Vernon Wells
Acting
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.
Born: December 31, 1945
Place of Birth: Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
Known For
Black Asylum
Black Asylum was originally planned as a feature, which has yet to happen. Instead, this 5-minute trailer was shot in order to try to tempt investors. It was screened at several film festivals including the Santa Monica International Film Festival.
Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control
Archeologists dig up a mysterious box and the evil Ransik sends Brickneck, a mutant, to retrieve it. At the site, he's confronted by the Power Rangers and the Silver Guardians, an elite security force. As they fight, Guardian Eric takes the box and discovers that it holds the Quantum Morpher. With it, he transforms himself into the Quantum Ranger.
Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time
Jen, Katie, Lucas and Trip receive a panicked call from Alex. Frax, he warns, is building Doomtron, a super-robot that will destroy the city. If the teens don't return to the future (3000) now, the won't survive. Wes, however, must stay in his own era - 2001 - so the teens stay and help him fight.
MacGyver
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.
MacGyver
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.
Knight Rider
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.
Heartland Harmony
Movie star Grayson Kane is about to bring the hottest new comic book superhero to the big screen, but first, he must get the creator's approval...and she is no pushover.
Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future
In the year 3000, the evil mutant Ransik escapes justice by slipping through a time gate. He lands in the year 2001 with the elite Time Force Power Rangers in hot pursuit. A thousand years from home and short one Ranger, The Time Force may be outmatched by the criminal mastermind, his deranged daughter and their army of marauding Cyclobots. Help comes to the Rangers in the form of a mysterious stranger and awesome zords sent from the future. Who is this stranger, and will his help be enough to stop Ransik once and for all?
Mad Max 2
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.
JAG
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.
Filmography
as Stuart Knapp
as Father Geoffrey
as Avitus
as Bartender Wells
as The Old Man
as Cypress
as Jim Mansfield
as Cypress
as Richard Daniels
as Shane McIntosh
as Cypress
as George
as The Professor
as Lemmy LaRoux
as Doctor Wells
as Frank Tadross Roth
as Jeremiah
as Roddy
as Rooker
as Scott
as The Doctor
as Sheriff Taylor
as Santa
as Henry Sullivan
as Grant
as Truman Shaw
as Dr. George Ross
as Orson Kane
as Father Bennet
as The Persuader
as Pastor
as Odin
as William
as Cliff
as Black Jack Bennett
as Self - Interviewee
as Doogie
as Jack
as The Shadow Knight
as Ronan
as Herb
as Det. Scott
as Detective Seahorn
as Julius King
as Fred
as Gil Oldman Jr.
as Hank Wentworth
as Detective Bennett
as Father
as Gil Oldman Jr.
as Zed
as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles
as Cyrus Skinner
as Dodson
as Barrett Transformed
as Self
as Himself
as Sarah's Father
as Murphy
as The Inquisitor
as CEO Reginald Bachman
as Happy
as Bill
as Phillip
as Ed
as Detective Barry Tate
as Nela
as Wexler
as Sheriff Tom Baker
as Mr. Enfield
as Robert
as The Interrogator
as Shamrock
as Earl
as Wolf (voice)
as Louie
as Guy Hunsinger
as Marcus
as Sam
as Agent LaFranco
as Detective McNab
as Jason Macendale
as Sheriff
as Simson
as Angent Grimaldi
as Mr. Dechlan
as Raleigh
as Max
as Network Head (voice)
as Corvin
as General Ruth
as Paul Irwin
as Dr. Tolstoy
as 1970's IRA Commander
as Tankersley Governor
as Broad
as Coach Wesley
as Lt. Stone
as Wes
as Vernon
as Shotgun
as Dr. Dennis Lanyon
as Alester Carvel
as Mr. Abbott
as Beckett
as Acme VP, Child Labor
as Jeremiah Stone
as Constable
as Captain Andrew Collins
as Squad Leader
as Nick
as Tarnak
as Otto
as Biker
as Greg Mitchum
as Paulie
as Captain Cook
as Mister Cutt
as Toohey
as Galaxy 500
as Samuel Washington
as Professor Sorenson
as Gerard
as Plughead
as Gerald Richter
as Mercenary Soldier
as Ransik
as Maddox
as Philip
as Hannibal
as Bruce
as Steve Sinclair
as Plughead
as Johnny Burke
as Chard
as Steiger
as Allan Bainbridge
as First Brother Podestà
as Australian Houseman
as Roo Marcus
as Mr. Igoe
as Detective North
as Dabby Duck
as Bennett
as Catlin
as Paul Donnay
as Lord General
as Sonny Zajak
as Wilson
as Wez
as Rocco
as Yanny
as Prosecutor
as Wizard
as Senator Latta
as The Major (voice)
as Fuentes