Bruce Payne has worked extensively in film, theatre and television in both the UK and the US, and on location in many parts of the world. Most recently he starred in the fascinating psychological drama _One Point O (2003)_ , which was well received at Cannes. He also starred in the live action feature film Riders, with Natasha Henstridge and Stephen Dorff and has also appeared in Doug Aarniokski's Highlander, Endgame, Dungeons & Dragons alongside Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch and Marlon Wayans, and Asylum of the Damned. Other film credits include Kevin Hooks' Passenger 57, Apocalypse with the late Sir Richard Harris, Julien Temple's Absolute Beginners, The Brothel, Switch, with Ellen Barkin and Kounterfeit with Hilary Swank.

Television credits include leading roles in Simon West's "Keen Eddie" which airs in June 2003, Oscar Wilde and Smart Money for the BBC, and Tales from the Crypt for HBO. Theatre credits include the lead in London's West End productions "West and Greek", and the lead in Nicholas Hytner's Alice, as well as playing "Frank'n'furter" in the Rocky Horror Show.
Has been compared to and even mistaken for actor Julian Sands. Interestingly, the two actors played together in Privates on Parade (1982), which was the first film for both actors, and again in Oxford Blues (1984). In 1999, Payne took over Sands' role of The Warlock in the third warlock film, End of Innocence.