Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for being Ash Williams in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002).
Campbell had the main roles in the television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) and Jack of All Trades (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015–2018). He also appeared in The Escort (2015).
Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries Fanalysis (2002) and A Community Speaks (2004); co-wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the movie Man with the Screaming Brain (2005); and directed, produced, and featured in a parody of his career My Name Is Bruce (2007).
Campbell is known for frequent collaborations with Raimi, his brother Ted, Josh Becker, and Scott Spiegel.
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Known For
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Spider-Man
2002
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Spider-Man 2
2004
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Spider-Man 3
2007
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
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Fargo
1996
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Cars 2
2011
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Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
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Invincible
2021
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Invincible
2021
Acting
2026
Ernie and Emma
as Ernie
2025
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas
as Owl (voice)
2024
Dinner with Leatherface
as Self
2024
Hysteria!
as Chief Dandridge
(8 episodes)
2023
Other Men's Careers
as Self
2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
as Himself
2023
Evil Dead Rise
as Dissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited)
2023
Discontinued
as Self - Host
(10 episodes)
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Pizza Poppa
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Host / Pizza Poppa
2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)
2022
Hollywood Signs
as Self
2022
My Southern Family Christmas
as Everett Bergeron
2022
18½
as Richard Nixon (voice)
2021
One December Night
as Steve
2021
Black Friday
as Jonathan
2021
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead
2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II
2021
Invincible
as Demon (voice)
(1 episode)
2021
Invincible
as Satan (voice)
(1 episode)
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Self
2020
Hail to the Deadites
as Self
2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!
as Self
2019
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
as Narrator
(10 episodes)
2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
as Self
(1 episode)
2019
The Last Kids on Earth
as Chef (voice)
(21 episodes)
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
(2 episodes)
2018
A.P. Bio
as John Griffin
(1 episode)
2018
Lodge 49
as Gary Green
(3 episodes)
2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
as Self
2017
Cult of Terror
as Self - Actor
2017
Highly Functional
as Chili Youngfield
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as King Edmund (voice)
(3 episodes)
2016
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2015
The Escort
as Charles
2015
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2015
Ash vs Evil Dead
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
(30 episodes)
2015
Last Fan Standing
2014
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
as Self
2014
Doc of the Dead
as Self
2014
The Librarians
as Santa
(1 episode)
2014
Fargo
as Ronald Reagan
(1 episode)
2014
Fargo
as Ronald Reagan (voice)
(1 episode)
2013
Evil Dead
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Winkie Gate Keeper
2012
Addicted to Fame
as Carl Greig (archive footage)
2012
Kingdom Come
as Self
2012
The Color of Time
as Goody
2012
1600 Penn
as Doug Gilchrist
(1 episode)
2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
as Sam Axe
2011
The Walking Dead Girls
as Self
2011
Cars 2
as Rod 'Torque' Redline (voice)
2011
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
as Self
2011
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'
as Self
2011
Impractical Jokers
as Self
(1 episode)
2010
Conan
as Self
(1 episode)
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Mayor Shelbourne (voice)
2009
Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce'
as Self
2009
White on Rice
as Muramoto (voice)
2009
Archer
as McGinley (voice)
(1 episode)
2008
Memories of Moab
as Self
2007
Spider-Man 3
as Maître D'
2007
My Name Is Bruce
as Bruce Campbell
2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
as Chicken Bittle (voice)
2007
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
as Self
2007
The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
2007
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
as (archive footage)
2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie
as Chicken Bittle (voice)
2007
Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead
as Self
2007
Burn Notice
as Sam Axe
(111 episodes)
2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2006
The Woods
as Joe Fasulo
2006
The Ant Bully
as Fugax (voice)
2006
Touch the Top of the World
as Ed Weihenmayer
2006
The Replacements
2006
Psych
as Ashford Simpson
(1 episode)
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
as William Cole
2005
Sky High
as Coach Boomer
2005
Alien Apocalypse
as Dr. Ivan Hood
2005
The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
2004
Spider-Man 2
as Snooty Usher
2004
Comic Book: The Movie
as Bruce Campbell
2004
The Ladykillers
as Humane Society Worker (uncredited)
2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Self
(5 episodes)
2004
Megas XLR
as Magnaminous (voice)
(1 episode)
2004
Megas XLR
as Magnanimous (voice)
(1 episode)
2003
Timequest
as William Roberts
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
2002
Spider-Man
as Ring Announcer
2002
Serving Sara
as Gordon Moore
2002
Bubba Ho-tep
as Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff
2002
Terminal Invasion
as Jack
2002
Fanalysis
as Self
2002
Hatred Of A Minute
as Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)
2002
Masters of Horror
as Self
2002
My Life as a Teenage Robot
2001
The Majestic
as Roland the Intrepid Explorer
2001
Hubert's Brain
as Thompson (voice)
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
as Max Liebling (voice)
(1 episode)
2000
Icebreaker
as Carl Greig
2000
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
as Self / Ash
2000
Jack of All Trades
as Jack Stiles / Daring Dragoon
(22 episodes)
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
as Barry
1998
La Patinoire
as Actor
1998
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure
as Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison
1998
Charmed
as FBI Agent Jackman
(1 episode)
1997
The Love Bug
as Hank Cooper
1997
McHale's Navy
as Virgil
1997
Running Time
as Carl
1997
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
as Jeff Erickson
1997
Menno's Mind
as Mick Dourif
1997
Timecop
1996
Escape from L.A.
