Bruce Campbell first caught audience’s attention in the early 1980s as the sole surviving character in Sam Raimi’s inventive and blood-soaked debut feature, “The Evil Dead” (1981). But Campbell’s willingness to spoof his own matinee idol looks and B-movie heritage in films like Raimi’s slapstick sequel, “Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn” (1987) and Don Coscarelli’s “Bubba Ho-Tep” (2001) created enough good will that it made him a favorite among cult movie fans and mainstream audiences alike, allowing him to find success on television and Hollywood features, as well as in print.

Born Bruce Lorne