Stunt People Who Act
All these people are good at kicking other people, being kicked, and being able to say a line while doing it. These are the people who are actually doing a lot of the stuff the stars get famous for. Love them. Hire them.
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As an established and extremely talented stunt double and actress, Zoe Bell has made a name for herself through her unparalleled dedication, skills, and focus.
Zoe Bell was born on Waiheke Island, New Zealand, to Tish, a nurse, and Andrew Bell, a doctor. She has a background in gymnastics and martial arts. She began working as a stunt woman when she doubled Lucy Lawless on the cult favorite TV series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995). Bell also appeared as a double in the ABC thriller Alias (2001) and on an episode of Cleopatra 2525 in 2000 as a double for Vicki Pratti. In the action packed-documentary Double Dare (2004), Bell, along with legendary stunt-woman Jeannie Epper, give an insight into the career of women who take falls and punches for a living. Double Dare also gives a glimpse into the struggles of stunt-women to stay thin, employed, and sane in a male-dominated career.
After the cancellation of Xena, Bell's next gig was working with Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), playing the stunt double for Uma Thurman's role, The Bride. Bell was nominated for her work in Kill Bill, Vol. 1 in the categories of Best Stunt by a Stunt Woman and Best Fight for the Taurus World Stunt Awards, both of which she would win the following year for Kill Bill: Vol. 2. Bell also showed off her stunt-woman skills as a double for Sharon Stone in Halle Barry's Catwoman (2004).
Bell was injured in the final days of filming, requiring surgery, but she has since recovered and returned to work. Bell appeared along with legendary stunt woman Jeannie Epper in Amanda Micheli's acclaimed documentary Double Dare (2004), which offers a glimpse at the lives and careers of both women, as well as the friendship they share.
Bell debuted her acting career, with her already famous stunt skills, in the double feature Grindhouse (2007) written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. She was hand-picked, by Tarentino himself, to star in his segment of the double feature, Death Proof (2007), about four women working in the film industry that are stalked by a murderer in his Death Proof car.
Bell, a native of New Zealand, resides in Los Angeles but hopes to someday own a home in New Zealand.- Stunts
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Jasi Lanier took an unconventional route into the stunt industry. After graduating from University of South Carolina in Media Arts, she modeled, acted in horror movies and performed as a fire-eater to pay off her student loans. After shooting a movie in New Jersey, she fell in love with her co-star Joseph Anthony and decided to movie up north to study Meisner Technique with Glen Vincent and ShotoKan Karate. She continued to study acting in NYC with Olinda Turturro and Enzo Carolina performing in many indie films, including The Resurrection Game, Nikos, B-Movie, and Fifth City. Through a chance meeting at Pittsburgh Comicon she met artists Dave Nestler and Dorian Cleavenger. She approached them to do an interview for a magazine. After the interviews, they both asked her to pose for them. That meeting led to the beginning of her career as an art model for comics, fantasy, pinup art, and romance novels. She was most notably was Joe Jusko's Tomb Raider model for Top Cow comics for several years and featured on the cover of Heavy Metal Magazine in August 2003 and Heavy Metal Calendars by Greg Hildebrandt in 2005/2006. She has modeled for over 300 paintings thus far. Though she loved modeling and acting in B- horror movies, Jasi felt something was missing. Upon closer examination she came to realize that her true passion was to become a stuntwoman. Inspired by her Uncle Dusty who performed in live stunt shows in the 60s/70s and several articles about stuntwomen in the magazine Femme Fatales, Jasi set out to become a stuntwoman. She worked a few years dabbling in stunts in independent movies and industrials. In June of 2005, with the blessing of her family and friends made the big move to Los Angeles. At first she was overwhelmed by the city, but quickly embraced all that the Los Angeles had to offer. She did background work and got her SAG card being featured on 2 1/2 Men. Jasi then joined a stunt service and started training at the famed Bob Yerkes backyard in the art of high falls, fights, swords and reactions. She got her first opportunity there by Stuntman/ Stunt Coordinator John Moio who saw her sword fighting. He recommended her for a job on the show iCarly doubling a 14-year boy for stunt coordinator, Vince Deadrick Jr. She had all weekend to practice sword-fighting left handed for an audition on Monday. With the help of her friend, and stuntman, Mario Perez, she trained all weekend, day and night, for her audition. On Monday, she showed up and she booked the job on the iFence episode of iCarly doubling actor Nathan Kress She continues to work on iCarly now doubling actress, Jennette McCurdy for the past 4 years. Jasi continued to train and booked a few jobs while also supplementing her income as a set decorator. In 2010, she decided to commit to stunts full time and it paid off. Jasi has worked on shows such as Alice in Wonderland, Castle, Raising Hope, Vampire Diaries, and Criminal Minds. While continuing to work in stunts, Jasi is making a resurgence to acting