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John Stead has also worked extensively in the theatre as a director and a fight director. He is Head of Stage Combat for the Stratford Festival of Canada, a master instructor with the Academy of Dramatic Combat, and a member of the Society of Canadian Fight Directors. He has over 450 professional production credits as a fight director... See full bio »

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2013 Bitten (TV series) (stunt coordinator) (pre-production)
 
2014 RoboCop (stunt performer) (post-production)
 
2013 24 Hour Rental (TV series) (stunt coordinator) (post-production)
 
2013 Stage Fright (stunt coordinator) (post-production)
 
2013 Pacific Rim (stunt performer, stunt rigger) (completed)
 
2012-2013 The Listener (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 20 episodes)
Caged In (2013) (stunt coordinator)
Episode #4.1 (2013) (stunt coordinator)
Early Checkout (2013) (stunt coordinator)
The Blue Line (2013) (stunt coordinator)
The Illustrated Woman (2013) (stunt coordinator)
 
2013 Picture Day (stunt consultant)
 
Nikita (TV series) (stunt performer - 4 episodes, 2011-2013) (stunt rigger - 2 episodes, 2011)
The Life We've Chosen (2013) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Consequences (2012) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Rogue (2012) (stunt performer)
Pandora (2011) (stunt rigger - uncredited)
Betrayals (2011) (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
2013 Victims (stunt coordinator)
 
Republic of Doyle (TV series) (stunt coordinator: second unit - 5 episodes, 2010-2013) (stunt driver - 3 episodes, 2011-2012) (stunt coordinator - 1 episode, 2012) (stunt double: Bruce - 1 episode, 2012)
Identity Crisis (2013) (stunt coordinator: second unit)
Blood Work (2013) (stunt coordinator: second unit)
From Dublin with Love (2013) (stunt coordinator: second unit)
Head Over Heels (2012) (stunt double: Bruce)
Streets of St. John's (2012) (stunt coordinator, stunt driver)
 
2013 Murdoch Mysteries (TV series) (sword master - 1 episode)
Winston's Lost Night (2013) (sword master)
 
2012 Beauty and the Beast (TV series) (stunt performer - 1 episode)
Trapped (2012) (stunt performer)
 
2011-2012 XIII: The Series (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 26 episodes)
Battlezone (2012) (stunt coordinator)
Berzerk (2012) (stunt coordinator)
Black Widow (2012) (stunt coordinator)
Punchout (2012) (stunt coordinator)
Mousetrap (2012) (stunt coordinator)
 
2012 The Conspiracy (stunt coordinator)
 
2012 Foxfire (stunt performer)
 
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution (stunt performer)
 
Suits (TV series) (fight choreographer - 1 episode, 2012) (stunts - 1 episode, 2011)
High Noon (2012) (fight choreographer)
Undefeated (2011) (stunts)
 
2012 Total Recall (stunt double: Cohaagen - uncredited, stunt rigger - uncredited, stunts)
 
2012/I I Declare War (stunt coordinator)
 
2012 Frenemies (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2012 End Game (short) (stunt coordinator)
 
2011 Stay with Me (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2011 Silent But Deadly (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2011 The Ron James Show (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 1 episode)
Episode #3.5 (2011) (stunt coordinator)
 
2011 Alphas (TV series) (stunt performer - 1 episode)
Pilot (2011) (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
Covert Affairs (TV series) (stunt performer - 2 episodes, 2010-2011) (stunt rigger - 1 episode, 2010)
Bang and Blame (2011) (stunt performer)
I Can't Quit You, Baby (2010) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Fool in the Rain (2010) (stunt rigger - uncredited)
 
2011 Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (video) (stunt coordinator)
 
2010 Warehouse 13 (TV series) (stunt rigger - 2 episodes)
Secret Santa (2010) (stunt rigger)
Buried (2010) (stunt rigger - uncredited)
 
2010/I Red (stunt performer)
 
2010 Small Town Murder Songs (stunt coordinator)
 
2009-2010 Aaron Stone (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 35 episodes)
Mutant Rain: Part 1 (2010) (stunt coordinator)
Mutant Rain: Part 2 (2010) (stunt coordinator)
Sparks (2010) (stunt coordinator)
Metal Gear Liquid (2010) (stunt coordinator)
Tracker & Field (2010) (stunt coordinator)
 
