Bruce Martyn Payne was born on 22 November 1958 and is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.
49 Facts About Bruce Payne
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Bruce Payne trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and was identified, in the late 1980s, with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors.
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Bruce Payne developed an interest for acting at an early age.
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Bruce Payne continued school studies, despite a contact with a talent scout during that time.
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Bruce Payne then auditioned for several fringe acting companies, but was told he was too young and lacked experience.
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Bruce Payne graduated from RADA in 1981 with seven major prizes for acting, comedy and physical presence.
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Bruce Payne was part of a 'new wave' of actors to emerge from the academy.
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In 1980 the Principal of RADA, Hugh Cruttwell, selected a scene from an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, which Bruce Payne co-wrote with Paul McGann, to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II, in one of her rare visits to the academy.
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Bruce Payne directed the scene in which he and McGann acted.
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Bruce Payne played Macbeth and wielded a baseball bat on stage instead of a sword.
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Bruce Payne played an abusive PE teacher who "comes across as more head bully than responsible adult during his classes".
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Bruce Payne played Les, a member of an East End gang intent on gaining revenge against the rival Hoxton Mob for the slaying of one of their number.
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Richard Corliss of TIME stated that Bruce Payne bestowed "a frighteningly dynamic performance" in the play.
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Michael Brooke stated that Bruce Payne gave the "stand-out performance" in the film.
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Bruce Payne played a psychotic "pompous and pathetic racist" named Flikker, who participated in the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.
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In 1988, Bruce Payne appeared as Eddy in the Steven Berkoff-directed play, Greek, at the Wyndham's Theatre.
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Martin Hoyle, writing for The Independent, stated that Bruce Payne's "Eddy is vital, intelligent and physically disciplined in the best Berkoff style".
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Charles Osbourne, writing for The Daily Telegraph, stated that Bruce Payne brought "a cheerful zest to the role of Eddy".
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That same year Bruce Payne appeared as Doctor Burton in the dramatic film Silence Like Glass.
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In 1990 Bruce Payne appeared in the music video for Neil Young's song "Over and Over", directed by Julien Temple, as a Stanley Kowalski-esque character.
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Bruce Payne was described as a "delightfully wicked Satan" by Film Review.
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In 1992, Bruce Payne was cast in his best-known role, opposite Wesley Snipes, as a "notorious terrorist and hijacker", with a steely, demonic nerve, named Charles Rane, in Passenger 57.
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The New York Times stated that Bruce Payne brought "a tongue-in-cheek humor to the psychopathic fiend".
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The Star Tribune stated that "Bruce Payne makes a splendid psychopath, consistently stealing scenes from the likes of Wesley Snipes and Elizabeth Hurley throughout Passenger 57".
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In 1993, Bruce Payne played a "charismatic" werewolf named Adam Garou in Full Eclipse.
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In 1995, Bruce Payne played a "rogue FBI agent" named Karl Savak in director Kurt Wimmer's One Tough Bastard.
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In 2000, Bruce Payne portrayed the villain Jacob Kell in Highlander: Endgame, the third sequel to the original Highlander film.
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Bruce Payne contrarily gives a performance where he enunciates every syllable with relish and dramatic weight, resulting in a performance that is entirely captivating whenever he is on screen.
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Marke Andrews, writing for The Vancouver Sun, stated that Bruce Payne provided the "focal point" in the film and that he dived "into his role with gusto".
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Wright stated that Bruce Payne "delivers a great performance as Jacob Kell blending smoothly the malicious vindictiveness of the embittered immortal with a sarcastic wit that provides needed humor".
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Bruce Payne has a true lock on how to play a character that is menacing even without any show of power.
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Above and beyond the grade I give to this film, Bruce Payne has earned himself an A+ in my gradebook.
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Bruce Payne's character is written to be one-note throughout, but Payne still manages to create an excellent villain.
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The Charlotte Observer stated that "menacing Bruce Payne gives the film's one potent performance".
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Abbie Bernstein for Audio Video Revolution declared that Bruce Payne was "enjoyably evil as the secondary baddie in charge of capturing the rebels".
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In 2004, Bruce Payne appeared as the "snarling" Neighbour, who "dabbles" in producing kinky virtual games in the dystopian horror mystery Paranoia 1.0.
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John Fallon stated that as the Neighbour, Bruce Payne "laid on the charisma and the macho-ness thick".
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Bruce Payne was the only member of the original cast in the sequel.
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In 2011, Bruce Payne appeared in the horror film Prowl as a "blatantly untrustworthy" "hillbilly truck driver" named Bernard.
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In 2012, Bruce Payne voiced a demon in the found-footage horror film Greystone Park.
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Bruce Payne appeared in the action film Vendetta as a sinister Whitehall mandarin named Mr Rooker.
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In 2015, Bruce Payne played Winston, a religious fanatic, in the horror film Re-Kill.
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In 2018 Bruce Payne appeared in the anthology film London Unplugged, which premiered at the East End Film Festival.
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In 2019 Bruce Payne was nominated in the category of Best Actor in a Feature Film at the FANtastic Horror Film Festival in San Diego, for his performance as Jacob in the horror film Acid Pit Stop.
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Bruce Payne played the main antagonist in Creators: The Past, which was released in 2020 in Italy.
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In 2021 Bruce Payne gave a "brief but stunning turn as Damien, the arch bad guy" in British gangster thriller Nemesis.
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Chris Gelderd stated that "Bruce Payne is the perfect intimidating big-boss going up against Murray's cool and care-free kingpin".
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Bruce Payne has been cast as Frank Warren in Michael-The Michael Watson Story, a biopic of boxer Michael Watson.
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Bruce Payne is cast in sequel of the Finnish superhero film, Rendel 2: Cycle of Revenge.