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My name is Bruce Campbell. I began acting as a teenager and I soon began making small Super 8 movies with my friends. After meeting Sam Raimi in high school we became very good friends and started making movies together. I then went on to attend Western Michigan University while I continued to work on my acting career.

A few years and at least fifty movies later, we got together with other family and friends and began work on The Evil Dead. I starred in the film and worked behind the camera, receiving a "co-executive producer" credit; Raimi wrote, directed and edited. Four years later the movie became a cult hit in England, leading to American success and two sequels: Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness.

Some of my best-known roles are as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films, and I have appeared in many of Raimi's other films too. I enjoy taking on quirky roles, such as Elvis Presley in the film Bubba Ho-Tep, and have appeared in a lot of films that have gone straight to video or cable TV. Along with Bubba Ho-Tep, I played a supporting role in the 2005 film Sky High, and am starring in the upcoming My Name is Bruce. I am also the narrator in both of the Spiderman movies.

I was supposed to star in Darkman, but the studio reportedly insisted on Liam Neeson, unsure of my ability to play the role. But I stayed on "behind the scenes", credited as "additional voice recording", and appear as the "Final Shemp" in the film's last shot.

I was also one of the final contenders for the role of The Phantom in Paramount Pictures' big budget film version of the popular comic book, but it ultimately went to Billy Zane(My greatest foe) instead. He had lobbied to get the part for years. My fellow "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" cast member, the late Kevin Smith was interestingly also one of the final three contenders for the role of Lee Falk's legendary superhero.

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