kjell nilsson played lord humungus in mad max 2.
kjell nilsson played lord humungus in mad max 2.
who played lord humungus in mad max 2?
kjell nilsson
bullet::::- kjell nilsson as the humungus, the violent yet charismatic and articulate leader of a "vicious gang of post-holocaust, motorcycle-riding vandals" who "loot, rape, and kill the few remaining wasteland dwellers". announced by the toadie as the "warrior of the wasteland, the lord humungus, [and] the ayatollah of rock-and-rollah", the humungus' "malevolence courses through his huge pectorals, [and] pulses visibly under his bald, sutured scalp." the humungus' face is never seen, as he wears a hockey goalie's mask. in a 1985 interview with danny peary, miller posited that he thought the character "was a former military officer who suffered severe facial burns," and who "might have served in the same outfit as his counterpart, pappagallo."
mad max 2
the character was introduced as manager jimmy hart's latest "monster heel" (wrestling term for someone who portrays the "bad guys" in the ring) to challenge continental wrestling association (cwa) dominant face (someone who plays the "good guy" in the ring) jerry "the king" lawler. the original lord humongous was portrayed by mike stark, chosen for his impressive physique. based on the character "the humungus" from "mad max 2: the road warrior" movie lord humongous would always wear a hockey mask that would cover his entire face as well as ring gear that resembled the post-apocalyptic world of mad max 2. stark only played lord humongous for the first couple of months of 1984 before he was replaced by jeff van kamp under the mask without the cwa revealing that it was a different man playing the part. lord humongous (jeff van camp) was introduced to the public with an official music video “war machine” by kiss and became a theme song when entering the ring. later on cwa would reuse the lord humongous ring character some young wrestlers who had a very muscular physique. one such wrestler was sid eudy who played lord humongous in 1987. he would later move on to work for both world championship wrestling (wcw) and the world wrestling federation (wwf) under various names including "sid vicious" "sid justice" and "sycho sid." sid would go on to win the wwf championship and wcw world heavyweight championship belts. in the 1990s rookie barry buchanan would play the part of lord humongous before moving on to working for the wwf as bull buchanan. in 2009 sid's son gunnar eudy, a rookie with an impressive physique, played the same part his father did 22 years earlier as he competed as lord humongous. john gavin has played the role of lord humongous off and on since 1984 while john bass also played the part from 1999 to 2010.
lord humongous