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Actor

Bruce Hampton

Acting

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Acting credits

8

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Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

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Movies: 7Series: 1

TMDB ID: 1201770

IMDb ID: nm0358953

Known for: Acting

Born: April 30, 1947

Died: May 1, 2017

Age: 70

Place of birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2018

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 7.67

Wikidata: Q4977617

Also known as

Col. Bruce Hampton • Gustav Valentine Berglund III • Colonel Bruce

Biography

Musician, Vocalist, Composer, Actor. He was known for his energetic, eccentric style and often regarded as the granddaddy of the jam band scene. He was born in Tennessee and grew up in Atlanta. He first gained attention in the late 1960's and early 1970's and he was a founding member of the Hampton Grease Band. The band broke up in 1973. In the next five decades that followed he formed or was a part of a number of other acts. In 1993, he started acting in film and television with such credits as Sling Blade (1996), Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1998), Jimi Hendrix Electric Church (2015), Tombstone (1993), Duckworth, (2011), Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture! (2016), Here Comes Rusty (2016). In 2012, the Governor of Georgia presented him with the Governor's Award In "The Arts and Humanities".

Series

Series

Series credits linked with Bruce Hampton.