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Bruce Spence
Age
67
Birthday
Sep. 17th, 1945
Born in
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Height
6' 7
Bruce Spence's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader2008 - Australia 2006 - Aquamarine 2005 - Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2003 - Peter Pan 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 - The Matrix Revolutions 2003 - Finding Nemo 2002 - Queen of the Damned 1998 - Dark City 1995 - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 1993 - Hercules Returns 1990 - The Shrimp on the Barbie 1987 - The Year My Voice Broke 1985 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1984 - Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen |
Bruce Spence (born September 17, 1945 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an actor, having spent most of his career performing in Australia. Bruce attended Henderson High School in West Auckland.
Spence is most known for his roles as the Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior) reprised as Jedediah the pilot in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and as "Zedd" (Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander) in Legend of the Seeker.
He also performed the voice of Chum in Finding Nemo, the Mouth of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the Trainman in The Matrix Revolutions and Tion Medon in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
TRIVIA:
- Lives in McMasters Beach on the NSW Central Coast when not acting
- Has played in the third installments of four big film franchises - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Matrix Revolutions, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- Played "The Mouth of Sauron" in The Lord of the Rings for Peter Jackson. His scene was removed from the theatrical cut of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, but is being restored for the Extended Edition.
- He played a leading role only once, in _Stork (1971)_ (qv), and is listed alongside 'James Arness' (qv) as the tallest actor to play a leading role by the Guinness Book of World Records.








