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'{{short description|New Zealand actor}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = Bruce Spence | image = Bruce Spence Photograph.jpg | caption = Spence in 2010 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|9|17}} | birth_place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand | nationality = New Zealander<br> | occupation = Actor, voice artist | years_active = 1970–present | height_m = 1.98 | spouse = {{marriage|Jenny Spence|16 September 1973}} | children = 2 }} '''Bruce Spence''' (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand actor.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/oral-history-actors|title=Oral History: Actors|date=25 March 2015|website=nfsa.gov.au}}</ref> ==Biography== Spence won an [[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|AFI Award for Best Actor]] for his role in the 1971 comedy ''[[Stork (film)|Stork]]''.<ref name="auto2"/> Spence's best known film role is as the [[gyrocopter]] pilot in ''[[Mad Max 2]]'' (1981).<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/bruce-spence-mad-max-2-absolute-joy|title=Bruce Spence on Mad Max 2: 'An Absolute Joy'|first=National Film and Sound Archive of|last=Australia|date=7 September 2020|website=nfsa.gov.au}}</ref> He also played the lead role in Werner Herzog's ''[[Where the Green Ants Dream]]'' (1984)<ref name="auto2"/> and portrayed Jedediah the pilot in ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'' (1985).<ref name="auto1"/> In the 21st century, Spence played the [[Mouth of Sauron]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/lord-of-the-rings-rewind-49-things-you-didnt-know-/2900-3570/|title=Lord of the Rings Rewind: 49 Things You Didn't Know About The Return of the King|work=Gamespot.com|date=4 September 2020}}</ref> the [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Trainman|Trainman]] in ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/powerful-characters-matrix-ranked/|title=Reloaded Weapons: The 20 Most Powerful Characters in the Matrix, Officially Ranked|date=15 November 2018|website=CBR}}</ref> and Baxter in Disney's ''[[Inspector Gadget 2]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/inspector-gadget-2-2-1200542577/|title=Inspector Gadget 2|first1=Joe|last1=Leydon|date=25 March 2003}}</ref> and voiced the character Chum in ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/940386/15-things-you-never-knew-about-pixar-s-finding-nemo|title=15 Things You Never Knew About Pixar's Finding Nemo|publisher=E!|date=31 May 2018}}</ref> He also portrayed [[Tion Medon]] in ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://starwarsinterviews.com/prequel-trilogy/episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith/bruce-spence-tion-medon/|title=Bruce Spence (Tion Medon)|date=29 December 2016}}</ref> and played Lord Rhoop in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'' (2010).<ref name="auto"/> Spence portrayed the [[palaeontologist]] (Huxley) in the Australian performance of BBC's ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]: The Live Experience''. In his role, Spence narrated the activities of life-sized mechanical dinosaurs operated by teams of puppeteers and drivers. [[File:Bruce Spence.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Spence taking a break during an [[Automated dialogue replacement|ADR]] session in November 2008.]] In 2008, Spence joined the television series ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'', which was based on the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series by [[Terry Goodkind]]. He played the role of [[Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander]], co-starring with [[Craig Horner]] and [[Bridget Regan]]. The show ran for two seasons. In 2014, Spence played prison inmate George Corella in episode 3.1 of ''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]''. == Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- |1971 |''[[Stork (film)|Stork]]'' |Graham 'Stork' Wallace |- | rowspan="2"| 1974 |''[[Moving On (1974 film)|Moving On]]'' |Road Worker |- |''[[The Cars That Ate Paris]]'' |Charlie |- | rowspan="2"| 1975 |''[[The Firm Man]]'' |Messenger |- |''[[The Great Macarthy]]'' |Bill Dean |- | rowspan="4"| 1976 |''[[Let the Balloon Go]]'' |Chief Gifford |- |''[[Oz (1976 film)|Oz]]'' |Bass player/Blondie the Surfie |- |''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]'' |Heriot |- |''[[Eliza Fraser (film)|Eliza Fraser]]'' |Bruce McIver |- |1978 |''[[Newsfront]]'' |[[Round Australia Trial#Redex Reliability Trial|Redex trial]] driver |- |1979 |''[[Dimboola (1979 film)|Dimboola]]'' |Morrie McAdam |- |1981 |''[[Mad Max 2]]'' |The Gyro Captain |- | rowspan="4"| 1983 |''[[Double Deal (1983 film)|Double Deal]]'' |Doug Mitchell |- |''[[The Return of Captain Invincible]]'' |Midnight's Doctor |- |''[[Midnite Spares]]'' |Wimpy |- |''[[Buddies (1983 film)|Buddies]]'' |Ted |- | rowspan="2"| 1984 |''[[Pallet on the Floor]]'' |Basil Beaumont-Foster |- |''[[Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen]]'' (''Where the Green Ants Dream'') |Lance Hackett |- |1985 |''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'' |Jedediah the Pilot |- | rowspan="2"| 1987 |''[[Bullseye (1987 film)|Bullseye]]'' |Purdy |- |''[[The Year My Voice Broke]]'' |Jonah |- | rowspan="2"| 1988 |''[[Bachelor Girl (film)|Bachelor Girl]]'' |Alistair Dredge Jr |- |''[[Rikky and Pete]]'' |Ben |- | rowspan="2"| 1990 |''...Almost'' |Ronnie |- |''[[The Shrimp on the