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Bruce Campbell

Actor / Film Producer / Writer / Film Director / Screenwriter / Camera Operator | * 06/22/1958 (66) | Birmingham, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
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Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for his role as 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 of 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 ()
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Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. One of his best-known roles is portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film Within The Woods. He has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, and Bubba Ho-tep.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator year ...

Bubba Ho-tep

R

2002 | 3.3/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy
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Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead. ...

Army of Darkness

R

1992 | 3.6/5 | 1h 21min
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
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In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway. ...

The Evil Dead

NC-17

1981 | 3.7/5 | 1h 25min
Horror
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Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. But whe ...

Ash vs Evil Dead

TV-MA

2015 | 3.9/5 | 43min per episode
Comedy, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Bruce Campbell

Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
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Movies with Bruce Campbell as Actor(108)

as himself2023 Other Men's Careers
as Pizza Poppa2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)2022 Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Richard Nixon (voice)2022 18½
as himself2022 Dinner with Leatherface
as himself2022 Hollywood Signs
as Self - Host / Pizza Poppa2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Everett Bergeron2022 My Southern Family Christmas
2021 The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
as Jonathan2021 Black Friday
as Steve Bedford2021 One December Night
as Priest (voice)2020 Evil Dead Rise
as himself2020 Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as himself2020 Hail to the Deadites
as Chili Youngfield2017 Highly Functional
as Self - Actor2017 Cult of Terror
as himself2017 To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
as himself2016 50 Years of Star Trek
as Charles2015 The Escort
as himself2015 Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness
as himself2014 Doc of the Dead
as himself2014 Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)2013 Evil Dead
as Winkie Gate Keeper2013 Oz the Great and Powerful
as Greig2012 Addicted To Fame
as Goody2012 The Color of Time
as himself2011 Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2
as Sam Axe2011 Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
as himself2011 Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
as himself2011 The Walking Dead Girls
as himself2011 Kingdom Come
as Rod "Torque" Redline (voice)2011 Cars 2
as Mayor Shelbourne (voice)2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Muramoto (voice)2009 White on Rice
as Chicken Bittle (voice)2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
as Maître D'2007 Spider-Man 3
as himself2007 My Name Is Bruce
as himself2007 The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
as Joe Fasulo2006 The Woods
as Ed Weihenmayer2006 Touch the Top of the World
as Fugax (voice)2006 The Ant Bully
as William Cole2005 Man with the Screaming Brain
as himself2005 The Perfect Scary Movie
as Dr. Ivan Hood2005 Alien Apocalypse
as Coach Boomer2005 Sky High
as himself2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
as Snooty Usher2004 Spider-Man 2
as Humane Society Worker (uncredited)2004 The Ladykillers
as himself2004 Comic Book: The Movie
as Soap Opera Actor on TV2003 Intolerable Cruelty
as William Roberts2003 Timequest
as himself2002 Masters of Horror
as Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)2002 Hatred Of A Minute
as Gordon Moore2002 Serving Sara
as himself2002 Fanalysis
as Ring Announcer2002 Spider-Man
as Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff2002 Bubba Ho-tep
as Jack2002 Terminal Invasion
as Thompson (voice)2001 Hubert's Brain
as Roland the Intrepid Explorer2001 The Majestic
as Carl Greig2000 Icebreaker
as Ash / Himself2000 The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
as Bartender at Party1999 Double Jeopardy
as Barry1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
as Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison1998 Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure
as Actor1998 La patinoire
as Mick Dourif1997 Menno's Mind
as Hank Cooper1997 The Love Bug
as Carl1997 Running Time
as Virgil1997 McHale's Navy
as Jeff Erickson1997 In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
as Alex Windham1996 Assault on Dome 4
as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills1996 Escape from L.A.
as Soap Opera Actor on TV1996 Fargo
as Jake Thorne1996 Tornado!
as Wedding Shemp (scenes deleted)1995 The Quick and the Dead
as Charles Travis1995 Congo
as Raffle Winner (uncredited)1995 The Demolitionist
as Smitty1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
as Asylum Attendant1992 Eddie Presley
as John Loftmore1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time
as Stover1992 Mindwarp
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams / Evil Ash1992 Army of Darkness
as Ray1991 Lunatics: A Love Story
as Jack Forrest1990 Maniac Cop 2
as Final Shemp1990 Darkman
as Officer Howard1989 Intruder
as Van Helsing1989 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)1989 The Dead Next Door
as Ray Tanner1989 Moontrap
as Jack Forrest1988 Maniac Cop
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams1987 Evil Dead II
as Bruce / Various (archive footage)1985 Sam Raimi Early Shorts
as Renaldo 'The Heel'1985 Crimewave
1985 The Sappy Sap
as Video Newscaster1985 Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
as Brice1984 Going Back
1982 Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams1981 The Evil Dead
1981 Torro. Torro. Torro!
as Jack Stryker1980 Stryker's War
as Helping Hand1979 Attack of the Helping Hand!
as Maury1978 Acting and Reacting
1978 Holding It
as Bruce1978 Within the Woods
as Police Officer on Bicycle1977 It's Murder!
1977 Six Months to Live
as Kreon1972 Oedipus Rex

