Truckers
1996
as Mister Cutt
Debt Collectors
2020
as Cyrus Skinner
Blood and Snow
2023
as The Professor
Jurassic Attack
2013
as Angent Grimaldi
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
2010
as Network Head (voice)
Vanished
2025
Fortress
1985
as Dabby Duck
Green Street Hooligans 2
2009
as Tankersley Governor
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Camp Twilight
2020
as Detective Bennett
Blood Ranch
2006
as Shotgun
Charlie Valentine
2009
as Broad
Sexual Response
1992
as Philip
Death House
2018
as Nela
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
as Self
Thor: God of Thunder
2022
as Odin
Crossbreed
2019
as Murphy
World's End
2010
as Corvin
Hard Justice
1995
as Galaxy 500
The Perfect Weapon
2016
as The Interrogator
Undeclared War
1990
as Hannibal
Shadows in Paradise
2010
as General Ruth
The Horde
2016
as Earl
Glass Jaw
2018
as Happy
The Sector
2016
as Shamrock
ReVamped
2007
as Wes
Jurassic City
2015
as Agent LaFranco
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2006
as Dr. Dennis Lanyon
Tru Loved
2008
as Coach Wesley
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994
as Plughead
King of the Ants
2004
as Beckett
No Name and Dynamite
2022
as Black Jack Bennett
Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control
2001
as Ransik
Saurian
2006
as Alester Carvel
Tales from the Other Side
2022
as William
Frost
2022
as Grant
Area 5150
as Rocco
Billy Frankenstein
1998
as Otto
T-Force
1994
as Samuel Washington
Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny
2002
as Ransik
Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future
2001
as Ransik
Timber the Treasure Dog
2016
as Wolf (voice)
Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs
2015
as Marcus
Relentless Justice
2014
as Jason Macendale
Transmission
2023
as Frank Tadross Roth
Circuitry Man
1990
as Plughead
The Gamble
1988
as First Brother Podestà
Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time
2002
as Ransik
Gladiators
2024
as Avitus
Shadows
2022
as Cliff
Wasteland Justice
1999
as Tarnak
The Shrimp on the Barbie
1990
as Bruce
Road Wars: Max Fury
2024
as Shane McIntosh
Await the Dawn
2020
as Zed
The Dead Rose
2024
as Cypress
The Bad Pack
1997
as Biker
Silent Night, Zombie Night
2009
as Paul Irwin
Red Snow
2021
as Julius King
Alien Horde
as Senator Latta
Trouble Is My Business
2018
as Detective Barry Tate
Curse of Pirate Death
2006
as Vernon
Someone's Knocking at the Door
2009
as Dr. Tolstoy
End of Loyalty
2023
as Rooker
The Dead Undead
2010
as Raleigh
Sally Floss: Digital Detective
2022
as Papa
Emerald Run
2020
as Dodson
Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween
2015
as Guy Hunsinger
Bearry
2021
as Detective Seahorn
Black Asylum
2013
as Sheriff
Meet Me in Miami
2005
as Mr. Abbott
Kill Giggles
2020
as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles
The Silent Natural
2019
as Sarah's Father
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002
as Jeremiah Stone
Beneath Loch Ness
2001
as Constable
Stranglehold
1994
as Gerald Richter
P.I. Private Investigations
1987
as Detective North
Memoirs of a Fighter
2022
as Pastor
I Can
2023
as Doctor Wells
Vulcan
1997
as Greg Mitchum
Escape from Paradise
as Gus
No Solicitors
2015
as Sam
The Electric Man
2022
as Doogie
Amber Road
2022
as Sheriff Taylor
Never Look Back
2000
as Nick
Kringle Time
2021
as Herb
Ultimatum
1994
as Gerard
Cursed Waters
as Prosecutor
Charlie's Christmas Wish
2020
as Hank Wentworth
Last Man Standing
1987
as Roo Marcus
Crossing the Line
1990
as Steve Sinclair
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2017
as Mr. Enfield
Nam Angels
1989
as Chard
Westbrick Murders
2010
as Max
American Bigfoot
2022
as Truman Shaw
Of the Devil
2022
as Father Bennet
Enemy Unseen
1989
as Steiger
The Charisma Killers
2024
as The Old Man
Realm of Shadows
2024
as Cypress
Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior'
2016
as Self
2002: The Rape of Eden
1994
as Mercenary Soldier
Alien Hunger
2017
as Sheriff Tom Baker
Censor Addiction
as Wizard
A Reluctant Heart
2025
as Stuart Knapp
Clutch
2025
as Fuentes
The Beast Inside
2024
as Father Geoffrey
The Apex Predators Club
Starforce
2000
as Squad Leader
American Eagle
1989
as Johnny Burke
Ghost
2023
as Jeremiah
Showdown in Yesteryear
2022
as Orson Kane
Like a Bat Outta Hell
2013
as Simson
About Vernon Wells
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 Benne… With 177 credits spanning from 1981 to 2026, Vernon Wells has appeared in 171 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Commando (1985) — as Bennett
- Mad Max 2 (1981) — as Wez
- Innerspace (1987) — as Mr. Igoe
- Weird Science (1985) — as Lord General
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) — as Acme VP, Child Labor
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