
Vernon Wells
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'.
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Acting History
2025
A Reluctant Heart as Stuart Knapp
2024The Beast Inside as Father Geoffrey
2024Gladiators as Avitus
2024Apex Predators 2: The Spawning as Bartender Wells
2024The Charisma Killers as The Old Man
2024The Dead Rose as Cypress
2024Harvest as Jim Mansfield
2024Professor Kimmer's Initiation as Cypress
2024Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In as Richard Daniels
2024Road Wars: Max Fury as Shane McIntosh
2024Realm of Shadows as Cypress
2024The Blue-Eyed Boy and Mister Death as George
2023Blood and Snow as The Professor
2023Heartland Harmony as Lemmy LaRoux
2023I Can as Doctor Wells
2023Transmission as Frank Tadross Roth
2023Ghost as Jeremiah
2023Murder Syndicate as Roddy
2023End of Loyalty as Rooker
2023Root as Scott
2023The Price We Pay as The Doctor
2022Amber Road as Sheriff Taylor
2022The Christmas Tapes as Santa
2022Werewolf Cabal as Henry Sullivan
2022Frost as Grant
2022American Bigfoot as Truman Shaw
2022Forbearance as Dr. George Ross
2022Showdown in Yesteryear as Orson Kane
2022Of the Devil as Father Bennet
2022Soul Cage as The Persuader
2022Memoirs of a Fighter as Pastor
2022Thor: God of Thunder as Odin
2022Sally Floss: Digital Detective as Papa
2022Tales from the Other Side as William
2022Shadows as Cliff
2022No Name and Dynamite as Black Jack Bennett
2022In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
2022The Electric Man as Doogie
2022Jack Be Nimble as Jack
2021Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender as The Shadow Knight
2021Christmas Collision as Ronan
2021Kringle Time as Herb
2021Under the Palm Tree as Det. Scott
2021Bearry as Detective Seahorn
2021Red Snow as Julius King
2020Bird as Fred
20207th Revelation as Gil Oldman Jr.
2020Charlie's Christmas Wish as Hank Wentworth
2020Camp Twilight as Detective Bennett
2020Fear of the Woods as Father
2020Social Distance as Gil Oldman Jr.
2020Await the Dawn as Zed
2020Kill Giggles as Malcolm Fossor / Giggles
2020Debt Collectors as Cyrus Skinner
2020Emerald Run as Dodson
2020No Chance as Barrett Transformed
2019Bigfoot Down Under as Self
2019In Search of the Last Action Heroes as Himself
2019The Silent Natural as Sarah's Father
2019Crossbreed as Murphy
2018The City of Gold as The Inquisitor
2018Loss Prevention as CEO Reginald Bachman
2018Glass Jaw as Happy
2018Hide and Go Seek as Bill
2018Lilith as Phillip
2018Impact Event as Ed
2018Trouble Is My Business as Detective Barry Tate
2018Death House as Nela
2017Landfall as Wexler
2017Alien Hunger as Sheriff Tom Baker
2017Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Mr. Enfield
2016Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon as Robert
2016Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' as Self
2016? (Question-mark) as Willkins
2016The Perfect Weapon as The Interrogator
2016The Sector as Shamrock
2016Western X as The General
2016The Horde as Earl
2016Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper as Walsh
2016Timber the Treasure Dog as Wolf (voice)
2016Rum Runners as Louie
2015Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween as Guy Hunsinger
2015Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs as Marcus
2015No Solicitors as Sam
2015Jurassic City as Agent LaFranco
2015Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
2014Throwback as Detective McNab
2014Relentless Justice as Jason Macendale
2013Black Asylum as Sheriff
2013Like a Bat Outta Hell as Simson
2013Jurassic Attack as Angent Grimaldi
2012The Lackey as Mr. Dechlan
2010The Dead Undead as Raleigh
2010Westbrick Murders as Max
2010The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! as Network Head (voice)
2010World's End as Corvin
2010Shadows in Paradise as General Ruth
2009Silent Night, Zombie Night as Paul Irwin
2009Someone's Knocking at the Door as Dr. Tolstoy
2009The Butcher as 1970's IRA Commander
2009Green Street Hooligans 2 as Tankersley Governor
2009Charlie Valentine as Broad
2008Tru Loved as Coach Wesley
2008Hollywood Confidential as Lt. Stone
2007ReVamped as Wes
2006Vagabond as Ivan
2006Curse of Pirate Death as Vernon
2006Blood Ranch as Shotgun
2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Dennis Lanyon
2006Saurian as Alester Carvel
2005Meet Me in Miami as Mr. Abbott
2004King of the Ants as Beckett
2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Acme VP, Child Labor
2003Devil's Knight as Frank
2002Curse of the Forty-Niner as Jeremiah Stone
2002Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time as Ransik
2002Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny as Ransik
2001Power Rangers Time Force: Quantum Ranger - Clash for Control as Ransik
2001Beneath Loch Ness as Constable
2001Power Rangers Time Force: Force from the Future as Ransik
2001The Education of a Vampire as Captain Andrew Collins
2000Starforce as Squad Leader
2000Never Look Back as Nick
1999Wasteland Justice as Tarnak
1998Billy Frankenstein as Otto
1997The Bad Pack as Biker
1997Vulcan as Greg Mitchum
1997Kick of Death as Paulie
1996Misfit Patrol as Captain Cook
1996Space Truckers as Mister Cutt
1995JAG as Toohey
1995Hard Justice as Galaxy 500
1994T-Force as Samuel Washington
1994Manosaurus as Professor Sorenson
1994Ultimatum as Gerard
1994Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II as Plughead
19942002: The Rape of Eden as Mercenary Soldier
1994Stranglehold as Gerald Richter
1993Power Rangers as Ransik
1992Fortress as Maddox
1992Sexual Response as Philip
1990Undeclared War as Hannibal
1990The Shrimp on the Barbie as Bruce
1990Crossing the Line as Steve Sinclair
1990Circuitry Man as Plughead
1989American Eagle as Johnny Burke
1989Nam Angels as Chard
1989Enemy Unseen as Steiger
1989Circle of Fear as Allan Bainbridge
1988The Gamble as First Brother Podestà
1988Sunset as Australian Houseman
1987Last Man Standing as Roo Marcus
1987Innerspace as Mr. Igoe
1987P.I. Private Investigations as Detective North
1985Fortress as Dabby Duck
1985Commando as Bennett
1985MacGyver as Catlin
1985MacGyver as Paul Donnay
1985Weird Science as Lord General
1984Hunter as Sonny Zajak
1982Knight Rider as Wilson
1981Mad Max 2 as Wez
—Cheer Bloody Murder as Yanny
—Cinema Insomnia as Self
—The Apex Predators Club
—Mothman Vs Bigfoot as Detective Thomas
—Censor Addiction as Wizard
—Alien Horde as Senator Latta
—Vanished
—Escape from Paradise as Gus
—Area 5150 as Rocco
—Clutch as Fuentes
—Island in the Stars as Argentum
—Cursed Waters as Prosecutor
—The Damnation as The Major (voice)








