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Bruce Campbell
Date of Birth
22 June 1958, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Birth Name
Bruce Lorne Campbell
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Mini Biography
"Uncle Sam's favorite son" as the lyrics to the theme of "Jack of All Trades" (2000) go, was born June 22, 1958 (the youngest of 3 brothers) in Royal Oak, Michigan. As a child, Bruce watched "Lost in Space" (1965) on TV, and ran around dressed as Zorro. He got the acting bug at age 8; his dad was performing in local community theater. At 14, Bruce got to play the young prince in "The King and I" and even got to sing. He went on to appear in several community theater productions, including "South Pacific". However, he was also interested in directing, and shot super-8 flicks with a neighborhood pal.
Perhaps through fate, he met future director Sam Raimi in a high school drama class in 1975. Soon, along with Sam, and now a bunch of other high school pals, Bruce filmed about 50 super-8 movies. During the summer of 1976, he was an apprentice in northern Michigan at Traverse City's Cherry County Playhouse, a summer-stock company. Bruce worked 18-hour days putting up sets, being assistant stage manager, doing errands, etc. No money, but it was a learning experience (it was show biz). He attended Western Michigan University and took theater courses. Bruce became a production assistant for a company that made commercials in Detroit.
In the early part of 1979, with buddy Sam Raimi, he decided to become a pro filmmaker. Armed with a super-8 horror film Within The Woods (1978) which they showed potential investors, they raised $350,000 to make The Evil Dead (1981) which Bruce co-produced and starred in as "Ash". Four years later, the completed film became the best-selling video of 1983 in England, and New Line Cinema got it a US release. Around this time, he married his first wife, and they had 2 kids.
They raised 10 times as much cash for the sequel Evil Dead II (1987) again co-produced by Bruce and starring him as "Ash". He moved to L.A. In 1990, while filming Mindwarp (1992), he met his future second wife (costume designer Ida Gearon) on the set. In 1992, he rejoined Sam, and Bruce co-produced and starred as "Ash" in the 3rd of The Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness (1992) for Universal Studios.
On TV, Bruce directed many episodes of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995). Bruce also acted as the recurring character "Autolycus", the King of Thieves; he portrayed this villain with zest in both "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995) and "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995). Bruce's latest television venture was starring as the title rogue of "Jack of All Trades" (2000). Everybody loves Jack. And everybody's heard of him -- "There ain't a French or pirate rogue who don't know Jack!"
Bruce currently stars in the TV series Burn Notice, and has recently directed his own film, My Name Is Bruce, where Bruce is invited to kill a legendary Chinese wizard who has risen from the grave and is killing off the locals
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Bruce Campbell - news / articles
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Campbell: 'Evil Dead shoots were long and miserable' -
7 September 2010
-Bruce Campbell is hesitant about cheering for another Evil Dead movie because working with director pal Sam Raimi is "long and miserable".-
-The actor has starred in all three of Raimi's cult horror movies and there's forever talk of a fourth.-
- Campbell insists he'd
Bruce Campbell - what members say
review by TheBigLebowski from Great Britain
THIS IS THE DADDY!!!! 7 February 2005
review by russella0 from Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Still a fantastic watch ! 24 October 2005
review by A customer from Newcastle
EXCELLENT, MUST SEE MOVIE! 17 May 2004
Bruce Campbell - filmography
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Burn Notice - The Fall of Sam Axe
(2011)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Kiele Sanchez, RonReaco Lee
Director: Jeffrey Donovan
Certificate: 
Before Sam Axe teamed up with Michael and Fiona, he was Commander Axe, U.S. Navy SEAL. The Fall of Sam Axe tells the story of how Sam went from respected Naval Commander to the man of mystery we've come to know on Burn Notice. On what will turn out to be Sam's last military mission, he is sent to ..read more »
 
70%
from 42 members
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Burn Notice - Season 3
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell
Director: Bronwen Hughes, Bryan Spicer, Colin Bucksey
Certificate: 
Burn Notice stars Jeffrey Donovan (Changeling) as Michael Westen, everyone's favorite blacklisted spy. Stranded in sun-soaked Miami, he continues to use the only tools he has at his disposal: his wits, his charm, his special ops training, and his "friends" - Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), a beautiful ex-..read more »
83%
from 635 members
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My Name Is Bruce - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Janelle Farber, Dani Kelly, Dan Hicks
Director: Bruce Campbell
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Bruce Campbell, star of 'The Evil Dead' and 'Spiderman' trilogies, plays himself in this 2007 comedy horror movie. The mining town of Gold Lick is being terrorised by Guan-di, the ancient Chinese evil spirit and protector of the dead. Infuriated by the desecration of their graves by youngsters, ..read more »
54%
from 1,640 member
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My Name Is Bruce
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Adam Boyd, Bruce Campbell, Mike Estes
Director: Bruce Campbell
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Something evil is stirring in the small mining town of Gold Lick, and it's not happy. Guan-di, the Chinese protector of the dead with a strange affinity for bean curd, has been awakened by reckless teenagers, and now his bloody crusade to wipe out the town's entire population can only be stopped by ..read more »
54%
from 3,815 members
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The Woods
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Agnes Bruckner, Bruce Campbell
Director: Lucky McKee
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Horror set in 1965. Heather (Agnes Bruckner) is a teenage girl whose father (Bruce Campbell) and mother take little interest in her. Heather's parents enroll her in a private boarding school for girls located deep in a remote forest. Heather isn't happy with this turn of events, and she doesn't get ..read more »
51%
from 3,129 members
