Bruce Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand–Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre.

Biography

Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy '' Stork''. Spence's best known film role is as the gyrocopter pilot in '' Mad Max 2'' (1981). He also played the lead role in Werner Herzog's ''

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'' (1984) and portrayed Jedediah the pilot in ''

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'' (1985). In the 21st century, Spence played the Mouth of Sauron in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003), the Trainman in '' The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003), and Baxter in Disney's '' Inspector Gadget 2'' (2003), and voiced the character Chum in '' Finding Nemo'' (2003). He also portrayed Tion Medon in '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) and played Lord Rhoop in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (2010). Spence portrayed the palaeontologist (Huxley) in the Australian performance of BBC's '' Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience''. In his role, Spence narrated the activities of life-sized mechanical dinosaurs operated by teams of puppeteers and drivers. Bruce Spence

In 2008, Spence joined the television series '' Legend of the Seeker'', which was based on the '' Sword of Truth'' series by

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. He played the role of Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, co-starring with

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and

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. 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Bruce Best Actor AACTA Award winners 1945 births Living people New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male television actors New Zealand male video game actors New Zealand male voice actors People educated at Henderson High School, Auckland Australian male film actors Australian male comedians Australian male television actors