Bruce Campbell
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Bruce Campbell

Jun 22, 1958 - Birmingham, Michigan, USA

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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Cast

Media
Movie2002Spider-ManRing Announcer
Movie2004Spider-Man 2Snooty Usher
Movie2007Spider-Man 3Maître D'
Movie2005Man with the Screaming BrainWilliam Cole
Movie1978Within the WoodsBruce
Movie1987Evil Dead IIAsh
Movie1992Army of DarknessAsh
Movie1996Escape from L.A.Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
Movie2021One December NightSteve
Movie2007My Name Is BruceBruce Campbell
Movie2009Cloudy with a Chance of MeatballsMayor Shelbourne (voice)
Movie1996FargoSoap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
Movie1989IntruderOfficer Howard
Movie2005Sky HighCoach Boomer
Movie2006The WoodsJoe Fasulo
Movie1991Lunatics: A Love StoryRay
Movie1994The Hudsucker ProxySmitty
Movie1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood MoneyBarry
Movie2002Serving SaraGordon Moore
Movie2002Bubba Ho-tepElvis Presley / Sebastian Haff
Movie2004Comic Book: The MovieBruce Campbell
Movie1997The Love BugHank Cooper
Movie1990DarkmanFinal Shemp
Movie2006The Ant BullyFugax (voice)
Movie2007Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for TheatersChicken Bittle (voice)
Movie1990Maniac Cop 2Jack Forrest
Movie2002Terminal InvasionJack
Movie1992Waxwork II: Lost in TimeJohn Loftmore
Movie2004Spider-Man 2: Making the AmazingSelf
Movie1996Assault on Dome 4Alex Windham
Movie1988Maniac CopJack Forrest
Movie1996Tornado!Jake Thorne
Movie1998La PatinoireActor
Movie2000IcebreakerCarl Greig
Movie2005Alien ApocalypseDr. Ivan Hood
Movie1997McHale's NavyVirgil
Movie1989MoontrapRay Tanner
Movie2011Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam AxeSam Axe
Movie1989Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatVan Helsing
Movie2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessPizza Poppa
Movie1992MindwarpStover
Movie2013Evil DeadAshley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)
Movie2014Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic ArtistSelf
Movie2013Oz the Great and PowerfulWinkie Gate Keeper
Movie1997Running TimeCarl
Movie1998Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan AdventurePierce Thomas 'PT' Madison
Movie2003TimequestWilliam Roberts
Movie2006Touch the Top of the WorldEd Weihenmayer
Movie2012Addicted to FameCarl Greig (archive footage)
Movie2012Kingdom ComeSelf
Movie1982Cleveland Smith, Bounty HunterCleveland Smith
Movie1984Going BackBrice
Movie1997In the Line of Duty: Blaze of GloryJeff Erickson
Movie2011The Walking Dead GirlsSelf
Movie2012The Color of TimeGoody
Movie1985The Sappy Sap
Movie2014Doc of the DeadSelf
Movie2000The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the MerrierSelf / Ash
Movie2023Other Men's CareersSelf
Movie2002FanalysisSelf
Movie2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessSelf - Host / Pizza Poppa
Movie1980The Blind WaiterHarry
Movie2022Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She CalledSoap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)
Movie2009Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce'Self
Movie2022Hollywood SignsSelf
Movie1979Attack of the Helping Hand!Helping Hand
Movie2022My Southern Family ChristmasEverett Bergeron
Movie2001The MajesticRoland the Intrepid Explorer
Movie1995CongoCharles Travis
Movie2011Cars 2Rod "Torque" Redline (voice)
Movie1980Thou Shalt Not Kill... ExceptJack Stryker
Movie2015The EscortCharles
Movie2004The LadykillersHumane Society Worker (uncredited)
Movie1981The Evil DeadAsh
Movie201650 Years of Star TrekSelf
Movie2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsSelf
Movie1995The DemolitionistRaffle Winner (uncredited)
Movie2015Medieval Times: The Making of Army of DarknessSelf
Movie1974Curse of the WerewolfThe Hunter
Movie1997Menno's MindMick Dourif
Movie1989The Dead Next DoorRaimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1972Oedipus RexKreon
Movie2002Hatred Of A MinuteSoap Actor on TV (uncredited)
Movie2007The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room FloorSelf
Movie2011Slashed Prices: The Making of IntruderSelf
Movie2017To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder StorySelf
Movie1978Holding It
Movie2001Hubert's BrainThompson (voice)
Movie2003Intolerable CrueltySoap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
Movie2011Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2Self
Movie2002Masters of HorrorSelf
Movie2019All Hail the Popcorn King!Self
Movie2024Dinner with LeatherfaceSelf
Movie2017Cult of TerrorSelf - Actor
Movie2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiSelf
Movie2020Hail to the DeaditesSelf
Movie2005The Perfect Scary MovieSelf
Movie2021Black FridayJonathan
Movie2007The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
Movie202218½Richard Nixon (voice)
Movie2009White on RiceMuramoto (voice)
Movie2021The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
Movie2017Highly FunctionalChili Youngfield
Movie1978Acting and ReactingMaury
Movie1981Torro. Torro. Torro!
Movie2021Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead
Movie2021Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II
Movie1985CrimewaveRenaldo 'The Heel'
Movie1985Thou Shalt Not Kill... ExceptVideo Newscaster (uncredited)
Movie2023The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce CampbellHimself
Movie2007One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead(archive footage)
Movie2023Evil Dead RiseDissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1993Eddie PresleyAsylum Attendant
Movie2018Winning the Super Bowl is easy
Movie2007Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother MovieChicken Bittle (voice)
Movie2008Memories of MoabSelf
Movie1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Brisco County Jr.
Movie20221982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!Self
MovieN/AErnie and EmmaErnie
Movie1995The Quick and the DeadWedding Shemp
Movie1977It's Murder!Police Officer
Movie1981Torro. Torro. Torro!
Movie2026Send Help
TV Show2002My Life as a Teenage Robot1
TV Show1994EllenEd Billik7
TV Show1995American Gothic1
TV Show1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Brisco County, Jr.27
TV Show2001The Legend of TarzanMax Liebling (voice)1
TV Show1998CharmedFBI Agent Jackman1
TV Show1979Knots LandingJoel Benson1
TV Show2007Burn NoticeSam Axe111
TV Show2000Jack of All TradesJack Stiles / Daring Dragoon22
TV Show1993The X-FilesWayne Weinsider1
TV Show1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanBill Church Jr.3
TV Show1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysAutolycus10
TV Show1995Xena: Warrior PrincessAutolycus8
TV Show2006The Replacements1
TV Show2007El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera1
TV Show1993Homicide: Life on the Street2
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show1997Timecop1
TV Show2011Impractical JokersSelf1
TV Show2015Ash vs Evil DeadAshley 'Ash' J. Williams30
TV Show2014The LibrariansSanta1
TV Show2009ArcherMcGinley (voice)1
TV Show2014FargoRonald Reagan1
TV Show2004100 Scariest Movie MomentsSelf5
TV Show2004Megas XLRMagnaminous (voice)1
TV Show2004Megas XLRMagnanimous (voice)1
TV Show2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf2
TV Show2019Ripley's Believe It or Not!Narrator10
TV Show2019The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob BriggsHimself1
TV Show2018A.P. BioJohn Griffin1
TV Show2019The Last Kids on EarthChef (voice)21
TV Show2015Last Fan Standing10
TV Show2023DiscontinuedSelf - Host10
TV Show20121600 PennDoug Gilchrist1
TV Show1988The Incredibly Strange Film ShowSelf1
TV Show2017Rapunzel's Tangled AdventureKing Edmund (voice)1
TV Show1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysRob Tapert2
TV Show2006PsychAshford Simpson1
TV Show2014FargoRonald Reagan (voice)1
TV Show2018Lodge 49Gary Green3
TV Show2024Hysteria!Chief Dandridge8
TV Show2021INVINCIBLEDemon (voice)1

