# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-wells-q972991
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:45:25.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-wells-q972991"
name: "Vernon Wells"
slug: "vernon-wells-q972991"
description: "Vernon George Wells 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 and Bennett in the military action film Commando."
tagline: "Australian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vernon_Wells%2C_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.52
  momentum:             3.016257350397787
  historical:           16.61067333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/wells.vernon/"
    handle:    "wells.vernon"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920460/"
    handle:    "nm0920460"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://vernongwells.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Вернон Веллс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيرنون ويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيرنون ويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Wells_(actor)"
    title: "Vernon Wells (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Wells (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ورنون ولز (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Wells"
    title: "Vernon Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Wells_(attore)"
    title: "Vernon Wells (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "ヴァーノン・ウェルズ (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Wells_(acteur)"
    title: "Vernon Wells (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Wells_(aktor)"
    title: "Vernon Wells (aktor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вернон Велс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26491"
    title: "Vernon Wells"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump