Paul Spence

Paul Spence is a Canadian actor, author and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of headbanger Dean Murdoch in the 2002 mockumentary film FUBAR: The Movie, which he co-wrote with friends Dave Lawrence and Michael Dowse. He also reprised the character in the sequel film FUBAR 2, and the television series Fubar Age of Computer.

In 2005 he appeared in the film It's All Gone Pete Tong, and in 2007 he had a supporting role in I'm Not There.

As a musician he has played in bands such as The Infernos, Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers, and CPC Gangbangs. He also later launched Night Seeker, a parody heavy metal band in which he played in character as Dean Murdoch. In 2018, Night Seeker released the album 3069: A Space-Rock Sex Odyssey. Around the same time, Harry Shearer was releasing the album Smalls Change in character as Derek Smalls from This Is Spinal Tap, and Spence interviewed Shearer as Smalls for Vice.

Spence received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 for FUBAR 2,[10] and a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011 for the film's song "There's No Place Like Christmas".[11]