appearing recently in the short film Broken and being featured on all female "Jack Ass" style stunt show called Cherry Bombs affectionately known as Firecracker. This fall, she will again be modeling for artists such as Mike James, Greg Hildebrandt, Guy Powers, Age and Lorenzo Sperlonga. Her love for stunts has driven her to serve her community. She has volunteered and served as a department head for Stuntacular, a live Halloween stunt show that is a fundraiser for Make a Wish. Jasi is served as an assistant board member for Diamond in the Raw/ Stuntwomen's Awards and secretary for the Stuntwomen's Foundation. She continues to train Kung fu and will be testing black sash in 2012, weapons, swords, acrobatics, boxing, and stunts. She is a certified PADI Rescue Diver and is adding stilt walking and fire staff to her skills set. Jasi enjoys roller-skating, tai chi, hula hooping, rock climbing, rappelling, and hiking in her free time. Her life philosophy comes from her father who taught her to collect experiences.- Intimacy Coordinator
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Nicole became an entertainment industry professional in 1993 when she retired from competitive gymnastics. She began booking commercials in need of gymnasts. This lead to a career in stunts and professional dance. Movement and physicality have always been a primary form of expression for Nicole. In fact when she wanted to compete on the pole vaulting team in high school, she had to testify in Sacramento to help get a bill passed allowing females to compete with males in sports without a female team in place. During her 2nd year of college, she was given the opportunity to go on tour with The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Live and leaped at the chance to travel the world and perform. Later she danced for The LA Clippers as well as The LA Lakers basketball teams. After a 26 year stunt career, Nicole is now working as an Intimacy Coordinator on various productions as a result of the MeToo and Time'sUp movements. She is very grateful to be a part of this ever-expanding business of film and television.- Stunts
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Helena Barrett is known for Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Vampires Suck (2010).- Stunts
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Fell in love with the art of acting, sword-fighting, and stunts during her junior year at Kettering University (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute) in Michigan while studying for her undergrad in Business Management and Marketing. For the last 18 years, she has been continuously training as an actor, stunt actor, and stunt woman in acting, stunts, and sword-fighting [European & Italian styles which includes: saber, rapier, rapier & dagger, cutlass, broadsword, small sword, quarterstaff]. For the last 11 years, she has been training in martial arts (muay thai, boxing, judo, jiu jitsu, grappling, tae kwon do, wu shu) and Asian swordplay (katana, Japanese sai, wu shu sword/staff etc.) Her ultimate goal within the entertainment industry is to empower athletic females in film & TV (set in modern or historic times) by either producing, creating, writing, acting, swordfighting, choreographing, or performing stunts on projects. She also produced, choreographed, starred, and co-wrote an award-winning historical short film entitled 'La Fleur de la Bataille'. Has also co-starred and choreographed stunts and swordfights in 'The Crusader', a project shown at the 2005 Los Angeles 168 Hour Film Festival. She is also a sword-fighting instructor and choreographer.
She has co-created and co-written a female-driven comedy narrative TV pilot & series with Taylor J Martin called What About Walda. She is the female lead in the project. Major production companies and online streaming services looked at it.
She has co-writes and co-created a sci-fi action TV series pilot/comic book/feature film franchise called "Omega 1" with, Mark Edward Lewis. She seen can be seen at major ComicCon conventions across the country promoting the Omega 1 Comic and Motion Comics. She was also at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con in the Omega 1 booth #5535.
She has also collaborated with Mark E. Lewis on a how-to DVD series called 'Super Swordfighting Series'; Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced (the DVD series got distributed domestically and worldwide) and a hilarious web series of which she was the star, co-creator & producer called Mad Maxine. It featured 7 minute-and-a-half episodes, full of physical comedic stunts. They can be found on YouTube.
She has also has a project in the works with her producing partner called "'The Spirit Within"; a historical action/drama feature project. She has also co-written a full length, feature physical/comedy script with one of her writing partners.
Andrei is a working actor, stunt actor, and stunt woman in the entertainment business and is also set to play the Female Lead in several action orientated projects for TV and Film in 2019 & beyond.- Stunts
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Melissa is known in the industry for her intensity, commitment and energy she brings to her roles and action acting!
She is an uncommon performer that she can handle detailed action roles and at such a high expertise and intensity as her acting. She her expertise as an actor include weapons fire arms military and police sword play eastern and western,knives, boxing, kickboxing, Savate and martial arts and english and western horsework.Medical.
Her strong stage presence and fearless performances come from a lifetime of strong theatrical acting having done over 20 musicals and plays and live performances as a dancer, mime, clown yes she can make a balloon animal since the age of 5. During grammar school summer vacations she ventured into performing in films. Her love for the magic of films and film making continues.
As a stand up comic, Melissa has performed in venues throughout California such as: Improv, The Comedy Store, The Ice House, Bungalow 13, 3 of clubs, Mbar, as well as many others. Mixing her character acting with her physical comedy improv skills, martial arts weapons back ground,clever writing, and her edgy fearless take no prisoners approach is appreciated by all audiences. Melissa Has also produced many comedy shows as well at the same venues.
Melissa has 10 years of extensive actor training with John Kirby, Peter Spellos, James Hong, Jeff Rubens and Jason Alexander. She has performed improv at: LA Connection and The Bang Comedy Theater. Always making work for herself and others Melissa has assisted in the writings of plays and assisted producing them!
Melissa is currently producing action film Gamers Geeks and Zombies(rewritten by Ron Shusett) with her team of producers and Malek Akkad(Rob Zombies Halloween) Most Recently Melissa acted in feature Film "Raven" directed by Gregori J. Martin. She currently is enjoying Sword fighting for a Motion Capture Studio. Melissa has co-written, produced and performed in "Best Protection" featured at the Cannes Film Festival. It was picked up by Spike Tv.
In addition Melissa is currently training in combat for film with Phil Aslaksen and various instructors. Her areas of expertise include, Martial arts,fire arms military and police, all weapons, Savate, Western boxing, swordplay both Asian and European systems most currently ninjutsu, tumbling.- Stunts
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Gaelle Cohen is an internationally acclaimed stunt coordinator and performer who has worked on over 100 films and television productions. Born and raised in France, Cohen first earned a law degree before embarking on an enviable career in the entertainment industry. A former member of the French National Fencing team, she got her start performing fight sequences for the television show, "Highlander" in 1995, launching her career as a stunt woman. Her credits include: "Jason Bourne"; "Zoolander 2"; "Into the storm"; "Zero Dark Thirty"; "Sahara"; "Rush Hour 3"; "Brotherhood of the Wolf"; "Babylon AD"; "Martyrs" and "Outside the law". As a stunt performer, Cohen has doubled for such luminary figures as Nina Dobrev, Sophie Marceau and Penelope Cruz. As a stunt coordinator, her signature action sequences have captured attention within the industry for their earthy realism. "Candy" marks her latest and third collaboration with Jessica Biel after "The Tall Man" and "Bleeding heart".- Stunts
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Eddie Fernandez is a Latino stuntman in Hollywood. Eddie started off in the stunt business in 1981 in his hometown of Chicago. He spent his earlier years honing his martial arts, wrestling and motocross skills, among others, which would eventually lead him into his chosen profession, stunt work. Eddie was ready to try or do anything adventurous, and that resulted in 1981 to his being on the set of Cannon Films' The Naked Face (1984). His vast knowledge on big budget film and television has provided expertise in various areas of stunt performing from fights to fire burns. Fernandez was one of the lead doubles on "Backdraft," where his extensive fire work helped make the project one of the most notorious fire films of all time. His skills in stunt driving, wire work, fight choreography and fire burns has made him a valuable asset on over 300 productions. Fernandez is also an accomplished actor appearing in films such as "22 Jump Street, Silver Linings Playbook, Limitless and Crash."- Stunts
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Mario Perez is a Los Angeles based actor, director and stunt coordinator. With more than 250 studio credits to his name, he is industry known for bringing professionalism, kindness and innovative creativity to the set. In 2019 he was a recipient of the SAG Award for "Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture" for the Marvel feature Black Panther. His short film "The Tiger in the White" showed at the Regal Cinemas during the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival and, in 2021, he directed one of the first livestream multimedia theater experiences via zoom and Facebook live, incorporating complex technical camerawork in an uncut theatrical performance of Christopher Fry's medieval drama "The Lady's Not for Burning."- Stunts
