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Biography
Vernon George Wells (born 31 December 1945) is an Australian character actor. 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 and Bennett in the military action film Commando. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s. In the 2000s, Wells acted in the television series Power Rangers Time Force portraying the series' main villain Ransik. Wells also appeared in the film version of the popular children's book, "The Power Rangers Handbook" He is married to the actress and former Power Rangers star, Jennifer Wells.
Career
Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play. His first cinema appearance was a minor role in Felicity (1979), a low-budget, erotic fantasy film. He appeared in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as Homicide and Matlock Police. Wells was cast as the homicidal biker Wez, in Mad Max 2 (1981) He spoofed his mad biker role in the popular 1985 teen comedy Weird Science. Wells was immediately secured for the role of Bennett opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando ( 1985) Well appeared as Roo Marcus in Last Man Standing (1987) In 1992, Wells appeared in one of the few roles in which he is not cast as a villain, in the short-lived 1992 television comedy series The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys. When first approached for the role in Commando, Wells was in Australia working on the feature film, Fortress, based on the real-life Faraday School kidnapping. In 1993, Wells starred in the science fiction film Fortress with Christopher Lambert (no connection to the previous movie of the same name) In the Power Rangers episodes, he played the role of Ransik, a mutant crime lord from the year 3000 who travels back in time to take over the world. Well starred in the 2009 horror film Silent Night, Zombie Night. In 2002, he reprised this role for the Power Rangers Wild Force/Time Force two-part team-up episode "Reinforcements from the Future". Wells also starred in a role in the TV series The X-Files.
Personal Life
Wells' father, Vernon Wells Jr. is an acclaimed sports artist and was an early contributor to Upper Deck baseball cards. Wells currently resides in Westlake, Texas, near his hometown of Arlington, Texas. In 2001, he married his high school sweetheart, Charlene Valenti. He has two sons, ages 11 and 14 as of May 2016. He also has a daughter, aged 10, and a son, aged 8, who he has with his ex-wife. He has two daughters, ages 7 and 4, with a third on the way. He is married and has two children.
Early Life
The son of Michael and Eva Jackson was born in Rushworth, Victoria. He graduated from high school at the age of 14 and went on to get a degree in Telecommunications at the University.
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2020
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2020
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2019.
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2018.
8 Movies
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2018
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2018
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Glass Jaw
2018
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2018
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2018
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2017.
4 Movies
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2016.
8 Movies
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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The Horde
2016
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The Sector
2016
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2015.
4 Movies
Jurassic City
2015
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Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween
2015
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Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs
2015
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No Solicitors
2015
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2014.
1 Movie
Relentless Justice
2014
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2013.
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Black Asylum
2013
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Like a Bat Outta Hell
2013
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2013
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2012.
1 Movie
Jurassic Attack
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2012
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2010.
5 Movies
Shadows in Paradise
2010
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The Dead Undead
2010
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The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
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2010
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Westbrick Murders
2010
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2009.
4 Movies
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2009
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Green Street Hooligans 2
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2009
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The Butcher
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2009
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2009
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2007.
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2007
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2006.
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2006
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2006
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2006
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2005.
1 Movie
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2005
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2003.
2 Movies
King of the Ants
2003
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action
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2003
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2002.
1 Movie
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002
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2000.
2 Movies
Never Look Back
2000
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Starforce
2000
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1998.
1 Movie
Billy Frankenstein
1998
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1997.
3 Movies
Kick of Death
1997
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The Bad Pack
1997
A band of mercenaries are hired to combat the militia that terrorise a group of Mexican immigrants in a Texas border town.
Vulcan
1997
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1996.
1 Movie
Space Truckers
1996
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out ...
1995.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
TV
JAG
4.4
1995
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Hard Justice
1995
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1994.
5 Movies
Ultimatum
1994
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T-Force
1994
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2002: The Rape of Eden
1994
A deadly virus has ravaged the world's population and uninfected females have become the most valuable commodity on Earth! In this chaotic world, a "new breed" of bounty hunter keeps the international...
Circuitry Man II: Plughead Rewired
1994
In the future where Earth is polluted, a female FBI agent removes Danner from an asylum in order to force him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. Plughead is forcing a female ...
Stranglehold
1994
Deep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't kill him. Onl...
1993.
1 TV show
TV
Power Rangers
7.25
1993
A group of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and their horde of monsters.
1992.
2 Movies
Fortress
6
1992
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Sexual Response
1992
A radio call-in host helps people with their relationships, but finds her own marriage lacking. A man approaches her in a bar..
1990.
4 Movies
Shrimp on the Barbie
1990
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Circuitry Man
1990
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Crossing the Line
1990
A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.
Undeclared War
1990
A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist.
1989.
4 Movies
Circle of Fear
1989
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Enemy Unseen
1989
A couple of young scientists, Mel Noble and Roxeanne Tangent, travel to an island in Africa thought to be deserted in search of crocodile life, when African Natives storm the camp and kidnap Roxeanne....
Nam Angels
1989
Lt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American P.O.W.s in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on mo...
1988.
1 Movie
The Gamble
1988
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1987.
2 Movies
Innerspace
6.75
1987
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex...
Last Man Standing
1987
Roo Marcus has just spent 8 years in a mental institution, and takes up bare-knuckle boxing and gets a job fighting in a gym run by Napoleon. Roo is often tormented by memories of shock treatment and ...
1985.
3 Movies · 1 TV show
TV
MacGyver
5.87
1985
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Commando
5.86
1985
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Fortress
1985
After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.
Weird Science
8.2
1985
Gary and Wyatt are unpopular teenagers who fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to use their computer to create a woman. Their living and breath...
1984.
1 TV show
TV
Hunter
1984
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991....
1982.
1 TV show
TV
Knight Rider
6.72
1982
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, was left for dead by his attackers after he was shot while investigating a case. He is rescued by a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor named Michael Kn...
1981.
1 Movie
Mad Max 2
5.83
1981
Max Rockatansky reprises his role as the heroic man who drives the dusty roads of a post apocalyptic Australian Outback in an endless search for gasoline. The scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encam...
Unknown Year.
5 Movies
Red Snow
A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.
Emerald Run
In order to save his daughter's life, a Desperate man gets involved in a risky plan to smuggle emeralds across the Mexican border. He is left for dead when the deal doesn't work out.
Await the Dawn
A family is highjacked by a desperate man while traveling across the country. He discovered he was running from something more dangerous than he was.
No Name and Dynamite Davenport
No Name and Dynamite Davenport are filming.
Manosaurus
The movie was about a half-man, half-dinosaur and starred Vernon Wells and William Smith.
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