Vernon Campbell

Actor

Born: Newark, New Jersey, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Vernon Campbell (born April 4, 1961) is an American film actor. His thick set, stocky build and bald head has seen him play almost entirely police detectives or bodyguards.He appeared in the 1995 Academy Award nominated film 12 Monkeys alongside Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. In 1997 he appeared in the film Night Falls on Manhattan a film which starred Andy García and James Gandolfini.He is probably best recognized as Dave Chappelles kind natured, ill-fated bodyguard in an episode of Chappelles Show: The Lost Episodes. In that particular episode, the bodyguard is shot by the I.R.S. and in his dying words, the guard tells Dave that it was man who shot him but Daves greediness is what killed him. Before his death, the guard tries to tell Dave the key to keeping the shows material fresh but dies before he can say it. He stammers You gotta...You gotta...Im dead

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