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Allan Graf

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  • Actor
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Allan Graf in The Comebacks (2007)
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Graf is one of Hollywood's premier 2nd unit directors and stunt coordinators whose 35 year career behind the cameras includes the staging of stunts in over five dozen films while directing second unit action on three dozen features, including such recent films as Todd Phillips' comedy "Due Date", "The Muppets" (2011, on which he also coordinated stunts) and Phillips' independent feature, "Project X" (2012).

A native of Southern California, Graf first made his mark on the gridiron, where he captained the 1967 San Fernando High School city championship team, winning All-American honors. He won a full athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California, and played offensive guard for John McKay's powerhouse Trojans. Graf started on McKay's legendary, undefeated (12-0) 1972 NCAA National Championship team, and was one of the heroes at the 1973 Rose Bowl, when USC defeated Ohio State 42-17. He next played in the 1973 college all-star game against the NFL's undefeated Miami Dolphins at Chicago's Soldier Field.

Following graduation, Graf became a free agent with the Los Angeles Rams before joining the World Football League's Portland Storm during their inaugural 1974 season. When the league abruptly folded, Graf tackled a career change when he fatefully won a role as former Chicago Bears player Dick Butkus' stunt double in the 1976 Disney film "Gus," a comic opus about a field-goal kicking mule.

Following his debut, Graf worked as a stunt player for several years on a variety of projects, notably Walter Hill's "Southern Comfort," "The Driver" and "The Long Riders," John Carpenter's "They Live," Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall," "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," "Raising Arizona," "Action Jackson," "S.W.A.T.," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Independence Day" and, most recently, "Captain America: The First Avenger."

He has coordinated stunts on several other projects, including "Punch Drunk Love," "Domestic Disturbance," "Broken Arrow," "Wayne's World,""The Hangover, Part II" (the highest-grossing, R-rated comedy of all time), and several of director Hill's actioners, including "Supernova," "Geronimo: An American Legend" and "Wild Bill," on which he also directed the films' 2nd unit. On Hill's 1990 sequel, "Another 48 Hrs.," Graf, as the film's 2nd unit director and stunt coordinator, was the very first stuntman to cannon roll a bus at 60 mph. He subsequently flipped a bus again on the Jean-Claude Van Damme actioner "Nowhere to Run," cannon rolling a 40-foot bus underneath a 60-foot wide freeway overpass.

The former college football great is also one of Hollywood's best known football coordinators and 2nd unit directors, designing and staging the gridiron action for such films as Oliver Stone's epic "Any Given Sunday," Howard Deutch's comedy "The Replacements," "The Program," "The Waterboy," "Necessary Roughness," "Man of the House," Gary Fleder's football biopic, "The Express," Cameron Crowe's Oscar®-winning "Jerry Maguire" and Peter Berg's acclaimed football classic "Friday Night Lights." His work on "Friday Night Lights" and "The Express" all earned ESPY Awards.

To further add to Graf's slate of talents, he has also logged several supporting acting roles, including that of Capt. Turner on HBO's "Deadwood" (again working with Walter Hill) along with many other projects such as "L.A. Confidential" (the abusive husband beaten down by Russell Crowe in the film's early moments), "The Replacements," "Magnolia", "Boogie Nights," "The Doors," "Red Heat", "Another 48 Hrs.," "Poltergeist" and "RoboCop," among dozens of others.

Graf penned an original screenplay entitled "Turning the Tide," a football drama which depicts the historic 1970 gridiron contest between McKay's USC Trojans and Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide of Alabama.

