Bruce Campbell

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Spider-Man

as Ring Announcer

Spider-Man 2

as Snooty Usher

Spider-Man 3

as Maître D'

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

as Pizza Poppa

Fargo

as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)

Cars 2

as Rod "Torque" Redline (voice)

Oz the Great and Powerful

as Winkie Gate Keeper

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

as Mayor Shelbourne (voice)

INVINCIBLE

as Demon (voice)

Evil Dead

as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)