Vernon Wells

Vernon Wells is a Australian-American film and televison actor, previously known for playing the main villain Ransik in Power Rangers: Time Force, the 9th season and 7th series of the long-running Power Rangers franchise.

Wells also was involved in Anthony Marsh, Jr 's PRLG fanfilm Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena, making a guest appearence as Rex Turner-Patterson, the father of Red Ranger Tony Marshall.

Filmography Credits
Mad Max 2 (1981)
 * Weird Science (1985)
 * Commando (1985)
 * Fortress (1986)
 * Innerspace (1987)
 * Last Man Standing (1987)
 * American Eagle (1989)
 * Circuitry Man (1990)
 * The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
 * Fortress (1993)
 * Ultimatum (1994)
 * Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
 * Manosaurus (1994)
 * Space Truckers (1996)
 * Power Rangers: Time Force (2001)
 * Beneath Loch Ness (2001)
 * Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
 * Devil's Knight (2003)
 * King of the Ants (2003)
 * Chastity (2005)
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
 * Tru Loved (2007)
 * Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009)
 * The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie (2010)
 * Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena (2011)


 * Wells is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as  Homicide  and  Matlock Police  and  All The Rivers Run .


 * He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.


 * Wells was born in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, the son of Eva Maude (née Jackson) and Michael Wells.[1] Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play, and he started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as Homicide and Matlock Police and historical TV mini-series like Against The Wind, Sara Dane and All The Rivers Run.


 * His first cinema appearance was a minor role in Felicity (1979), a low budget, erotic fantasy film. Later Wells was cast as the homicidal biker "Wez", in the big budget Mad Max 2 (1981) filmed around Silverton near Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Australia. It is the role for which he is probably best known to international audiences, as Wells portrays a psychotic, post-apocalyptic gang leader who relentlessly pursues hero Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), before meeting a spectacular death at the film's finale.


 * Hollywood beckoned for Wells, and he spoofed his mad biker role in the popular 1985 teen comedy Weird Science, written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Joel Silver. Wells so impressed Silver with his work in that film that he was immediately secured for the role of Bennett, who double-crosses Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985). When first approached for the role in Commando, Wells was in Australia working on the feature film, Fortress based on the real life Faraday School kidnapping, in a starring role opposite Rachel Ward. Wells appeared as Roo Marcus in Last Man Standing (1987).


 * Many of Wells' roles 1990s and 2000s portrayed villains, as in the films Circuitry Man (1990), Kick of Death (1997) and Starforce (2000), and Power Rangers: Time Force (2001). In the Power Rangers episodes, he played the role of Ransik, a mutant crime lord from the year 3000 who travels back in time to take over the world. In 2002, he reprised this role for the Power Rangers Wild Force/Time Force two-part team-up episode "Reinforcements from the Future". Wells stars in the horror film Silent Night, Zombie Night.[2]

Trivia
Mad Max 2 (1981)
 * Weird Science (1985)
 * Commando (1985)
 * Fortress (1986)
 * Innerspace (1987)
 * Last Man Standing (1987)
 * American Eagle (1989)
 * Circuitry Man (1990)
 * The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
 * Fortress (1993)
 * Ultimatum (1994)
 * Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
 * Manosaurus (1994)
 * Space Truckers (1996)
 * Power Rangers: Time Force (2001)
 * Beneath Loch Ness (2001)
 * Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
 * Devil's Knight (2003)
 * King of the Ants (2003)
 * Chastity (2005)
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
 * Tru Loved (2007)
 * Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009)
 * The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie (2010)
 * Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena (2011)


 * Wells is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as  Homicide  and  Matlock Police  and  All The Rivers Run .


 * He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.


 * Wells was born in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, the son of Eva Maude (née Jackson) and Michael Wells.[1] Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play, and he started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as Homicide and Matlock Police and historical TV mini-series like Against The Wind, Sara Dane and All The Rivers Run.


 * His first cinema appearance was a minor role in Felicity (1979), a low budget, erotic fantasy film. Later Wells was cast as the homicidal biker "Wez", in the big budget Mad Max 2 (1981) filmed around Silverton near Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Australia. It is the role for which he is probably best known to international audiences, as Wells portrays a psychotic, post-apocalyptic gang leader who relentlessly pursues hero Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), before meeting a spectacular death at the film's finale.


