Eyes

The Eyes Have It

"The eyes have one language everywhere" - George Herbert

Bruce Payne can do more with his eyes than most actors can do with their whole face and body too. "Mesmerizing." "Hypnotizing." "Leaves you spellbound." "Bewitching." "Brilliant." "Sparkling." "His eyes speak volumes." These are just a few of the phrases used to describe Bruce's highly expressive pale blue-grey eyes.

This is a man who can act with his eyes alone, as he did as Echo in Wonderland, a role in which he never once uttered a word. His piercing cold blue-grey eyes, both menacing and self-assured as the assassin, were so scary that no words were necessary. As the terrorist in Passenger 57, his fierce gaze is withering, his arrogant look chilling in Highlander:Endgame. Yet his highly expressive eyes can just as easily convey desire, as Frankie in Kounterfeit; determined courage, as Jurgen in the TV series La Femme Nikita; kindness and warmth, as Dr. Burton in Silence Like Glass; or droll slyness as the Devil In Switch. As visual testimony to this remarkable talent, we present the "Eyes Have It" photo gallery below.

CHILLING EYES

No one makes a more chilling villain than Bruce Payne. Part of his power as a villain lies in his ability to look seeringly menacing, with eyes that seem to claw into your soul and rip it out. Piercing and heart-stoppingly cruel. Arrogant and ruthless. Run for your life ...and your soul.

Echo in Wonderland

Jacob Kell in Highlander: Endgame

Charles Rane in Passenger 57
"Who's in charge?" "You are."

Karl Savak in One Man's Justice

                                                             General St. Martin Dupre in The Cisco Kid

Emperor Domitian in The Apocalypse
Oh, the madness of power

Harker in The Howling VI

THRILLING EYES

"Mesmerizing." "The sexiest eyes since Paul Newman." "Leaves you spellbound." The man who chills you in Passenger 57 and Wonderland is capable of thrilling you in Kounterfeit (When Frankie looks up at Colleen, his eyes speak a world of desire and wonder. Any woman would melt if her man looked at her that way.), captivating you in La Femme Nikita (when Jurgen looks at Nikita, there is something there besides Michael's blank stare), beguiling you in Smart Money.

Frankie in Kounterfeit

Jurgen in La Femme Nikita while looking at Nikita

Lawrence in Smart Money

CHARMING EYES

Bruce's twinkling eyes and devilish grin work like a charm in Switch (the Devil was never so delicious), Yellowthread Street (oh such a roguish cop) and Pyrates (that rascal Liam). Even as the hood in Keen Eddie, he looks like the cat that swallowed the (yellow) canary.

Nick Eden in Yellowthread Street The Devil in Switch

Liam in Pyrates Yellow In Keen Eddie

WARM EYES

The eyes that were so menacing in the villain roles are also capable of projecting great warmth and sweetness, as the role of charming Dr. Burton in Silence Like Glass shows.

DRAMATIC EYES

Bruce's eyes are capable of expressing many more looks and emotions than what we have listed so far. This category allows us to show you the rest of his range.



                 Nemesis                                    Operation Intercept                  Smart Money

Ripper La Femme Nikita Warlock III

Necronomicon

The Apocalypse

                                                                     Ripper