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Born 22 November, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, Erik Betts is a self taught gymnast and martial artist since the age of 11. His fascination with movement and the arts was inspired by his favorite comic book hero, Spiderman. Insecure and very shy, Betts could relate to the problems experienced by Spiderman's alter ego Peter Parker. Erik was raised by his mother and grandmother, aunts and uncle. Erik got his film start in an ultra-low budget movie called, "Shootfighter" (1992). Long before television and moviegoers knew his face, children were watching Betts as the "Red and Green Rangers" on the unprecedently popular FOX TV series "The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers." Prior to that, Betts had small parts in a wide array of television, commercial and movie roles for a few years. Now a full-fledged stunt actor Erik then stunned television audiences as the suavely vicious "Panther" in "WMAC Masters" (1994). On March 14, 1996, "Panther" suffered a broken right hip and thigh during a taping of the show that took five surgeries and rehab of almost three years. Enlightened by his experience, Erik took a chance few others would dare, and put stunts behind him. Betts would be over 30 years old before finally deciding, relatively late in life (at 33), to try his chances at acting by enrolling at the Ivana Chubbuck Studios in California where he continues to study.- Actor
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Dennis Keiffer is a former K.I.C.K. Super Middleweight Kickboxing Champion. He took his skills to Television and Cinema as an actor and stuntman. Early in his career he worked on fight movies such as "Bloodfist", "Shootfighter", and "Die Trying". In the past 15 years Dennis has been a stunt actor on shows such as "CSI", "House", Sons of Anarchy" and "True Blood" with theatrical releases such as "Death Sentence", "Indiana Jones", "The Green Hornet" and "Spiderman".- Stunts
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Tara Macken was born in a car in Kuwait to an Irish father and a Filipina mother. She traveled much as a child, living in Kuwait, Brunei, and the Philippines before going on to work in the worldwide film industry. Tara's adventurous spirit was ignited by living all around the world, and it eventually led her to a profession in action storytelling. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, Tara has worked as a stuntwoman, fight coordinator, stunt coordinator, and action director on multiple projects such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Batman, The Mother, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Tara received numerous nominations and was honored with a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on a stunt ensemble.- Stunts
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Alice Rietveld is known for her work on Maze Runner : Scorch Trials, Knives Out and Skyfire. She was born in Eindhoven, The Netherlands and graduated with a dance degree from Codarts University of the Arts. She landed her debut performance guest starring as Elaine Curtis on the CBS hit show Criminal Minds.- Stunts
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Born on a ranch in North Hollywood, California, Spice Williams-Crosby rode her horse to kindergarten, grew up playing in her father's medical offices, eventually hitting the road as a musician, singer, and dancer under contract to 20th Century-Fox Records.
Overcoming a seven-year drug and alcohol problem, at the age of 26, she turned to God, nutrition and exercise with the eventual promise of helping others to turn their lives around. As she got older, Spice changed the course of her career and began studying acting for stage and film. After hearing about roles for female warriors, wrestlers, and super-heroines, she took to kickboxing and bodybuilding, slowly creating a niche for herself.
Spice has worked in such feature motion pictures as Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), The Cherokee Kid (1996), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), The Guyver (1991), A Simple Plan (1998), and For Love of the Game (1999). She has also guest-starred on numerous TV shows including Roseanne (1988), My Two Dads (1987), Women in Prison (1987), Mama's Family (1983), The Bold And The Beautiful, The Young and the Restless (1973), Step by Step (1991), Smart Guy (1997), Diagnosis Murder (1993), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), and Scrubs (2001), in what she terms as an "action actress." "In fact," says Spice, "I can't remember doing a role where I wasn't asked to perform some kind of physical feat". Since 1986, Spice has been stunt doubling Deidre Hall (Marlena) on Days of Our Lives (1965) and has also played several roles on that soap. She had the great honor of working with Clint Eastwood on Million Dollar Baby (2004), and then had a blast working on an independent film in with Luke Goss, called The Dead Undead (2010). She is very proud of co-starring in an incredible film called The Sensei (2008) with Diana Lee Inosanto starring & directing, a fun film called Bare Knuckles (2010), and recently, she played a warden in a Stallone film, and can be seen as a hooker on the new TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013). Starting in 2014, Spice has produced her own show called I Fight for My Life (2014), about women victims and turning them into women victors!
Stunts came into play in 1980 ago when Spice was asked to double an actress playing a Judo instructor opposite Rock Hudson. Since then, she has doubled for the likes of Louise Fletcher, Meg Foster, Katherine Ross, Clare Carey, Deidre Hall, Cindy Pickett, Linda Kozlowski, Eileen Brennen, Becky Ann Baker, Kelly Preston and many more. Spice also Stunt Coordinates feature films, Television shows and commercials. Her stunt expertise is in fighting & "hitting the ground!"
