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Credit:
Wikipedia
Vernon Wells was born on
December 31, 1945 in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia.
Before his career as an actor, Vernon Wells was a quarry
worker and a salesman. He then
worked extensively in theatre and rock bands before being
noticed by casting agents, and started to appear in
Australian TV commercials, print ads, and local TV shows.
Wells was then fortunate enough to be cast as "Wez",
a psychotic, post apocalyptic gang leader who relentlessly
pursued Mel Gibson in the big budget
Mad Max 2 (1981).
He then spoofed his
mad biker role in the popular teen comedy
Weird Science (1985),
before taking on another villainous role as the treacherous
ex-soldier "Bennett", who foolishly double crosses
Arnold Schwarzenegger in
Commando (1985).
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