Graf most recently reteamed with filmmaker Brian Helgeland on "42" after having served as 2nd unit director on his 2001 adventure film "A Knight's Tale," for whom he designed and directed all the jousting sequences.
BornDecember 16, 1949
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Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Confidential
8.2
  • Wife Beater
  • 1997
Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)
We Were Soldiers
7.1
  • Stunts
  • 2002
Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
8.4
  • Stunts
  • 2012
Universal Soldier (1992)
Universal Soldier
6.1
  • Stunts
  • 1992

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  • Rust
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  • F***ing Identical Twins
    • Post-production
  • Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, and Warren Burke in Dead for a Dollar (2022)
    Dead for a Dollar
  • Rob Lowe, Gina Torres, Jim Parrack, Sierra Aylina McClain, Julian Works, Ronen Rubinstein, Brian Michael Smith, Natacha Karam, and Rafael L. Silva in 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
    9-1-1: Lone Star
  • Eliza Coupe, Greg Finley, and Chris Baker in The Estate (2020)
    The Estate
  • Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson in Black Monday (2019)
    Black Monday
  • Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (2017)
    S.W.A.T.
  • Ben Affleck in The Way Back (2020)
    The Way Back
  • Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, and Margot Robbie in Bombshell (2019)
    Bombshell
  • Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Shameik Moore, Mitchell Hope, Isabela Merced, Liv Hewson, Jacob Batalon, and Matthew Noszka in Let It Snow (2019)
    Let It Snow
    • (uncredited)
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
    NCIS: Los Angeles
  • Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
  • Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, and Jack Reynor in Strange Angel (2018)
    Strange Angel
  • Benjamin Flores Jr., Jack Gore, Miya Cech, and Alessio Scalzotto in Rim of the World (2019)
    Rim of the World
  • Sandra Bullock, Julian Edwards, and Vivien Lyra Blair in Bird Box (2018)
    Bird Box
  • Angela Bassett and Peter Krause in 9-1-1 (2018)
    9-1-1
    • (uncredited)
  • Jennifer Garner in Peppermint (2018)
    Peppermint

Actor

  • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
    The Book of Boba Fett
    • (uncredited)
  • Lil Rel Howery and Eric André in Bad Trip (2021)
    Bad Trip
  • Eliza Coupe, Greg Finley, and Chris Baker in The Estate (2020)
    The Estate
  • Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, and Margot Robbie in Bombshell (2019)
    Bombshell
  • Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
  • Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, and Jack Reynor in Strange Angel (2018)
    Strange Angel
  • Benjamin Flores Jr., Jack Gore, Miya Cech, and Alessio Scalzotto in Rim of the World (2019)
    Rim of the World
  • Nia Peeples, Ellen Greene, Rya Kihlstedt, Jordan Ladd, and Barry Van Dyke in The Untold Story (2019)
    The Untold Story
  • Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd in Get Shorty (2017)
    Get Shorty
  • Drunk History (2013)
    Drunk History
    • (uncredited)
  • Ryan Phillippe in Shooter (2016)
    Shooter
  • Off Sides 2016
  • Felix Kjellberg in Scare PewDiePie (2016)
    Scare PewDiePie
    • (uncredited)
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
    Sons of Anarchy

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, and Warren Burke in Dead for a Dollar (2022)
    Dead for a Dollar
  • Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, and Jack Reynor in Strange Angel (2018)
    Strange Angel
  • Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in The House (2017)
    The House
  • Off Sides 2016
  • Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Crispin Glover, Ray Liotta, Christopher McDonald, Robert Knepper, Max Thieriot, Rhys Coiro, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson in Texas Rising (2015)
    Texas Rising
    • (2015)
  • When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
    When the Game Stands Tall
  • Chadwick Boseman in 42 (2013)
    42
  • Thomas Mann, Dax Flame, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan Daniel Brown in Project X (2012)
    Project X
  • Amy Adams, Bill Barretta, Dave Goelz, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Jason Segel, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, Rowlf, Eric Jacobson, and The Muppets in The Muppets (2011)
    The Muppets
  • Madso's War (2010)
    Madso's War
  • Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in Due Date (2010)
    Due Date
  • Rob Brown in The Express (2008)
    The Express
  • David Koechner in The Comebacks (2007)
    The Comebacks
  • Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Timothy F. Crowley, Blue Deckert, Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons, Louanne Stephens, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Adrianne Palicki, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Kate Krause, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Kate Melton, Derek Phillips, Stacey Oristano, Omaka Omegah, and Sarah Kate Allsup in Friday Night Lights (2006)
    Friday Night Lights
  • Broken Trail (2006)
    Broken Trail
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action

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    • December 16, 1949
    • Wichita, Kansas, USA
    • Derek Graf

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