Although Spice has crashed cars, dove through glass windows, taken stair falls, executed 30-foot ratchets, 50-foot high falls, and hung from helicopters 350 feet above the ground, she is perhaps best known for her ability to pick a 300 pound man up over her head in a fireman's carry. In the year 2000, Spice founded the Stunt Peer Group & Emmy at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Gracing the cover and pages of over 100 magazines, both here and abroad, Spice has also made a name for herself as a nutritional expert with 2 Masters in Fitness Science & Holistic Nutrition and a PhD in Natural Health Medicine, writing for magazine as Ms. Fitness, Natural Muscle Magazine, and World Black Belt. She holds a 6th DAN in Arjukanpo, 6th DAN in Doce Pares Eskrima, and is Certified Level B in Israeli Krav Panim el Panim (abbrev. KAPAP), Level C in Guatemala GIKA, and Security Defensive Tactics, Inc.. Her successful joint venture with her husband -- a popular line of vegetarian food products called "Spice Of Life Meatless Meats & Jerky." In December of 1998, she was voted into the Marquis Who's Who in America-West. One of her greatest honors was posing for a 30ft bronze statue where she represents the past, present and future female athletes of the Olympics. Spice's goal is to continue to set an example for the "women of the new millennium" -- spiritually focused, mentally alert, and physically capable. Spice is married to Gregory Crosby, screenwriter (Hacksaw Ridge), grandson of actor/singer Bing Crosby, and they have a beautiful son Luke, who is equally healthy and active!- Actor
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Anthony Molinari was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to his wonderful parents, William and Joyce, alongside his brother, Billy, and sister, Christina. He earned his degree in Sociology and Education from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. After graduating, he began teaching early elementary education, where he was inspired by one of his students to follow his passion of becoming a stuntman. Soon after, he moved to Hollywood to pursue the entertainment business.
While breaking into the stunt industry and becoming one of the elite performers in that arena, Anthony discovered a love for acting. It started with his performance on the feature film The Fighter, playing Shea Neary opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. That role got him a part in Papa, playing FBI agent John Fletcher across from Giovanni Ribisi and Mika Kelly. While on location in Cuba, he auditioned and booked his next role as Charlie McTiernan for the feature Black Mass with Jesse Plemons and Johnny Depp. It was on that night that Director Scott Copper took Anthony aside and said, "You have what it takes...You should go for it." So that's what he did, and since then he has booked roles like Buzzcut in Jack Reacher across Tom Cruise, Rocky Marciano in Barry Levingston's movie The Survivor, and in Christopher Nolan's pictures Tenet and Oppenheimer. As of 2022 he is a guest star on the HBO TV series Perry Mason playing Big Marv and the menacing Shane Taylor on Barry with Bill Hader. Over the last 20 years, Molinari has performed in over 200 different television shows and feature films. He has been blessed to work with some of the best directors and actors in the business and is truly grateful for his success.- Stunts
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James Logan has worked professionally in film and television for over 25 years. James works as both an actor and a stuntman, but his weapon of choice has always been directing. As such, James recently wrote and directed his first feature film, the SAG Ultra Low Budget horror film 'Undying'.
You may recognize James from some of his stunt work, but seeing as though a stunt performer's job is usually to hide his face, hopefully you do not.
But, you might remember James from his various acting stints on numerous television classics such as FX's 'Justified', where he played Boyd's extremely unlucky bartender Caleb. Or possibly you were a fan of LifeTime's 'Strong Medicine', where James played 'Paramedic Smith' over the course of 5 years and 25 plus episodes. Not that one, huh? Ok, did you watch Disney's KC Undercover? Remember that one villian who fights Zendaya on the ferris wheel? The Jackal? Yeah. That was James.
That's not to say you didn't see him in some film playing some jackass. James played a jackass in the beginning of the 'Mechanic' (that is until his character is straight up murdered in cold blood by Jason Statham's character, the film's 'hero'). He also played a jackass in 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' (#FinnicksFirstKill as he is known by almost no one). 'Ride Along'? Jackass. 'Cardboard Boxer'? Jackass. Are you starting to see a pattern here?
But perhaps James is best known for his portrayal of the murderous, jack ass Lars, opposite John Travolta in Chuck Russell's 'I Am Wrath'. Just full nova jackass.
Most recently, James has played a direction-ally challenged Construction Worker on ABC's 'Station 19' and the fictional, biblical, whip cracking bad ass Thomas in 'The Penitent Thief', which was shot in the great state of Texas. God bless Texas!