2010 Baxter (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 1 episode)
Duelling Hearts (2010) (stunt coordinator)
 
2010 Vacation with Derek (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2010 Breakout (TV series) (stunt consultant - 3 episodes, 2010) (action consultant - 1 episode, 2010) (stunt supervisor - 1 episode, 2010)
The Pittsburg Six (2010) (action consultant, stunt supervisor - uncredited)
The Texas Seven (2010) (stunt consultant - uncredited)
Escape to Vegas (2010) (stunt consultant - uncredited)
Prison Romance (2010) (stunt consultant - uncredited)
 
2010 Harm's Way (stunt coordinator)
 
2010 Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (stunt performer)
 
2009 Child Wild (video) (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Killshot (stunt double)
 
2008 Glitch (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Outlander (stunt player, sword choreographer, sword trainer)
 
2008 Time Bomb (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Bitten (video) (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Othello the Tragedy of the Moor (TV movie) (fight director)
 
2008 The Incredible Hulk (stunts)
 
2008 Grindstone Road (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Just Business (video) (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Princess (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 The Last Hit Man (video) (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Never Forget (stunt coordinator)
 
2008 Animal 2 (stunt coordinator)
 
The Dresden Files (TV mini-series) (stunt coordinator - 13 episodes, 2007-2008) (stunts - 1 episode, 2007)
Pilot: Storm Front (2008) (stunt coordinator)
Second City (2007) (stunt coordinator)
What About Bob? (2007) (stunt coordinator)
Things That Go Bump (2007) (stunt coordinator)
The Other Dick (2007) (stunt coordinator)
 
2007 Across the River to Motor City (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 6 episodes)
Black Day in July (2007) (stunt coordinator)
Walk Like a Man (2007) (stunt coordinator)
Treat Her Right (2007) (stunt coordinator)
Stranger in the House (2007) (stunt coordinator)
Leaving on a Jet Plane (2007) (stunt coordinator)
 
2007/I Final Draft (stunt rigger)
 
2007 Closing the Ring (stunt coordinator)
 
2007 The Cradle (stunt coordinator)
 
2007 The Mad (stunt coordinator)
 
2007 Bottom Feeder (stunt coordinator)
 
2007 'Til Death Do Us Part (TV series) (archery stunts - 1 episode)
Time Capsule Murder (2007) (archery stunts)
 
2007 Bathroom Divas (TV series) (fight director - 1 episode)
Episode #2.5 (2007) (fight director)
 
2007 A Taste of Shakespeare (TV series) (fight director - 1 episode)
Othello (2007) (fight director)
 
2006 UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (stunt supervisor)
 
2006 The State Within (TV series) (stunt performer)
 
2006 Warriors of Terra (stunt coordinator)
 
2006 5ive Girls (stunt coordinator)
 
2006 Heartstopper (stunt coordinator)
 
2006 Zoom (stunt performer)
 
2006 Drive Time Murders (TV movie) (stunt double: Dick, stunt performer - uncredited)
 
2006 16 Blocks (stunt performer)
 
2006 The Rick Mercer Report (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 1 episode)
Episode #3.8 (2006) (stunt coordinator)
 
2006 The Last Sect (stunt coordinator)
 
2005 Swarmed (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
2005 Left Behind: World at War (stunt performer)
 
2005 The Man (stunt performer)
 
2003-2005 Slings and Arrows (TV series) (sword fight coordinator - 6 episodes)
Steeped in Blood (2005) (sword fight coordinator)
Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair (2005) (sword fight coordinator)
Rarer Monsters (2005) (sword fight coordinator)
Madness in Great Ones (2003) (sword fight coordinator)
Geoffrey Returns (2003) (sword fight coordinator - uncredited)
 
2005 Land of the Dead (stunt performer)
 
2005 Cinderella Man (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
2003-2004 1-800-Missing (TV series) (stunt performer - 11 episodes)
Puzzle Box (2004) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Cop Out (2004) (stunt performer - uncredited)
These Dreams Before Me (2004) (stunt performer - uncredited)
M.I.A. (2003) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Ties That Bind (2003) (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
Mutant X (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 44 episodes, 2002-2004) (stunt performer - 10 episodes, 2001-2004)
The Assault (2004) (stunt coordinator)
Cirque des Merveilles (2004) (stunt coordinator)
The Prophecy (2004) (stunt coordinator)
Dream Lover (2004) (stunt coordinator)
In Between (2004) (stunt coordinator)
 
2003 Alien Tracker (video) (stunt coordinator)
 
2003 Webs (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
2003 Bulletproof Monk (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
2003 Hemingway: That Summer in Paris (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
2003 Dermott's Quest (short) (stunt coordinator)
 
