Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Ash in the Evil Dead trilogy of horror/slapstick movies. He is a B-movie icon and recently the new Old Spice spokesman.



Campbell was born in Royal Oak, Michigan to Joanne Louise Pickens and Charles Newton Campbell, an amateur actor. He has an older brother, Don, and an older half-brother, Michael.[1] Campbell lives on a lavender farm in Jacksonville, Oregon, with his wife, costume designer Ida Gearon. He is of Scottish heritage.
Campbell began acting as a teenager and soon began making small Super 8 movies with friends. After meeting Sam Raimi in Wylie E. Groves High School, the two became very good friends and started making movies together. Campbell would go on to attend Western Michigan University while he continued to work on his acting career.