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Bruce Spence

Biography

Bruce Spence

Actor

Born
September 17, 1945
Age
81 years old
Place of birth
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Years active
1970 – present
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81

Credits

63

Movies

18

TV series

55

Years active

6.4

Avg. rating

0

Awards won

The life and career of Bruce Spence

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Career timeline

  1. 1945 · Born

    Born in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

  2. 1970 · Screen debut

    Dead Easy (Movie)

  3. 2003 · Breakthrough

    Finding Nemo (Movie)

  4. 2024 · Latest release

    Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (Movie)

Career in numbers

Titles per decade
Most frequent genres
  • Drama34
  • Comedy26
  • Adventure15
  • Action14
  • Fantasy11
  • Crime11
Highest-rated title Farscape 1999 7.9 Most popular title Finding Nemo 2003 7.8

Known for

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Bruce Spence in our catalogue.

Filmography

  1. 2024 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge as Mr Drysdale Movie
  2. 2024 Nautilus as Chairman of EIMC TV
  3. 2023 Cold Water as Murray Movie
  4. 2022 The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson as Father McGuiness Movie
  5. 2021 The Dry as Gerry Hadler Movie
  6. 2020 Children of the Corn as Pastor Penny Movie
  7. 2020 Love and Monsters as Old Pete Movie
  8. 2018 Occupation as Alien Leader Movie
  9. 2018 Winchester as Augustine Movie
  10. 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Mayor Dix Movie
  11. 2017 Blue World Order as Whippett Movie
  12. 2016 Gods of Egypt as Head Judge Movie
  13. 2016 The Wizards of Aus as Regimand TV
  14. 2015 Backtrack as Felix Movie
  15. 2014 I, Frankenstein as Molokai Movie
  16. 2013 Mystery Road as Jim Movie
  17. 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Lord Rhoop Movie
  18. 2009 Subdivision as Singlet Movie
  19. 2009 The Art of Darts & Dying as Dave De Crease Movie
  20. 2008 Australia as Dr. Barker Movie
  21. 2008 Legend of the Seeker as Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander TV
  22. 2007 City Homicide as Maurice Biederman TV
  23. 2006 Solo as Kennedy Movie
  24. 2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King as Hans Morris TV
  25. 2006 Aquamarine as Leonard Movie
  26. 2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Tion Medon Movie
  27. 2004 The Brush-Off as Philip Veale Movie
  28. 2003 Peter Pan as Cookson Movie
  29. 2003 The Matrix Revolutions as Trainman Movie
  30. 2003 Finding Nemo as Chum (voice) Movie
  31. 2003 Inspector Gadget 2 as Baxter Movie
  32. 2002 Short Cuts as Mr. Coxon TV
  33. 2002 Queen of the Damned as Khayman Movie
  34. 2000 Something in the Air as Russell Redlich TV
  35. 1999 BeastMaster as Annubis TV
  36. 1999 Farscape as Prefect Falaak TV
  37. 1998 Moby Dick as Elijah TV
  38. 1998 Dark City as Mr. Wall Movie
  39. 1997 Bullpitt! as Darcy Kelso TV
  40. 1997 Return to Jupiter as Ed Unit TV
  41. 1996 Twisted Tales as Colin Condon TV
  42. 1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as Gahjii Movie
  43. 1994 Halifax f.p. as Eric Washburn TV
  44. 1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left TV
  45. 1993 Hercules Returns as Sprocket Movie
  46. 1991 Sweet Talker as Norman Foster Movie
  47. 1990 The Shrimp on the Barbie as Wayne Movie
  48. 1990 Wendy Cracked a Walnut as Ronnie Movie
  49. 1989 Sugar as Robert Flemming Movie
  50. 1988 Rikky and Pete as Ben Movie
  51. 1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty as Lonely Logan TV
  52. 1987 Bachelor Girl Movie
  53. 1987 The Year My Voice Broke as Jonah Movie
  54. 1987 Bullseye as Purdy Movie
  55. 1987 Rafferty's Rules as Emmanuel Triggs TV
  56. 1987 Great Expectations: The Untold Story as Joe Gargery Movie
  57. 1987 Rob Roy Movie
  58. 1986 Pallet on the Floor as Basil Beaumont-Foster Movie
  59. 1985 Zoo Family as George TV
  60. 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as Jedediah the Pilot Movie
  61. 1984 Where the Green Ants Dream as Lance Hackett Movie
  62. 1983 Double Deal as Doug Mitchell Movie
  63. 1983 Buddies as Ted Movie
  64. 1983 Midnite Spares as Wimpy Movie
  65. 1983 The Return of Captain Invincible as Midnight's Doctor Movie
  66. 1982 Deadline as Towie Movie
  67. 1981 Mad Max 2 as The Gyro Captain Movie
  68. 1979 Dimboola as Morrie McAdam Movie
  69. 1978 Newsfront as Redex Trial Driver Movie
  70. 1977 Barnaby and Me as Tall Baddie Movie
  71. 1976 The Adventures of Eliza Fraser as Bruce McIver Movie
  72. 1976 Let the Balloon Go as Chief Gifford Movie
  73. 1976 Oz as Bass Player / Surfie Movie
  74. 1976 Mad Dog Morgan as Heriot Movie
  75. 1975 The Great MacArthy as Bill Dean Movie
  76. 1975 The Firm Man as Messenger Movie
  77. 1974 The Cars That Ate Paris as Charlie Movie
  78. 1974 Three Old Friends Movie
  79. 1973 Dimboola: The Stage Play as The Groom Movie
  80. 1971 Stork as Graham 'Stork' Wallace Movie
  81. 1970 Dead Easy Movie

Quick facts

How old is Bruce Spence?

Bruce Spence is 81 years old, born on September 17, 1945.

Where was Bruce Spence born?

Bruce Spence was born in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

What was Bruce Spence’s first screen role?

The earliest title in our catalogue featuring Bruce Spence is Dead Easy (1970).

How many movies and series has Bruce Spence made?

Our catalogue lists 81 titles for Bruce Spence: 63 movies and 18 TV series.

What is Bruce Spence’s highest-rated title?

Among titles with enough votes, Farscape has the highest audience rating, with 7.9/10 on TMDB.

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