1945 - Today
Vernon George 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 263,332 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vernon Wells is the 2,335th most popular actor (down from 2,167th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Australia and the 25th most popular Australian Actor.
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Among actors, Vernon Wells ranks 2,335 out of 10,030. Before him are Li Bingbing, Michael Richards, Elliot Page, Naomie Harris, Federico Luppi, and Jackie Earle Haley. After him are Timothy Hutton, Margaret Hamilton, Martine Beswick, Frank Morgan, Deep Roy, and Sunil Dutt.
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 2,329
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 2,330
1987 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 2,331
1976 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 2,332
1936 - 2017
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 2,333
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 2,334
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 2,335
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,336
1902 - 1985
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,337
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,338
1890 - 1949
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,339
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2,340
1929 - 2005
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2,341
Among people born in 1945, Vernon Wells ranks 214. Before him are Edoardo Reja, Bob Seger, Barry Bostwick, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Driss Jettou, and John Perkins. After him are Francesca Annis, Joanna Cassidy, John Leslie, Werner Schroeter, Bob Klose, and Sheila.
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 208
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 209
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 210
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 211
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 212
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 213
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 214
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 215
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 216
1945 - 2010
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 217
1945 - 2010
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 218
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 219
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 220
Among people born in Australia, Vernon Wells ranks 87 out of 790. Before him are Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Leo McKern (1920), Annette Kellermann (1887), Germaine Greer (1939), Peter C. Doherty (1940), and Tommy Emmanuel (1955). After him are Toni Collette (1972), Mark Webber (1976), Colin Burgess (1946), Bruce Beresford (1940), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), and Portia de Rossi (1973).
1866 - 1941
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 81
1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 82
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 83
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 84
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 85
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 86
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 87
1972 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 88
1976 - Present
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 89
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 90
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 91
1976 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 92
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 93
Among actors born in Australia, Vernon Wells ranks 25. Before him are David Wenham (1965), Cassandra Harris (1948), Miranda Otto (1967), Bryan Brown (1947), Jason Clarke (1969), and Leo McKern (1920). After him are Toni Collette (1972), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), Portia de Rossi (1973), Jacki Weaver (1947), Judy Davis (1955), and Julian McMahon (1968).
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 19
1948 - 1991
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 22
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 23
1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 26
1976 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 27
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 28
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 29
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 30
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 31