James continues to work on any film, TV, Intenet, Short, InstaVine(?), iPhone, birthday-party project that will have him.- Actor
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Thomas Rosales Jr. was born on 3 February 1948 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Running Scared (2006), Commando (1985) and Speed (1994). He is married to Joyce Johnston. They have two children. He was previously married to Charlene Jones.- Actor
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Michael Duisenberg was born in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), The Orville (2017) and Allegiant (2016).- Actress
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Born in the beach city of Manhattan Beach and raised in Redondo Beach, Californian, Vanessa has the movie business in her blood. Her great grandmother was a silent movie actress and writer but her interest in performing & acting is all her own.
Vanessa attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) obtaining a mechanical engineering degree and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, an exclusive national engineering honors society.
A world class rhythmic gymnast, Vanessa competed for the United States for five years.
Vander Pluym is an expert in martial arts and has a black belt in Tae kwon do to show for it. Vanessa's athleticism is also evident in her abilities as a circus performer, performing stilt walking, contortionist, and aerial acts, as well as in her current sport of roller derby.
As an actress, Vander Pluym is an all-around performer. She is a veteran actor of comedy, drama and action roles. Vanessa has performed motion capture for numerous video game characters and has appeared in an array of television hit shows and feature films including: NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland, Castle, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Piranha 3D.- Stunts
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Sandra Lee Gimpel was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Big Fat Liar (2002), Escape from New York (1981) and The Rock (1996).- Stunts
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Ben Hernandez Bray is a film and television director who was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in one of the toughest San Fernando Valley neighborhoods. He's the oldest of six children, raised by his Mother and Grandmother and is of Mexican and Irish descent. In the late 1980's his boxing skills led him into the stunt industry where he then became one of the very few successful latino stuntmen in Hollywood and eventually becoming one of the top action stunt coordinators and second unit directors, working specifically with "Smoking Aces" Joe Carnahan and "Silver Linings Playbook" David O Russell. After twenty five plus years in the industry and over one hundred fifty film and tv credits, Mr Bray made his television directorial debut in 2015 with Katie Heigl's tv series "State of Affairs" for NBC/Universal, he then went on to direct episodes for Fox/Bruckheimer, CW/Greg Berlanti and ABC/Freeform. In 2018 will be Bray's feature film debut which he co-wrote with Joe Carnahan called "El Chicano" a Mexican Super hero story about two brothers growing up in East L.A. The story was inspired and originally written by Bray 10 years earlier after losing his youngest brother to gang violence. The film is being produced by War Party Productions and Lorenzo di Bonaventura.- Actor
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You probably have seen Sam in some Blockbuster Films such as Olympus Has Fallen, Venom or Alita Battle Angel. He has been in the industry for more than 18 years, making the mission impossible for Mark Wahlberg in Mile 22. Born in Ho Chi Minh City from a Vietnamese mother and a Honduran/Polynesian father, Sam is the next generation of Screenwriters & Film Directors. For a long time, Sam has been in the music industry, producing Rap & RnB music. But after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, showed him another path. His charisma and ambiguous look led him into the film industry. "Every time I was on set, instead of going back to my trailer, I was studying. Connecting with amazing crew, in every single department. During more than 15 years, I have learned with those individuals that I am so grateful for! I've worked with legendary Directors: Oliver Stone, Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron, Antoine Fuqua, Martin Campbell, Edward Zwick, Peter Berg and the late Tony Scott. I put all this knowledge into practice. In addition, with all the research and hours of learning in manuals and books like a puzzle, I took the best pieces and I created my own style". Ambassador of diversity, Sam empowers his actors. Innovative and resourceful, He shows and achieves the unexpected in a motion picture. Sam is the Co-Founder of the production company Overlook Entertainment.- Stunts
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Eddie Perez is a Los Angeles based Director, 2nd Unit Director, and Stunt Coordinator. He is a multiple award winner for his short-film The Test of Time and a "4-time nominee 3-time Emmy winner" for Shameless. He also won the SAG Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble" on Star Trek into Darkness. Working on over 300 projects as a director, stunt coordinator and/or performer, recent notable projects include Snowfall, Perceptual Grace, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Deadpool and Sicario. Eddie's goal is to put the scripted vision on film using the most creative techniques available to fit the story. Eddie was born in New York and graduated with a degree in education and a minor in biology from Long Island University focusing on sports medicine. . He worked as head of security for Pink Floyd & Duran Duran as head of security , as well as numerous other artist. He studied under stuntman Paul Stader and Greg Elam. He studied acting under Peter Flood.- Stunts
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Veteran stunt woman and actor. Year after year, Meryl reaps rewards of acknowledgment including a historical two-time, Taurus Award nomination for her performance in the opening scene of Quentin Turentino's blockbuster-- Kill Bill; A Taurus Award for "Best Overall Stunt By A Woman," for the movie Obsessed, and in 2010 an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she from the studio rooftop before jumping down to sit one on one with Winfrey for a candid talk about her life as a stunt woman.
