Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence (born 17 September 1945) is an Australian actor originally from New Zealand.
== Early life ==
Spence was born in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Henderson High School in West Auckland and graduated from there in 1963.[citation needed] Bruce's two younger brothers Bill and Ross are the founders of Matua Wines.
== Career ==
He is best known for his roles as the Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2, as Jedediah the pilot in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and as "Zedd" (Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander) in Legend of the Seeker. He won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy Stork.
He performed the voice of Chum in Finding Nemo, the Mouth of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the Trainman in The Matrix Revolutions, and Tion Medon in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He also played Professor Baxter in Disney's Inspector Gadget 2.
He acted as the palaeontologist (Huxley) alongside fellow actor Felix Nobis, in the Australian performance of BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience. In his role, Spence narrates the activities of life-sized mechanical dinosaurs operated by teams of puppeteers and drivers.
In 2008, Spence joined the television series Legend of the Seeker, based on the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, in 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.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role
1971	Stork 	Graham 'Stork' Wallace
1974	Three Old Friends 	
1974	The Cars That Ate Paris 	Charlie
1975	The Firm Man 	Messenger
1975	The Great Macarthy 	Bill Dean
1976	Let the Balloon Go 	Chief Gifford
1976	Oz 	Bass player/Blondie the Surfie
1976	Mad Dog Morgan 	Heriot
1976	Eliza Fraser 	Bruce McIver
1978	Newsfront 	Redex trial driver
1979	Dimboola 	Morrie McAdam
1981	Mad Max 2 	The Gyro Captain
1983	Double Deal 	Doug Mitchell
1983	The Return of Captain Invincible 	Midnight's Doctor
1983	Midnite Spares 	Wimpy
1983	Buddies 	Ted
1984	Pallet on the Floor 	Basil Beaumont-Foster
1984	Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (Where the Green Ants Dream)	Lance Hackett
1985	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 	Jedediah the Pilot
1987	Bullseye 	Purdy
1987	The Year My Voice Broke 	Jonah
1988	Bachelor Girl 	Alistair Dredge Jr
1988	Rikky and Pete 	Ben
1990	...Almost 	Ronnie
1990	The Shrimp on the Barbie 	Wayne
1991	Sweet Talker 	Norman Foster
1993	Hercules Returns 	Sprocket
1995	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 	Gahjii
1996	The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas 	Mr. Gateman
1998	Dark City 	Mr. Wall
2002	Queen of the Damned 	Khayman
2003	Inspector Gadget 2 	Professor Baxter
2003	Finding Nemo 	Chum (voice)
2003	The Matrix Revolutions 	Trainman
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 	Mouth of Sauron (Extended Edition only)
2003	Peter Pan 	Cookson
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 	Tion Medon
2006	Aquamarine 	Leonard
2006	Solo 	Kennedy
2008	Australia 	Dr. Barker
2010	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 	Lord Rhoop
2013	Mystery Road 	Jim the Coroner
2014	I, Frankenstein 	Molokai
2015	Backtrack 	Felix
2016	Gods of Egypt 	Head Judge
2016	Blue World Order 	Whippett
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 	Mayor Dix
2018	Winchester 	Augustine
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role
1973 	Certain Women 	Julius 'Big Julie'
1977 	Barnaby and Me 	Tall Baddie
1981 	And Here Comes Bucknuckle 	
1982 	Deadline 	Towie
1982 	Kingswood Country 	Dentist
1986 	Great Expectations, the Untold Story 	Joe Gargery
1988 	The Dirtwater Dynasty 	Lonely Logan
1989 	Zucker 	
1989 	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 	Tall Bob
1997 	Return to Jupiter 	Ed Unit
1997 	Halifax f.p.: Isn't It Romantic 	Eric Washburn
1997 	Bullpitt! 	Darcy
1998 	Moby Dick 	Elijah
1999 	BeastMaster 	Annubis
2002 	Farscape 	Prefect Falaak
2004 	The Brush Off 	Philip Veale
2006 	RAN (Remote Area Nurse) 	Vince
2006 	Nightmares & Dreamscapes 	Hans Morris
2006 	Equal Opportunity 	Death
2008 	Double The Fist 	Mayor McCarthy
2008-2010	Legend of the Seeker 	Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
2009 	All Saints 	Barry Goldsworthy
2014 	Rake 	George Corella
Category:American male film actors