Vernon Wells

ActorProductionProducer Dec 31 (age 80) Rushworth, Victoria, Australia 1981–2025 (44 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Mad Max 2

Wez

Film

Commando

Bennett

Film

Innerspace

Mr. Igoe

Film

Weird Science

Lord General

Film

Power Rangers

Ransik

Film

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Acme VP, Child Labor

Film

Fortress

Maddox

Film

Debt Collectors

Cyrus Skinner

Filmography

Acting (176)

Movies (169)

Vanished

2025

A Reluctant Heart

2025

as Stuart Knapp

5.0

Professor Kimmer's Initiation

2024

as Cypress

The Charisma Killers

2024

as The Old Man

5.0

Apex Predators 2: The Spawning

2024

as Bartender Wells

2.7

The Beast Inside

2024

as Father Geoffrey

Road Wars: Max Fury

2024

as Shane McIntosh

3.4

The Dead Rose

2024

as Cypress

Harvest

2024

as Jim Mansfield

Gladiators

2024

as Avitus

5.7

The Blue-Eyed Boy and Mister Death

2024

as George

Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In

2024

as Richard Daniels

Realm of Shadows

2024

as Cypress

End of Loyalty

as Rooker

Blood and Snow

as The Professor

The Price We Pay

as The Doctor

Transmission

as Frank Tadross Roth

Root

as Scott

I Can

as Doctor Wells

Ghost

as Jeremiah

Heartland Harmony

as Lemmy LaRoux

Murder Syndicate

as Roddy

The Electric Man

as Doogie

Sally Floss: Digital Detective

2022

as Papa

4.5

Tales from the Other Side

2022

as William

4.4

Showdown in Yesteryear

as Orson Kane

The Christmas Tapes

as Santa

No Name and Dynamite

as Black Jack Bennett

Jack Be Nimble

as Jack

Forbearance

as Dr. George Ross

Soul Cage

as The Persuader

Of the Devil

as Father Bennet

Shadows

as Cliff

Memoirs of a Fighter

as Pastor

Thor: God of Thunder

as Odin

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

as Self - Interviewee

Werewolf Cabal

as Henry Sullivan

Frost

as Grant

Amber Road

as Sheriff Taylor

American Bigfoot

as Truman Shaw

Bearry

as Detective Seahorn

Red Snow

as Julius King

Kringle Time

as Herb

Christmas Collision

as Ronan

Under the Palm Tree

as Det. Scott

Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender

2021

as The Shadow Knight

Fear of the Woods

as Father

Debt Collectors

as Cyrus Skinner

Emerald Run

as Dodson

Camp Twilight

as Detective Bennett

Bird

as Fred

Await the Dawn

as Zed

Social Distance

as Gil Oldman Jr.

No Chance

2020

as Barrett Transformed

5.0

Kill Giggles

2020

as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles

2.5

Charlie's Christmas Wish

as Hank Wentworth

7th Revelation

as Gil Oldman Jr.

The Silent Natural

as Sarah's Father

Crossbreed

as Murphy

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

2019

as Himself

6.9

Bigfoot Down Under

2019

as Self

Death House

2018

as Nela

3.7

Trouble Is My Business

2018

as Detective Barry Tate

4.6

Loss Prevention

2018

as CEO Reginald Bachman

Glass Jaw

as Happy

Impact Event

as Ed

The City of Gold

as The Inquisitor

Hide and Go Seek

as Bill

Lilith

as Phillip

Alien Hunger

as Sheriff Tom Baker

Landfall

as Wexler

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Mr. Enfield

The Horde

as Earl

The Perfect Weapon

as The Interrogator

The Sector

as Shamrock

Rum Runners

as Louie

Timber the Treasure Dog

2016

as Wolf (voice)

5.7

Western X

2016

as The General

Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper

as Walsh

? (Question-mark)

as Willkins

Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon

2016

as Robert

2.0

Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior'

as Self

No Solicitors

as Sam

Jurassic City

as Agent LaFranco

Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs

2015

as Marcus

4.1

Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween

2015

as Guy Hunsinger

1.7

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

2015

as Self

Relentless Justice

as Jason Macendale

Throwback

as Detective McNab

Like a Bat Outta Hell

as Simson

Jurassic Attack

as Angent Grimaldi

Black Asylum

as Sheriff

The Lackey

as Mr. Dechlan

World's End

as Corvin

Shadows in Paradise

as General Ruth

The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!