TV Shows/Series with Bruce Campbell as Actor(36)

as Chief Dandridge2024 Hysteria!
as Self - Host2023 Discontinued
as Narrator2019 Ripley's Believe It or Not!
as Chef (voice)2019 The Last Kids on Earth
as Gary Green2018 Lodge 49
2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror
as himself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams2015 Ash vs Evil Dead
as Santa2014 The Librarians
as Ronald Reagan2014 Fargo
as Ronald Reagan (voice)2014 Fargo
as Doug Gilchrist2012 1600 Penn
as himself2011 Half in the Bag
as himself2011 Impractical Jokers
as McGinley (voice)2009 Archer
as Sam Axe2007 Burn Notice
2007 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
as Ashford Simpson2006 Psych
2006 The Replacements
2004 100 Scariest Movie Moments
2003 My Life as a Teenage Robot
as Max Liebling (voice)2001 The Legend of Tarzan
as Jack Stiles / Daring Dragoon2000 Jack of All Trades
as FBI Agent Jackman1998 Charmed
1997 Timecop
as Autolycus1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Rob Tapert1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995 American Gothic
as Autolycus1995 Xena: Warrior Princess
as Ed Billik1994 Ellen
as Brisco County, Jr.1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Wayne Weinsider1993 The X-Files
as Bill Church Jr.1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 Ship to Shore
1979 Knots Landing

Movies with Bruce Campbell as Crew(30)

Production/Producer2021 Black Friday
Production/Executive Producer2020 Evil Dead Rise
Production/Producer2013 Evil Dead
Directing/Director2007 My Name Is Bruce
Production/Producer2007 My Name Is Bruce
Directing/Director2005 Man with the Screaming Brain
Production/Producer2005 Man with the Screaming Brain
Writing/Story2005 Man with the Screaming Brain
Writing/Writer2005 Man with the Screaming Brain
Production/Producer2002 Hatred Of A Minute
Directing/Director2002 Fanalysis
Production/Producer2002 Fanalysis
Writing/Screenplay1992 The Nutt House
Production/Producer1992 Army of Darkness
Production/Producer1991 Lunatics: A Love Story
Production/Producer1989 Easy Wheels
Crew/Cinematography1985 Sam Raimi Early Shorts
Directing/Second Unit Director1985 Sam Raimi Early Shorts
Editing/Editor1985 Sam Raimi Early Shorts
Production/Producer1985 Sam Raimi Early Shorts
Production/Co-Producer1985 Crimewave
Writing/Story1985 Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Production/Executive Producer1981 The Evil Dead
Production/Producer1981 Torro. Torro. Torro!
Writing/Story1980 Stryker's War
Crew/Cinematography1979 Attack of the Helping Hand!
Production/Producer1978 Acting and Reacting
Editing/Editor1978 Holding It
Production/Producer1978 Holding It
Production/Executive Producer1978 Within the Woods

TV Shows/Series with Bruce Campbell as Crew(6)

Production/Producer2023 Discontinued
Production/Executive Producer2019 Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Production/Producer2000 Jack of All Trades
Directing/Director1998 V.I.P.
Directing/Director1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Directing/Director1995 Xena: Warrior Princess

Additional Information

Full Name: Bruce Campbell
Born: Sunday, 06/22 1958 (June) in Birmingham, Michigan (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 66 years + 212 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Western Michigan University, Birmingham Groves High School
Other names for Bruce Campbell (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Pete Perkinson"
"R.O.C. Sandstorm"
"Shemp Wooley"
"布鲁斯·坎贝尔"
"ブルース・キャンベル"
"Bruce Lorne Campbell"
Bruce Campbell frequently works together with these people:
Sam Raimi (68x, Crew)
Scott Spiegel (46x, Actor)
Josh Becker (41x, Crew)
Ted Raimi (33x, Actor)
Robert Tapert (27x, Crew)
Ethan Coen (19x, Crew)
Joel Coen (17x, Crew)
John Cameron (17x, Crew)
Gregory Nicotero (12x, Crew)
Michael Hurst (12x, Actor)
Ivan Raimi (12x, Crew)
Dan Hicks (12x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8656, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 01/06/2025