Vernon Wells
Born 1945
Known for Mad Max 2, Commando, Innerspace.
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'.
Movie Credits
Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In (2024)
Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs (2015)
Tales from the Other Side (2022)
The Charisma Killers (2024)
Jurassic City (2015)
The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
Undeclared War (1990)
Commando (1985)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Clutch (2025)
Innerspace (1987)
Bird (2020)
The Price We Pay (2023)
Meet Me in Miami (2005)
Fortress (1992)
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010)
The Bad Pack (1997)
The Butcher (2009)
Hard Justice (1995)
Fortress (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Glass Jaw (2018)
Death House (2018)
Charlie Valentine (2009)
In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)