Bruce Campbell
Born: 1958-06-22 in Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
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- Evil Dead Burn ... (Executive Producer)
2025
- A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas as Owl (voice)
2024
- Dinner with Leatherface as Self
- Hysteria! as Chief Dandridge
2023
- Evil Dead Rise as Dissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited)
- Other Men's Careers as Self
- Discontinued as Self - Host
- The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell as Himself
2022
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Pizza Poppa
- Hollywood Signs as Self
- 18½ as Richard Nixon (voice)
- My Southern Family Christmas as Everett Bergeron
- 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Self - Host / Pizza Poppa
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)
2021
2020
- Hail to the Deadites as Self
- Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
2019
- The Dead Don't Die ... (Thanks)
- The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs as Self
- The Last Kids on Earth as Chef (voice)
- All Hail the Popcorn King! as Self
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! as Narrator
2018
- A.P. Bio as John Griffin
- Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- Lodge 49 as Gary Green
2017
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as King Edmund (voice)
- Highly Functional as Chili Youngfield
- To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- Cult of Terror as Self - Actor
2016
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Ash vs Evil Dead as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
- The Escort as Charles
- Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness as Self
- Last Fan Standing
2014
- Fargo as Ronald Reagan
- The Librarians as Santa
- Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist as Self
- Doc of the Dead as Self
2013
- Oz the Great and Powerful as Winkie Gate Keeper
- Evil Dead as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)
2012
- Kingdom Come as Self
- 1600 Penn as Doug Gilchrist
- The Color of Time as Goody
- Addicted to Fame as Carl Greig (archive footage)
2011
- Cars 2 as Rod "Torque" Redline (voice)
- Impractical Jokers as Self
- Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2 as Self
- Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Sam Axe
- The Walking Dead Girls as Self
- Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder as Self
2009
- Archer as McGinley (voice)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as Mayor Shelbourne (voice)
- White on Rice as Muramoto (voice)
- Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' as Self
2008
- Memories of Moab as Self
2007
- Spider-Man 3 as Maître D'
- Burn Notice as Sam Axe
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters as Chicken Bittle (voice)
- My Name Is Bruce as Bruce Campbell
- The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
- One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead as (archive footage)
- The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor as Self
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie as Chicken Bittle (voice)
2006
- Psych as Ashford Simpson
- The Ant Bully as Fugax (voice)
- The Woods as Joe Fasulo
- The Replacements
- Touch the Top of the World as Ed Weihenmayer
2005
- Sky High as Coach Boomer
- Alien Apocalypse as Dr. Ivan Hood
- The Perfect Scary Movie as Self
- Man with the Screaming Brain as William Cole
2004
- Spider-Man 2 as Snooty Usher
- The Ladykillers as Humane Society Worker (uncredited)
- Megas XLR as Magnaminous (voice)
- Comic Book: The Movie as Bruce Campbell
- 100 Scariest Movie Moments as Self
- Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
2003
- Timequest as William Roberts
- Intolerable Cruelty as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
2002
- Spider-Man as Ring Announcer
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Serving Sara as Gordon Moore
- Terminal Invasion as Jack
- Bubba Ho-tep as Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff
- Hatred Of A Minute as Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)
- Masters of Horror as Self
- Fanalysis as Self
2001
- The Legend of Tarzan as Max Liebling (voice)
- The Majestic as Roland the Intrepid Explorer
- Hubert's Brain as Thompson (voice)
2000
- Icebreaker as Carl Greig
- The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier as Self / Ash
- Jack of All Trades as Jack Stiles / Daring Dragoon
1999
1998
- Charmed as FBI Agent Jackman
- V.I.P. ... (Director)
- La Patinoire as Actor
- Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure as Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison
1997
- Running Time as Carl
- The Love Bug as Hank Cooper
- In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory as Jeff Erickson
- Menno's Mind as Mick Dourif
- Timecop
- McHale's Navy as Virgil
1996
- Fargo as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
- Tornado! as Jake Thorne
- Escape from L.A. as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
- Assault on Dome 4 as Alex Windham
1995
- Xena: Warrior Princess as Autolycus
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Autolycus
- The Quick and the Dead as Wedding Shemp
- American Gothic
- The Demolitionist as Raffle Winner (uncredited)
- Congo as Charles Travis
1994
- Ellen as Ed Billik
- The Hudsucker Proxy as Smitty
1993
- The X-Files as Wayne Weinsider
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Bill Church Jr.
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Brisco County, Jr.
- Eddie Presley as Asylum Attendant
1992
- Mindwarp as Stover
- Army of Darkness as Ash
- The Nutt House ... (Screenplay)
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time as John Loftmore
1991
- Lunatics: A Love Story as Ray
1990
- Darkman as Final Shemp
- Maniac Cop 2 as Jack Forrest
1989
- Intruder as Officer Howard
- Moontrap as Ray Tanner
- Easy Wheels ... (Producer)
- The Dead Next Door as Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Van Helsing
1988
- Maniac Cop as Jack Forrest
- The Incredibly Strange Film Show as Self
1987
- Evil Dead II as Ash
1985
- Blood Simple ... (Stand In)
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except as Video Newscaster (uncredited)
- Crimewave as Renaldo 'The Heel'
- The Sappy Sap
1984
- Going Back as Brice
1982
- Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter as Cleveland Smith
1981
1980
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except as Jack Stryker
- The Blind Waiter as Harry
1979
- Knots Landing as Joel Benson
- Attack of the Helping Hand! as Helping Hand
1978
- Within the Woods as Bruce
- Acting and Reacting as Maury
- Holding It
1977
- It's Murder! as Police Officer
1974
- Curse of the Werewolf as The Hunter
1972
- Oedipus Rex as Kreon