Personal Info
Birth date
1945-09-17 (79 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Also known as
-Bruce Spence
Biography
Bruce Robert Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Spence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Finding Nemo
7.816
Overview:
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.Farscape
7.877
Overview:
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
6.653
Overview:
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.The Matrix Revolutions
6.744
Overview:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.Nautilus
6.8
Overview:
The origin story of the iconic Captain Nemo: an Indian Prince robbed of his birthright and family, a prisoner of the East India Mercantile Company and a man bent on revenge against the forces that have taken everything from him.The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6.437
Overview:
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.451
Overview:
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.Legend of the Seeker
7.426
Overview:
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil and enslaving the world.Mad Max 2
7.388
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.Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
6.325
Overview:
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
6.2
Overview:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.Dark City
7.33
Overview:
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.Peter Pan
7.15
Overview:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.Hercules Returns
6.9
Overview:
When Brad gets fired from his job, he goes to reopen an old cinema, he enlists his frends to help him show the last film the cinema aired before it closed... Only they don't know, the film is in Italian. With everyone sitting ready they begin to dub the movie... on the fly!I, Frankenstein
5.368
Overview:
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.Love and Monsters
7.285
Overview:
Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.Bullseye
NYR
Overview:
In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide.Queen of the Damned
6.083
Overview:
Lestat finds acceptance in a tattooed and pierced world, rekindling the desires of all-powerful Akasha.BeastMaster
6.4
Overview:
BeastMaster chronicles the adventures of Dar, the last surviving male of the storied Sula tribe, who is blessed with the ability to communicate telepathically with the animals of his ancient world. Also endowed with the strength, courage and fighting skills of a great warrior, he uses his gifts to defend all living creatures oppressed by the forces of evil.Mad Dog Morgan
5.988
Overview:
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.The Dry
6.82
Overview:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.Rafferty's Rules
6
Overview:
Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.Aquamarine
6.456
Overview:
Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.Backtrack
5.8
Overview:
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.City Homicide
5.4
Overview:
City Homicide follows a group of detectives in the Homicide department of Melbourne's Metropolitan Police Headquarters.Halifax f.p.
6.2
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Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne. The producers of the film were Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier; Australian Film Finance Corporation and aired on the Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd 21 Episodes of 90 and 102 minutes each were produced, and the series has screened in more than 60 countries. The budget for each episode was an average of $1.3 million. Funding came in part from the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Film Victoria.Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
6.9
Overview:
An anthology series based on the works of Stephen King.The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
4.8
Overview:
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.Australia
6.591
Overview:
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.Acting
2024Nautilus (2 Episodes) as Chairman of EIMC
2023Cold Water as Murray
2022The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson as Father McGuiness
2021The Dry as Gerry Hadler
2020Children of the Corn as Pastor Penny
2020Love and Monsters as Old Pete
2018Occupation as Alien Leader
2018Winchester as Augustine
2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Mayor Dix
2017Blue World Order as Whippett
2016Gods of Egypt as Head Judge
2016The Wizards of Aus (3 Episodes) as Regimand
2015Backtrack as Felix
2014I, Frankenstein as Molokai
2013Mystery Road as Jim
2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Lord Rhoop
2009Subdivision as Singlet
2009The Art of Darts & Dying as Dave De Crease
2008Australia as Dr. Barker
2008Legend of the Seeker (44 Episodes) as Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
2007City Homicide (1 Episode) as Maurice Biederman
2006Solo as Kennedy
2006Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (1 Episode) as Hans Morris
2006Aquamarine as Leonard
2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Tion Medon
2004The Brush-Off as Philip Veale
2004The Matrix Recalibrated as Self
2003Peter Pan as Cookson
2003The Matrix Revolutions as Trainman
2003Finding Nemo as Chum (voice)
2003Inspector Gadget 2 as Baxter
2002Short Cuts (2 Episodes) as Mr. Coxon
2002Queen of the Damned as Khayman
1999BeastMaster (1 Episode) as Annubis
1999Farscape (1 Episode) as Prefect Falaak
1998Moby Dick (2 Episodes) as Elijah
1998Dark City as Mr. Wall
1997Bullpitt! (26 Episodes) as Darcy Kelso
1997Return to Jupiter (13 Episodes) as Ed Unit
1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as Gahjii
1994Halifax f.p. (1 Episode) as Eric Washburn
1994Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (28 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Hercules Returns as Sprocket
1991Sweet Talker as Norman Foster
1990The Shrimp on the Barbie as Wayne
1990Wendy Cracked a Walnut as Ronnie
1989Sugar as Robert Flemming
1988Rikky and Pete as Ben
1988The Dirtwater Dynasty (5 Episodes) as Lonely Logan
1987Bachelor Girl as Unknown
1987The Year My Voice Broke as Jonah
1987Bullseye as Purdy
1987Rafferty's Rules (2 Episodes) as Emmanuel Triggs
1987Great Expectations: The Untold Story as Joe Gargery
1987Rob Roy as Unknown
1986Pallet on the Floor as Basil Beaumont-Foster
1985Zoo Family (1 Episode) as George
1985Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as Jedediah the Pilot
1984Where the Green Ants Dream as Lance Hackett
1983Double Deal as Doug Mitchell
1983Buddies as Ted
1983Midnite Spares as Wimpy
1983The Return of Captain Invincible as Midnight's Doctor
1982Deadline as Towie
1981Mad Max 2 as The Gyro Captain
1979Dimboola as Morrie McAdam
1978Newsfront as Redex Trial Driver
1977Barnaby and Me as Tall Baddie
1976Let the Balloon Go as Chief Gifford
1976The Adventures of Eliza Fraser as Bruce McIver
1976Twentieth Century Oz as Bass Player / Surfie
1976Mad Dog Morgan as Heriot
1975The Great MacArthy as Bill Dean
1975The Firm Man as Messenger
1974The Cars That Ate Paris as Charlie
1974Three Old Friends as Unknown
1973Dimboola: The Stage Play as The Groom
1971Stork as Graham 'Stork' Wallace
1970Dead Easy as Unknown