 * Hollywood beckoned for Wells, and he spoofed his mad biker role in the popular 1985 teen comedy Weird Science, written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Joel Silver. Wells so impressed Silver with his work in that film that he was immediately secured for the role of Bennett, who double-crosses Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985). When first approached for the role in Commando, Wells was in Australia working on the feature film, Fortress based on the real life Faraday School kidnapping, in a starring role opposite Rachel Ward. Wells appeared as Roo Marcus in Last Man Standing (1987).


 * Many of Wells' roles 1990s and 2000s portrayed villains, as in the films Circuitry Man (1990), Kick of Death (1997) and Starforce (2000), and Power Rangers: Time Force (2001). In the Power Rangers episodes, he played the role of Ransik, a mutant crime lord from the year 3000 who travels back in time to take over the world. In 2002, he reprised this role for the Power Rangers Wild Force/Time Force two-part team-up episode "Reinforcements from the Future". Wells stars in the horror film Silent Night, Zombie Night.[2]

Mad Max 2 (1981)
 * Weird Science (1985)
 * Commando (1985)
 * Fortress (1986)
 * Innerspace (1987)
 * Last Man Standing (1987)
 * American Eagle (1989)
 * Circuitry Man (1990)
 * The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
 * Fortress (1993)
 * Ultimatum (1994)
 * Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
 * Manosaurus (1994)
 * Space Truckers (1996)
 * Power Rangers: Time Force (2001)
 * Beneath Loch Ness (2001)
 * Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
 * Devil's Knight (2003)
 * King of the Ants (2003)
 * Chastity (2005)
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
 * Tru Loved (2007)
 * Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009)
 * The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie (2010)
 * Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena (2011)


 * Wells is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as  Homicide  and  Matlock Police  and  All The Rivers Run .


 * He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.


 * Wells was born in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, the son of Eva Maude (née Jackson) and Michael Wells.[1] Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play, and he started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as Homicide and Matlock Police and historical TV mini-series like Against The Wind, Sara Dane and All The Rivers Run.


 * His first cinema appearance was a minor role in Felicity (1979), a low budget, erotic fantasy film. Later Wells was cast as the homicidal biker "Wez", in the big budget Mad Max 2 (1981) filmed around Silverton near Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Australia. It is the role for which he is probably best known to international audiences, as Wells portrays a psychotic, post-apocalyptic gang leader who relentlessly pursues hero Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), before meeting a spectacular death at the film's finale.


 * Hollywood beckoned for Wells, and he spoofed his mad biker role in the popular 1985 teen comedy Weird Science, written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Joel Silver. Wells so impressed Silver with his work in that film that he was immediately secured for the role of Bennett, who double-crosses Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985). When first approached for the role in Commando, Wells was in Australia working on the feature film, Fortress based on the real life Faraday School kidnapping, in a starring role opposite Rachel Ward. Wells appeared as Roo Marcus in Last Man Standing (1987).


 * Many of Wells' roles 1990s and 2000s portrayed villains, as in the films Circuitry Man (1990), Kick of Death (1997) and Starforce (2000), and Power Rangers: Time Force (2001). In the Power Rangers episodes, he played the role of Ransik, a mutant crime lord from the year 3000 who travels back in time to take over the world. In 2002, he reprised this role for the Power Rangers Wild Force/Time Force two-part team-up episode "Reinforcements from the Future". Wells stars in the horror film Silent Night, Zombie Night.[2]

Mad Max 2 (1981)
 * Weird Science (1985)
 * Commando (1985)
 * Fortress (1986)
 * Innerspace (1987)
 * Last Man Standing (1987)
 * American Eagle (1989)
 * Circuitry Man (1990)
 * The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
 * Fortress (1993)
 * Ultimatum (1994)
 * Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
 * Manosaurus (1994)
 * Space Truckers (1996)
 * Power Rangers: Time Force (2001)
 * Beneath Loch Ness (2001)
 * Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
 * Devil's Knight (2003)
 * King of the Ants (2003)
 * Chastity (2005)
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
 * Tru Loved (2007)
 * Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009)
 * The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie (2010)
 * Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena (2011)


 * Wells is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as  Homicide  and  Matlock Police  and  All The Rivers Run .


