Personal Info
Birth date
1945-12-31 (79 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
Also known as
Vernon George Wells
Vernon 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'. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Wells(actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
JAG
7.318
Overview:
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.Knight Rider
7.541
Overview:
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.MacGyver
7.726
Overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.Commando
6.699
Overview:
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.Hunter
7.2
Overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.Mad Max 2
7.387
Overview:
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.Power Rangers
7.086
Overview:
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.Weird Science
6.552
Overview:
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.Meet Me in Miami
NYR
Overview:
Luis, a handsome heir to a hotel fortune, decides to risk everything to pursue his first love, Julia. Ten years earlier, at a wishing well in Miami, young Julia promised a young Luis that someday she would come back, but she never did.Innerspace
6.824
Overview:
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.Looney Tunes: Back in Action
6.3
Overview:
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with Bugs and The VP of Warner Bros. Their mission? Find Damien's father, and the missing blue diamond... and stay one step ahead of The Acme Corp., who wants the diamond for their own purposes.Bearry
4
Overview:
In order to cheer up recently divorced Chloe, her friend, Sam gives her a giant teddy bear, Bearry. As Chloe confides her wishes to Bearry, people close to her go missing or die. Is Chloe a murderer, is it her stalker? or is it Bearry?Await the Dawn
4.1
Overview:
A troubled family traveling cross country are highjacked by a desperate man. Only to discover he's running from something more dangerous than he is.Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper
4.839
Overview:
Marooned on a remote peninsula and haunted by frightening specters, a young man must confront the grotesque denizens of the night, or heed the Lighthouse Keeper's cryptic warning to, 'Always keep a light burning!'7th Revelation
3
Overview:
A slow slide into insanity as a group of distance workers discover their work-from-home mandate is part of dark and deceptive conspiracy meant to dwindle the numbers of middle class workers.Enemy Unseen
4
Overview:
A couple of young scientists, Mel Noble and Roxeanne Tangent, travel to an island in Africa thought to be deserted in search of crocodile life, when African Natives storm the camp and kidnap Roxeanne. Her father, Gordon hires Steiger and his team of investigators to track down the natives that worship crocodiles as sacred animals. The problem is: they can't be seen. With natives in the jungles and crocodiles in the waters, Steiger and his crew must fight to survive and save Roxeanne from being sacrificed in a gruesome ritual with an "Enemy Unseen."Sally Floss: Digital Detective
4.5
Overview:
In response to the financial crisis set forth by COVID-19, a shy teenager starts an internet-based detective agency to save her family home. She solves mysteries through digital footprints, virtual interviews, a brilliant mind, and an inherited intuition she never knew she had.Fortress
6.1
Overview:
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside "The Fortress" but are determined to escape before the birth of their baby.The Damnation
NYR
Overview:
A small indigenous community finds itself facing off against an eldritch vampiric evil.ReVamped
3.9
Overview:
Successful businessman Richard Clarke is bitten by a beautiful vampire and is plunged into the dark world of the supernatural. Richard very quickly realizes that being undead isn't all that it's cracked up to be.Debt Collectors
6.149
Overview:
A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.Realm of Shadows
NYR
Overview:
Enter a world of mystery, possession and shadows in an anthology of short horror themed tales woven into a full length feature presentation.Loss Prevention
5
Overview:
A young lesbian tending bar for her father meets her dream girl but might not survive, dreamgirl being a hired gun for a corporation seeking a thumbdrive of stolen corporate secrets.Circle of Fear
2.5
Overview:
Tom Price, an ex-LA mob enforcer, travels to the Philippines to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Charlie. Tom's investigation turns to catastrophe, and he must employ all the tricks of the trade to stay alive.Cursed Waters
NYR
Overview:
After their ship is sunk in a naval battle, a group of pirates flee to a nearby island. However, the island is more than it seems. As they try to evade capture by the navy they soon find that the island is inhabited by a terrifying cult. What other secrets does this island hold? Can the pirates survive? Can they escape?Road Wars: Max Fury
1.857
Overview:
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, two sisters leave their stronghold to save their wounded mother. Armed only with a muscle car and limited ammo, they race against time and ruthless raiders to secure life-saving supplies from a distant outpost.The Electric Man
2.7
Overview:
When Trace McNeil experiences a 12,000 volt shock, his life becomes a psychedelic blur of reality and fantasy in this science fiction drama.Charlie Valentine
4.264
Overview:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide out with his estranged son, Danny, played by Michael Weatherly. What ensues reveals the true nature of some of the most unsavory of characters.The Butcher
5.083
Overview:
A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps. They used to call him "The Butcher" as a joke, but the laughter turns to screams when Merle returns to deliver the ultimate punchline.Acting
TBAArea 5150 as Rocco
TBAEscape from Paradise as Gus
TBACheer Bloody Murder as Yanny
TBAMothman Vs Bigfoot as Detective Thomas
TBAIsland in the Stars as Argentum
TBACursed Waters as Prosecutor
TBACensor Addiction as Wizard
TBAAlien Horde as Senator Latta
TBAThe Damnation as The Major (voice)
TBAVanished as Unknown
TBAThe Apex Predators Club as Unknown
TBAClutch as Fuentes
TBACinema Insomnia (1 Episode) as Self
2025A Reluctant Heart as Stuart Knapp
2024The Beast Inside as Father Geoffrey
2024Gladiators as Avitus
2024Apex Predators 2: The Spawning as Bartender Wells
2024The Charisma Killers as The Old Man
2024The Dead Rose as Cypress
2024Harvest as Jim Mansfield
2024Professor Kimmer's Initiation as Cypress
2024Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In as Richard Daniels
2024Road Wars: Max Fury as Shane McIntosh
2024Realm of Shadows as Cypress
2024The Blue-Eyed Boy and Mister Death as George
2023Blood and Snow as The Professor
2023Heartland Harmony as Lemmy LaRoux
2023I Can as Doctor Wells
2023Transmission as Frank Tadross Roth
2023Ghost as Jeremiah
2023Murder Syndicate as Roddy
2023End of Loyalty as Rooker
2023Root as Scott
2023The Price We Pay as The Doctor
2022Amber Road as Sheriff Taylor
2022The Christmas Tapes as Santa
2022Werewolf Cabal as Henry Sullivan
2022Frost as Grant
2022American Bigfoot as Truman Shaw
2022Forbearance as Dr. George Ross
2022Showdown in Yesteryear as Orson Kane
2022Of the Devil as Father Bennet
2022Soul Cage as The Persuader
2022Memoirs of a Fighter as Pastor
2022Thor: God of Thunder as Odin
2022Sally Floss: Digital Detective as Papa
2022Tales from the Other Side as William
2022Shadows as Cliff
2022No Name and Dynamite as Black Jack Bennett
2022In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
2022The Electric Man as Doogie
2022Jack Be Nimble as Jack
2021Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender as The Shadow Knight
2021Christmas Collision as Ronan
2021Kringle Time as Herb
2021Under the Palm Tree as Det. Scott
2021Bearry as Detective Seahorn
2021Red Snow as Julius King
2020Bird as Fred
20207th Revelation as Gil Oldman Jr.
2020Charlie's Christmas Wish as Hank Wentworth
2020Camp Twilight as Detective Bennett
2020Social Distance as Gil Oldman Jr.
