Bruce Spence


Bruce Spence 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. His 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" in Legend of the Seeker. He won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy Stork.
Some of his famous roles include the Mouth of Sauron in ', the Trainman in The Matrix Revolutions, and Tion Medon in '. He also played Professor Baxter in Disney's Inspector Gadget 2. Also, he performed the voice of Chum in Finding Nemo.
He acted as the palaeontologist 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

Television

Video games