- Name: Bruce Campbell
- Date of Birth: June 22, 1958
- Place of Birth: Birmingham, Michigan, USA
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Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American actor of Irish-Scottish descent. Campbell is very well-known for his starring role as Ash in the Evil Dead trilogy of horror/slapstick movies. He is a B-movie icon.... read more
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Bruce Campbell's career started in high school. There, he met Sam Raimi (writer,director) and they went on to make small projects together on little to no budgets and would usually present them before a small audience (school auditorium, small clubs).
A few years later, Bruce and Sam got back together with family and friends and began work on The Evil Dead, their first major film. Campbell starred and worked behind the camera, receiving a "co-executive producer" credit; Raimi wrote, directed and edited.
Following an endorsement by horror writer Stephen King, the film slowly began to receive distribution rights. Four years following its original release, it became the number one movie in the UK. It then received distribution in the US, spawning two sequels: Evil Dead ll and Army of Darkness. Campbell's best-known role is as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams. He has appeared in many of Raimi's films outside of the Evil Dead series, notably including the Spiderman film series. Campbell often takes on quirky roles, such as Elvis Presley in the film Bubba Ho-Tep, and appears in films that go straight to video or cable TV.
Outside of film, Campbell has appeared in a number of television series. Campbell made a critically acclaimed dramatic guest role as a grief-stricken detective seeking revenge for his father's murder in a two-part episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. Campbell later played the part of a polygamous demon in the X-Files episode, "Terms of Endearment". He also starred as Agent Jackman in the episode "Which Wat Now?" of the WB series Charmed, as well as playing an FBI agent in an episode the short-lived series American Gothic titled "Meet the Beetles".
On June 28, 2007 the new television series Burn Notice premiered on the USA network. In it Bruce Campbell plays a former navy SEAL and special ops cold warrior named Sam Axe who supports his tastes for drink and women by acting as an FBI informant.
In addition to acting and occasionally directing, Campbell has become a writer, including authoring an autobiography, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-movie Actor. The paperback version of the book adds a chapter about the reaction of fans at book signings.
Campbell has also written a book entitled Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way, a comical novel featuring himself as the main character struggling to make it into the world of A-list movies.
- SteveHorrorFan
"Whenever I do mainstream stuff, I think they're pseudo-interested, but they're still interested in seeing weirdo, offbeat stuff. And that's what I'm attracted to."
Bruce Campbell's career started in high school. There, he met Sam Raimi (writer,director) and they went on to make small projects together on little to no budgets and would usually present them before a small audience (school auditorium, small clubs).A few years later, Bruce and Sam got back together with family and friends and began work on The Evil Dead, their first major film. Campbell starred and worked behind the camera, receiving a "co-executive producer" credit; Raimi wrote, directed and edited.
Following an endorsement by horror writer Stephen King, the film slowly began to receive distribution rights. Four years following its original release, it became the number one movie in the UK. It then received distribution in the US, spawning two sequels: Evil Dead ll and Army of Darkness. Campbell's best-known role is as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams. He has appeared in many of Raimi's films outside of the Evil Dead series, notably including the Spiderman film series. Campbell often takes on quirky roles, such as Elvis Presley in the film Bubba Ho-Tep, and appears in films that go straight to video or cable TV.
Outside of film, Campbell has appeared in a number of television series. Campbell made a critically acclaimed dramatic guest role as a grief-stricken detective seeking revenge for his father's murder in a two-part episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. Campbell later played the part of a polygamous demon in the X-Files episode, "Terms of Endearment". He also starred as Agent Jackman in the episode "Which Wat Now?" of the WB series Charmed, as well as playing an FBI agent in an episode the short-lived series American Gothic titled "Meet the Beetles".
On June 28, 2007 the new television series Burn Notice premiered on the USA network. In it Bruce Campbell plays a former navy SEAL and special ops cold warrior named Sam Axe who supports his tastes for drink and women by acting as an FBI informant.
In addition to acting and occasionally directing, Campbell has become a writer, including authoring an autobiography, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-movie Actor. The paperback version of the book adds a chapter about the reaction of fans at book signings.
Campbell has also written a book entitled Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way, a comical novel featuring himself as the main character struggling to make it into the world of A-list movies.
- SteveHorrorFan
"Whenever I do mainstream stuff, I think they're pseudo-interested, but they're still interested in seeing weirdo, offbeat stuff. And that's what I'm attracted to."
VITAL STATS
| Bruce Campbell |
| Eye color: Brown |
| Height: 6' 1'' (1.85 m) |
| Nickname(s): The Chin |
| Notable feature(s): Large jawbone |
| Education: Western Michigan University |
| Family: Campbell's first wife (from 1983 to 1989) was Christine Deveau; they had two children, Rebecca and Andy. |
| Resides in: Jacksonville, Oregon |
| Quotes: "Hail to the King, baby." |
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