2003 Crime Spree (stunt coordinator)
 
2003 Degrassi: The Next Generation (TV series) (stunts - 1 episode)
Message in a Bottle (2003) (stunts)
 
2003 The Limit (stunt coordinator)
 
Tracker (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 22 episodes, 2001-2002) (stunt performer - 1 episode, 2002)
Remember When (2002) (stunt coordinator)
What Lies Beneath (2002) (stunt coordinator)
Back Into the Breach (2002) (stunt coordinator)
Fever of the Hunt: Part 2 (2002) (stunt coordinator)
Fever of the Hunt: Part 1 (2002) (stunt coordinator)
 
2002 Undercover Brother (stunt performer)
 
Relic Hunter (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 3 episodes, 1999-2002) (stunt performer - 2 episodes, 2000)
Hunting with the Enemy (2002) (stunt coordinator)
Fertile Ground (2000) (stunt performer)
The Legend of the Lost (2000) (stunt performer)
A Vanishing Art (2000) (stunt coordinator)
Diamond in the Rough (1999) (stunt coordinator)
 
2001 Prince Charming (TV movie) (sword fight coordinator)
 
2001 Exit Wounds (stunt performer)
 
2000 Code Name: Eternity (TV series) (stunt performer - 2 episodes)
Not a Bite to Eat (2000) (stunt performer)
Dark of the Night (2000) (stunt performer)
 
2000 Witchblade (TV movie) (sword fight coordinator - season 1)
 
Earth: Final Conflict (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 44 episodes, 1998-2000) (stunt performer - 4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Arrival (2000) (stunt coordinator)
Abduction (2000) (stunt coordinator)
One Taelon Avenue (2000) (stunt coordinator)
Apparition (2000) (stunt coordinator)
The Fields (2000) (stunt coordinator)
 
2000 Frequency (stunt performer)
 
2000/I Gossip (stunt performer, stunts)
 
2000 D.C. (TV series) (lead stunt double - 1 episode)
Pilot (2000) (lead stunt double)
 
2000 The Crossing (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
1999 Nightworld: Survivor (TV movie) (lead stunt double)
 
1999 Pushing Tin (lead stunt double)
 
1999 Killer Deal (TV movie) (stunt performer, stunts)
 
Due South (TV series) (stunt performer - 2 episodes, 1994-1999) (stunts - 1 episode, 1996)
Hunting Season (1999) (stunt performer)
The Edge (1996) (stunts)
Pilot (1994) (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
1999 The Corruptor (stunt performer)
 
1997-1999 La Femme Nikita (TV series) (stunt performer - 8 episodes)
Opening Night Jitters (1999) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Someone Else's Shadow (1999) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Looking for Michael (1999) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Third Person (1998) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Spec Ops (1998) (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
1998 Naked City: A Killer Christmas (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (TV movie) (stunt double)
 
1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
1996-1998 The Adventures of Sinbad (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 44 episodes, 1996-1998) (stunt performer - 24 episodes, 1996-1998)
The Guardians (1998) (stunt coordinator)
Hell House (1998) (stunt coordinator, stunt performer)
The Minotaur (1998) (stunt coordinator)
Stalkers (1998) (stunt coordinator, stunt performer)
Survival Run (1998) (stunt coordinator, stunt performer)
 
1998 Double Take (stunts)
 
1998 Once a Thief (TV series) (stunt performer - 1 episode)
That Old Gang of Mine (1998) (stunt performer)
 
1998 The Pawn (stunt performer)
 
1997 Johnny 2.0 (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
1997 The Wrong Guy (stunt performer)
 
1997 No Contest II (stunt performer)
 
1996/I Virus (stunts)
 
1993-1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV series) (stunt performer - 18 episodes)
Storm Warning (1996) (stunt performer)
Who Is Kwai Chang Caine? (1996) (stunt performer)
Escape (1996) (stunt performer)
Chill Ride (1996) (stunt performer)
Cruise Missiles (1995) (stunt performer)
 
1996 F/X: The Series (TV series) (stunt performer - 5 episodes, 1996) (lead stunt double - 1 episode, 1996)
White Light (1996) (stunt performer)
Dingo (1996) (stunt performer)
The Ring (1996) (stunt performer)
High Risk (1996) (stunt performer)
Zero Effect (1996) (stunt performer)
 
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
1996 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV series) (stunt performer - 1 episode)
Possession/Man Out of Time (1996) (stunt performer)
 
