Paul Spence

Paul Spence, a Canadian actor, writer and musician born in Calgary, is best known for his headbanger character Dean Murdoch. He dreamed up the role with Dave Lawrence and Michael Dowse for the 2002 mockumentary FUBAR: The Movie, then returned to it in the sequel FUBAR 2 and in the television show Fubar Age of Computer. On screen he also turned up in It's All Gone Pete Tong and had a supporting part in I'm Not There. In music he has played with groups including The Infernos, CPC Gangbangs and Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers, and he later created Night Seeker, a heavy metal spoof act in which he performed as Murdoch; that band released the 2018 album 3069: A Space-Rock Sex Odyssey. FUBAR 2 brought him a best actor nomination from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, and There's No Place Like Christmas earned a Genie Award nomination in 2011.