Early life

Spence was born in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Henderson High School in West Auckland. Bruce's two younger brothers Bill and Ross are the founders of Matua Wines.

Career

He is known for his roles as the Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2, as Jedediah the pilot in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and as "Zedd" (Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander) in Legend of the Seeker. He won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy Stork.

He 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.

At six feet, seven inches tall (2.01 m), Spence is one of the tallest actors to have played a leading role.

He acted as the palaeontologist (Huxley) alongside fellow actor Felix Nobis, in the Australian performance of BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience. In his role, Spence narrates the activities of life-sized mechanical dinosaurs operated by teams of puppeteers and drivers.

In 2008, Spence joined the television series Legend of the Seeker, based on the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, in the role of Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, co-starring with Craig Horner and Bridget Regan. The show ran for two seasons.

In 2014, Spence played prison inmate George Corella in episode 3.1 of Rake.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1971	Stork	Graham 'Stork' Wallace
1974	Three Old Friends
	The Cars That Ate Paris	Charlie
1975	The Firm Man	Messenger
	The Great Macarthy	Bill Dean
1976	Let the Balloon Go	Chief Gifford
	Oz	Bass player/Blondie the Surfie
	Mad Dog Morgan	Heriot
	Eliza Fraser	Bruce McIver
1978	Newsfront	Redex trial driver
1979	Dimboola	Morrie McAdam
1981	Mad Max 2	The Gyro Captain
1983	Double Deal	Doug Mitchell
	The Return of Captain Invincible	Midnight's Doctor
	Midnite Spares	Wimpy
	Buddies	Ted
1984	Pallet on the Floor	Basil Beaumont-Foster
	Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (Where the Green Ants Dream)	Lance Hackett
1985	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Jedediah the Pilot
1987	Bullseye	Purdy
	The Year My Voice Broke	Jonah
1988	Bachelor Girl	Alistair Dredge Jr
	Rikky and Pete	Ben
1990	...Almost	Ronnie
	The Shrimp on the Barbie	Wayne
1991	Sweet Talker	Norman Foster
1993	Hercules Returns	Sprocket
1995	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Gahjii
1996	The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas	Mr. Gateman
1998	Dark City	Mr. Wall
2002	Queen of the Damned	Khayman
2003	Inspector Gadget 2	Baxter
	Finding Nemo	Chum (voice)
	The Matrix Revolutions	TrainMan
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Mouth of Sauron (Extended Edition only)
	Peter Pan	Cookson
2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Tion Medon
2006	Aquamarine	Leonard
	Solo	Kennedy
2008	Australia	DR. Barker
2010	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Lord Rhoop
2012	Mystery Road	Jim the Coroner
2014	I, Frankenstein	Molokai
2016	Gods of Egypt	Head Judge
	Blue World Order	Whippett

Television

Year	Title	Role
1973	Certain Women	Julius 'Big Julie'
1977	Barnaby and Me	Tall Baddie
1981	And Here Comes Bucknuckle
1982	Deadline	Towie
	Kingswood Country	Dentist
1986	Great Expectations, the Untold Story	Joe Gargery
1988	The Dirtwater Dynasty	Lonely Logan
1989	Zucker
	Tanamera - Lion of Singapore	Hammond
1989/1992	Dearest Enemy	Lenny
1992	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left	The Chief
1994/1995	Over The Hill	Tall Bob
1997	Return to Jupiter	Ed Unit
	Halifax f.p.: Isn't It Romantic	Eric Washburn
	Bullpitt!	Darcy
1998	Moby Dick	Elijah
1999	BeastMaster	Annubis
2002	Farscape	Prefect Falaak
2004	The Brush Off	Philip Veale
2006	RAN (Remote Area Nurse)	Vince
	Nightmares & Dreamscapes	Hans Morris
	Equal Opportunity	Death
2008	Double The Fist	Mayor McCarthy
2008-2010	Legend of the Seeker	Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
2009	All Saints	Barry Goldsworthy

Video games

• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! - Scav Gyro, Sir Dennis, Tony Van Adobe, Tony Slows, Taunting Scav #2
• Enter the Matrix - The Trainman

[ Source: Wikipedia ]