1996 Maximum Risk (stunt performer)
 
1996 The Stupids (stunts)
 
1996 Crash (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
1996 Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (stunt performer)
 
1994-1996 TekWar (TV series) (stunt double - 18 episodes)
Betrayal (1996) (stunt double - uncredited)
Redemption (1996) (stunt double - uncredited)
Skin Deep (1996) (stunt double - uncredited)
The Gate (1996) (stunt double - uncredited)
Forget Me Not (1995) (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1996 Gridlock (TV movie) (stunt double: Jake)
 
1996 Educating Matt Waters (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
Forever Knight (TV series) (stunt performer - 6 episodes, 1994-1995) (sword fight coordinator - 2 episodes, 1995)
Hearts of Darkness (1995) (stunt performer)
My Boyfriend Is a Vampire (1995) (stunt performer)
Blind Faith (1995) (stunt performer, sword fight coordinator)
Amateur Night (1995) (sword fight coordinator)
Can't Run, Can't Hide (1994) (stunt performer)
 
1995 Senior Trip (stunt performer)
 
1995 The Great Defender (TV series) (stunt performer - 3 episodes)
Def Poets Society (1995) (stunt performer)
Naked Truth (1995) (stunt performer)
I Wuz Robbed (1995) (stunt performer)
 
1995 Darkman II: The Return of Durant (video) (stunts)
 
1995 When the Dark Man Calls (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
1995 Billy Madison (stunts)
 
1995 Under My Skin (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
1995 Shock Treatment (TV movie) (sword fight coordinator - pilot episode)
 
1994 In the Mouth of Madness (stunts)
 
1994 RoboCop (TV series) (stunt performer - 3 episodes)
Public Enemies (1994) (stunt performer - uncredited)
Corporate Raiders (1994) (stunt performer)
Heartbreakers (1994) (stunt performer)
 
1989-1994 Street Legal (TV series) (stunt performer - 3 episodes)
Last Rites: Part 1 (1994) (stunt performer)
Last Rites: Part 2 (1994) (stunt performer)
See No Evil (1989) (stunt performer)
 
1994 Sodbusters (TV movie) (stunt performer)
 
1994 TekWar: TekJustice (TV movie) (lead stunt double)
 
1994 TekWar: TekLab (TV movie) (lead stunt double)
 
1994 TekWar: TekLords (TV movie) (lead stunt double)
 
1994 TekWar (TV movie) (stunt double)
 
1994 Liberty Street (TV series) (sword fight coordinator)
 
1993 Life with Billy (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
1993 Romeo & Juliet (TV movie) (fight director)
 
1993 Putty Worm (short) (fight coordinator)
 
1993 Back in Action (stunts)
 
1992 Beyond Reality (TV series) (fight choreographer: sword fight - 1 episode, 1992) (stunt performer - 1 episode, 1992) (stunts - 1 episode, 1992) (sword fight coordinator - 1 episode, 1992)
Final Flight (1992) (sword fight coordinator)
Nightfall (1992) (stunt performer)
Master of Darkness (1992) (fight choreographer: sword fight, stunts)
 
1992 Maniac Mansion (TV series) (stunt performer - 1 episode, 1992) (sword fight coordinator - 1 episode, 1992)
Cape Scary (1992) (stunt performer)
Science Is Only Skin Deep (1992) (sword fight coordinator)
 
1992 Eerie, Indiana (TV series) (stunt rigger - 2 episodes)
The Broken Record (1992) (stunt rigger)
Tornado Days (1992) (stunt rigger)
 
1992 City Boy (TV movie) (fight trainer)
 
1990 The Freshman (stunts)
 
2012-2013 Lost Girl (TV series) (second unit director - 3 episodes)
Those Who Wander (2013) (second unit director)
Hail, Hale (2013) (second unit director)
Fae-nted Love (2012) (second unit director)
 
2011-2012 XIII: The Series (TV series) (second unit director - 26 episodes)
Battlezone (2012) (second unit director)
Berzerk (2012) (second unit director)
Black Widow (2012) (second unit director)
Punchout (2012) (second unit director)
Mousetrap (2012) (second unit director)
 
2012 The Listener (TV series) (second unit director - 13 episodes)
The Bro Code (2012) (second unit director)
The Shooting (2012) (second unit director)
Captain Nightfall (2012) (second unit director)
Lockdown (2012) (second unit director)
Crossed (2012) (second unit director - uncredited)
 
