Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor, voice artist, director, writer, producer and author. A
cult film actor, Campbell is best known for portraying
Ash Williams in
Sam Raimi's hit
Evil Dead franchise, from the 1978 short film
Within the Woods to the currently ongoing TV series
Ash vs. Evil Dead. He also has starred in many low-budget
cult films such as
Crimewave (1985),
Maniac Cop (1988), (1989), and
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). He has since made small appearances in successful films such as
Darkman (1990), the
Fargo film (1996) and
TV series (2015),
The X-Files (1999),
Ellen (1996-1997),
Charmed (2002), Raimi's
Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007),
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and
Cars 2 (2011). Campbell is of
Scottish descent.