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Man with the Screaming Brain
(2005)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Antoinette Byron
Director: Bruce Campbell
Certificate:
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A story of greed, betrayal and revenge in the a small Bulgarian town. William Cole, wealthy industrialist, winds up with part of his brain replaced by that of a Russian cab driver Yegor. The two couldn't be more different, but they share one thing - both were killed by the same woman. Brought back ..read more »
59%
from 148 members
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Sky High
(2005)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Bruce Campbell
Director: Mike Mitchell
Certificate: 
Family action-comedy. The son of legendary heroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston), young Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) carries huge expectations as he enters a high-tech high school, known for moulding the heroes of tomorrow. With no apparent superpowers of his own, ..read more »
64%
from 18,292 members
Currently unavailable
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Sky High - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Bruce Campbell
Director: Mike Mitchell
Certificate:
Family action-comedy. The son of legendary heroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston), young Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) carries huge expectations as he enters a high-tech high school, known for moulding the heroes of tomorrow. With no apparent superpowers of his own, ..read more »
65%
from 1,221 member
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Serving Sara
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jerry Stiller, Matthew Perry, Terry Crews
Director: Reggie Hudlin
Certificate: 
Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) used to be an attorney, but his career went downhill when he discovered some of his clients were associated with the Mob; the only job he can get now is handing out legal summons for defendents to appear in court. His colleague, however, is after his job and has started to ..read more »
51%
from 2,044 members
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Bubba Ho-Tep - Bonus Material
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce
Director: Don Coscarelli
Certificate:
Includes the following special features:
-Joe R. Lansdale Reads From Bubba Ho-Tep.
-Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Don Coscarelli And Bruce Campbell.
-"The Making Of Bubba Ho-Tep"
-Featurette. "To Make A Mummy"
-Featurette. "Fit For A King"
-Featurette. "Rock Like An Egyptian"
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66%
from 99 members
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Spider-Man - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Bruce Campbell, Willem Dafoe
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate:
Blockbuster movie adaptation of the Marvel comic strip. When high-school student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is bitten by a genetically-altered spider while on a visit to a scientific institute, he soon begins to experience unusual side-effects - such as increased strength, enhanced wall-climbing ..read more »
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from 394 members
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Bubba Ho-Tep
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Heidi Marnhout, Ossie Davis, Bob Ivy
Director: Don Coscarelli
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Low budget cult comedy starring Bruce Campbell and directed by Don Coscarelli. In a Mud Creek retirement home, an aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and a black man who thinks he's JFK (Ossie Davis) have to join forces to stop a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy from sucking the souls out of the ..read more »
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from 14,772 members
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Bubba Ho-Tep - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Heidi Marnhout, Ossie Davis, Bob Ivy
Director: Don Coscarelli
Certificate:
Low budget cult comedy starring Bruce Campbell and directed by Don Coscarelli. In a Mud Creek retirement home, an aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and a black man who thinks he's JFK (Ossie Davis) have to join forces to stop a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy from sucking the souls out of the ..read more »
66%
from 1,098 member
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Spider-Man
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Bruce Campbell, Willem Dafoe
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate:
Blockbuster movie adaptation of the Marvel comic strip. When high-school student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is bitten by a genetically-altered spider while on a visit to a scientific institute, he soon begins to experience unusual side-effects - such as increased strength, enhanced wall-climbing ..read more »
69%
from 58,615 members
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Gold Rush
(1999)
Starring: Alyssa Milano, William Morgan Sheppard, Bruce Campbell
Director: John Power
Certificate: 
Alyssa Milano stars Frances "Fizzy" Fitz, a determined young woman hell-bent on striking it rich during the Great Alaskan Gold Rush. As a turn-of-the-century New Yorker Fizzy plans to trade her high-society life for an exciting adventure in the rugged wilds of Alaska. But, to get there, she needs ..read more »
46%
from 20 members
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Assault On Dome 4
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Brion James, Ray Baker, Jocelyn Seagrave
Director: Gilbert Po
Certificate: 
Low-budget sci-fi action set in outer space. Bruce Campbell stars as Alex Windham, an intergalactic terrorist who escapes from jail and heads into space along with a group of fellow escapees. The gang sets its sights on Dome 4, a space research facility that Alex plans to use for his own sinister ..read more »
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from 58 members
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Running Time
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Jeremy Roberts, Bruce Campbell
Director: Josh Becker
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Carl, an ex-con who sets out to rob the prison laundry system where he worked for 5 years (while in the pen), has spent ten years in prison planning the ultimate heist. Upon his release, he meets up with a high school buddy, who's made all the arrangements for the job, and rented him a hooker for ..read more »
62%
from 130 members
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Escape From L.A.