as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
1996
Fargo
as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
1996
Assault on Dome 4
as Alex Windham
1996
Tornado!
as Jake Thorne
1995
Congo
as Charles Travis
1995
The Demolitionist
as Raffle Winner (uncredited)
1995
The Quick and the Dead
as Wedding Shemp
1995
American Gothic
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Autolycus
(10 episodes)
1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Autolycus
(8 episodes)
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Rob Tapert
(2 episodes)
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Smitty
1994
Ellen
as Ed Billik
(7 episodes)
1993
Eddie Presley
as Asylum Attendant
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Brisco County, Jr.
(27 episodes)
1993
The X-Files
as Wayne Weinsider
(1 episode)
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Bill Church Jr.
(3 episodes)
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Jake Rodzinski
(2 episodes)
1992
Army of Darkness
as Ash
1992
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
as John Loftmore
1992
Mindwarp
as Stover
1991
Lunatics: A Love Story
as Ray
1991
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Van Helsing
1990
Darkman
as Final Shemp
1990
Maniac Cop 2
as Jack Forrest
1989
Intruder
as Officer Howard
1989
Moontrap
as Ray Tanner
1989
The Dead Next Door
as Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Maniac Cop
as Jack Forrest
1988
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self
(1 episode)
1987
Evil Dead II
as Ash
1985
The Sappy Sap
1985
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
as Video Newscaster (uncredited)
1985
Crimewave
as Renaldo 'The Heel'
1984
Going Back
as Brice
1982
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
as Cleveland Smith
1981
The Evil Dead
as Ash
1981
Torro. Torro. Torro!
1981
Torro. Torro. Torro!
1980
The Blind Waiter
as Harry
1980
Stryker's War
as Jack Stryker
1979
Within the Woods
as Bruce
1979
Attack of the Helping Hand!
as Helping Hand
1979
Knots Landing
as Joel Benson
(1 episode)
1978
Holding It
1978
Acting and Reacting
as Maury
1974
Curse of the Werewolf
as The Hunter
1972
Oedipus Rex
as Kreon
Directing
2026
Ernie and Emma
Director
2007
My Name Is Bruce
Director
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
Director
2002
Fanalysis
Director
1998
V.I.P.
Director
1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
Director
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Director
Writing
2026
Ernie and Emma
Writer
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
Story
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
Writer
1992
The Nutt House
Screenplay
1985
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Story
1980
Stryker's War
Story
Production
2026
Evil Dead Burn
Executive Producer
2026
Ernie and Emma
Producer
2023
Evil Dead Rise
Executive Producer
2023
Discontinued
Producer
2021
Black Friday
Producer
2019
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Executive Producer
2013
Evil Dead
Producer
2007
My Name Is Bruce
Producer
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
Producer
2002
Hatred Of A Minute
Producer
2002
Fanalysis
Producer
2000
Jack of All Trades
Producer
1992
Army of Darkness
Co-Producer
1991
Lunatics: A Love Story
Producer
1989
Easy Wheels
Producer
1985
Blood Simple
Production Consultant
1985
Crimewave
Co-Producer
1981
Torro. Torro. Torro!
Producer
1981
The Evil Dead
Executive Producer
1980
The Blind Waiter
Associate Producer
1979
Within the Woods
Executive Producer
1978
Acting and Reacting
Producer
1978
Holding It
Producer
—
Evil Dead Wrath
Executive Producer
Editing
1978
Holding It
Editor
Crew
2019
The Dead Don't Die
Thanks
1985
Blood Simple
Stand In
1979
Attack of the Helping Hand!
Cinematography