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Vernon Wells

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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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Mad Max 2

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Commando

As Bennett

Weird Science

As Lord General

Innerspace

As Mr. Igoe

Debt Collectors

As Cyrus Skinner

Sunset

As Australian Houseman

Space Truckers

As Mister Cutt

Road Wars: Max Fury

As Shane McIntosh

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Sequel Outshines the Original

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