Barbie]]'' |Wayne |- |1991 |''[[Sweet Talker (film)|Sweet Talker]]'' |Norman Foster |- |1993 |''[[Hercules Returns]]'' |Sprocket |- |1995 |''[[Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls]]'' |Gahjii |- |1996 |''[[The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas]]'' |[[List of The Munsters characters|Mr. Gateman]] |- |1998 |''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]'' |Mr. Wall |- |2002 |''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' |[[Khayman]] |- | rowspan="5"| 2003 |''[[Inspector Gadget 2]]'' |Professor Baxter |- |''[[Finding Nemo]]'' |Chum (voice) |- |''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'' |[[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Trainman|Trainman]] |- |''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' |[[Mouth of Sauron]] (Extended Edition only) |- |''[[Peter Pan (2003 film)|Peter Pan]]'' |Cookson |- |2005 |''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]'' |[[Tion Medon]] |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 |''[[Aquamarine (film)|Aquamarine]]'' |Leonard |- |''[[Solo (2006 film)|Solo]]'' |Kennedy |- |2008 |''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' |Dr. Barker |- |2010 |''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'' |Lord Rhoop |- |2013 |''[[Mystery Road (film)|Mystery Road]]'' |Jim the Coroner |- |2014 |''[[I, Frankenstein]]'' |Molokai |- |2015 |''[[Backtrack (film)|Backtrack]]'' |Felix |- | rowspan="2"| 2016 |''[[Gods of Egypt (film)|Gods of Egypt]]'' |Head Judge |- |''[[Blue World Order (film)|Blue World Order]] '' |Whippett |- | imdb="2"| 2017 |''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales]]'' |Mayor Dix |- |2018 |''[[Winchester (film)|Winchester]] '' |Augustine |- |2018 |''[[Occupation (2018 film)|Occupation]]'' |Alien Leader |- |2019 |''Blue World Order'' |Whippet |- |2020 |''[[Love and Monsters (film)|Love and Monsters]]'' |Old Pete |- |2020 |''[[Children of the Corn (2020 film)|Children of the Corn]]'' |Pastor Penny |- |2021 |''[[The Dry (film)|The Dry]]'' |Gerry Hadler |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Note |- |1973 |''[[Certain Women (TV series)|Certain Women]]'' |Julius 'Big Julie' | |- |1977 |''[[Barnaby and Me]]'' |Tall Baddie | |- |1979 |''[[Shirl's Neighbourhood]]'' |Bruce the gardener | |- |1981 |''[[And Here Comes Bucknuckle]]'' | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1982 |''[[Deadline (1982 film)|Deadline]]'' |Towie | |- |''[[Kingswood Country]]'' |Dentist | |- |1987 |''[[Great Expectations: The Untold Story]]'' |Joe Gargery | |- |1988 |''[[The Dirtwater Dynasty]]'' |Lonely Logan | |- | rowspan="2"| 1989 |''Zucker'' | | |- |''[[Tanamera – Lion of Singapore]]'' |Hammond | |- |1989–1992 |''[[Dearest Enemy]]'' |Lenny | |- |1992 |''[[Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left]]'' |The Chief | |- |1994–1995 |''[[Over the Hill (TV series)|Over the Hill]]'' |Tall Bob | |- | rowspan="2"| 1997 |''[[Return to Jupiter]]'' |Ed Unit | |- |''[[Bullpitt!]]'' |Darcy | |- | rowspan="2"|1998 |''[[Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]'' |Elijah | |- |''[[Halifax f.p.]]: Isn't It Romantic'' |Eric Washburn | |- |1999 |''[[Beastmaster (TV series)|Beastmaster]]'' |Annubis | |- |2002 |''[[Farscape]]'' |Prefect Falaak | |- |2004 |''[[The Brush-Off#Movie|The Brush Off]]'' |Philip Veale | |- | rowspan="3"| 2006 |''[[RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series)|RAN (Remote Area Nurse)]]'' |Vince | |- |''[[Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King|Nightmares & Dreamscapes]]'' |Hans Morris | |- |''Equal Opportunity'' |Death | |- |2008 |''[[Double the Fist]]'' |Mayor McCarthy | |- |2008–2010 |''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' |[[Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander]] | |- |2009 |''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' |Barry Goldsworthy | |- |2014 |''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]'' |George Corella | |- |2021 |''[[Back to the Rafters]]'' | Charles Whiteman |7 episodes |} ===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Ref. |- | 2003 | ''[[Enter the Matrix]]'' | [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Trainman|Trainman]] | <ref>{{cite video game | title = [[Enter the Matrix]] | developer = [[Shiny Entertainment]] | publisher = [[Atari Games]]}}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''[[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!]]'' | Scav Gyro, Sir Dennis, Toby Van Adobe, Tony Slows, Taunting Scav #2 | <ref>{{cite video game | title = [[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!]] | developer = [[2K Australia]], [[Gearbox Software]] | publisher = [[2K Games]] | scene=Closing credits, 3:39 minutes in }}</ref> |} == References == {{reflist}}Candymen : the true story of the elite paedophile network and his involvement. ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0817748|name=Bruce Spence}} {{Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1972-1979}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Bruce}} [[Category:Best Actor AACTA Award winners]] [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:New Zealand male film actors]] [[Category:New Zealand male television actors]] [[Category:New Zealand male video game actors]] [[Category:New Zealand male voice actors]] [[Category:People educated at Henderson High School, Auckland]] [[Category:Australian male film actors]] [[Category:Australian male comedians]] [[Category:Australian male television actors]]'