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Leland Orser, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson
Director: John Carpenter
Certificate:
Kurt Russell returns as eye-patched renegade Snake Plissken. This time he has to wade through the ruined Los Angeles of 2013, his mission being the recovery of a doomsday device. Los Angeles is now ruled by the South American revolutionary Cuervo Jones, who has obtained the device from the ..read more »
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from 5,870 members
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Escape From L.A. - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Leland Orser, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson
Director: John Carpenter
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Kurt Russell returns as eye-patched renegade Snake Plissken. This time he has to wade through the ruined Los Angeles of 2013, his mission being the recovery of a doomsday device. Los Angeles is now ruled by the South American revolutionary Cuervo Jones, who has obtained the device from the ..read more »
61%
from 676 members
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The Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Ted Raimi, Bridget Fonda
Director: Sam Raimi
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In this, the third instalment in the 'Evil Dead' series, Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his chainsaw are transported back in time to the 14th century via an evil book. In his attempts to return to the present he has to battle skeletons and Dark Age warriors, as well as romancing a medieval damsel.
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from 9,709 members
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The Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness - Bl...
(1993)
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Ted Raimi, Bridget Fonda
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate:
In this, the third instalment in the 'Evil Dead' series, Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his chainsaw are transported back in time to the 14th century via an evil book. In his attempts to return to the present he has to battle skeletons and Dark Age warriors, as well as romancing a medieval damsel.
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from 1,525 member
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Maniac Cop 2
(1990)
Starring: Claudia Christian, Robert Davi, Laurene Landon
Director: William Lustig
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Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar), the zombified killer constable from the original 'Maniac Cop' movie, is back from the dead again and this time he is really angry. Determined to track down the cops who ruined his plans last time, Mallory and Forrest (Laurene Landon and Bruce Campbell), Cordell teams up ..read more »
53%
from 515 members
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Darkman
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Larry Drake, Frances McDormand
Director: Sam Raimi
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Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his ..read more »
60%
from 2,955 members
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Intruder
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Sam Raimi, Elizabeth Cox, Danny Hicks
Director: Scott Spiegel
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It's 10pm the night before Walnut Lakes neighbourhood supermarket closes its doors forever. The owners and night crew have a long shift ahead of them - longer than they think. Weird things start happening. The phone lines are cut, and the night crew start dying, one by one, in the most gruesome ..read more »
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from 391 members
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Maniac Cop
(1988)
Starring: Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, Sheree North
Director: William Lustig
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New York City is being terrorised by a psychopathic killer in a police uniform. The prime suspect is Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell), a young policeman who has been framed by the real killer. With the help of his vice cop lover Teresa (Laurene Landon), Jack tries to clear his name. Meanwhile, ..read more »
57%
from 1,150 member
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Maniac Cop - Blu-ray
(1988)
Starring: Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, Sheree North
Director: William Lustig
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New York City is being terrorised by a psychopathic killer in a police uniform. The prime suspect is Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell), a young policeman who has been framed by the real killer. With the help of his vice cop lover Teresa (Laurene Landon), Jack tries to clear his name. Meanwhile, ..read more »
59%
from 21 members
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Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate:
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In this sequel to 'The Evil Dead', a young couple chance upon the same remote Tennessee cabin as in the original, unleashing the forces of evil with horrific consequences for themselves and their friends. The only survivor, Ash (Bruce Campbell, who also starred in the first film), deranged after ..read more »
77%
from 1,360 member
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Evil Dead 2 - Dead by Dawn
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate:
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This high-octane semi-sequel to Sam Raimi's cult hit The Evil Dead has nearly eclipsed its predecessor's reputation thanks to an endless barrage of hyperkinetic camera acrobatics, rapid-fire editing and splatstick gore effects ... not to mention a truly goofy performance by Bruce Campbell. Nearly ..read more »
72%
from 12,083 members
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Crimewave
(1985)
Starring: Antonio Fargas, Richard Bright, Brion James
Director: Sam Raimi
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The Coen brothers team up with horror director Sam Raimi to produce this serial killer spoof. When Detroit pest exterminators Crush and Coddish decide to expand their operation to include the disposal of humans, their best-laid plans soon go awry as the firm's body count escalates out of control.
55%
from 541 members
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The Evil Dead
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate:
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Five 20-something friends are holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead. An archaeologist's tape recording reveals that the ancient text was discovered among the Khandarian ruins of a Sumerian civilization. Playing the taped incantations, the youths unwittingly summon up ..read more »
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from 13,311 members
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The Evil Dead - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
Director: Sam Raimi
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Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel ..read more »
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from 776 members
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Johnny Got His Gun
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Kathy Fields, Timothy Bottoms
Director: Dalton Trumbo
Certificate:
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, this anti-war film focuses on a young American soldier (Timothy Bottoms) who has been hit by a shell on the last day of the First World War. He is without limbs, eyes, ears, mouth or nose, and at the beginning of the film is in a coma...read more »
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Bruce Campbell facts
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...Whatever Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell do in the future-their careers will be always be defined by THIS movie..(And that includes Spiderman I,II..Darkman..Quick And The Dead.....
