Jeep Swenson, an internationally known bodybuilder who played a mutant villain in "Batman & Robin," died at UCLA Medical Center of heart failure on Aug. 18. He was 40.
The 6-foot, 400-pound Swenson appeared in the film as Bane, the masked sidekick of Poison Ivy, played by Uma Thurman.Swenson was known in his professional wrestling days as "Jeep the Mercenary" and was featured in fitness magazines and television commercials.
He appeared in several other films and some TV roles.