2020Fear of the Woods as Father
2020Await the Dawn as Zed
2020Kill Giggles as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles
2020Debt Collectors as Cyrus Skinner
2020Emerald Run as Dodson
2020No Chance as Barrett Transformed
2019Bigfoot Down Under as Self
2019In Search of the Last Action Heroes as Himself
2019The Silent Natural as Sarah's Father
2019Crossbreed as Murphy
2018The City of Gold as The Inquisitor
2018Loss Prevention as CEO Reginald Bachman
2018Glass Jaw as Happy
2018Hide and Go Seek as Bill
2018Lilith as Phillip
2018Impact Event as Ed
2018Trouble Is My Business as Detective Barry Tate
2018Death House as Nela
2017Landfall as Wexler
2017Alien Hunger as Sheriff Tom Baker
2017Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Mr. Enfield
2016Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon as Robert
2016Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' as Self
2016? (Question-mark) as Willkins
2016The Perfect Weapon as The Interrogator
2016The Sector as Shamrock
2016Western X as The General
2016The Horde as Earl
2016Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper as Walsh
2016Timber the Treasure Dog as Wolf (voice)
2016Rum Runners as Louie
2015Throwback as Detective McNab
2015Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween as Guy Hunsinger
2015Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs as Marcus
2015No Solicitors as Sam
2015Jurassic City as Agent LaFranco
2014Relentless Justice as Jason Macendale
2013Black Asylum as Sheriff
2013Like a Bat Outta Hell as Simson
2013Jurassic Attack as Angent Grimaldi
2012The Lackey as Mr. Dechlan
2010The Dead Undead as Raleigh
2010Westbrick Murders as Max
2010The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! as Network Head (voice)
2010World's End as Corvin
2010Shadows in Paradise as General Ruth
2009Silent Night, Zombie Night as Paul Irwin
2009Someone's Knocking at the Door as Dr. Tolstoy
2009The Butcher as 1970's IRA Commander
2009Green Street Hooligans 2 as Tankersley Governor
2009Charlie Valentine as Broad
2008Tru Loved as Coach Wesley
2007ReVamped as Wes
2006Vagabond as Ivan
2006Curse of Pirate Death as Vernon
2006Blood Ranch as Shotgun
2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Dennis Lanyon
2006Saurian as Alester Carvel
2005Meet Me in Miami as Mr. Abbott
2004King of the Ants as Beckett
2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Acme VP, Child Labor
2003Devil's Knight as Frank
2002Curse of the Forty-Niner as Jeremiah Stone
2002Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time as Ransik
2002Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny as Ransik
2001Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control as Ransik
2001Beneath Loch Ness as Constable
2001Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future as Ransik
2001The Education of a Vampire as Captain Andrew Collins
2000Starforce as Squad Leader
2000Never Look Back as Nick
1999Wasteland Justice as Tarnak
1998Billy Frankenstein as Otto
1997The Bad Pack as Biker
1997Vulcan as Greg Mitchum
1997Kick of Death as Paulie
1996Misfit Patrol as Captain Cook
1996Space Truckers as Mister Cutt
1995JAG (2 Episodes) as Toohey
1995Hard Justice as Galaxy 500
1994T-Force as Samuel Washington
1994Manosaurus as Professor Sorenson
1994Ultimatum as Gerard
1994Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II as Plughead
19942002: The Rape of Eden as Mercenary Soldier
1994Stranglehold as Gerald Richter
1993Power Rangers (42 Episodes) as Ransik
1992Fortress as Maddox
1992Sexual Response as Philip
1990Undeclared War as Hannibal
1990The Shrimp on the Barbie as Bruce
1990Crossing the Line as Steve Sinclair
1990Circuitry Man as Plughead
1989American Eagle as Johnny Burke
1989Nam Angels as Chard
1989Enemy Unseen as Steiger
1989Circle of Fear as Allan Bainbridge
1988The Gamble as First Brother PodestÃ
1988Sunset as Australian Houseman
1987Last Man Standing as Roo Marcus
1987Innerspace as Mr. Igoe
1987P.I. Private Investigations as Detective North
1985Fortress as Dabby Duck
1985Commando as Bennett
1985MacGyver (1, 1 Episode) as Catlin, Paul Donnay
1985Weird Science as Lord General
1984Hunter (1 Episode) as Sonny Zajak
1982Knight Rider (1 Episode) as Wilson
1981Mad Max 2 as Wez
Production
TBAIsland in the Stars ... Producer
2022The Christmas Tapes ... Producer
2022Sally Floss: Digital Detective ... Associate Producer
2022Shadows ... Co-Producer
2018The City of Gold ... Producer
2018Loss Prevention ... Executive Producer
2006Curse of Pirate Death ... Associate Producer