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Bruce Campbell

Acting 67 years old Birmingham, Michigan, USA ★ 2.4
Born: June 22, 1958

Biography

Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for being Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002).

Campbell had the main roles in the television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) and Jack of All Trades (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015–2018). He also appeared in The Escort (2015).

Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries Fanalysis (2002) and A Community Speaks (2004); co-wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the movie Man with the Screaming Brain (2005); and directed, produced, and featured in a parody of his career My Name Is Bruce (2007).

Campbell is known for frequent collaborations with Raimi, his brother Ted, Josh Becker, and Scott Spiegel.

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Known For

Spider-Man
Spider-Man Ring Announcer 2002
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 Maître D' 2007
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Pizza Poppa 2022
Cars 2
Cars 2 Rod 'Torque' Redline (voice) 2011
Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead Rise Dissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited) 2023

Jimmy's Seen (3)

Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead Rise Executive Producer 2023
Blood Simple
Blood Simple Production Consultant 1984
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Pizza Poppa 2022

Filmography

Acting Credits (165)

Ernie and Emma
Ernie and Emma Ernie 2026
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Owl (voice) 2025
Dinner with Leatherface
Dinner with Leatherface Self 2024
Hysteria!
Hysteria! Chief Dandridge 2024
Discontinued
Discontinued Self - Host 2023
Other Men's Careers
Other Men's Careers Self 2023
Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead Rise Dissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited) 2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell Himself 2023
My Southern Family Christmas
My Southern Family Christmas Everett Bergeron 2022
Hollywood Signs
Hollywood Signs Self 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Self - Host / Pizza Poppa 2022
18½
18½ Richard Nixon (voice) 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Pizza Poppa 2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage) 2022
Black Friday
Black Friday Jonathan 2021
One December Night
One December Night Steve 2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II 2021
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You 2021
INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE Demon (voice) 2021
INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE Satan (voice) 2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead 2021
Hail to the Deadites
Hail to the Deadites Self 2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi Self 2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time Self 2020
The Last Kids on Earth
The Last Kids on Earth Chef (voice) 2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!
All Hail the Popcorn King! Self 2019
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Narrator 2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Self 2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Eli Roth's History of Horror Self 2018
Lodge 49
Lodge 49 Gary Green 2018
A.P. Bio
A.P. Bio John Griffin 2018
Cult of Terror
Cult of Terror Self - Actor 2017
Highly Functional
Highly Functional Chili Youngfield 2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story Self 2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure King Edmund (voice) 2017
50 Years of Star Trek
50 Years of Star Trek Self 2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls Self 2016
The Escort
The Escort Charles 2015
Ash vs Evil Dead
Ash vs Evil Dead Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams 2015
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" Self 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Last Fan Standing
Last Fan Standing 2015
The Librarians
The Librarians Santa 2014
Fargo
Fargo Ronald Reagan 2014
Fargo
Fargo Ronald Reagan (voice) 2014
Doc of the Dead
Doc of the Dead Self 2014
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist Self 2014
Evil Dead
Evil Dead Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited) 2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz the Great and Powerful Winkie Gate Keeper 2013
1600 Penn
1600 Penn Doug Gilchrist 2012
Addicted to Fame
Addicted to Fame Carl Greig (archive footage) 2012
The Color of Time
The Color of Time Goody 2012
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come Self 2012
Impractical Jokers
Impractical Jokers Self 2011
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder Self 2011
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2' Self 2011
Cars 2
Cars 2 Rod 'Torque' Redline (voice) 2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Sam Axe 2011
The Walking Dead Girls
The Walking Dead Girls Self 2011
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Mayor Shelbourne (voice) 2009
Archer
Archer McGinley (voice) 2009
White on Rice
White on Rice Muramoto (voice) 2009
Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce'
Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' Self 2009
Memories of Moab
Memories of Moab Self 2008
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor Self 2007
The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell 2007
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead (archive footage) 2007
Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead
Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead Self 2007
My Name Is Bruce
My Name Is Bruce Bruce Campbell 2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie Chicken Bittle (voice) 2007
Burn Notice
Burn Notice Sam Axe 2007
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 Maître D' 2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Chicken Bittle (voice) 2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera 2007
The Ant Bully
The Ant Bully Fugax (voice) 2006
The Replacements
The Replacements 2006
Psych
Psych Ashford Simpson 2006
Touch the Top of the World
Touch the Top of the World Ed Weihenmayer 2006
The Woods
The Woods Joe Fasulo 2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
The Perfect Scary Movie Self 2005
Sky High
Sky High Coach Boomer 2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
Man with the Screaming Brain William Cole 2005
Alien Apocalypse
Alien Apocalypse Ivan 2005
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing Self 2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments
100 Scariest Movie Moments Self 2004
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 Snooty Usher 2004
Megas XLR
Megas XLR Magnaminous (voice) 2004
Megas XLR
Megas XLR Magnanimous (voice) 2004
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers Humane Society Worker (uncredited) 2004
Comic Book: The Movie
Comic Book: The Movie Bruce Campbell 2004
Intolerable Cruelty
Intolerable Cruelty Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited) 2003
Timequest
Timequest William Roberts 2003
Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror Self 2002
Terminal Invasion
Terminal Invasion Jack 2002
Serving Sara
Serving Sara Gordon Moore 2002
Bubba Ho-tep
Bubba Ho-tep Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff 2002
Spider-Man
Spider-Man Ring Announcer 2002
Fanalysis
Fanalysis Self 2002
Hatred Of A Minute
Hatred Of A Minute Soap Actor on TV (uncredited) 2002
The Majestic
The Majestic Roland the Intrepid Explorer 2001
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan Max Liebling (voice) 2001
Hubert's Brain
Hubert's Brain Thompson (voice) 2001
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier Self / Ash 2000
Icebreaker
Icebreaker Carl Greig 2000
Jack of All Trades
Jack of All Trades Jack Stiles / Daring Dragoon 2000
The Men Behind the Army
The Men Behind the Army Narrator 1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Barry 1999
La Patinoire
La Patinoire Actor 1998
Charmed
Charmed FBI Agent Jackman 1998
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison 1998
Running Time
Running Time Carl 1997
Menno's Mind
Menno's Mind Mick Dourif 1997
The Love Bug
The Love Bug Hank Cooper 1997
Timecop
Timecop 1997
McHale's Navy
McHale's Navy Virgil 1997
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory Jeff Erickson 1997
Assault on Dome 4
Assault on Dome 4 Alex Windham 1996
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A. Surgeon General of Beverly Hills 1996
Tornado!
Tornado! Jake Thorne 1996
Fargo
Fargo Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited) 1996
American Gothic
American Gothic 1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess Autolycus 1995
Congo
Congo Charles Travis 1995
The Demolitionist
The Demolitionist Raffle Winner (uncredited) 1995
The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead Wedding Shemp 1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Autolycus 1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Rob Tapert 1995
Ellen
Ellen Ed Billik 1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy Smitty 1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Bill Church Jr. 1993
The X-Files
The X-Files Wayne Weinsider 1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Brisco County, Jr. 1993
Eddie Presley
Eddie Presley Asylum Attendant 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street Jake Rodzinski 1993
Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness Ash 1992
Mindwarp
Mindwarp Stover 1992
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Waxwork II: Lost in Time John Loftmore 1992
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Van Helsing 1991
Lunatics: A Love Story
Lunatics: A Love Story Ray 1991
Darkman
Darkman Final Shemp 1990
Maniac Cop 2
Maniac Cop 2 Jack Forrest 1990
The Dead Next Door
The Dead Next Door Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited) 1989
Moontrap
Moontrap Ray Tanner 1989
Intruder
Intruder Officer Howard 1989
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
The Incredibly Strange Film Show Self 1988
Maniac Cop
Maniac Cop Jack Forrest 1988
Evil Dead II
Evil Dead II Ash 1987
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except Video Newscaster (uncredited) 1985
The Sappy Sap
The Sappy Sap 1985
Crimewave
Crimewave Renaldo 'The Heel' 1985
Going Back
Going Back Brice 1984
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter Cleveland Smith 1982
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead Ash 1981
Torro. Torro. Torro!
Torro. Torro. Torro! 1981
Stryker's War
Stryker's War Jack Stryker 1980
The Blind Waiter
The Blind Waiter Harry 1980
Knots Landing
Knots Landing Joel Benson 1979
Within the Woods
Within the Woods Bruce 1979
Attack of the Helping Hand!
Attack of the Helping Hand! Helping Hand 1979
Holding It
Holding It 1978
Acting and Reacting
Acting and Reacting Maury 1978
Curse of the Werewolf
Curse of the Werewolf The Hunter 1974
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex Kreon 1972
Bench Pressley
Bench Pressley Bench Pressley

Directing Credits (7)

Writing Credits (6)

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