 * He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.


 * Wells was born in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, the son of Eva Maude (née Jackson) and Michael Wells.[1] Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play, and he started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as Homicide and Matlock Police and historical TV mini-series like Against The Wind, Sara Dane and All The Rivers Run.


 * His first cinema appearance was a minor role in Felicity (1979), a low budget, erotic fantasy film. Later Wells was cast as the homicidal biker "Wez", in the big budget Mad Max 2 (1981) filmed around Silverton near Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Australia. It is the role for which he is probably best known to international audiences, as Wells portrays a psychotic, post-apocalyptic gang leader who relentlessly pursues hero Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), before meeting a spectacular death at the film's finale.


 * Hollywood beckoned for Wells, and he spoofed his mad biker role in the popular 1985 teen comedy Weird Science, written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Joel Silver. Wells so impressed Silver with his work in that film that he was immediately secured for the role of Bennett, who double-crosses Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985). When first approached for the role in Commando, Wells was in Australia working on the feature film, Fortress based on the real life Faraday School kidnapping, in a starring role opposite Rachel Ward. Wells appeared as Roo Marcus in Last Man Standing (1987).


 * Many of Wells' roles 1990s and 2000s portrayed villains, as in the films Circuitry Man (1990), Kick of Death (1997) and Starforce (2000), and Power Rangers: Time Force (2001). In the Power Rangers episodes, he played the role of Ransik, a mutant crime lord from the year 3000 who travels back in time to take over the world. In 2002, he reprised this role for the Power Rangers Wild Force/Time Force two-part team-up episode "Reinforcements from the Future". Wells stars in the horror film Silent Night, Zombie Night.[2]

Mad Max 2 (1981)
 * Weird Science (1985)
 * Commando (1985)
 * Fortress (1986)
 * Innerspace (1987)
 * Last Man Standing (1987)
 * American Eagle (1989)
 * Circuitry Man (1990)
 * The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
 * Fortress (1993)
 * Ultimatum (1994)
 * Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
 * Manosaurus (1994)
 * Space Truckers (1996)
 * Power Rangers: Time Force (2001)
 * Beneath Loch Ness (2001)
 * Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
 * Devil's Knight (2003)
 * King of the Ants (2003)
 * Chastity (2005)
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
 * Tru Loved (2007)
 * Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009)
 * The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie (2010)
 * Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena (2011)


 * Wells is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as  Homicide  and  Matlock Police  and  All The Rivers Run .


 * He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.


 * Wells was born in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, the son of Eva Maude (née Jackson) and Michael Wells.[1] Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play, and he started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as Homicide and Matlock Police and historical TV mini-series like Against The Wind, Sara Dane and All The Rivers Run.


 * His first cinema appearance was a minor role in Felicity (1979), a low budget, erotic fantasy film. Later Wells was cast as the homicidal biker "Wez", in the big budget Mad Max 2 (1981) filmed around Silverton near Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Australia. It is the role for which he is probably best known to international audiences, as Wells portrays a psychotic, post-apocalyptic gang leader who relentlessly pursues hero Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), before meeting a spectacular death at the film's finale.


 * Hollywood beckoned for Wells, and he spoofed his mad biker role in the popular 1985 teen comedy Weird Science, written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Joel Silver. Wells so impressed Silver with his work in that film that he was immediately secured for the role of Bennett, who double-crosses Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985). When first approached for the role in Commando, Wells was in Australia working on the feature film, Fortress based on the real life Faraday School kidnapping, in a starring role opposite Rachel Ward. Wells appeared as Roo Marcus in Last Man Standing (1987).


 * Many of Wells' roles 1990s and 2000s portrayed villains, as in the films Circuitry Man (1990), Kick of Death (1997) and Starforce (2000), and Power Rangers: Time Force (2001). In the Power Rangers episodes, he played the role of Ransik, a mutant crime lord from the year 3000 who travels back in time to take over the world. In 2002, he reprised this role for the Power Rangers Wild Force/Time Force two-part team-up episode "Reinforcements from the Future". Wells stars in the horror film Silent Night, Zombie Night.[2]