Bruce Campbell Bio | Wiki
Bruce Campbell is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise, starting with the 1978 short film Within the Woods. Bruce has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, and Bubba Ho-Tep.
He commenced his directing career with Fanalysis in 2002 and A Community Speaks in 2004. Later, Bruce directed the horror comedy feature films Man with the Screaming Brain and My Name Is Bruce, the latter being a spoof of his career. He can also be seen as the role of the father in The Escort.
Bruce Campbell Age
Bruce was born on June 22, 1958, in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. He is 64 years old.
Bruce Campbell Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.85 m).
Bruce Campbell Family
He was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, to his parents Joanne Louise and Charles Newton Campbell. Bruce’s mother was a homemaker. His father worked in advertising for 35 years in roles ranging from traveling billboard inspector to company vice president.
He later taught at nine colleges as an adjunct professor and was also an actor and director in local theater. Bruce has an older brother, Don, and an older half-brother, Michael Rendine. He is of Scottish and English descent.
Bruce Campbell Wife
Bruce’s first wife was Christine Deveau, whom he married in 1983. They had two children and divorced in 1989. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Oregon, with his second wife, costume designer Ida Gearon, whom he met on the set of the movie Mindwarp. He is also an ordained pastor and has performed marriage ceremonies.
Bruce Campbell Education
He began acting as a teenager and soon began making short Super 8 movies with friends. Bruce attended Wylie E. Groves High School where he met Sam Raimi, the two became very good friends and started making movies together.
Later, he would go on to attend Western Michigan University while he continued to work on his acting career. Bruce and Raimi collaborated on a 30-minute Super 8 version of the first Evil Dead film, titled Within the Woods, which was initially used to attract investors.
Bruce Campbell In Spider Man
Bruce has appeared in many of Raimi’s films outside of the Evil Dead series, notably having cameo appearances in the director’s Spider-Man film series. He also provided voice talent in other titles such as Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Dead by Daylight.
Bruce Campbell Movies And Tv Shows
2015 Fargo
2015 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2015–2018 Ash vs Evil Dead
2018–2020 Rapunzel’s Tangled
2018 Lodge 49
2019 Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
2020–2021 The Last Kids on Earth
2021 Adopted
2021 A.P. Bio
2022 My Southern Family Christmas
Bruce Campbell Dr. Strange
In March 2022, Bruce was announced to have a cameo in Raimi’s Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a 2022 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Doctor Strange. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Doctor Strange (2016) and the 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Bruce Campbell Evil Dead
Bruce and Raimi collaborated on a 30-minute Super 8 version of the first Evil Dead film, titled Within the Woods, which was initially used to attract investors. While starring in the lead role, he also worked behind the camera, receiving a “co-executive producer” credit. Raimi wrote, directed, and edited, while fellow Michigander Rob Tapert was the producer.
Following an endorsement by horror writer Stephen King, the film slowly began to receive the distribution. Four years following its original release, it became the number-one movie in the UK. It then received distribution in the United States, spawning two sequels: Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness.
Bruce Campbell Marvel
He was also drawn in the Marvel Zombie comics as his character, Ash Williams. bruce is featured in five comics, all in the series Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness. In them, he fights alongside the Marvel heroes against the heroes and people who have turned into zombies while in search of the Necronomicon. Bruce also played Coach Boomer in the movie “Sky High”.
Bruce Campbell Burn Notice
Bruce co-starred in the television series Burn Notice, which aired from 2007 to 2013 on USA Network. He portrayed Sam Axe, a beer-chugging, former Navy SEAL now working as an unlicensed private investigator and occasional mercenary with his old friend Michael Westen, the show’s main character.
When working undercover, his character frequently used the alias Chuck Finley, which Bruce later revealed was the name of one of his father’s old co-workers. He was the star of a 2011 Burn Notice made-for-television prequel focusing on Sam’s Navy SEAL career, titled Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe.
Bruce Campbell Books
In addition to acting and occasionally directing, Bruce is also an author starting with an autobiography, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor, published in June 2001. The autobiography was a successful New York Times Best Seller. Other books include:
-Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way 2005
-Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B Movie Actor 2017
Bruce Lee Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Bruce’s estimated net worth is $10 million.
When Bruce Lee Was Born
He was born on June 22, 1958, in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. He is 64 years old.