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Creator: Bruce Campbell

Pictured: Awesome.

...is so cool that every time someone mentions his name a man gets cured of impotence.

—The Nostalgia Critic on Bruce Campbell

First of all, it's Bruce freaking Campbell (not a Hugo).

Shooting to popculture infamy with his role as the chainsaw-handed, shotgun-wielding Ash Williams in the Sam Raimi-directed Evil Dead film series, Bruce Campbell is one of the most sought-after B-movie/character actors in Hollywood. His roles tend to aim towards the comedically awesome badass, and his very manly chin only makes him more famous.

Bruce Campbell's other roles were often found in television work, where he held the lead role in the steampunk-inspired action-comedies The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Jack of All Trades, and a many-times recurring role as Autolycus, the King of Thieves in Raimi's Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules television series. In fact, his most high-profile work usually comes from bit parts in Raimi's various productions, but even outside of that Production Posse he is almost constantly involved with one project or another.

He is Spider Man's most powerful, implacable foe. His cameos in Sam Raimi's film trilogy are considered some of the funniest moments of those films: the wrestling ring announcer (and bestower of Spidey's official name) in the first film, the obnoxious usher who stops Peter from attending Mary Jane's play in the second (thereby making him the first character to defeat Spider-Man), and as the French maitre d' who helps Peter propose in the third. Campbell also does voice work for that franchise, providing the voice of the Narrator in all three Spider-Man video games; his role in those games appears to be only partly scripted, as Campbell shows his trademark dry delivery and a distinct flair for ad-libbed and off-the-cuff humor. Regardless of the franchise's 2012 reboot, Campbell's voice returns in the The Amazing Spider Man licensed game, this time as a full-fledged villain.

His autobiography, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor, was published some time ago and despite the name, it is actually a discussion of the low-key character actors that take on the less-glamorous roles. Another book, Make Love!: The Bruce Campbell Way is currently in hardcover.

He's currently costarring in Burn Notice as the over-the-hill (but still wily) Navy SEAL Sam Axe.

Works Include:

Advertising

The advertisement he did for Old Spice.

Film - Animation

Rod "Torque" Redline in Cars 2.
The mayor in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Fugax in The Ant Bully.

Film - Live-Action

Bubba Ho Tep
Short appearance in Congo.
One of the many disguises of Darkman.
He dubbed the voice for the characters Raimi and Comdr. Carpenter in The Dead Next Door.
Escape From LA, as the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills.
The Evil Dead series.
Smitty in The Hudsucker Proxy (a joint effort by Sam Raimi and The Coen Brothers).
Short appearance as a cop in Intruder.
Mechanic Hank Cooper in the 1997 remake of The Love Bug.
Man With the Screaming Brain, which he co-wrote, directed, and starred in
Jack Forrest in Maniac Cop and Maniac Cop 2.
He co-starred in the 1992 film Mindwarp, produced by Fangoria magazine.
Moontrap
My Name Is Bruce, As Himself. Sort of.
Coach Boomer in Sky High
Virgil in the 1997 movie of McHale's Navy.
A cameo appearance in all three of Raimi's Spider-Man films, and sometime Lemony Narrator in the accompanying videogames
Tornado!, as Jake Thorne.
Oz The Great And Powerful as a guard of the Emerald City.

Live-Action Television

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Burn Notice, where it is worth noting his character's name is Sam Axe, and often goes by the cover identity of Chuck Finley.
- Sam Axe? Sounds like a trick.
- Burn Notice The Fall Of Sam Axe- A prequel movie about his character
Jack of All Trades
The recurring role of Autolycus in Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Video Games

The Evil Dead game featured Bruce's voice, complete with a controller button dedicated to spouting one liners.
- He went on to play Ash in two more Evil Dead video games, the third of which featured a loud-mouthed, undead sidekick played by Ted Raimi.
Pitfall 3 D Beyond The Jungle, as Harry Pitfall jr.
Voices the Player Character Jake Logan in Tachyon: The Fringe; listening to him calling you a little bitch when you cheat is one of the funniest parts of the game.
Also voiced the Player Character Jake Burton in Broken Helix.
Voiced the Lemony Narrator who gives tutorials in the Spider-Man games based on the Sam Raimi movies, as well as the Xtreme Reporter in the game adaptation of The Amazing Spider Man.

Western Animation

A parody of himself in the form of Magnanimus in Megas XLR
Coop: He's just a big head... with tiny arms!
Voiced Villain of the Week Himcules in My Life as a Teenage Robot.
Uncle Phil in The Replacements

References in other works