2009-2010 Aaron Stone (TV series) (second unit director - 18 episodes)
Mutant Rain: Part 1 (2010) (second unit director)
Mutant Rain: Part 2 (2010) (second unit director)
Sparks (2010) (second unit director)
Metal Gear Liquid (2010) (second unit director)
Tracker & Field (2010) (second unit director)
 
2007-2008 The Dresden Files (TV mini-series) (second unit director - 13 episodes)
Pilot: Storm Front (2008) (second unit director)
Second City (2007) (second unit director - uncredited)
What About Bob? (2007) (second unit director - uncredited)
Things That Go Bump (2007) (second unit director - uncredited)
The Other Dick (2007) (second unit director - uncredited)
 
2006 Heartstopper (second unit director)
 
2003-2004 Mutant X (TV series) (second unit director - 23 episodes)
The Assault (2004) (second unit director)
Cirque des Merveilles (2004) (second unit director)
The Prophecy (2004) (second unit director)
Dream Lover (2004) (second unit director)
In Between (2004) (second unit director)
 
2001-2002 Tracker (TV series) (second unit director - 22 episodes)
Remember When (2002) (second unit director)
What Lies Beneath (2002) (second unit director)
Back Into the Breach (2002) (second unit director)
Fever of the Hunt: Part 2 (2002) (second unit director)
Fever of the Hunt: Part 1 (2002) (second unit director)
 
2001 Soul Food (TV series) (second unit director - 1 episode)
Take Me to the Water (2001) (second unit director)
 
1998-2000 Earth: Final Conflict (TV series) (second unit director - 44 episodes)
Arrival (2000) (second unit director)
Abduction (2000) (second unit director)
One Taelon Avenue (2000) (second unit director)
Apparition (2000) (second unit director)
The Fields (2000) (second unit director)
 
1997-1998 The Adventures of Sinbad (TV series) (second unit director - 6 episodes)
Survival Run (1998) (second unit director)
The Empress (1998) (second unit director)
Castle Keep (1998) (second unit director)
A City Under Plague (1998) (second unit director)
The Book of Before (1997) (second unit director)
 
Show ShowActor (14 titles)
2013 Stage Fright (post-production)
Opera Ghost
 
2012 Foxfire
Policeman
 
2012 Nikita (TV series)
Agent Lawrence
Clean Sweep (2012) … Agent Lawrence
 
2010 Small Town Murder Songs
David
 
2005 Slings and Arrows (TV series)
Macduff / John
Birnam Wood (2005) … Macduff
Steeped in Blood (2005) … Macduff
Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair (2005) … Macduff
Rarer Monsters (2005) … Macduff
Season's End (2005) … John
 
2004 1-800-Missing (TV series)
Bloodied Driver
Domestic Bliss (2004) … Bloodied Driver
 
2001 Prince Charming (TV movie)
Tybalt
 
1996-1998 The Adventures of Sinbad (TV series)
Principal / Ajeeb
The Guardians (1998) … Ajeeb
The Voyage to Hell (1997) … Principal
 
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
Deer Lick Sentry
 
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV series)
Ratman
Shaolin Shot (1996) … Ratman
 
1995 Friends at Last (TV movie)
Busboy
 
1992 Lovely Boys (short)
Actor
 
1992 Maniac Mansion (TV series)
Fencing Double
The Prince's Broad (1992) … Fencing Double
 
1986 Mafia Princess (TV movie)
Actor (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (7 titles)
2012 The Waking (short)
 
2012 End Game (short)
 
2011 Charon's Obal (video short)
 
2008 Cyborg Soldier (video)
 
2006 Troubled Waters
 
2003 Good Morning Tomorrow (TV movie)
 
2000 Earth: Final Conflict (TV series)
Take No Prisoners (2000)
First Breath (2000)
One Taelon Avenue (2000)
The Fields (2000)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (6 titles)
2013 The Last Round (short) (technical advisor) (completed)
 
2012 Turn Back Time: The Family (TV series) (runner - 1 episode)
The 1970s (2012) (runner)
 
2008 Outlander (sword master - uncredited)
 
2006 'Til Death Do Us Part (TV series) (archery coordinator - 1 episode)
Pilot (2006) (archery coordinator)
 
1999 Relic Hunter (TV series) (sword master)
 
1994 The Long Weekend (weapons coordinator)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2008 Cyborg Soldier (video)
 
2003 Good Morning Tomorrow (TV movie)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2003 Good Morning Tomorrow (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2002 Offstage, Onstage: Inside the Stratford Festival (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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