Meryl doubles a cadre of A-list babes in Hollywood including Beyonce, Halle Berry and Rihanna and so many more.
As a martial artist she trains diligently to maintain optimum fitness and stamina for daily living. But for the advancement of her professional career Meryl studies habitually with some of Hollywood's top acting coaches and stunt training facilities in order to remain on the cutting edge of the ever evolving business of entertainment.
Meryl beams with pride and joy when at home with her daughter, her family, dear friends and those she mentors in both the community and industry at large.- Stunts
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Katie Eischen is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Date Night (2010) and The Bourne Legacy (2012).- Stunts
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Janine Mitchell was born on 22 July 1967 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Deja Vu (2006), Bad Boys (1995) and Transporter 2 (2005).- Actress
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Michelle Charlene Lee is an Asian American actress that has a series role named Violet in Blood and Treasure 2, Mileena in Mortal Kombat Legacy, a role on Black Widow and Venom to name a few. She's also appeared in many films and television series as a stunt woman in Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Captain Marvel and also motion captured many iconic video game characters like Ellie in The Last of Us 2, Ada Wong in Capcom's Resident Evil 6, and MJ in Sony's Spiderman 4 to name just a few. Michelle's ability to show strength through both acting and physicality has been recognized with a SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble for Top Gun 2, a SAG Nomination for Best Ensemble Cast in Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and graced the cover of Inside Kung Fu Magazine. Michelle has a black belt in Wushu, fluent in Mandarin and holds a BA in Economics from UCLA. You can find her on IG or TikTok @___michellelee She is with Global Artists Agency.- Stunts
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After serving in the United States Army as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant on an Operational Detachment "A" team during Operation Desert Storm, where he served as a sniper, Matt decided to try his hand at acting and motion picture stunt work as he had before his time in the service. For the past 15 years, he has performed stunts, stunt coordinated, and acted as well as working as a second unit director.
Since serving in the Gulf War Matt did another "tour" of duty in the Army reserves. In this time he was assigned or attached to Army Special Operations, the JFK Special Warfare Center, USMC Basic Reconnaissance Course, and he finished up his 6 year tour in the reserves with Detachment 219, Naval Special Warfare Group 1 in October of 2004 when he received an Honorable Discharge. Oddly enough his tour ended while he was in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He also returned from Iraq in April 2005, where he was working as a professional military contractor.- Stunts
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Edward Conna was born on 19 June 1968 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Alien Hunger (2017), The Time Machine (2002) and Arlington Road (1999).- Stunts
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Raised in South Central Los Angeles, James Lew's destiny was to answer a cattle call in Hollywood for the hugely popular Kung Fu (1972) television series. He went on to star in the now collectible Hong Kong film, Young Dragon (1979). He made the move to big budget studio films in 1984. John Carpenter handpicked him as the Martial Arts Choreographer for 20th Century Fox's now cult film, Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mel Gibson, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Dwayne Johnson, David Carradine, Chuck Norris, Dennis Quaid, Kurt Russell, Jeff Speakman Madonna, Charlie Sheen, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathleen Turner, Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Lee, Snoop Dogg and the list goes on and on as his co-stars.
James was voted "Favorite Action Star" by fans of Inside Martial Arts magazine. Internet fans voted him into the Hall of Fame in the Martial Arts History Museum. Inside Kung Fu Magazine inducted him as one of the "Martial Arts Greats" alongside legends as Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and his longtime friend Jackie Chan.
Hit Parader Magazine dubbed him "the king of big-screen martial arts villains." From the deadly killer in Red Sun Rising (1994) to the deadly fighter in the comedy spoof Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Lew has proven his chops in both drama and comedy. As a stunt/fight coordinator his creative talents shone in the television series The Crow to recent work on the hit video game, The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005). He handpicked elite members for his company, "Hong Kong Wire Action Team," to bring state of the art action to movies. His formula for longevity in the film industry is diversity, hard work and having a whole lot of fun.