2010

as Network Head (voice)

Westbrick Murders

as Max

The Dead Undead

as Raleigh

Charlie Valentine

as Broad

The Butcher

as 1970's IRA Commander

4.9

Green Street Hooligans 2

2009

as Tankersley Governor

5.0

Someone's Knocking at the Door

2009

as Dr. Tolstoy

4.3

Silent Night, Zombie Night

as Paul Irwin

Tru Loved

as Coach Wesley

Hollywood Confidential

2008

as Lt. Stone

ReVamped

2007

as Wes

3.9

Curse of Pirate Death

as Vernon

Saurian

as Alester Carvel

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Dennis Lanyon

Blood Ranch

as Shotgun

Vagabond

as Ivan

Meet Me in Miami

2005

as Mr. Abbott

King of the Ants

2004

as Beckett

5.8

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

as Acme VP, Child Labor

6.4

Devil's Knight

2003

as Frank

2.0

Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny

2002

as Ransik

6.0

Curse of the Forty-Niner

2002

as Jeremiah Stone

4.1

Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time

2002

as Ransik

7.8

The Education of a Vampire

2001

as Captain Andrew Collins

2.0

Beneath Loch Ness

2001

as Constable

3.5

Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future

2001

as Ransik

6.6

Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control

as Ransik

Starforce

as Squad Leader

Never Look Back

as Nick

Wasteland Justice

as Tarnak

Billy Frankenstein

as Otto

The Bad Pack

as Biker

Vulcan

as Greg Mitchum

Kick of Death

as Paulie

Space Truckers

as Mister Cutt

Misfit Patrol

as Captain Cook

Hard Justice

as Galaxy 500

Ultimatum

as Gerard

2002: The Rape of Eden

as Mercenary Soldier

Stranglehold

as Gerald Richter

Manosaurus

as Professor Sorenson

2.0

T-Force

1994

as Samuel Washington

5.4

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

as Plughead

Fortress

as Maddox

Sexual Response

as Philip

Undeclared War

as Hannibal

Circuitry Man

as Plughead

Crossing the Line

as Steve Sinclair

The Shrimp on the Barbie

as Bruce

American Eagle

as Johnny Burke

Nam Angels

as Chard

Circle of Fear

as Allan Bainbridge

Enemy Unseen

as Steiger

Sunset

as Australian Houseman

5.7

The Gamble

1988

as First Brother Podestà

1.8

Innerspace

1987

as Mr. Igoe

6.8

P.I. Private Investigations

as Detective North

Last Man Standing

as Roo Marcus

Commando

as Bennett

Weird Science

as Lord General

Fortress

as Dabby Duck

Mad Max 2

as Wez

Mothman Vs Bigfoot

as Detective Thomas

Area 5150

as Rocco

Clutch

as Fuentes

Escape from Paradise

as Gus

Censor Addiction

as Wizard

Island in the Stars

as Argentum

Alien Horde

as Senator Latta

Cursed Waters

as Prosecutor

The Apex Predators Club

Cheer Bloody Murder

as Yanny

The Damnation

as The Major (voice)

Survive the End

as The President

Television (7)

JAG

as Toohey

Power Rangers

as Ransik

Power Rangers

as Ransik

MacGyver

as Catlin

Hunter

as Sonny Zajak

Knight Rider

as Wilson

Cinema Insomnia

as Self

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

Sally Floss: Digital Detective

Associate Producer

The Christmas Tapes

Producer

Shadows

Co-Producer

Loss Prevention

Executive Producer

The City of Gold

Producer

Curse of Pirate Death

2006

Associate Producer

4.9

Island in the Stars

Producer