Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for being Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002).
Campbell had the main roles in the television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) and Jack of All Trades (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015–2018). He also appeared in The Escort (2015).
Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries Fanalysis (2002) and A Community Speaks (2004); co-wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the movie Man with the Screaming Brain (2005); and directed, produced, and featured in a parody of his career My Name Is Bruce (2007).
Campbell is known for frequent collaborations with Raimi, his brother Ted, Josh Becker, and Scott Spiegel.
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Known For
Dinner with Leatherface
Self
2024
Hysteria!
Chief Dandridge · (8 episodes)
2024
Discontinued
Self - Host · (10 episodes)
2023
Other Men's Careers
Self
2023
Evil Dead Rise
Dissenting Voice on Recording (voice) (uncredited)
2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
Himself
2023
My Southern Family Christmas
Everett Bergeron
2022
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
2022
Hollywood Signs
Self
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Host / Pizza Poppa
2022
18½
Richard Nixon (voice)
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Pizza Poppa
2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Soap Opera Actor on TV Screen (archive footage)
2022
Black Friday
Jonathan
2021
One December Night
Steve
2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead II
2021
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
2021
INVINCIBLE
Demon (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Watch With... Bruce Campbell presents Evil Dead
2021
Hail to the Deadites
Self
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self
2020
The Last Kids on Earth
Chef (voice) · (21 episodes)
2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!
Self
2019
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Narrator · (10 episodes)
2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Himself · (1 episode)
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self · (2 episodes)
2018
Lodge 49
Gary Green · (3 episodes)
2018
Winning the Super Bowl is easy
2018
A.P. Bio
John Griffin · (1 episode)
2018
Cult of Terror
Self - Actor
2017
Highly Functional
Chili Youngfield
2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Self
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
King Edmund (voice) · (1 episode)
2017
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
2016
The Escort
Charles
2015
Ash vs Evil Dead
Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams · (30 episodes)
2015
Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Last Fan Standing
(10 episodes)
2015
The Librarians
Santa · (1 episode)
2014
Fargo
Ronald Reagan · (1 episode)
2014
Fargo
Ronald Reagan (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Doc of the Dead
Self
2014
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
Self
2014
Evil Dead
Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
Winkie Gate Keeper
2013
1600 Penn
Doug Gilchrist · (1 episode)
2012
Addicted to Fame
Carl Greig (archive footage)
2012
The Color of Time
Goody
2012
Kingdom Come
Self
2012
Impractical Jokers
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
Self
2011
Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2
Self
2011
Cars 2
Rod "Torque" Redline (voice)
2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
Sam Axe
2011
The Walking Dead Girls
Self
2011
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Mayor Shelbourne (voice)
2009
Archer
McGinley (voice) · (1 episode)
2009
White on Rice
Muramoto (voice)
2009
Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce'
Self
2009
Memories of Moab
Self
2008
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
Self
2007
The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
2007
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
(archive footage)
2007
My Name Is Bruce
Bruce Campbell
2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Eighty Minutes of a Whole Nother Movie
Chicken Bittle (voice)
2007
Burn Notice
Sam Axe · (111 episodes)
2007
Spider-Man 3
Maître D'
2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Chicken Bittle (voice)
2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
(1 episode)
2007
The Ant Bully
Fugax (voice)
2006
The Replacements
(1 episode)
2006
Psych
Ashford Simpson · (1 episode)
2006
Touch the Top of the World
Ed Weihenmayer
2006
The Woods
Joe Fasulo
2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
2005
Sky High
Coach Boomer
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
William Cole
2005
Alien Apocalypse
Dr. Ivan Hood
2005
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Self
2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self · (5 episodes)
2004
Spider-Man 2
Snooty Usher
2004
Megas XLR
Magnaminous (voice) · (1 episode)
2004
Megas XLR
Magnanimous (voice) · (1 episode)
2004
The Ladykillers
Humane Society Worker (uncredited)
2004
Comic Book: The Movie
Bruce Campbell
2004
Intolerable Cruelty
Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
2003
Timequest
William Roberts
2003
Masters of Horror
Self
2002
My Life as a Teenage Robot
(1 episode)
2002
Terminal Invasion
Jack
2002
Serving Sara
Gordon Moore
2002
Bubba Ho-tep
Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff
2002
Spider-Man
Ring Announcer
2002
Fanalysis
Self
2002
Hatred Of A Minute
Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)
2002
The Majestic
Roland the Intrepid Explorer
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
Max Liebling (voice) · (1 episode)
2001
Hubert's Brain
Thompson (voice)
2001
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
Self / Ash
2000
Icebreaker
Carl Greig
2000
Jack of All Trades
Jack Stiles / Daring Dragoon · (22 episodes)
2000
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Barry
1999
La Patinoire
Actor
1998
Charmed
FBI Agent Jackman · (1 episode)
1998
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure
Pierce Thomas 'PT' Madison
1998
Running Time
Carl
1997
Menno's Mind
Mick Dourif
1997
The Love Bug
Hank Cooper
1997
Timecop
(1 episode)
1997
McHale's Navy
Virgil
1997
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
Jeff Erickson
1997
Assault on Dome 4
Alex Windham
1996
Escape from L.A.
Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
1996
Tornado!
Jake Thorne
1996
Fargo
Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
1996
American Gothic
(1 episode)
1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
Autolycus · (8 episodes)
1995
Congo
Charles Travis
1995
The Demolitionist
Raffle Winner (uncredited)
1995
The Quick and the Dead
Wedding Shemp
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Autolycus · (10 episodes)
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Rob Tapert · (2 episodes)
1995
Ellen
Ed Billik · (7 episodes)
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
Smitty
1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Bill Church Jr. · (3 episodes)
1993
The X-Files
Wayne Weinsider · (1 episode)
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Brisco County Jr.
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Brisco County, Jr. · (27 episodes)
1993
Eddie Presley
Asylum Attendant
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
(2 episodes)
1993
Army of Darkness
Ash
1992
Mindwarp
Stover
1992
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
John Loftmore
1992
Lunatics: A Love Story
Ray
1991
Darkman
Final Shemp
1990
Maniac Cop 2
Jack Forrest
1990
The Dead Next Door
Raimi / Cmdr. Carpenter (voice) (uncredited)
1989
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Van Helsing
1989
Moontrap
Ray Tanner
1989
Intruder
Officer Howard
1989
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Maniac Cop
Jack Forrest
1988
Evil Dead II
Ash
1987
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Video Newscaster (uncredited)
1985
The Sappy Sap
1985
Crimewave
Renaldo 'The Heel'
1985
Going Back
Brice
1984
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Cleveland Smith
1982
The Evil Dead
Ash
1981
Torro. Torro. Torro!
1981
Torro. Torro. Torro!
1981
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Jack Stryker
1980
The Blind Waiter
1980
Knots Landing
Joel Benson · (1 episode)
1979
Attack of the Helping Hand!
Helping Hand
1979
Within the Woods
Bruce
1978
Holding It
1978
Acting and Reacting
Maury
1978
Curse of the Werewolf
The Hunter
1974
Ernie and Emma
Ernie
It's Murder!
Police Officer
1977
Oedipus Rex
Kreon
1972