Most recently, James Lew wrote, directed and starred in a movie inspired by his personal experiences in the business titled 18 Fingers of Death! (2006). The story follows Buford Lee (James Lew), the most famous unknown "B"-minus, low-budget, martial-arts movie star and Ronald Mack (Maurice Patton), a young black kid from the hood. Together they laugh and bond together on their quest to finally make Buford's break out movie, 18 Fingers of Death! (2006).- Stunts
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Tracey Ruggiero is known for Full Circle (2023), Insidious: The Red Door (2023) and Dead Ringers (2023).- Stunts
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Karin Justman was born on 13 March 1970 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for The Guardian (2006), Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Baby Driver (2017).- Director
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Jeff Wolfe is an award winning Director, 2nd Unit Director. One of few who have parlayed a stunt/acting career into a successful role behind the camera. Having over 200 credits to his name and 150 Episodes of Network television Directing 2nd Unit, his experience and expertise have garnered four Emmy Award nods and a win for his work on JJ Abrams' Revolution. He also won a Screen Actors Guild award, and two coveted World Stunt Awards for his performances in the Avengers and The Pirates of the Caribbean. He now works primarily behind the lens, in the role of Director / 2nd Unit Director. Most recently, his short film Penance has won 27 Film Festival Laurels for his Writing/Directing including the famed Toronto Film Festival and his second Film "Day of Reckoning won Comic Con in Summer 2018.. Recently he has been Directing on the Fox Pilot Presentation "The Flare" and the segment Director of the Season Finale TV show 'FaceOff" and is prepping multiple Action / Horror Films.- Stunts
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Steve is an American actor and stuntman known for, Sargent Blart in Judas and the Black Messiah, Gordy on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Dusty Payne on Famous in Love, Jerry Simmons on Blue Bloods, The Giant Calculator Guy on How I Met Your Mother, Carl Stanton on Grimm, and a pesky reporter on General Hospital.
Steve has also been seen on stage in productions of Les Misérables, Damn Yankees, Spamalot and most recently portrayed his dream role as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.
Steve has also been a successful stuntman for the last 30 years and has doubled some of the industry's hottest actors, including Seth Rogen and Agents of SHIELD's, Jason O'Mara.- Stunts
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Sara Holden was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Chicago P.D. (2014) and Hunters (2020).- Stunts
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Stephen Bralver was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. Stephen is an actor and producer, known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018).- Stunts
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Many women dream of being swept off their feet, but it's a rare breed indeed that would like it to involve the front fender of a moving car. Tammie's journey to becoming the top level professional stuntwoman she is today began in the acting world, but no sooner had she taken her first squib-hit on the film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith that she knew her true calling. You may have seen her work in shows like, Sons of Anarchy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, American Horror Story, Modern Family, NCIS Los Angeles, and Fear of the Walking Dead just to name a few. Tammie is very proud of her multi ethnic heritage that has allowed her to double actresses of almost every race.- Monica Staggs was born on 24 February 1970 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). She was previously married to Gary J. Wayton.
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J.J. Perry started his martial arts training in 1975 and began with stunt-work in the late 1980s when he got out of the army. He has had over 24 years of martial arts training and has a 5th-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 2nd-degree on Hapkido and has experience with all kinds of weapons. He got his black belt for Tae Kwon Do at the age of 12 and competed from the age of 7 till 24. Besides martial arts, J.J. is also skilled in riding bikes, rodeo and does weight lifting.- Stunts
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David Kilde is known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Swordfish (2001) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).- Stunts
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Matt McColm was born on 31 January 1965. He is an actor, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), They Live (1988) and R.I.P.D. (2013).- Actress
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Triple threat Danielle Burgio transitioned from Broadway dancer, to Hollywood stuntwoman, and now, successful actress / producer. Born in Andrews Airforce Base, Burgio booked her first job only two weeks after moving two New York City, making her Big White Way debut in Starlight Express.
After breaking in her skates on Broadway, Burgio moved to Los Angeles, where she became one of the industry's most sought after stunt women, appearing in over 100 films and TV shows, including fan boy favorites like Blade, Batman Forever, and serving as stunt double to Carrie Ann Moss' iconic 'Trinity' character in the Matrix sequels. Burgio's winning streak continued with a book, 'The Stuntwoman's Workout,' and invitation to co-host TBS' 'Worst Case Scenario,' where, as 'Gear Girl,' she performed some of the most thrilling stunts of her plane-jumping, car-crashing, skyscraper-dangling career, and got the opportunity to display her daredevil skills during appearances from Entertainment Tonight to Good Morning America.
In addition to her career as a top stunt woman, the host of the Women Kick Ass podcast has become a successful actress in her own rite, appearing in nearly 50 credits, most recently stealing the opening scene as 'Soccer Mom' in Zack Snyder's instant cult classic, Army of the Dead. The expert martial artist has also channeled her creativity behind the camera, writing, directing, and producing two short films, Lucy Falls and Girl Trip, which screened at festivals across the US.