Crew

Media
Movie2007My Name Is BruceDirectorDirecting
Movie2007My Name Is BruceProducerProduction
Movie2005Man with the Screaming BrainDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Man with the Screaming BrainProducerProduction
Movie1978Within the WoodsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1991Lunatics: A Love StoryProducerProduction
Movie1985Thou Shalt Not Kill... ExceptStoryWriting
Movie1978Acting and ReactingProducerProduction
Movie2023Evil Dead RiseExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2013Evil DeadProducerProduction
Movie2005Man with the Screaming BrainWriterWriting
Movie2005Man with the Screaming BrainStoryWriting
Movie2002FanalysisDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Torro. Torro. Torro!ProducerProduction
Movie1980The Blind WaiterAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1992The Nutt HouseScreenplayWriting
Movie1980Thou Shalt Not Kill... ExceptStoryWriting
Movie2026Evil Dead BurnExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1979Attack of the Helping Hand!CinematographyCrew
Movie2002Hatred Of A MinuteProducerProduction
Movie2019The Dead Don't DieThanksCrew
Movie1978Holding ItEditorEditing
Movie1978Holding ItProducerProduction
MovieN/AUntitled Evil Dead FilmExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1984Blood SimpleStand InCrew
Movie1989Easy WheelsProducerProduction
Movie1984Blood SimpleProduction ConsultantProduction
Movie2002FanalysisProducerProduction
Movie1985CrimewaveCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1981The Evil DeadExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1992Army of DarknessCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2021Black FridayProducerProduction
MovieN/AErnie and EmmaDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AErnie and EmmaWriterWriting
Movie1977It's Murder!Second Unit DirectorDirecting
Movie1977It's Murder!Camera OperatorCamera
TV Show2000Jack of All TradesProducerProduction
TV Show1998V.I.P.DirectorDirecting
TV Show1995Xena: Warrior PrincessDirectorDirecting
TV Show1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysDirectorDirecting
TV Show2019Ripley's Believe It or Not!Executive ProducerProduction
TV Show2023DiscontinuedProducerProduction