Bruce Payne

Bruce Martyn Payne is an English actor and producer. Payne trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and was a member of the 1980s Brit Pack. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in Passenger 57, Jacob Kell in Highlander Endgame, and Damodar in Dungeons amp Dragons and Dungeons amp DragonsWrath of the Dragon God.

Payne was born in Woking, Surrey, and grew up in New Haw, Surrey. He developed an interest for acting at an early age. In an interview with Impact magazine in 2001, Payne revealed that I know that my immediate family tell me that when I was very young I saw a play that my brother was in probably a Peter Pan pantomime because it involved a crocodile and I apparently shouted out That crocodile is going to eat my brother and ran up on the stage. I dont remember that myself, but if it really happened, I think it shows that from an early age I loved that suspension of disbelief. At the age ofhe was diagnosed with a slight form of Spina Bifida which by agerequired surgery to rectify. Payne was hospitalised formonths following the operation.

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