ACTOR

Vernon Wells

1945 - Today

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Vernon Wells (born 31 December 1945) is an Australian character actor. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as Homicide, Matlock Police and All the Rivers Run. He is best known to international audiences for his role of Wez in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Bennett in the military action film Commando.After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as science fiction comedies Weird Science (1985) and Innerspace (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vernon Wells has received more than 391,881 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Vernon Wells is the 2,589th most popular actor (down from 2,139th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Australia (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Australian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vernon Wells by language

Over the past year Vernon Wells has had the most page views in the with 45,043 views, followed by Japanese (18,185), and German (16,578). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (50.82%), Spanish (35.04%), and Ukrainian (35.03%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vernon Wells ranks 2,589 out of 13,578. Before him are William Katt, Veronica Cartwright, Lana Wood, Dorothy McGuire, Margarita Terekhova, and Sharmila Tagore. After him are Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Yvonne Furneaux, Kate Walsh, Rachel Roberts, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and David Tomlinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Vernon Wells ranks 266. Before him are Tex Watson, Martin Hellman, Noel Redding, Linda Harrison, Brett Lunger, and Al Stewart. After him are Roger Spottiswoode, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Dragan Holcer, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Leonard Adleman, and Cem Karaca.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Vernon Wells ranks 101 out of 1,143. Before him are Christopher Doyle (1952), Banjo Paterson (1864), Jacki Weaver (1947), Edmund Barton (1849), Miranda Otto (1967), and Bob Hawke (1929). After him are David Warren (1925), Bob Hewitt (1940), George Pell (1941), Julian McMahon (1968), Jack Crawford (1908), and Natalie Imbruglia (1975).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Vernon Wells ranks 28. Before him are Judy Davis (1955), David Wenham (1965), Leo McKern (1920), Jason Clarke (1969), Jacki Weaver (1947), and Miranda Otto (1967). After him are Julian McMahon (1968), Radha Mitchell (1973), Yvonne Strahovski (1982), Snub Pollard (1889), Richard Roxburgh (1962), and Costas Mandylor (1965).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mad Max 2
Wez
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Dec 24o 19817.4 / 10
Commando
Bennett
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
Oct 3o 19856.673 / 10
Innerspace
Mr. Igoe
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
Jul 1o 19876.8 / 10